The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-05

THE GALVESTON AND WESTERN SUIT.
aud Fort Smith O,.n., o.,
Ar"mc-i terminal Lines Freight Rate
Iroubics-Finshes- Personal,

Il ~,
l ~ movement 'hansuratod by the raj
| roads over two years aro IA .er,ro
| uniform sIyr co.,on h.,, T.,
| fruit and roror,. -. ias' u'"'in
| -, ''ho''a received from the can
'asslhg committees all over Texas inctsa.
| the favorable rasnlts -, j.,
Tho ,r,ss ,,, ~ oe expected fror
poss men, who seem to fully apprc
nate the many advantages NJ ,,niformi,
Of size in ballnr co,,o, ,,-,., -,
sa,,oa,. " ''''"s COTTON with the grea
"'s 10 tne producer. shipper. railroad
ers. the op,v ohs.,a,s '''ss own
,,,, my opstacic IN the way of IN
''''nieoia'e adoption of uniform size bal,
seems to have been the dlsincl,no,,or n
some press ownars 10 ,,ra,,t.i',
w;,n ~. "" ,e's 10 proVide themselNe
WI" 'he STANDARD size gin box 10 b,
agreed unon rr,,o ,,.,,. =" Nv
mont amounts nroc,;co,,v y, we improve
'.'i' NOW seems general move In favo,
Of the reform. There have i,oo,, 49,. -
lifforou, ei,os =, as many
Tho r,ou,. 's''s VI cotton upor
H., r,n ,ilirk.t as there were cotton presses
rnal,n,'u1snnn, the country and the rairond
noi' IN nanfling Of this kind Of cot an
'' y i,s. round 1, that there was n great ical
m ,n,, npon The cotton buyer 10 urse '' in
far So upoil 'hc cotton producers the uni
,, lily OF hhles and lust now The results
"' ri "es hiiins T. show
, r"Nas central, the Texas aud Pacific the
,,,,uernaiionll md Grea; Northrrn. Tho
Ill ~, i, Kansas ana Texas and IN fan,
"n,, ,ilr cotton carrying roads have been
w 9"EhoM the sections of country coy
er,a ny their respective lines The re-
s ~ mas been that the press men of the
so r,a, nave pretty we'll consented to
iii"hr tha bnI" OF uniform SIZE. In other
COZ ton growing States n simtlar move Is
l9o, ana the. railroads report fnvorablV
On ne general adoption Of !, standard sizs
oale.
owing to the interest which Is being
manifest throughout the ccton SECTIONS III
snr South aud Of Texas in particular. the
tfono"ing circular an extract In part
from paper read recently before tho
American Cotton Growers Protective as
SOC alton. Will probably be rea / with In
teres':
. The American bale comparas very nm
favorably to that from nnv other coi,r,r,.
Nearly all bales Of East InGian cotton.
for example. when they arrive II. Enrnre
are as neat ms n halc OF dry goods. willie
cyclone The Indian bale being smaller
ana Of uniform size. viz. 1Sxis inches. A.
better packed, and contains from q 20 b
hounds of cotton 10 the cubic foot; the
,Sx5i inches to i0x70 inches NaI,irnIiv
mis- does not improve the price of Amer
iican cotton. No compress could reduce
H.
nan cotton In fact. n the haIe h. over
2Sx5S inches no compress can nrcge II 10
22'2 pounds to the foot and hold 1T there:
but IL orr bales were uniform IN SO,
say 2Sxhs inches any compress can pres..
hem 20 20 pounds 10 the cubic foot. and
thus save The American eoiinr .,o,v,rs
IN round figures 50 cents per bale in
freight alone; This comes to sial0. ono per
year. 10 say nothing Of the saving In in
'nrance, loss In weight. dirt ttc
More .hnn half the American crop ia
Exported 10 foreign countries n steam
vessels, and the charter rates on the ships
ire figured according 70 their cuhioal "a
aeiiy. the more cotton can bc loaded into
4 cubic foot Of space the ch ,aper the |
'hip can carry ii per hound For this rea /
'on vast sums have been spent In the |
of congresses hui we d, !
10 get the benefit We shonid from their /
work. because of the condition IN which |
he cotton comes to them
because Of this thc East Indian PLANTER |
ye's his cotton carried half around the I
world for ahpu, what the American unvs /
or one-;hird Of tht diefenco
rhc standard Of donri.v ut Southern
'orls s 22ip pounds per cubc foot. If tint /
oula he brought M to q or 20 n1;lnls 1
here would lac an immediate chnrpening
f freight rates. which would go directly |
n'o the price paid to The producer. since /
he Dealers sailing price is fixed hv the
ra'lo conditions and he doducts ali ox-
lenses from I, IN get hs huving piicc
If cotton compressei TO 22tb pounds "a
he cubic foot can he carried FOR cents