Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-09-10
THE WIRE COTTON TIE.
The Compress Association in At
lanta Refuses to Test It. But
Says It Won't Do-lt Would
Hurt the Trust.

Hurt the Trust.
The Atlanta Constitution Ct
September 3rd, says:
1t seems that Colonel r. T.
Mes biit. state commissioner Of
agriculture, is experiencing
mucn difficulty in exhibiting 10
advantage the new wire cotton
tie wleicil b.s thiks can be usee
III place OF the Cd fiat steel tie.
~ hich d trust has placed an
extol tlonate price this year.
Culen.l Mes oitt has worked in
c4ssnntly 10 secure q fat tie suo~
sti ute ard to save the farmers
thousands of dollars, but Just as
he decided that the proper thing
had be ell found another serious
obstacle confronEs iliia. Tie ia,s
est difficulty IN tie matter IS the
apparent Indifference Of the cot-
ton compress companies 70 the
new wire tie aud their dlsincti-
nation to even make a test of it.
So far Colonel Nesbitt has not
been able to get any Of the com
press com pauies- to test the tie,
although he sent a. half dozen of
the wire ties to q compress Tues
day to be experimental with,
The ties were returned wi b
the message that tie compress
company did not care to test
them It seems that the com press
companies have decided that the
uew wire tie is not the proper
substitute for the Old flat steel
tie. and they say that the Wire
tie is not acceptable. Il is claimed
that the tie VIII cut the baggiug
around cotton. and that it Will
not take the place Of the fiat tie
for several other reasons, the
principal one Of which is that the
tie cannot be handled convient-
Iy.
Colonel n, S s'ojtt thinks that the
tie he has now viii work success
fully and he has asked the con-
press companies to experiment
with it but without success. The
commits sioner thinks that the
tie will not cut the baggi1ss as
claimed, and that it can De han
died even more corviently than
the old fat tie, to say nothing Of
the saving. He says that il the
compress company would test
the tie he thinks they would find
it acceptable. and entirely fl
substitute for the fat tie. He
thinks that the best interests Of
the farmers and merchants Of the
state demand that, a fair trial be
given the wire tie before il is
condemned, because If it proves
a success many thousand dollars
will be saved TO the people OF
the state.
Colonel Nesbitt says that the
tie is Of large size aud that it can
be easily handled in being fas~
tened around toe cotton. He
thinks that the com presses conId
use the tie with advantage and
save the farmers many dol
lars. Many cotton growers have
written Coioael Nesbitt to the eff
feet that they are not yet buying
ties. but are holding Of to see
What is done about the new wire
tie. It was the intention of Colo
nel Ncsbitt to have a test made
of the tie, and If it is successful
he would then recommend to the
farmers that they buy the tie
trust Of Pennsylvania to extort
money from them.
DR.. j. d. Turner, president oi
The compress association, said
last night tha ~the compress
p. ople have no prejudice against
the wire tie, simply believing
that is is not the proper thing to
place the fiat steel tie. He says
that the old lie caa De pat on at
the compresSes much easier
than could d round tie, which be
thinks would cut the bagging
and be hard to faster.
Colonel Nesbitt has not daciGts
ed just what to do in me matter.
He has striven in every way
possible to secure a tie which
Will work and result in defeai
| for the tie trust, but the last OBJ
stacle thrown ia his way seems
to be an almost impossible enc.
In The meantime the tie trust is
making the farmers pay double
price for ties over last years
prices.