The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-11
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
PLANTERS COMPRESS COMPANY /?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
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GEORGIA AND CAROLINA
PLANTERS COMPANY
WHAT is TIL NEW PROCESS
WHICH THESE COMPANIES
OFFER FOR THE CON-
PRESSING OF COTTON &?


OFFER FOR THE CON-
PRESSING OF COTTON ?
Ina general way these questions may
b answered as follows:
THE PLANTERS COMPRESS co.
IL orcanizeu under the laws Of West
Virginia, and owns the patent covering
the machines invented by Mr.. George
a. Lowry, Of Chicago, for the compress
ing OF cotton.
THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA
Planters COMPANY. under a IL
cense from the Planters Compress Com
pany, is organized for the purpose IL
introducing the Lowry Press In the
States Of North Carolina. South Caro-
INA and Georgia, and will be entire
" under tie management Of Southern
men. who will handle the matter in the
states named.
THE LOWRY PRESS.
The Lowry Press takes its name from
the inventor. It turns out a cylindrical
bale, is inches in diameter, 36 inches
long, with an approximately uniform
density Of Al pounds to the cubic 1907,
and therefore each bale will weigh,
within very slight margin depending
upon the moisture in the cotton), 2oj
pounds.
The essential difference between the
mode Of packing in the Lowry bale
and in the square bale is that while tht.
steam compress works to expel the air
from the square bale made at the gin.
in the Lowry bale process, the cotton
ls packed, as 1t leaves the condenser At
the gin. Iher is, therefore, little or no
air which ever gets into the Lowry
bale.
The cotton Is laid up from the bot
1om Of the bale to the top in fiat. spiral
layers, in which there Is lateral e1-
oansion, after being released from the
compress tube, Of from Is to 3-s Of an
inch only. The tendency to expansion
lengthwise is checked and overcome by
four small iron wire ties, smaller thai
an ordinary telegraph wire. The bale
is covered, when thus tied, with a
strong cotton cloth, which is slippeu
over the bale, and tied with cord al
both ends. 1t can be removed without
injury, so that it can be used over anu
ever again, like meal or grain sack.
The bale can oe most readily sampled
in any part; ordinarily 1t Is sufficient
to unite the bag at one end, and pull (;
down over the bale. A good sample can
easily be drawn from the end, and the
edges OF the layers along the sizes are
fully exposed to view. The bale cannot
be false-packed-and If mixed packed
tho fact shows at the edges Of the lay
srs. The sampling can likewise. If deem.
cd necessary, be done at the other end
Of the bale.
The weight Of the bale. 250 pounds,
as against 500 pounds for the ordinary
square bale, has very many advanta-
ges which the mills and ships have
long sougn. and are now quick to ap-
,reciate: but it is not only the mill and
ship ment who realize and enjoy the ad-
vantages; $50 pounds is much more
readily handled than 500. "a round
package Is much more readily moved
from point to point than square pack
age A bale that can be rolled is easier
TO deal with thal a bale which has to
be tipped over and over by two men,
and the density of Lowry bales, AZ fbs.
to the cubic foot, as against twenty-five
and half for the present steam com
pressed bale, enables twice as much COT
ton to be stored in given space. The
planter and ginner, therefore, need no
longer leave their bales out on the
ground in exposed places. and often
lying in the mud. ut can readily roll
them under shelter. The mill can store
twice as much cotton in every bay OF
the storage warehouse. and storage
charges are OF course reduced about
one-half.
When the Lowry bale is laid on the
floor on its SIDE and the wire ties are
cut, it begins to creep in length anil.
left to ITSELF, will gradually elongate
and open so as TO reach a final length
of about g feet. An entire bale can be
pu, at one time into the picker" a..
the cotton mill. and the economy thus
arising. and otherwise, has led several
Of the largest rliils in New England and
In Europe. to deduct from the Lowry
bale per cent. tare as against 6 per
cent. tare exac;el from the square bale.
making thereby a difference of 5 per
cen,. in favor Of the Lowry bale.
The economies begin at the end Of the
ginning process and follow the bale in
to the cloth at the mill. The bagging
ard ties on each bale weigh about -
POUNDS. The t2ra is therefore about one
per cent. The insurance is reduced.
there is no freight haul 10 the steam
compress and back again: therefore
oae-hai: cf the haul. or therea bouts, Is
Gu; ot;; thera is no loss Of cotton be-
tween the plantation and the mill, be-
cause the cotton covering entirely pro-
tec:s the bale from dirt. injury. etc.
SOME OF THE ECONOMICS OF THE
LOWRY BALE.
A s!xsls illustration will reveal the