The Van Buren press., 1897-11-20

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will present several seFfeas is
advantages 10 manufacturers Who aSa
use nneampressei cessea.
Col. 4. r. SherfenSaa. Ire Seses
eetfon S.z,issioiSn. wae s widely snsvs
- always fFsenaly - the eosteai
growing Interests. takes issue With NJ,
Orr on ST. points he states iAss, via
the exception af sse cestea used by eas
Southern snills. sAo1s % PER ceSt. >
the eren. nearly &ll et our cottoa i
COMPRESSED before i; reSehes American
ard foreign spSaaers. - that TIE matter
E u the expense II opening np cylindrical
bales At the uills sAeald be compared
with compressed bales snd not with IN
1 compressed ens>. Mr. Shepperso1
admits tASt there Is slight advantage
in sae use Of aneonpressed cotton, b;
insists thSs il oalv enables the Southern
manufacturer who uses uneompresseS
eetton Il limit the Size of his opening
and picker department. thereby saving
very little capital n the original IN.
veSs1neGt. At the sane time. 1t may
BE added that the mills baying IN
compressed Gotten and the round bale
havers will become competitors for
cotton 10 tie great profit Of the growers.
Colonel SAePperson shows, moreover.
that the reduction of expenses On
eoston from the time il IS ginned nntil 1t
reaches the mill benefits the grower !;
that the change Of cover is actually a
saving 10 the grower. thst progress 5
never made without losses 70 some
interests. and. in addition to letters
from Mr.. Charles l.. Lowering. ef
Lowell, Mass. Hon. 7. jefferson
Coolidge and Mr.. j. Howard Nichols.
of Boston, Mass. proving conelusively
by actual experience the advantages Of
the round bale. be quotes enc from
Messrs. Hsughton & Co.. of Boston.
telling of the gratifying results Of sell
ing the round bale by samples. prevent
ing loss 10 the growers by plueking snd
stealing during series Of samplinss.
Mr.. Edward Atkinson. who has the
habit of close observation ana careful
experiment. aud who has been fer years
sn earnest advocate OF improved hand
ling Of cotton. after reviewing The other
contentious Of Mr.. Orr. dwells
upon the question et
prssscre. and takes the sroUnd that the
pressure upon the square bale IS mere
10 the cotton hhre tAsn that
upea the cylindrical hSls. In regard Il
sxsaalias. he contends that the farmer
ozsAs u save o1e part ard the spinner
tA< other part = sAs gain sceFains Il
f-oza Fwo 10 s1x peFsezs under TIE
present 1zs1AsS>a. and sASs TIE new
ssszs2s E-e,<ss tends u s1eA saving
M Atkinson meets tie argument d
iAe 5ssTA1<s1sezt = Oh gins sy calling
zszzzisoa - TIE zzSf tAzs progress has
ass- 1ATeszsA TIE destruction of whsi
hzS bse2 vss2Aese property by way {.
TIE s2rez1s0a os simpler methods and
szc-s elective machines. 4 nots q
Rras. JoAa NJ. Crsway. late q Tulane
CniVS-sssy, New Orleans, has a.
hearing upoa Mr.. Atkinson 5
letter. ard confirms his statements as
tie effect of the compression npon the
So-e il tie square and in the round !
bale
In this connection is republished also |
sn editorial from the Columbia Is. c. } |
State. in which il is said;
Too mAny people have been making a /
living oai oi cotton, and the producer /
AAs had to pay them al. If he could 1
sell direct 10 the consumer without 1
reduction. actual OF conventional. he 1
wonla he more likely 10 get the resi- /
vslne Of his product.
Large interests have grown up about 1
the handling Of cotton, and it would be /
doubtless injurious to 4
many people-to have the succession of /
done away with, but, after /
ali. that is the way Of the world. 1
N acre a process i too expensive 1
invention gets 10 work 10 reduce the
cost, and the cylindrical bale machinery /
Is As natural sequence ot expensive /
and wSsts4ai methods IS the iyQ~setsIng 4
machine Is SIX cent Gotten cannot 4
pay lhs folis that twelve cent costoa
pad Something mGSs give WAY.
must 80 10 the wAll-the /
tzzg.se- ~ rsisGss.2An. II the farmer
DOES. there Is ~ croYs 50 he Is
3ecesssiy lie GnUSt stay. The lcSic a /
circumstances sorcSs the miiilenea
s-i, The coscoa factor has already 4
Scze. in this part q the conatTy At /
ieASf. Other HzsSilsgaea between the 4
grower ana the raSaatSet1rer EaGSt -.
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