The age-herald., 1898-06-10
COMPRESS MEN HAVE AN ORGANIZATION It Vas Perfected in Birmingham Yes
 teFday. ARE FOR THE SQUARE BALE VIII See That All the Gins Have Uni
 form Boxes. OPPOSITION TO THE ROUND BALE Fiske of Montgomery Made President and ]. H. CoughIan of Birmingham Vice
 President Meet in This
 City Next March.
OPPOSITION TO THE ROUND BALE

Yesterday at noon in the Morris hotel the cotton compress operators of Alabama met for the purpose of organizing a state association. The outcome of it was that the organization was perfected and the fol- lowing resolution adopted:
 Whereas, the adoption of the uni- form square bals will benefit alike all parties who are in any way interested in the handling or raising of cotton.
 Resolved, That we ask the co-opera- tion of all factories, commission men. and commercial bodies throughout the state in securing the adoption of the square bale, 54 inches long by 24 inches wide and ask that they use their in- huence to have made such changes in the packing boxes of their districts as are necessary to insure bale of above di- mensions"
 All but two companies in the state were represented, either in person or by proxy, and it is thought that they will come into the association soon. Those present were; J. P. Farrell and l.. H. Fshe, Montgom- cry; MT. Burt, Eppes, Messrs Hill and Maxwell, Tuscaloosa; s. B. Cook Sheffield; B. K. Cooper, Decatur; Frank Folmar, Troy; F. P. Davis, Mobile; Jno. c. Webb, Demopolis; T. l.. Robertson, Anniston; M F. Howell and J. H. Coughan, Birming- ham, and MT. Terrell, Selma.
 Terrell Temporary Chairman
 J. F. Terrell was made temporary chair T., C Ticlxa tee consisting of T. l.. Roberts. W. D. Nesbitt, J. c. Webb and F. P. Davis. was appointed on permanent organization. and to map out the work to be done.
 At o'clock in the afternoon the meet ing assembled again and elected F. B. Farrell, of Montg omery, secretary and treasurer.
 The meeting then being organzsd as the Alabama Compress association proceeded to di cuss the compress busi4ess of the state as 1t now exists.
 The Uniform Bale
 There has been a great deal of troulle for number of years in handling GO ton, on account of the varied sizes of the bales. The main purpose of the association is to have all gin boxes in the state made of a uniform size flfty-four inches long, and twenty-four incheswide. This is the sze that has been adopted by the compress as- sociations of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Miss ssippi and Georgia. From this it will be seen that Alabama Is among the last to adopt the uniform bale
 The resolution given ab We was the ly one adopted yesterday. .4 /, The plan for the carrying of it into of feet is as follows:
 The operators of each compress is to see personally every gin owner in the com- press's district and explain the advantage to be obtained by the uniform bale ard ask all of them to adopt it. The ordinary gin box is little larger than the fifty -four by twenty-four inch bale, but the gin box 8 can be changed to this smaller size for a few dollars in cost.
 Small Bales Pack Better
 The principal argument used in favor of this uniform bale is that compress can pack a small bale much denser than it can a large one. Or to give figures, forty pounds of cotton can be packed into each cugic foot of the uniform bales, while there are only about twenty-three pounds per cubic foot in the large, irregular bale. From this 1t can be readily seen what a great advantage the uniform, compact bale will have over the old style bale.
 The association was authorized to join an interstate compress association. provided one was formed on these lines.
 B 1th Montgomery and Birmingham were proposed as the place for holding the next meeting, and Birmingham won. The as so- ciation then adjourned to meet next March. If is said on the outside that the reason the square bale congresses of all the states are organizing is that the round bale congresses are giving them a pretty hot fight and the square bale people must organize and adopt a uniform bale for self