The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-17
MUST CONE TO a STANDARD BALE.
Uniform Cotton Bale Only n Matter
of Time.

of Time.
The cotton season for 1866 viii soon
| open up and with it viii come the old
complaint from railroad lines and steam
ship companies Of trouble caused by the
irregular sized bales and the insuficien.
covering Of the cotton.
The transportation lines and insurance
companies aided by the cotton exchanges
of this country and Europe are becoming
more urgent in their demands for a bet
ter bale. both as 70 size and covering
| Reports Of cOnsuls and other agents Of
this country abroad are to the effect that
the condition in which the bales arrive at
| the foreign ports is nothing more nor less
than a disgrace to the country from which
] they are shipped and serious reflection
upon the intelligence of the people who
/ produce II and prepare 1t for shipment.
! All reports agree that there is no compar-
ison TO be made between the neat and
well packed bales which arrive In Liver
pool from Egypt and India and those ar
irving from this country.
1t is evidently only a question Of
year or two now when measures will be
taken by the foreign buyers to compel
the American producers to prepare a bet
ter bale for market and leading cotton
men on this side have begun to advise
their customers that reform should begin
at once.
Messrs. Flannery & Co. Of this city, have
sent out circular to their customers. Civ
! ing some sound advice on these questions.
The standard bale of % inches boxed
width and IS inches boxed length, agreed
/ upon by the cotton trade generally
through the leading exchanges, the Ma
rine Underwriters, and the steamship IN
terests, is recommended.
1T is probable" says the circular re-
ferred to. that this standard OF size viii
be adopted by the cotton and shipping
trade generally at no very distant time ana
that bales of other dimensions may be
subject to some discount or allowance in
weight We, therefore, recommend our
friends when building new press boxes %
have them conform to the standard, and
when practicable and not too expensive,
TO have those now in use changed to stan
dard dimensions.
Capt Flannery said yesterday that
standard bale is a necessity, and one which
the necessities Of the trade will compel
the producers to adopt sooner or later.
1T is 10 the advantage Of the producer
to have such a standard bale" he said,
with all bales of the same hight and
width, more bales can be packed into a
freight car, more bales can be handled
in a warehouse, and more can be packed
in the same space aboard a ship. Evidently
under such conditions. the charges for
handling would be less than with the
present irregular sized bales. The change
can be gradually brought about without
any great cost or Inconvenience to the
ginners. Whenever a ginner puts In
new press or repairs his old one he can
put in a box of the standard requirements.
Ii Is no more expensive than to put in any
other kind. The boxes of many of the
presses can be altered at once with very
little trouble or expense"
Capt F'lannery was asked If he thought
the cylindrical bale, which is attracting
so much attention in the southwest is
likely to be adopted in this section as the
solution of the cotton bale question.
II hardly think we shall see many cylin-
drical bales In this section for several
years to come" he repned. There seems
to be quite an interest in the subject In
Texas and Louisiana, and IL is possible
that the cylindrical bale will come into
general use in that section There are
good many things claimed for it, one be-
ing that it solves the question of proper
~ covering the bale, which can only be
proven by experience"
Inc circular Issued Dy fldnuefg q 70.
gave the growers some good advice on
the subject of baling cotton as follows:
1T is important also, that bales should
be well covered with heavy weight bag
ging of good quality. Bagging weighing
less than two pounds per yard does not
afford adequate protection against waste
and dirt and there is no economy In its
use. The difference In cost of bagging
weighing over ~ pounds per yard is from
zee. to &c for each one-fourth pound
extra weight. With cotton at say cents
per pound, each extra one-fourth pound
of bagging brings to the original owner
of the cotton IL cents, or say from two
to three times its cost. The convention
held in New Orleans in February, under
the auspices of the Maratime Associa-
ton, recommended that no bagging
weighing less than "a pounds per yard, be
used and this recommendation has
been approved by leading cotton ex-
changes"