The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-06

Learning that Mr.. d. C. Bali OF St, Louis
manager OF the American Gotten company
the company which controls the round bali
system. was In the city. he was found at th'
Capitol hotel and shown she article IL
question. Mr Bail said that he was Ii
Houston In connection with arranging Tor
establishing the Texas headquarters OF tht
company, that there was no occasion foi
showing him the article, as be had run up
against 1t quite considerably already, bu.
that ne was giad OF an opportunity 20 cor
rect the Embellishments il the article and
would very gladly give stat Ment u ;hs
round bale system anu the methods Of tbs
company operating {. he said. First. lrI
ms pay nay poets to tia. article. THIS
American Cotton company IS not trust Il
Is simply Z number 81 practical, ekperl
encad and mostly cotton men, who recog
nise the tremendous waste there is IN hand
lne cotton under the old methods, aad
realizing that q great portion VI .hls waste
can Be saved, they have worked ont, from
practical experience. simple, direct
method Of handling cotton IRON the farmer
to the mill. whNn means great big say.us;
OF every bale. ani ,aey are putting tbis "a
practice as rapidly as experience. energy
Inon-y AMI capacity can do IL, and 10 the
best Interests 0, The producer handler,
transformation Hines and cousuu.r
The plan y not only practical, hut Is an
established fact commercially despite M
statements ana v lshes 81 those who are
Opposed 20 q because ii iutericrrs y tn
their present methods. The statement thaf
tbs c1npsly Is flo ling ifs sharc IN every
possible direction is untrue They age rot
oferlns their stock upon De MARKET They
are putung their own money into IL.
-fff Will oil af -|ft-
sholately Tie stateuent as 10 tie u rs not
buying This cotton As 10 the young man
quoted hy the Post Dispatch his stAndiuS
Is sGch thai ! should no, 1e called ur1u 10
MAKE an sahwer. H IS largely tbs butt
OF the cotton business a. s. Louis, aul
his remarks concerning something that ne
knows nothing about indicates why. Al
most from beginning 10 end his statements
ara untrue. To say nothing OF the other
gentlemen connected with the company, my
own connection for nearly twenty years
with the cotton interests of St Louis as
president Of the Cotton Exchange and for
years director. as VICE prosldcn, and for
many years manager OF n large com1ress.
and ae the largest handler Of cotton with
one exception, In So Louis ana nu import
ant element OF the business I should nat
DO subjected to public attack from such a
source. Now, answering s1ne OF lis stats-
ments Tho sew method "a putting up q
Rds9 II Ntt- Ga lf-.I . fN AlA lAiNa INl-tF SLOW.
as We turn out thr uuad bale with ali 81
hs advantages and all ready Tor the MILLS
at less expense than tne ordinary square
bale comes from the gin. The mills may
have had. tut they no longer have difficulty
IN uaroiliRg the cotton. That IS ancient
history.
'Every bale pui W on our 4S.tacb presscs
uuroils clean 20 the core. and We guarantee
". without reservation, In far. t1'hrr
than 10 70 into the ahsugdtt,s OF bis state
ments, ! will put ihe matlrr ia fhe sim
tie. direct shape Of what abe system is Go
show their uhsurity,
"fhe statements OF ne unknown parties
quoted should bear The weight thar that
Character " statements usually h8Yr.
The Mr. Nicmeyer quoted il usually
careful n lis statements. In this case he
has made the mistake u repeating tor pub
iiostion statement that Is DO; true took
thai picture, ! called iOs a compressed
baie TO hhow he comparative slice OF the
old ana tae new haies When somebody re
MARKED or the condition u the b4le
brought, tae truck n-aa replied thai =, was
the fret bale on tse row, and the oihera
were lust liKe II II any one questions the
coTT-otneEs "a. ne representation. / uaa
show him pictures Of several hundred bales
equally pad, " hc can sop Similar cotton
for himself az almost any port or large
msrhet. Recently / learned Wha WAS the
owDer OF the bale ard told him Of II.
1T Ia not nec1 ssAry for mH 10 val! atten
ton % What has been Justly termed the
commercial disgraee OF America and thai
Is the method IN Which cotton g uAerketcd
il u S~sfc, l,sss el.d exptstss clear through.
J, nas been fignn3 that ffon the field %
the factory & averages close 70 81 per haiS
10 market cotton. and that under a pr0pei
mshoi ~ Of lhat ought "a b. saved ,aut
viii l.. some day. whatever can bg
saved must iarsoly 80 10 tho cotton raiser
as cotton brings 10 she farmer lis price a
the mill lees All the pNppBs a getting 4
there So by cutting 99t a lol 81 those sX-
penses q better price 10 the farmer can b.
paid. Cotton ss n6W handled 10 square bale
has al iulgHehse amount % - penze attaclte,
TO IL. OF peeeaslty, and from the ehagaete
Of the haing aud warp 90 aud much .
3 this expense can be avoided or reduced b.
the round bale sygtciu. The beginning q
the trouble III square bales is IL the shapl
and character Of the bale Itself It's eNpen
slye, Inefficient, wasteful and dangerous
wrapping. the opportunities for lmprope
methods and the general lack OF responsi
1 billy that the character OF tho package pre-
sents. These entail vast waste, expense ans
I risk. all OF which the producer pays for b.
It's being taken out Of the price
by putting up bale In the fret place II
the most economical manner. n mcst com
pact form. securely protected from ali risk
damags and waste. in a cheap wrapping
Ithuf LOT anu u sHafF Inc nuns want "
already sampled, It's character according 4
verified sample. and it's freedom from falls
packing guaranteed immense economic
4 follow.
This is Just what the round bale sys
ten docs. And the astonishing thing abon
Il is that all this is done at much iess ex
pense to the ginner than the old way G
turning out square bales.
1.-The ginner makes more money, and a
the samo time turns out bale that
4 worth 40 much more than In the old way
Then besides costing less 10 put up, IN
BOUND bale Ia far more desirable and econ
omioal to the milla. And let me say rlgh
4 Mere that they pay more for 1t, Barring
! few cases wherein We have, for advertiser
4 purposes. let mills have little lots OF cotto
at same prices as square bales, we hay
right along for two years past gotten J.
oent peg pound more from American mill
~ round bale cotton than for tho sam