The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-08-30

| D'o '"'" p'0u ouCe instead or many
times, and he further understands
that he gets a better grade than he
does on the old country Gins, oy,
ing to the superior machinery
used for cleaning, etc. So mach
for the planter.
"NOw let us sec how the pinnor
stands. First, he can gin, cover
and compress 800 pounds of lint
IN eight minutes, using rood
outfit Of 20 saw gin, to the press.
ahd can do better with a iarocr
battery. This can be done at 4
cost not exceeding forty cent, all
told, while the Old process costs
him not less than 1925, inciudinr
bagging and ties. In case the
glnner wants to buy and sell cot.
ton on his own account, most of
the railroads of the South will al
low him compress fees of ei1ht
and onc-half cents per hundred
weight, or fOrty>tw0 and one half
cents per bale. If he wants to
sell his cotton to the American
Cotton Co., it allows him a prcm>
ium OF 1926 per bale over the
value of the same cotton in square
bales ut his locality, thus giving
him Sl.25 net after paying royal.
tY or twenty cents per hundred
weight for the use of the press.
maintenance of the same and
regular inspections. The Gin plant
can be run with less labor and
'e3s cost of insurance than the
old system, and if cotton is
stored, four times as much can be
placed in the same room.
"There is no chance Of mixing
bales or samples, owing to the
perfect system in use, and no
chance Of losing cotton by coa.
try damage, as water will not
permeate the bale, owing to all
air being excluded i'm baIiur. The
street buyer, sampler and cotton
thief, owing to complete covering.
have no chance to Get their .au-gyr
in, to use common expression.
as there is no necessity for cutting
the covering under the American
Cotton Co. S sampling system.
"From Il manufacturer stand.
point, the advantages Of the ~y--
tenn are too numerous 10 mention.
but the best evidences of the All.
vantagos derived by the mills is
that cotton finds Il ready sale at Il
good premium over the square
bale, and new mills are now bcinu
erected which will do away with
bale breakers, opening lapprrS.
etc. There is no necessity r,v
mlddIemen, as the mills CA l..,
dlrert from ginncrs or from the
American Cotton Co., and be sure
of getting what is ordered.
"The warehOuScmun VINO has
handled the roundIup oaIr is load
in its praises. He has no turtle
backs to handle, no lost ties ID
replace, no damaged bales to pick
and inspect, and he knows that
the weight stamped plainly on tlc
burlap covering is the actual
weight of the baic, and will not
vary. He can handle to the mills.
load in cals or on wagons with
half the help formerly rcuu,rrl,
and his warehouse is not Uttered
up with cotton and dirt, rs uudcu
the old system. The howl Of tie
mlddlemcn, town crop hnui'c.-,
compress Stockholders and opeu-
ators is but natural and expected,
as they are hurt, and badly hurt.
But who can blame them for try
ing to get up combines, compress
trusts, regulation sized press
boxes, laws to prevent the opera
ton of the round bale system, and
for telling all kinds Of stories
about hard cores (which do not
exist, etc: If they did not see
the handwriting on the wall they
would not be SO vigorous in their
efforts. But to the producers,
ginners carriers and consumers,
the only four parties who are Ir-
terested, the situation is entirely
different, and especially to the
producer, who, by reason Of the
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