The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-05-16
GEORGIA COTTON
TO BE UNIFORM
The Convention Of Compressors Met Last
Week in Atlanta.
SUGGESTED SIZE FOR BALES
Will Attempt To Have All Cotton Made
in Boxes "a by Sd.
DELEGATES FROM THREE STATES
DIR. J. D. Turner, of Atlanta Compress
Co., Reelected President. w.
Lapsley, Vice President.

Lapsley, Vice President.
Forty delegates from various pal'S VI
Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi rep
resenting the compress!ng intereStS ol NV
states met In convention at the hiii'pa'
Thursday at noon. The Compress AsSo''d-
ton was formed in Atlanta five years AK
in the hail in which the delegates a'sei''-
blod Thursday, and at that time oh'S
small proportion of the present large "'0"i
bershp was on hand. Since then the d.
ISOLATION has grown in usefulness anu
strength and the fifth annual cohEeht-"H
held Thursday WAS the most representative
and thoroughly beneficial one in the history
of the association.
The meeting was called to order ny IfeS-
ident J. d. Turner, of the Atlanta COM
,,,o,s Cnnnanv and one or more dele
patas answered to the following roll OF the
COMPRESS companies throughout Htol S'''
and ncighboring states: Ruhroan Noi"-
press Company, of Birmingham, Ma E'l -
mingham Compress and Storage Company
birmingham Ala; Columbus compress
Company Columbus, Ga, Albany Co''oH
Compress Company Albany, Ga; Decatur
Ala. Compress Company; Admission, Ala
COMPRESS Company. DcmopnuS compress
COMPANY of Demopolis, Ala, Rome COM
press Company, Rome, Ga; EnSISh '""'
press Company, Macon. Ca; OPehka t"i'
press Company, Opelika. Ala; Selma Coh'-
press COMPANY selma Ala: Dawson Com
press COMPANY Dawson, Ga. Elpertoh
Compress Company, Elbcrton, Ga: Amerl-
Gus Compress Company, AmerlcuE. Ha'
Augusta Compress Company, Augusta, Ga,
Union Compress Company, of Rome, GA
Central Railroad Compress Companies; Ma
riOu Compress Company, Maroon Ala.
UniontOwn Compress Company, UmontoWh'
Ala: Star Compress Company. Meridian,
Miss; Mutual Compress Company, Mont
EOmery, Ala.
President J. d Turner announced the
death of Colonel j. d. Boyd, of Griffin, Ga,
vice president of the association, ana mace
q short feeling address upon the lire Oh
Colonel Boyd and his valuable services
while connected with the association y
committee was appointed to draft reSolu-
tions expressing the sorrow of the dele
gates and their sympathy for the bereaYcd
family and the same was unanimously
adopted.
The principal work of the convention
was the open discussion of means looking
to the regulation Of the bales of cotton
ginncd within the territory of the a5socia-
ton. Judge ]. W. IMpsley, of Alabama,
stated that the cotton ginners Of Texas
had recently passed resolution declaring
that every bale of the staple made in that
state should be Of uniform size and density
and measure twenty-four by ifty-lour
inches. lie said Z appreciate that such
a step on our part Would be improper, as
such action is not in the jurisdiction OF
this association, but we should take the
initiative in suggesting and advising
similar step in our territory. The density
OF the bale regulates the rates charged
for its transportation over railroad and
steamship lines and with every bale OF
cotton nodded into Il package tWenty-tour
by tifty-four inches. the space taken up
will be greatly diminished and consequently
the cost of transporting it spondingly
lowered. 1t will aid producer, buyer and
consumer. and make the profit of each
larger in the end"
After a short debate upon the adysa-
bility of the association making this sug
ecston. the following committee on uniform
bales was appointed:
Judge j. W. Lapsley. of Alabama; w. 2.
Armstrong. of Alabama: +. 3. Fisk Of
Alabama; j. 5. Doughty, of Georgia; j. Z.
English. OF Georgia. and j. c. Webb. Of
Alabama.
The convention took 4 recess until go
O'Clock and upon lis reass rmbling the COM
mittee reported favorably upon Judge Laps
leys suggestion. strongly advising the uni
form size of twenty-fOur by lifty-four for
each bale Of cotton and setting forth the
immense advantage this change would he
to all parties. After the unanimous pass
age of the report OF the committee the
following explanatory resolution was
adopted:
Whereas. 1t has been demonstrated by
the report of our committee on improve
ment Of the American cotton bale that it
is to The best interest of the farmer to
nave TINS cotton pressed III 3 box 2lXJi.
therefore. be it
'ResolVed. That this convention heartily
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