Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-29


WIN american cotton bale now ranks
and ~, "e Aiaskan seal, the Texas steer
terns,i spanish man-of-war as an in
been dIlaa issue Its dcpravity has
bse ny the English I.loyds IN n,,r a ~,
, IN Sor and minister Observation-Disclosures
haa ieat britaln, Mass meetings have
av,I,, eaiisa In Liverpool to protest
si,ans' tnis American prodirai-T Ind
~ t' SAID pariah. Foreigners ohisct
r,,, u,s uIess, or rather, his s.looned ana
f a','. raggedness (" They and
3 ,i WIN his shape and his snendthrift
sts,,oS az wasting his substance among
in fse, dockmasters. yardmasters-
( inc az ayhg an who give him greet
s UT hospitality from glnner 10 snin.
ner, They say he Is like tba o,c,ent
/ psouigal OF the Scriptures, only Instead
- wing upon husks with swine ana
h,,s hrn cattle he Is becoming mere
"IsN ana provender himself.
Is certain that there have been
proulgais in the cotton bale family even
,ueiore the war. But he was as welcome
h .n1n IN foreign parts as is the American
, , OF today, and no one presumed
'itluise, much less to boycott him,
,,ii, ~ stated that the average ship
wiz curry 500 more bales at twenty-nve
pounds density which al present
ttieight rates Is gain OF SO n bale. or
s,sVV net difference on each ship, or
S4'VuV'VOo saving annually on the
steamers that clear the ports OF Gal
,estoh and New orleans alone. ON the
oasis OF Sl0,5O0.0OO. charges for moving
lne last Texas crop by iail, this re-
AUCTION would exceed Si,500.OO0. Here
Is total gain OF S2,5OOOOO to the
transportation companies through an
, ~ OF 10 per cent in the density OF
the cotton bale.
The representative Of the COM
presses who was present at the Gal
weston conference attributed his diff
culties In securing high density TO the
country gin press. Their boxes are
100 large he said. "They will not 1T
our presses" 1 am of the same mind.
would make the gin press smaller.
Like prestldlgitateur. fold them once.
again. presto. change-and they dis
appear entirely. If a thing is bad,
you can't have too little Of It. There
fore. l say, abolish the gin press. and
let the whole business OF compression
be done under the gin house and in close
connection with its machinery. This
means simple, inexpensive device by
which the bat is taken up from the
condenser OF the gin and carried in
some compact portable packing In It's
original form to the opener room Of the
mlll, and there fed into the spinncr's
machinery Thus you preserve a use
iul process. To take this beautiful hat
made by the condenser, sweep it across
the floor into a square box. along with
stray brick or u lost child, and there
dlslntegrate, destroy and reform II,
only 10 have the process Of the com
denser repeated again in the packer
room of the mlll-thls, gentlemen, Is
wasteful. Illogical and in the light or
modern commercial economy absurd in
the highest degree.
Capital Is not blind to the present
situation. II will deliver a percentage
Of the new crop put up in cylindrical
bale. The prodigal will return, clothed
and In his right mind. The tramp, the
vagabond bale will be no more. and
the bale Of density, the bale OF des-
tiny, the Texas bale, Will soon be
knocking at the door OF every South
ern cOtton port. Upon the close Of Mr..
Botsford's paper Hon. Hector D. Lane
delivered an able and lengthy speech
along the line In which he has so fire.
quently spoken.
CONVENTION SIDE LIGHTS.
Farmer Shaw came down from Dali
las and began mlngling with the farm
ers this morning. Now II we can
only elect another president IKE CleVe-
lana, VINO VIII sell us out TO me syhul-
Gates ana trusts, the rum OF lhis Ooun-
try Will be complete he says. He
was kept busy greeting Ola trlehus iot
two hours this morning.
There is nothing small about Presl-
dent Peters, and when he moved about
as rapidly as he was Obliged to do this
morning he put on very visible glow.
Texas newspaper men are well rep
resented ut louay Goh'sh'l9 Ill =,
Ex-Representative l.. n. Bruce OF
Brucevllle was an attentive listener
at the convention.
u. Tom Cox Is Keeping an eye on
the COTTON growers convention anu
while lisclalming any such Intentions
II Is hlnted thht ne VIII attempt 10 CUT
ner the heecy staple thls ran.
IL. u (aolsel Wliliallls, Uhe ~ W. nv,
carry setuoIa ~ t"i5 Sgun''
Is not as Wen posted on thls new
tangled acreage craze US some OF ms
fellow delegates, nut II they want 10
talk "hoss' he VIII De strlou! ia II
with the boys, -
Joe smith, me Ghoison statesman,
wears ms usnal broad shile anu sIgS
hog and homlny hrst' ana theh a NJ
Tie cotton whlch ne eAPeVts ~ nraI
ket at 10 cents per p1uhu, JuS' eH'us"
10 buy tooaeSu' you hnoN' ...,,
EX-Soun.y NUi ,iin,,e,. az ,ha ,,,nrring
an Interested onlooker at the Hlorh'hs
session.
Buck Jackson OF Gohnua " very
much In earnest about reduGtloR Oh
cotton acreage ana WIN heIp tue poy'
send prices sky high TINS IAN
Farmer Shaw Is strictly In II at tne
big convention, Bill says Harry tracy
will bear watching ana that Is What
brought him down TO the artebiah