Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-08-17
FARMERS AND GINNERS
The Following Facts are Worthy
OF Careful Consideration

That you can sell your cotton
anywhere provided it is put up in
square bales. 1t represents so
much money and is commercial
package recogniz ed the world
over.
The owners of the round bale
patents alone create the market
for such packages. Which system
gives you the quickest results?
The round bale is sold in Liver
pool at prices less than the square
bale. Does it seem reasonable to
Think that trust stands this
loss, Or is it not the producerp
Cotton put up in round bales
does not bring more money TO the
producer than staple baled 10
squ uare packages. The forty-fve
cents differential advertised by
the trust is a snare. They offer
forty five cents more for round
than their limits for square cot
tor, but they don'G Say y what
"yheir limits" for square cotton
are.
The round bale is a trust. Read
the contract they eff r to the
ginner.
u. s. Senator S. D. McEnery
says that the fostering of the cye
lindrical bale means the fostering
Of the biggest trust ever conceivs
ed by man.
The introduction Of round bale
presses means the establishment
not only Of cotton trust, but a
seed trust, an oil trust, ginning
trus', and the utter annihilation
of every sm Ill ginner in the cot
ton belt.
If you put in round bale press
at d plant having a capacity of
three thousand bales, you will
pay So, 900 a year to the trust for
a machiue actually worth about
scotland even then the trust
owns the machine.
The standard 24x54 bale will
net the farmer $2.32 more than a
round bale. For verlfcation see
E. P. Cathron's letter and calcu-
lations.
It will interest anyone depend
ent upon the cotton trade to read
how and by whom the great cot
ton trust was formed.
G. M. Keyes was ginner just
like yourself. He tells how he was
victimizad by the round bale
trust.
The standardizing of the gin
boxes in the cotton belt means a
saving through reduction in cost
of handling and ocean and rail-
road freights of many millions
annually to the COTTON producer.
| From the standpoint of stow
ing the standard 24x54 is bale 60
per cent, superior to the irregu-
lar shaped bales now being turn
ed out.
An increase in carrying capaci-
ty made possible by the improve
ment IN the package, means that
the railroad rates will be reduced
It means that cars can be loaded
to their fullest carrying capacity,
Equal densities considered the
maritime associations pronounce
in favor Of the square bale as
against the round bale.
The cotton ex changes of the
country, the ginners and the
steamship agents unanimously
endorse the standardizing of the
cotton bale to 24x54 inches,
A square bale can be screwed
in ships hold. This cannot be
done with a round bale.
A square bale will not disinte>
CRATE in case Of damage in a
ships hold. 1t is bound with iron
ties.
Under similar conditions a
round bale will disintegrate. 1t
has nothing but lightcoveripg to
hold il together.
A cargo of square bales will
not shift in a ships hold in the
event of heavy weather.
A cargo of round bales, not
being screwed in a ships hold,
will shift in the event of heavy
weather.
/ A roundlap bale has only a
thin covering Of cotton material
to hold it intact. A square bale is
bound with iron ties. A roundlap
bale will unroll in case of fire, A
square bale cannot unroll.
This objection OF unrolling in
case of fire makes it very difficult
to discharge a roundlap bale
from ships hold.
| The thin wires which are all
lleged to hold Lowry bale are
leasily burned through in case Of