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

grade and character in square bales. and
as rns0cr III common sense, becauso Of
the iucraAhcd Yet cotton. because The mills
| buy 'cottUl. aud any man o. ordinary sense
knows hat while American miAs pay for
the gross Neigai Of cotton ana easgine and
Ties. they figure down shelf prles 20 The
basis OF the cotton they actuaIy receive.
as nagg!ng and Ties are practically that
much waste ,ayerasins IN value about .
vents at the millsl ana no SANE man be
/ lieNes that the mills throw away their
money. They always do and always VIII
Pay higher price Tor round bale cotton be-
cause OF The Increased net. There are
many Other advantages 20 the mill in the
new Ucthed, which ss they are becoming
recognized they are ready 20 pay for as
ihey are there 20 make money Ike the rest
OF tha world, OF course the inoTea sad price
Tor the ne; cotton takes care O; itself
abroad. as instead O. TIE s per cent de-
Quoted for square, hut / per cent is de-
Quoted for round bales
Here are soru~ :! the mills mat have
used the round bale and are It's friends
The Lonsisie company, Massachusetts
company tFruFiaeaceJ, China ManUlactur-
ing company, Amory Manufacturing ccm-
pAny Ameskeag, stark mills Dwight, CHI
eopse. Great Falls. Lawrence. Atlantic
lePperei, wmarket. Hamilton, Boot,
massachusetts tLnweiN; %aumkeas. Pal
mcr. Qu;duick. Queen city. Cocheco' ous
Jackson company, Greenwood company
Trainer sons. Hooper d Soue. etc. etc.
LOOK az these letters from the mills
tFealreIs and agents, such as Goddard
hfiS ri 'h4 lonsiaie Blackstone. Hope ana
nerS!ey mills Hooper 4 sons. Aaron Ho-
1AEt CT the Lawrence Duck company. ]
H9War9 Nichols, treasurer of the Dwight
ana the Great Falls company. !. Spencer
iufAeT. ps'aeent u the Greenwood com
p44y CHARLES l.. Lowering treasurer OF
Af Massachusetts. the Southern mills ana
.Aa hhi1entou company; 4 s Co.al.
treasurer vi be- fremont and Suffolk mills
!. H. sawyer treasurer OF the Chicousa and
~ "n4AFSei; j. W. EarE,l, treasurer AT.
a. - MUS II J. Pratt agent the Bates.
i. u Young superintendent the ~Iome
i".isi J. j. MHrrs. treasurer Henderson
Nuns. W. IL foie, treasurer Enfield mills
~ Fr'''aenecl' and stephen H. Knight OF the
heorou Manufacturing company tproyi.
"s1.y. II those VIII not coaylnoe any man.
hoihiux VIII. We shat! be glad 10 have any
one look at thcee letters
Speaking OF ar. luight. every cotton
nan knows that the Knights control tho
'H'Ees- 0uiton undertaking In the United
"-atef, au4 no one us a manufacturer
STANDS 2 Char than they In practical tnovI.
'se Nf. Anlsht IS 81 thoroughly i'm
1851 "lih 'ha round bale as q money
saver 20 ,he SPINNER also that at the recent
jA".ilng Of rte New England Cotton Manu-
.-'tIS asS1e.auon which. by the
"ss round bale met
W. almost fFom beginning TO epn
~ hMsAt road paper on the round
-Na ioIIpRed II up with remarks in
d.fstiE il In the strongest manner ana ,r,,
ms ppon all manufacturers united oiicr,s ~
s'uetr me BADLY needed reform" You
.Ah see from his report that am cor.
rect ION see how he speaks of
mo recklessncss Of the nresen,
methoi 'i' Is subiec; 10 all manner az
aniiee aud robbery from the time u leave.
tue cotton Held until II reaches the CON
sun'et lie urged economic preliminary
,ars',t'l,s' honest packing, and light but
complete covering" The new cvln-
ari'al bale bids fair Of itself 10 solve The
question lie then discussed what a yns,
SAVING 1t was from transportation. as well
az other standpoinls Then Il desprintion
~ de'all Of his handling OF the round bale
me cotton arrived in prime condition
"as '1'',Nly re-weighed and found TO
,n'N hoil out in weight " He SPEAKS Of
the extremely light tare. then
says Whom we consider tb,t
ilr iarc on the old style haie is abo1t
twenty tNe pounds. or about : per cept az
Is HelHht It seems enough II sci the or
uth'Iy man TO thinking" Spcatipg Of
me handling ~ tfe round bale whirh IS
30 Sll"Mo ana saves so much Tor the mill
Ia ,.N"A'hk idppef rods into the
VNus1 ana htllng the bale up on the rolls
ana letting II unroll Itself mixing as
may DO desired he says Of the cotton. ~
was SOFT pllahlc and In much better con.
"It'oh Tor mixing than that OF the ordin
airy bale Nhen fol into the nnenor II
seemed 10 work easier con4aniinr loss
i"NoI' ~" wound up with Contemplating
."h "hi inventors at the South have nv
The expenditure OF much monps AMI 49,
anu months OF persistent effort succe,,I~J
IN producing cotton bale compact. M a
hhai" that renders II very easy 10 hnndIa
ahd. ~ short. wonderful Improvement
| upon the old bale"
nus. continued Nr. Rail. think have
| SHOWN uat the round bale Is in the ,,,teras.
of the cotton raiser, tho sinn.r ana ~,
Spinner II Is also In the Interest of IN,
| cotton buyer apd the transportation rom.
! paHy' ca th's latter point we haya onlv
| ~ '"'heinner mat round bales as they comb
| from The gin house arc already comnraased
20 about one aud one half up TO two times
| ~ "Nhs.t. 0i eemhressed cotton In square
bahsi ahe loads direct from the yin into
| cars to about four times tho CAPACITY M
| cars or uhconmptessed cotton and nr,cu
| 'ai! double that OF comprsrSea COTTON
and It Is a practically lndestructible non
| combhstiblo freight, too. We ran I'm nrec
tloe every day II our plants, when Ia oper-
! alton, overload any car with round co,tor
balod direc. FROM tho gins. The new avs
ten works srvat economies TO the ran.
roads, aud Is greatly favored by them. and
at the hcston meeting Of the spfnners NO.
lerrct TO thore were three strong r,rors
| by railroad men, showing the evils Of ths
old methods OF handling cotton, and IN.
| dogaiug the new ones. ana showing VIII,
ana from the railroad standpoint they term
1t The Ideal Commercial Bale.
You ask of what II CONSISTS Simply this
taking any good. modern gin plant q,
reasonable capacity, in front OF the con,
densor. as II now stands (and n desirabl,
without removing the existing squars-ba,.
preasl, We put our simple bat forming
apparatus. which makes a heavy uniform
bat In that we take the output Of any.
where from two 20 sixteen gins. This Gin.
tinuous bat. We a'nlply squeeze the air ou
OF, our process STRENGTHENING the nbres, aud
materially Increasing the spinning vaiu,
OF tho cotton. We then roll up. under pres,