The Portland daily press., 1892-05-21
The Cotton Picker. ),

1t is an old saying, and as true as ut Is
old, that one-haIf the world does, not
know how the other half lives. One OF
the most striking features of the late
Civil War was the absolute ignorance In
which each section dwelt, regarding the
other. The North said: "The South
erners are idlers, who have never done
days work in their lives, who are not
accustomed to fatigue and hardship, and
they cannot possibly Fl ght." The South
said: "The North Is simply full of shops
keepers and mechanics, who care fog
nothing but money making; they can-l
not be induced to fight" But both sides
found out their mistake. - The North
found the Southerners most courageous
and determined fighters, and the South
found in the North a worthy foeman.
But even to this day the people Of New
England, except those few who havs
travelled in that section, are not very
well acquainted with the general charec-
teristics OF the South. Few, for instance,
realize the magnitude of their cotton in
dustry. It is almost inconceivable. Last
year there were raised in the South
100000 bales of cotton, valued at $780,
0O0,00O There were devoted to this crop
alone %, 000, 900 acres. Simply to pick the
cotton occupied the time OF 1000, 600
hands for go days, and the cost of pick.
ing the cotton was nearly Sic, 000, 600.
In fact, the cost of picking the cotton
has been the most expensive feature Of
the industry, and has cut SO deeply into
the planters profits, that for several
years past they have been entirely cut
away. Bnt the South is now on the
verge of great renewal OF prosperity,
for Mr.. Angus Campbell, an expert
enced mechanic and inventor, after
seven long years Of constant app1ica-
ton, has invented a machine known as
the Lone Star Cotton Picker, which
ha proved itself able to pick cotton
much better than 1t can be done by
human hands, with much less waste, and
% times as fast as an expert picker can
do it. The invention of this machine
simply means, in word, that cotton
picking, which this last year cost..the
planters S110, 000, 900, can be done FOR
$40, 600, 600. saving the enormous difference
between these two figures, to be divided
between the planters and the ownerso Of
the machine. "a
That the cotton picker is no myth or
chimera is known to thousands of people
of this city, who have visited the Boston
Office of the company, at 81 Milk ST., and
seen machine, recently brought from
the cotton field, actively at work. After
two years. experiment in the field, tho
machine is now declared to be perfect by
thousands of cotton experts, who have
watched it picking cotton in Texas ana
elsewhere. A company has been formed
to manufacture these machines for the
purpose of leasing them on royalties to
planters. The company has plant at
Waco, Tex, in the heart OF the cotton
region. But in order to manufacture the
greatest possible number Of ma
chimes at an early date, tho COM
pany is Offering, only for limited
time, however, certain number of
shares of its capital stock, par value SO
q share. When the vsstness of the enter
prise and the assurance of its success are
taken into consideration, this is obvi-
ously the opportunity of lifetime for
most lucrative investment.
j. 3. Cloyes, now of birmingham,
Mass, who has large interests near Waco,
Tex, was purchaser OF stock in the
Lone Star Cotton Picker Company yes
terday. He resided at McGregor, Tex,
IL miles from Waco, last year, and will
return there in the near future. He is
well informed in regard to the Cotton
Picker and its operations.