Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-06-15
LOADING COTTON.
Tho Work OF Negroes on tho
ete amahips Down South.
Ur-s, ss,n Reao,'ed In the ussdIns of
the it~s,y 1siss The msa Aiwsys
th~-rfsi snd s,nsins white
ct tAbor,

.unrh Iuur, skilled than others ~ this
.. ,,nr, 'ht, =, often makrs "a difference
~ Iun ~ tuu hhlr~ ~ a . 'HO ton ship
,ul tina, amount ~ loss ~ th" profit ~
'n, Nu,lg,, lh,r' lore, ~" si"v,riur,s
uL -,ruW Iu,u r,,,sr hF wage, per.
,tl,, the largest that are paid L.
u.'r,s'> anNNh,r, IT. ih' world, fur
u.,., ~ the lun4',hur,tn"u ~ thu south
NUuiiy nr" ~ that race say III" I hl.
.,.., Record
Ia Sew orleans thrN ar" NEARLY all
yli', mon ltnlnus. ~N'l'~ nud IRISH
u,u aud the riuts that w' Rad about
% th. paprr, were In, 80 the lnir-lu'
"a III ur'ru pn,k,t, aud ~rr''W men
..un Galveston tu take ,h, plac, ~ the
Nur',s
h, screw men are divided luiu gangs
II i've. with "a f"rrniiu. nud thr Whul"
>, under the dIr,,tu,n - ch"f
.,.I.p. ,,hu Be- usually Vhi'r man.
..u u. IT, superintendent - the d,"k
... 10 gang ,-..uri"> Il h,''lNaN ~ Tia"
Gamer aud i've men are all that can
.u,,uruiIN work ~ such "a marrow
..u.r
hv cotton comes from tl" plnuia-
90 uu ih,,ur~ ur uI~'u ilHil"ais. The
I... a, thry leave the plantation mr."
..,N pN. hrd generally four f"t
10 a,u she first thing when they
...h 'hr. du,N j. tn tumble them into
. %. trnulir press, which reduces their
lII, by one alf and makes II I1s-sIhl"
%, pack t~ir" IA many III the h"ld ~ n
',tiuvr
I, iru,kmrn pass back and forth
..i,,r,n the prlr ~ italics and the ship
~ n procession. rawdly and ~ perfect
time. aud It /, au aW Inward and "wuth.
less niger" ~ the foreman said, whu
ever tuuyhc~ n hai, with his huud'.
some ~ them put uu Jnunty airs,
.'f1hr attitudes and introduce fancy
.'rp> u, II they wrr" ~ cake walk,
particular whru spectators mr." watch
rn, but that is unprofcSsinual, aud the
,,rt"ue and S"lfrrsI"c,ing tru"knan
totes his hnlrs without trying Ia at.
tract attention They sing H~ they -,
tout fpr the lie ~ iur could not catch
the words and when IN MA interval
asked on, Ia rcIs'at the verses he re-
piird
10 amt none hat wul jrs' Il,
truckers song
The refrain sounded like "bh rio rily
uh. "h rio rily oh, and 1t was evidently
nothing hut gihhCriSh. II appears That
the several gangs have their own i,ar
tirular songs, and judged from wha,
the foreman told IN" that the words
Vrr, usually without meaning, or sim
ply n series of rhythmicAl sounds with
examinations that rhymrd, invented by
,,l,, one ~ their nuinb aud sung L,
familiar airs.
The truckman drops the bale al the
edge ~ the drk, ar tnSsrs II hy jrrI
~ the handles ~ his truck over the
puuwalrS ~ the vessel, then n man AL
Just ia" grapplingir"n and shouts u siH
nal H. ia" engineer ut III" windla>S
Hhn turns his lever and, hois'ing the
bah INTO the air lets II swiftly dnwt
into the hold. whrr, the five artists arr
waiting L. pack 1t away
II il hot work below, and the packer
I aud screw men are usually lhr"f'A't''
and naked above the waists, Will" per
>piratinn rolls down their massive
| muscles Each has u hurk ~ his band
bales ~ Japan"s" jugglrr plays will
! plates
| rive hn,ks are IN Ia" cotton the in
| slant II touches hbitoIn, AMI they S''ril
IT, work Ak" slot machine, Tor "n
i,a'S not pull nn" way and another nn
,nhrr. hut 10y united, simultaneous Fl
/ fort the great parkaR" II lifted, an
drops into the very place where tn
! l",>, wants 1t Ia 20
Then At intervals they get out Iii
! iark>"rcw that must weigh 'dn pound
aud crowd the bales Together until ia
huld ~ the ship is one solid mass, On
,nh ~ Ia" jackSrr"w IL placed agnluN
a bale and the other end against
piece ~ heavy oak tiiuhcr four ar hv
inches square, which il nnt"hrd I" he"
the screw from slipping AMI can \" u
rInrd against the sid" ~ ia" ship e
one ~ it, stanchions, ~ that s'"'
purchase may h. obtained The S"r'''
is worked hy iuuhl" crank. and nu
man holds it in position whil" the "th'
four turn That operation IN call"
messing mp.
All this is don" "a n musical accom-
Inniurn, NupIS'N" n"pr" alwnA
,ings when h. works hut Ill" songs {
the s,rrw men are IL irrrrni from th,n
~ the truckmrn and the air that y's
Niih the jak~cr,'w II not the same tia
- sung hen the Scrcwm"n are plAcin
,hr bale IN position.
Thrs" stcvchnrrs have work onl
about six months in the year, hut viii
ihcy are nj IL they receive good pa
rhry work by III" piece that is,
much money for storing away - mnt
bales. and ia" foreman, who gets u
lob aud selects his own associates, ~
uur.hnlf more than they
During the cotton season, Tor ~ nr
hours work, he will avrrag" o. ~ n ia
nd they o., IL they are skiIlful aud I"
, ryrir The truckers ARE paid by Il
unur, aud make from o. - Ia o., 80
iirtwrcn SEASONS the s"r"wmrn =
'n"r in other occupations, "ul,iNatiI
+, 'ardrns, doing plantation work, ar Il
wing any trade that they may ha
learned; but they are universally :
rardrd a. superior hrings, like hu
, lighters in spain aud baseball playc
IN the United States,
/ 4 bale ~ cotton weighs from 80
!, $40 pounds, and skillful packers ~
=, re; from pW0 IT, IN. nm lmlrs ~ a | ~
:, ton ship The number ~ halr~ II Ill
J, viii carry increases rapidly with
:, tonnage Far example, u | IAN ton ~
4. will carry Il, 900 halcs; "A I ',Ou. ton shi