Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-03
The Cotton Picker,

1t is an old saying, and as true as il
old, that one half the world does not
know how the other half lives. One o.,
the most striking features OF the lat.
Civil War was the absolute ignorance In
which each section dwelt, regarding the
other. The North taid: 1.-THE South.
erners are idlers, who have never done
days work in their lives, who are not
accustomed to fatigue and hardship, ami
they cannot possibly fl ght." The South
said: 1.-THE North Is simply full OF shop
keepers and mechanics, who care for
nothing but money making; they can
not be induced 10 fight" But Lo.h side,
found out their mistake The North
found the Sout herners most courageous
and determined fighters, and the South
found in the North a wor; by foeman.
But even to this day the people OF New
England, except those few who have
travelled in that section, are not very
we'll acquainted with the general charac-
terist les of the South. Few, for instance,
realize the magnitude OF their cotton in
dustry. 1t is almost conceivable. las.
year there were raised in the South
5000, 600 bales OF cotton, valued at $780,
0OO,OO1. There were devoted 10 this crop
alone %, OO0, 600 acres. Simply to pick tho
cotton occupied the time OF 100000
hands for 60 days. and the cost OF pick
ing the cotton was nearly s1l0,OOO,oO0.
In fac, 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 a great renewal OF prosperity,
for Mr.. Angus Campbell, an expert
enced mechanic and inventor, after
seven long years OF constant applica-
ton, has invented a machine known as
the Lone Star Cotton Picker, which
has proved itself able TO pick cotton
much better than 1t can be done by
human hands, with much less waste, and
25 times as fast as an expert picker can
do it. The invention of this machine
simply means, in a word, that cotton
picking, which this last year cost the
planters silO,0o0,0OO, can lie done for
SO, coo, 900. saving the enormous difference
between these two figures, to lie divided
between the planters and the owners OF
the machine.
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 a machine, recently brought from
the cotton field, actively at work. After
two years experiment in the field, the
machine Is now declared TO be perfect by
thousands of cotton experts, who have
watched 1t picking cotton in Texas and
elsewhere. 4 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 h art of the cotton
region. But in order to manufacture the
greatest possible number Of ma
chimes at an early date, the com
pany is offering, only for limited
time, however, q certain number OF
shares Of its capital stock, par value 80
a share. When the vcstness OF the enter
prise and the assurance OF its success are
taken into consideration, this is obv-
ously the opportunity OF lifetime for
most lucrative investment.
j. Il. Cloves, now of birmingham,
Mass, who has large interests near Waco,
Tex, was a purchaser of stock in the
Lone ar Cotton Picker Company yes
terdsy. He resided at McGregor, Tex,
II m lies 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.