The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-05
ed for and the farmer navs the hill.

ed fOr, ana Gne FARMER pays q DILL.
Also, there are gins III use in which
the cotton is fed into the baling box
from both sides in such a manner that
the bale is really in two parts, which
do not knit together in the centre, 80
that when heavy pressure is applied
the bale gives way in the middle and
spreads out to the sides, so that no
compress can make a m~erchantable
bale of compressed cotton of it.
1t is claimed that gin manufacturers
are increasing the sizes Of the boxes
every year, and this is probably true,
as the congresses find their percent
age of rejection for density increases
yearly. The explanation given for
this increase in size is that a long wide
bale can be more loosely packed, and
therefore, the gin can run with less
steam, and, Of course, the. gin using
least steam sells cheapest. But, as
you will see from the figures given
above, this is a saving at the spigot
and a waste at the bunghole.
Various means have been tried in
past years to bring about reforms in
the baling of cotton, but so long as the
farmer will accept a poor package it is
difficult to get any change made at the
gins. Should the farmer begin to
demand a standard bale of a size that
can be covered with bagging and cfec-
tually compressed, there would soon
be an Improvement, and most of the
complaints we hear about the shocking
condition Of American cotton would
cease.
The Galveston Cotton Exchange
last season recommended as a standard
size 20 inches in width by So inches
in length, and while it would be much
| better If the bale were both narrower
and shorter, the fact is recognized that
| too radical a change can not be expect
ed and this would be a great i'm
provement and economy. In most
cases the sizes of the gin boxes could
be changed for a mere trife-say two
or three dollars-and others could be
altered the first time general repairs
are made, at a slight extra expense.
II you have attended carefully to
the foregoing you will no doubt agree
that it is time to adopt measures of
reform, and there seems to be nc
feasible way Of putting them into
effect except through your association.
| The Cotton Exchanges, the Maritime
Associations, the buyers and the com
presses have all tried their hands at
it. You pay the losses resulting from
the present condition of things, and
you alone have the power to apply the
remedy.
How shall you do it? Adopt a
standard bale of uniform size, and
with the contents evenly distributed
throughout, and demand it of the
ginner. To make it as easy as posi-
Bile for him to conform to, make youl
standard not exceeding % inches in
width and So inches in length. Have
your proper officers issue circulars
setting forth the action Of your asso'
citation and distribute them, not only
to your members, but to every Other
Southern farmers organization and
gianer and newspaper in the South,
Have your officers take the matter W
by direct correspondence with the
manufacturers of every style or make
of gin sold in the South, and put then
on notice that they must be prepared
to meet q demand for a uniform boz
and no other. Let each and every one
Of you as soon as he gets home, or il
appraised of the action of your %associa|
ton, make it his business to person
ally examine every gin in his vicinity
and see that they are altered to the
standard size.
Knowing that you will have many
weighty matters TO consider, l have
made this paper as brief as possible
but trust you willfnd it clear. Wish
ing you a happy and prosperous meet
ing, the foregoing is submitted foI
such consideration as your wisdom
may direct. RICHARD LORD.