The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-09-03
.TIE TRUST
DEFEATED.
The Charleston Chamber Of Com
merce Says Wired Bale Consti'
tuses a Good Delivery.

merce DAYS wired baie Constl-
tuses a Good Delivery.
THE WIRE TIE ALL RIGHT.
Col. Durcan's Gallant Fight for the Cot
ton Farmers-south Carolina Alliance
Cotton Shall lie bound With Wire
which Can He Purchased at Half the
Price Of the Trust Article.
cotton Plant
The death knell of the Cotton Tie
Trust has been sounded,
The past week every objection or
obstacle 10 the use of wire has been
overcome. A satisfactory buckle
has been made, tie strength of the
wire has been demonstrated by prac-
teal tests, the lost weight has been
secured, and the cotton so bound
has been declared good delivery.
Direct self interest will now con-
clude the battle inaugurated by pa
triotism
Col. Duncan left last week for New
\ ork to secure the lowest prices on
wire obtainable.
THE WIRE TIE ALL RIGHT.
The special committee of the
Charleston Cotton Exchange ap-
pointed to be present at the test
made with the wire bound bale of
cotton sent to this city by the State
Alliance Exchange, have made their
report. The board Of the exchange
met and adopted the following reso-
ton with wire.
"Resolved, That the bale received
was tested and stood the strain of
COMPRISING; that so far as the ex-
porting of the cotton bound with
| these wires are concerned, this eX-
change cannot pass an official opin-
ion in the absence Of a ma ority from
the city, but as far as we can see at
present, We think the cotton baled
in this way will be received by the
exporters, provided the cotton is I'M
compressed and is wired as the SAM
pie bale sent US for inspection"
COL. DUNCAN DESCRIBES THE COM
PRESSING OF THE BALE.
It is beginning to look as if the
farmers of the State are going to be
winners in their fight against the
steel cotton tie trust, which was in
augurated by the State Alliance.
Certain it is that they are all hold
ing back and are not yet purchasing
ties.
Col D. P. Duncan, the manage,
of the Farmers Alliance Exchange
was seen at the Alliance Exchange
office yesterday and asked about his
recent trip to Charleston in the in
terest of the wire and fiat iron cottor
tie contest. Col. Duncan remarked
GAS the public is aware, I was ap-
pointed by the State Alliance meet
lug held in this city on the 22nd Of
July to look into the matter of some
substitute for the fiat iron cotton tie
the price of which has been adyanc
ed 100 per cent. by what is calico
the cotton tie trust. My idea was t.
use wire and | made the sugges
ton to the State Alliance. AS soo1
as the first bale of new cotton arriv
ed in Columbia, l purchased it ano
had the fiat iron ties replaced by No
10 galvanized steel wire. | fount
out by my trip to Charleston that
had used too small Wire, although
: up to this time it had held the bal
all right.
II had the bale shipped to Charles
ton to Messrs. Sloan & Sons with in
7 structions to have it compressed an
put to any and all tests that the ex
porters desired to make. Monda
3 evening l concluded to 60 to the cit
: aud witness the COMPRISING myself
7 II desire now to publicly make &C
, acknowledgement of the courtesy 1 re
ceived at Charleston in this matte
as the representative of the farmer
Of the State Alliance. On my arr
: val in the city Mr.. Sloan informe
3 me that while there was no cottO
being compressed, the manager 0
t the Champion Cotton Press had o!
Q fered to get up steam for the pull
u pose of testing the wired bale. Pro!
lO6uG L IOSt VI SOICOA AIASAbASS
g kindly called together such men
= bers of the exchange as were pre-
o ent in the city, also the cotton 9,
It porters and pleasant informs
/ meeting was held and the merits {
:, the wired bale discussed. The gel
i tle1nen all expressed their entire syn
S pathy with the farmers in this figh
a although the president of the e.
l. change called our attention to tt
2 fact that this was matter of vel
a material Importance to the enti
$ cotton export trade of Charlesto
h and that therefore the exchanl
e would have to make very thorouf
test of the matter before they cou
le act officially, all of which we Apr
70 ciated and return thanks to the
u. gentlemen for their kind attention
I'd "Now as to the COMPRISING of t
a bale. Would the wire holds Won
1t it cut the baggingq Gould it be do
te as quickly as when compressed wi
he the fat iron tie7
Re 1.-The wire held the bale perfect
ed after it was compressed. One or t
1t of the exporters thought it cut t
o. bagging in one or two places.
n this think they were mistaken, 1
OF the bagg;ng on the bale was o.
We very poor quality and was ratf
d. torn in handling than cut by I
lal wire, and this was the opinion
pressed to me by +ae superintende
of the compress. The superintel
les ent of the compress said that
TO ought to have a larger wire an
a l- better way to fasten the wire or
~, could not compress the cotton
Of easily as with the hoop tie.
he thought the size wire I had wo,
IN cut the hands of the pressmen.
ng 81 think now we have the gu
on ton about solved if our wire frie]