St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-23

HANDLING COTTON.
FAULTY AND ExPENsIvE METHODS
OF THE PRssExr SYSTEM.
The following communication
from the Waco News il timely and
important news 70 the Southern
faruers, now discussing the great
problem OF how to improve the
price Of cotton:
Waco, Tex, Feb. IL.
To the Waco Morning News:
The letter and resolutions from
the Galveston Cotton Exchange
published In Sunday's issue Ut Tie
Dallas News il Of great importance
70 the cotton growers and the bust
ness interests Of this country. The
following i m extrac: from their
letter:
1.-THE complaints from CONNER
cial bodies aud individual con-
stsnees ~ to the ragged add dis
graceful condition in which Ameri-
can cotton 10 hsing discharged At
sea ports aud mill points have be
come % loud and general and are
recognized to be 90 justified by
everyone in the trade that We be
lieve concerted action should be
taken at once BY al the Cotton Ex-
changes in this country and abroad
70 reform present methods a far
- lies In their power.
1.-The placking aud cutting Of
bales BY stevedores has Of late be-
come such . crying evil and Is such
IN ofense against the rights OF the
cargo, that We recommend to all
seaboard exchanges to take the
most stringent measures for the
suppression Ut this practice and il
necessary invoke tie aid Of the crlm,-
nal courts to punish offenders.
The letter very properly states
that much Of this trouble il charge
able to the inferior quality Of the
bagging and ties now in use, and
The following Il one Of the resolu.
tions they have sent out to the Cot
ton Exchanges In this country:
''That from ana after Sept. l,
1895, all bales Of the new crop
covered with less than six yards |
Of forty-foor-inch baggins Of =
lighter weight than two and OIL
quarter pounds minimum per yard
shall be declared understandable |
unless recovered properly At the ex-
pense Of the seller"
The evils complained Of are not
Overestimated, in fact, the half has
not been told. Under the presen.
system Of handling cotton the aver
age tare on . bale Of cotton 10
twenty.three pounds, or about five
per cent OF this is the loss OF the
and is caused by the
faulty wrapping and tying Of the
cotton at present gin and COM
press.
It may be Of interest to some Of
your readers to know what it costs
he farmers Of the United States
h wrap and tie the present crop OF
cotton, and remember after all this
money = spent the result IL . fail
are and the Gotten is ''unmerchant-
lble."
Estimating the present crop It
Zen million bales. it will require
'ixty million yards Of jute bagging
o cover same. At present low
price. IL they use two and . quarter
,ound bagging, the cost will be
4 800, 900. Add two million
,oundles Of ties; that will cost
2 roc, 900, and yon have I total
,ost Of 1900. 600, and it should
lol Be forgotten that the most Of
his money goes out OF this coun-
~ never to return. Il
The remedy suggested BY the
Galveston Cotton Exchange is good
I he present system Of ginning,
|ressing and compreseing is 10 con-
inue, but 90 sure - time passes
here will be = revolution in tue ,
node and manner OF preparing our
otton for market-in fact there is ,
'ow . new process IN actual opera
lon In Waco, Tex. for pressing
nd COMPRISING bales Of cotton
hat will and does correct each and
very evil complained Of under the I
'resent process. Under the new :
'rocess the comprising is done at
he gin, requiring no additional
pace, power or labor. The reeult
J, the cotton Is compressed to 4 u
snsity Of 80 to s. pounds, where
he present compress gets 20 to -
s,unds saving the charge IT fifty i.
We cents per tale for c0mpI essinx.
'ut Of still greater Importance 10 r
,e fact that under the new process
,e cotton is entirely covered with !,
otton duck, thus creatin. 4 new
emand for thousands Of bales Of :
nr low grade cotton. It has been y
'sted fully. Several hundred y
ales have been shipped TO New En- q
and mills and more than q hum :,
red to Liverpool. These trial ::
'ipments actually gained in weight -
I'd landed ut the mill In 40 clean
'ndition - It left the gin. An b
her advantage, there are no ties b
'ed on this cotton, thus saving >.
'euty two cents on each bale,
hich amounts to the neat sum Of u
J, zoo, 900. Under this process IN
. cotton d practically fireproof. b,
here are very many advantages II
der this new process, such =. !,
Wing In compress charges, dray- ~
., insurance, weighing, waste a
d damage, and Others that need p'