The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-23
THE CYLINDRICAL

vile Home and Farm b. '0elOa
views of farmers regardina Is
drical bale. Mr. Ransom tue cg&
Raleigh, gave his views in ~ ua
ing pointed letter: ~' INR
From what I have heard
in the papers about it, Ctba 90 nno
bale) I think it is an imDroHnu
the square bale we are O r N.Y.
and there is a saving in bo" P
ties, insurance and freight
about twenty pounds less bsoa q
ties than the square bale, but FSae
has to make up that in linz
worth 81 90, whereas the ho" WV
ties cost about IS cents-so ha
to get 81 cents, and the addirio..,
OF Oaling the cylindrical bsle to
it equal to the square bale,
I don't think farmers obi, M
improved method of glnnlne
and marketing cotton, but tbor 2
jecF to being swallowed by the
can Cotton Company, and lett,n1u
price their cotton. There ia -.
condition on which farmers can ~
to patronize the American a.
Company, and that is for them :"
and bale their cotton for a rea.oo.%
price in toll or cash, and return ~O
the baled cotton and seed to do ash
please with it. The msnufoo,u~
cant afford to let one company eont'o,
their raw material, for which tho, :.
hundreds of millions of dollars fl, 80
year. If the American Cotton ~
pany is not trying to control the ootto.
crop why do they object to SELLING tb.i
press or machinery II thew vo,.
farmers to try it, cff8r the pres. -.
sale as other manutacturers Of inn
proved machinery do. The only chan.
farmers have of getting higher DriosI
N"es0
is by holding their cotton, 80 thew caDg
afford to let any company control
and there are manufacturers in Mari
Carolina who think just as l don
We are glad to see that the editor
Home and Farm also sees the evil 4
tentions of the American Cotton Can
pany. His editorial gives forth noun
certain sound, and voices our saf
ments entirely. To say that tr
farmers who patroniz9 the cylindia
baling trust are nursing a viper iii
put it mildly. When one great con
pany gets control of the great Gotta
crop of the South, then we will knoV
something of the evils of trusts Emy
one interested in cotton raising should
assist in stamping out this trust IM
who patronize or encourage it n
simply putting the chains Of sk@s
on themselves, and when they Ri
themselves bound they a blame o
one but themselves.
But we are speaking of the HcnI
and Farms editorial. 1t is Etha
lengthy, but it's subject is so Imports
that we gladly give space to it. III
as follows:
ut is impossible to ~exsggerats y
Importance of this invention to th8a
ton planters of the South. TnatIss
lation to cotton planting may Oefal
shown, we give in detail a Staenaa
of the effect it will have on the PLiHa
tions and in the markets. following
with a letter from Mr.. Edward AIEs
son..
''It is evident, we think, speaEDA
from the mechanical standpoint 'l'
this new invention is second ONLY
the invention of the cotton gin iNa.
It is a direct blow to the proFce
trusts that have been making. COW.
ties, and to the various leecbe y
have fastened themselves upon tn'O
ton business. 1t will save to tnep"-
ers thousands of dollars tEst sf8 ~
wasted in samples or destroyeam y"
sit.
"All of this will be plain to tDs".
ton planters, but there is one ~
that is not plain, and that is FDS4
this saving is to be 'hogged
inventors who control this rnsCDpg
whether it is to accrue to the
himself. ga
Bearing upon this point We pI
q letter from a friend in North
There has been among the fsrnsn
CARNATIONS throughout the souD
grounded apprehension that 'nS%
cate controlling this machinery
not only to monopoljEe the
that come from this inven'lO+
through it to secure for sOmS -
syndicate the control OF the
ern crop. 81. ar
"This is a feature that at 80
deserves the utmost attention