The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-08

Advantages Of the slanaara Square
Hare

1870 S4ow-
That you can sell your cotton any
where provided it is put up in square
bales 1t represents to much money
and is a commercial package recog-
nized the world over.
That the owners OF the round bale
patents create the market for such
packages. Which system gives you
the quickest results:
That the round bale is sold in Liver
pool at prices less than the square bale.
Does il seem reasonable 20 think that
a trust stands this loss. or is It no. the
producer?
That cotton put up in round bales
does not bring more money 10 the pro-
Queer than staple baled in square
packages. The forty-fve cents differ
entail advertised by the trust is q
snare. They offer forty-ve cents more
for round than their limits for square
cotton, but they don't say what their
limits for square cotton are.
That the round bale is a trust. Read
the contract they offer to the ginner.
That U. S. Senator S. D. McEnery
says that the fostering of the cylindri-
cal bale means the fostering Of the
biggest trust ever conceived by man.
That the introduction of round bale
presses means the establishment not
only of a cotton trust, but a seed trust,
an oil trust, a ginning trust, and the
utter humiliation sc every small GIN
ner in the cotton bit.
That if you put in a round BAH press
at a plant having a capacity of three
thousand bales, you will pay three
thousand dollars a year to the trust
for a machine actually worth about
~S500--and even then the trust owns
the machine.
That the standard 24x54 bale will net
the farmer 1922 than a round
bale. For Veriication see E. P. Cath
ron's letter and calculations.
That it Will interest any one de-
pendent upon he cotton trade to read
how and by whom the great cotton
trust was formed.
That c. NJ. Keys vas a ginner just
like yourself. He tells how he was
Nlcllu1lZeu by Il6 TOuuu Ddlc trust.
The standardizing Of the gin boxes
in the cotton belt means a saving
through reduction in o OF handling
and ocean and railroad freight rates of
many millions annually to the cotton
producer.
That from the standpoint of slowing
the standard 24x54 bales is 60 per cent.
superior to the irregular shaped bales
now being turned out.
That an increase in carrying capacity
made possible by the improvement in
the package, means that the railroad
rates will be reduced. 1t means that
ears can be loaded to their fullest car
capacity.
That equal densities considered the
maritime associations pronounce in ia
vor of. the square bale as against the
round bale.
That the cotton exchanges Of the
country, the ginners and the steamship
agents unanimously indorse the stand
ardizing of the cotton bale to 24x54
inches.
That a square bale can be screwed in
a ships hold. This can not be done
with a round bale.
That a squar bale will not disinteg-
rate in case of damage in a ships hold.
It is bound with iron ties.
That under similar conditions a
round bale will disintegrate. 1t has
nothing but light covering to hold II
together.
That a cargo of square bales will not
shift in a ships hold in the event OF
heavy weather.
That a cargo Of round bales, not
being screwed in a ships hold, will
shift in the event of heavy weather.
That a round bale has only a thin
covering Of cotton material to hold it
intact. A square bale is bound with
iron ties. A round bale will unroll in
case Of fire. A square bale cannot I'm
roll.
That this objection of unrolling in
case of fire makes 1t very difficult to
discharge a %roundlap bale from a ships
hold.
That the thin wires which are al
legged to hold a Lowry bale are easily
burned through in case Of fire. The
Lowry bale will then become elonga-
ted like an uncoiled spring. 1t is as
hard to discharge an elongated Lowry
bale from a ships hold a. it is to dis
charge an unrolled roundlap bale in
case Of fire.
That the difficulty OF sampling a
round bale operates against the nance
OF making spot sales of such cotton.
That foreign spinners are dissatis-
fed with their experience with the
round bale.
That the round bale does not get re-
duction in insurance rates. They
might claim to do so but it is only a
claim.
That in case OF fire the spaces be-
tween round bales acSas fiues and BAR
the flames through press, warehouse
ships hold. The standard bale adj
mits Of no air passages. They stow
closely one against the other.
That standard 24x54 bales will be
accorded forty per cent reduction In
ocean freight rates over irregular
bales. This is another a why you
should change your gin box TO stand
ard measurements.
That the round bale companies say
they will pay port prices at interior
points. Do not be fooled. They will
only give you a cold blooded classical
ton, II your cotton classes barely
middling they will grade 1t as low
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