The morning news., 1897-08-16
CYLINDRICAL COTTON BALES.
The Process a Good One, But a Mo-
nOpOIy Controls 1t.

nOpOIy Controls 1t.
The new manner of baling cotton in
cylindrical bales. known as the Besson-
cite process, is not meeting with approval
throughout the entire cotton belt. There
has been a good deal said against it in
the Gulf states, where it's introduction was
first made. The process has been patent
ed, and the patent is owned by the Amer
lean Cotton Company. This company is
said to be an offspring of the sugar trust.
1t has established its presses at a small
town in Mississippi, on the river, and it
is claimed by some COTTON men that the
company will attempt to control the cot
ton crop of the south, just aG the cotton
seed oil trust got the cotton seeG upon its
own terms. The reason of this aGarm is
that the new baling process possesses such
advantages over the prevailing method
that finally cotton will not be readily
marketed unless baled by the Bessonette
process.
The Cotton Ginners' Journal of Waco,
Tex, is advocating the adoption of the
round bale. 1t says: Improvement in
the handling and preparation of American
cotton for market is highly essential. and
the sooner the growers and ginners recOg-
nize the fact the better for all concerned.
The grower is already recognizing it, for
he now understands that careless, defec-
tive packing cuts down his profits on cot
ton, and so small is the margin of profit
that the grower is warranted in demand
ing every possible safeguard against fur
ther diminution. 1t is to the interest of
ginners to produce the best bale possible.
The cylindrical bale is a response to the
appeal of the cotton grower for methods
that will allow him all the profit possible
on his product and the ginner who will
lngly turns out an inferior bale will soon
er or later find out that in so doing he has
been cutting away the ground from under
his own feet The bale that will yield
most profit to the grower is the bale of the
near future"
The manufacturing plant of the Ameri-
can Cotton Company is at Chicago. The
managers have recently stated that they
expect 10 operate a least thirty plants in
Texas this season, and one each in Mis-
sissippi. Alabama and Arkansas.
The Huntsville Warehouse Company of
Huntsville. Ala, has established a plant
and intends TO operate this season, baling
cotton for North Alabama points. 1t is
claimed that the price for ginning and
COMPRISING will be about one-half that of
the old methods. While the products will
sell for one-eighth to one-quarter cent per
pound more. If such is the case, it is cal
culated by the new process the enhanced
price realized for the cotton will nearly
pay the entire cost of baling and compress
ing.
The operators of the new process claim
that a farmer can have his load of cotton
from the field cleaned, baled and COM
pressed within twenty minutes from the
time he arrives at the gin.
Each bale will be accompanied by three
certified samples of cotton in the bale.
which is taken out by the machine during
the process of compressing. The new bale
is entirely covered with burlap, and it is
claimed to be fire proof and practically in
destructible.
There has been none of the American
Cotton Company's congresses and gips es-
tablished in Georgia, and it is not likely
that there will be this season.
The cotton factors of Savannah have not
been fully informed of the intentions of
the company and have paid but little at
tention to the new process which is ag-
gitating the Gulf states. There is little
doubt however, but that should the cyln-
drical bale prove a success, it will be
adopted in this state in the near future.