The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-09-06
NEW COVERING FOR COTTON.

Tue Substitution Of Sugar Sack Tor Jutc
BaGEin&.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3l.-The Cotton
Exchange, as already rep ported, has Of
licially decided that the use Of sugar bag
cloth in covering cotton is not coun IT,
airy to It's rules. 1t was rumored on the
Exchange yesterday, though nobody
cared to stand sponsor for the rumor.
that the matter had come up before the
Board OF Managers, through the action
Of the various jute manufacturing
companies, which saw the threat of q
damaging competition in any encroach-
ment Of other kinds of bagging, con-
sequently they had induced the cotton
manufacturers to unite in protest
against the use Of sugar bag cloth, and
address it to the Board. Mr.. Richard
acknowledged that letters of protest
had been received from number of
Eastern cotton spinners protesting
| against the use Of sugar bag cloth.
But he knew nothing Of the motives
that prompted this move, and presumed
they were entirely disinterested.
| son the other hand, he added, "the
| Board received q number Of commune
cations from farmers and cotton grow
ers asking whether it Disseminated
against tho use Of sugar bagging and
lntimating preference for the latter
1t was In answer to these applications
pro and con that we passed our resolu.
ton Of the Goth and issued in the form
Of letter to all our patrons. We de.
SirU to make no discrimination what
ever, but to leave them to their own
| election in the matter. Only when
| there is serious defeat In any partic
tllar sort Of bagging would the Board
care to Interfere. For example, last
May 1t was constrained to give notice
that pine straw bagging was objection.
able, 1nasmuch as it stained and there
fore, deteriorated the cotton covered
by 1t IN the event OF its becoming damp
or wet. This was in answer to mum.
erous bitter protests that came to us,
especially from European customers,
which made Immediate action impera-
tive"
"IIow does the Farmers Alliance
stand in this matter :" was asked.
"We have no official notice as to how
they stand as a body. The only COM
munlcation Of this sort was received
from secretary OF tho Farmers Alli-
ance In Charleston, S. g., In which ne
put the same question that had been
put by other correspondents from the
agricultural districts and intilnated the
same preference for sugar bagging. lie
thought that 1t would be hardship to
be forced to use jute."
"To what do you attribute this pref
erence for sugar bagging?"
"Well, It Is cheaper, in the first place;
and In the second place, being more
tightly woven, 1T is said to protect the
cotton better than jute."
Mr.. Walter II. Miller, secretary of
the Exchange, was In substantial &C
cord with the president. Sugar bag
giDg," he explained, "can be obtained
by the cotton dealers either at second
or first hands. In either event 1t Is
cheaper than jute. Second hand, it
may be as much as 3 cents q yard
cheaper, which would be about 18
cents bale. You see that Is con.
sideration. Tagging that has been
through a steam process Of cleaning
and may readily be utilized for cover
ing bales Of cotton"
"Have any new crop bales been GOV.
cred with the sugar bagging?'
mo, IT Is too early for that. But
now that the Board has declard itself
there is no debut that the sugar bag
Ring will come into extensive use.
Naturally, all purchases of cotton made
through the New York Exchange are
subject to the rules of the Exchage and
no customer can object to the bagging
which the Exchange approves"
a pioneer trader in cotton who has
been in the business for twenty. five
years assured the reporter that the
more tightly woven material was pre-
ferred by the planters Of the South, not
only because 1t was cheaper, but because
1T protected the cotton from dust and
ashes and also, to moderate degree
from the cinders which occasionally
fall upon bales of cotton In cars or when
piled up at the station and set fire to
them. And In any case, he added, they
did not care to be dictated to by any
combination Of manufacturers, but
wanted full liberty to- use any material
they preferred.