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

| all the air. hut the cotton ITSELF never
touching the hard iron surface OF the
roll
We have made over eco pound bales, AID
can do so readily. but spinpers and trans
| por,atioa lines have alike united in urs-
ing smaller bale AMI believing that 1t
! Is IN the fnteres; Of all parties as matter
| OF economy, we have yielded 10 that, and
We aim 60 limit our bale 10 a54 pounds.
| and have been urged TO make 1t 400 This
| tightly pressed. continuous rolled cotton.
Is covered with q light. inexpensive cicsely
woven material, that completely covers
and protects the bale from waste, damage
| and ptlfering I, is clearly market. and
It's weight placed upon t. II holds that
weight, and does not continually lose or
gain, accnrGing TO the weather or other
conditions. as the square bale does.
Meanwhile. in process Of making. two
samples accurately representing the tale
are drawn together BY the siuner. and With
each Is placed descriptive tag. ccrre-
spending with the marks. number. etc.
OF the guarantee label. which Is placed
upon every belle by the glnuer Under a
thorough system OF safeguards protecting
ALIKE the ginner. the handler and the mih
the einaers' guarantee for the correct
making Of sampiing o, that bale goes
10 DO il. Let me say here that after many
years experience In largely the same line,
as practical experienced cotton man
ra;sec, ginaer. buyer, factor and compress
man-that will take the guarantee Of the
sinner under such circumstances every
ume, Ii comparison with the risks We
run the old way. even with our own men
employed 10 do over and over again the
same sort Of thing every time the cot
ton changes hands u paws the g!uuer TO
do this II pays the owner u The cotton
aud The handler ara the spinner. :,
NOW TINT hale OF cotton as turned out
direct from the sin "a compressed TO n
density Of from thirty-two and one-half. at
wtll. up to lorty-Nye POUNDS per cubic
loot. We have made them over htiy
pounds This is done With exactly the
SAME class Of labor and at less expense
TO he sinner than the old. besides hts great
sayins In the cost OF baggng and ties
This can be done Us say at any good
SIN. by any good ginner. That bale is
already sampled weighed, marked aud
guaranteed. aud Including the increased
price which the mills Will pay for the net
cotton, should effect a saving OF near 50
per bale through to the mills and even
tuaily Will Even now we are ready, and
anybody else can afford. 10 pay practically,
y cent more per pound for a round bale
Of cotton thnn for the square bale And
when IN the course Of time the true mer-
its II the system nre realized. | believe
more per bale Ot course we are IN the
business to make money. and We 10 ex-
poet 10 make a small portion of these saw
ines FOR ourselves. But as a matter OF
coItmon sense and business competition.
the producer is going TO get most OF these
savings. ANA next TO him In order will como
the Einner the transportation company, the
cotton handler aud the spinner. Al, viii
share What this vast saving means Ia
~ In,
south need not be discussed. II has bees.
truly said by southern cotton grower.
that the South's best interest demands a
study u; al! methods for the elm inallon
Of every unnecessary cost in produetioa
aud marketing Of cotton" He further
showed how only by this means could the
South expect 10 continue TO control tho
raising ard the marketing OF cotton in the
worlds market prominent writer re-
Gently said The one invention Of the
age which promises most To the cotton
growers Of the South and thus TO all South
ecn business interests, is the new baling
system, by which many burdensome
charges. which now in their final analysis
fall upon the cotton growers are eiimn-
atci from the coat OF handling the South's
great staple recent editorial says.
The DAYS of barharously handled cotton
are numbered. ana the round bale system
is the force tn0t has done this good work.
You ask how We are going to introduce
the system In reply, we are not going
to- II Is introduced tully. and I'M
derstood. H. IS simply a question of eN-
tension. Before going INTO that, | want
You 10 read this from the New YORK Jour
nal Of Commerce. Nou see in a column
article they repeat such statements as he
following Fory-two OF the Eastern mills
have used the cotton every bale manufac-
tured was taken, The round bale system
overcomes epry objection to the old bale
the abuses in handling, risks in PURCHASING
II docs away with jutc Tagging and ties
Tho covering (Which is preferably OF cot
ton cloth, thus making a new market for
a large amount Of the product itselD is
not only far cheaper and thoroughly pro-
tects the cotton. but Is worth to the mills
for re-wrapping almost It's cost per pound
The round bnle Il practically fra proof. as
1, docs nor contain enough oxygen TO sup
mort combustion. corseounntly IL effects a
arcnt saving in insurance. "A cut Of 80 per
nn,t b.,ing hsnn rqncrally allowed Tho
,,,,,,. ,,a1o noe M lo,se ar nxnossd cot
,o ne ,,rscsinr o,,nost n.rfcct securiIv
w." ~ ,,,,s, ISL, hnniicd ~ anv coy,
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