The age-herald., 1899-09-19
ADVANTAGES OF
 THE ROUND BALE A Practical Illustration of Its B0n0ii
 to Cotton Growers. HIGHER PRICES ARE PAID The "MiddIe Man" With His Profits
 is No Longer Necessary. PRODUCER WILL BE BENEFICIARY The South Will Get Is Per Cent More for the Crop Than Formerly
 Books of Choctaw County Officials Examined
PRODUCER WILL BE BENEFICIARY

AS6tf1eTdIQ Bureau, t1Olei MdDSOH, NluII- gomery, September 1S.-Cspecial)-A long stride toward the salvation of the farmers of the south-the cotton groHes-has at last been solved in the introduction of the Lowry round bale. It does away with the middle man." who has been annually making some thirty millions of dollars out of the cotton crop that should have gone to the cotton growers. Montgomery re- ceived a first installment of the Lowry round bale Saturday, and the fact that the sample chasing mddling brought 45 cents per hundred pounds more than the same samples from the square bale has awakened wide interest in the new bale. The farm CTS are discussing the matter with favor, and they are beginning to haul their cot. ton for many miles to reach the round bale ginneries.
 The first consignment was received hero by Johnston & Hammond from Autauga county. The sample classed middling and brought 6O. The same date cotton was quoted at 575 The manufacturers of the Lowry bale guarantee this difference n the price to the producers, and the reason they can do it is simple. A member of the local firm, acting as agent for the new bale, explained the figures to me this morn ing. Discussing the question, he said:
 "Our company guarantees the difference in 45 cents per hundred to the farmers for the reason that we are enabled to do 1t in shipping the round bales from any inland point to Liverpool on a through bill of g,uc ;,, ,1 handling. To illustrate let me show you what we can sell the square bale for in Liverpool with the basis here of 5.75:
 Price paid for cotton. on.....................$S7 Freight to port per bale ...,............ 45 Freight from port to Liverpool 3S Commission and insurance .... ...,.... 14 are.. iz
 Total cost delivered Liverpool ........$74
 Now, we will take the cost for the round bale on the same basis:
 Price paid for cotton ..................$57 75 Freight to port per bale ......... ...... 38 Freight from port to Liverpool .... .... 19 Commission and insurance ...... ...... 12
 Total cost delivered Liverpool .......$651
 "This leaves a balance in favor of the round bale of 6S cents per hundred pounds Now, we guarantee the growers 40 cents of this amount, leaving the buyers differ ence of IS points in profits. This does not include warehouse charges, nor the enorm- ous amount paid for freight on the bag ging and ties to cover the square bale"
 The farmers will study the above figures, for it means much to them. In actual figures 1t means that they are to receive $226 more per bale for their cotton than they are receiving for the square bale. One dollar of the $2.5O must, however, be added to the cost of ginning, still leaving the grower a profit over the old method of H25. Placing the cotton crop at 1000 900 bales annually, this means that the cotton growers of the south are to receive SIC, ,225,- 900 more for their crop in round bales than If packed in square bales. Besides, it will give to the ginners of the south $1000O,000 more than they have previously received. This means that the south will get 15 per cent more for the crop. To bring the il- lustration nearer home, Montgomery re- ceived last year 10000 bales of cotton, or 5000, ,O0O pounds in round figures for which had the average price been cents, the growers would have received $4,250,000. Had the round bale been used the growers in the Montgomery district would have re- ceved for their crop $4, 751,5OO, balance in their favor of $5O,5OO. It seems that the south has much to gain from the invention of the round bale.