The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-09-06
1YF ROUNDLAP BALE PRESS
p,noats TO Farmers and GinnerS Dem.
onstrated i'm Operation.

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liant of the West Huntsville Cotton
XIII, and operates at the same place one
M f.i'o largest ginning plants in the coun-
trv He has been using the roundlap
|I. For two wears. and expects to put up
5000 TO 900 bales of 500 pounds each
Jnrinr the coming season. MIR Pratt
hos also organized companies for build
mo two very large roundlap bale plants
~ Tuscaloosa and Demopolis, Ala, and
ostimates that he will handle at these
two points this year $4,000 to 10000
haes of 250 pounds each, or the equal of
X 900 to 10000 square bales. In letter
70 the Manufacturers Record, giving his
ovnerence with his Huntsville plant, he
says:
+urers. and operate ten 70-saw gins and
four presses. For two years we have
.onerated roundlap bale presses of the
American Cotton Co. The first year we
handled 2.2O0 5OO>pound bales, and the
second wear 100 500-pound bales. This
year with a good crop in this vicinity we
expect to put up 5000 or 10000 bales.
0nr experience has been most satisfac-
4ory, both from ginner's and manu-
faeturer's standpoint, and the fact that
we have so largely increased our business
Is ample evidence that the planters are
we'll satisfied The universal opinion
EXPRESSED by all customerss9sstha they
are more than satisfied. And Why should
thew be otherwise? We gin andsNgRress
for 81 and pay the planters oTssRhth
cent premium on their crop, or if weWhy
in the seed, as is now the rule here, we
nav them on this basis, and they sell
their load and get spot cash for it, thus
saving much labor formerly necessary.
Under the old process they paid So for
ginning, made trip TO the gin with
their load, generally had to leave it and
wait several days Tor ginning, and then
made a second trip fer the cotton and
seed and another trip to market. In the
spring we furnish them seed at the same
price we paid when ginning was done,
and they are then sure of getting good
seed for plating, and only what they
want. Hence there is no waste. ANY
planter who has dealt with us will certify
to the fact that he can better afford to
haul cotton twenty to thirty miles to our
gins rather than gin near home, with the
sxtrayagant old-fashioned method. He
can not only save time, but make money
by so doing, and gets pay for all the cot
ton he brings, whether be sells at once
or holds his crop. lie also appreciates
the saving in having the bale sampled
once instead of many times, and he fur
ther understands that he gets a better
grade than he does on the old country
gins, owing to the superior machinery
used for cleaning, etc. SO much for the
planter,
"NoW let us see how the ginner stands.
First he can gin, cover and compress 5OO
pounds of lint in eight minutes, using
goOi outfit of FIVE 70-saW gins to the
press, and can do better with larger
battery. This can be done at cost not
exceeding forty cents all told, while the
cd process costs him not less than SLID,
including bagging and ties. In case the
ginner wants to buy and sell cotton On
lis own account, most of the railroads OF
the south will allow him compress fees
of eight and one-half cents per hundred
weight, or forty-two and one>half cents
per bale. If he wants to sell his cotton
10 the American Cotton Co. it allows
Linn premium of 1925 per bale over the
value of the same cotton in square bales
at his locality, thus giving him $1.25 net
after paying royalty of twenty cents per
hundred weight for the use of the press,
maintenance of the same and regular IN
spections. The gin plant can be run With
less labor and less 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 oy
country damage, as water will not per-
meate the bale, owink 20 all air being
excluded in baling. The street buyer,
sampler and cotton thief, owing to COM
plete covering, haYe no chance to get
their 'auger in 20 use common ex-
preston, as there is no necessity TOR CUT
ting the covering under the American
Cotton Co.'S. sampling system.
From a manufacturer standpoint,
the advantages of the system are 100
numerous to mention, but the best evil
dence of the advantages derived by the
mills is that cotton finds ready sale at
good premium over the square pale,
and new mills are now being erected
which will do away with bale breakers,
opening lappers, etc. There is no neces-
sity for middlemen, as the mills can ouy
direct from ginners or from the Amerl~
can Cotton Co., and be sure OF getting
what is ordered.
"The warehouseman who has handled
The roundlap bale is loud in his praises.
He has no turtle backs to handle no
lost ties to replace, no damaged bales TO
pick aud inspect, and he knows that the
weight stamped plainly on the ourlaP
covering is the actual weight OF the pare
and will not vary. He can handle 10 tue
mills, load in cars or on wagons WIN
half the help formerly required, ana MS
Warehouse is not Uttered up with cotGOn
aud dirt, as under the old system. Inc