The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-11
A sPINNER's VIEW OF THE I'M.
PORTANCE OF BALING REFORM

twenty years has witnessed the IulnIl-
ment In the manufacturing world Of
predictions quite as startling and
climerical as any that have been sta
ted. A few years hence when all Of
these and many more wonders shall
have come to pass some one Will arise
and standing on the vantage ground Of
their realization, point out new worlds
to conquer, new miracles to be wrought,
new difficulties to overcome and new
forces to be applied. In due time hu-
man ingenuity will have met every de-
mand and 80 the work Of infinite devel-
opment will go on.
lone by one Nature yields up the
treasures Of her store-house to the mas
ter hand Of man.
"Who will dare to set bounds to the
unexplored fields Of science or limit the
human intellect in the scope of It's re-
search?"
Mr.. Lowering was in New York today
and when reminded Of this prediction
about improvements In cotton handling
and the probability of seeing their full
phasize now as an absolute certainty In
the near future what he prophesied
then. 1.-THE great issue before the South
today" said Mr. Lowering, "Is reform
In ballng and handling cotton and 1t Is
gratifying to see that the people Of the
South with broad conceptions Of how
the revolution can be worked out to the
infinite benefit Of that section and es-
pecially of the planters are giving them
selves very closely to this matter. OF
course some vested interests are natur-
ally making a strong fight against any
radical improvement. AS confirmatory
Of Mr.. Coverings position the last Is
sue of the Cotton Planters Journal Of
Memphis in discussing this subject from
the planters point Of view says:
Baling reform is agitating the public
cotton mind to degree hitherto un-
known and Is being more fully appre-
clated daily as comprising by a very
large majority the question confronting
the cotton public. 1t Is a peculiar con-
cern to the producer, In as much as he
Is being compelled to realize In view OF
present conditions that therein Is con-
talned his ruination, or salvation. When
prices are uniformly high, thus toler-
atlng haphazard and reckless methods
Of cultivation, the form or condition OF
his package was not matter OF con-
Germ to the grower. Profits were large
and credit was easy, which were the
only considerations which solicited his
attention. Intensive cultivation and
prices have checked his mad career,
however, and forced him to realize that
he was facing a revolution which de-
manded a practice Of economic prin-
ciples. Conditions where anybody could
make a living profit out Of cotton have
been supplanted by those in which I'M
proved skill and intelligence are essen
tial factors. Though as Indicated, the
movement for improved method In bal
ing Is as yet In It's swaddling clothes
that degree of public education to Its
needs, has been attained to cause the
producer to scornfully smile at his own
folly in having since time 1mmemorial
robbed himself in cold-blood and In the
most stupid and bungllng manner Of an
immense profit. It Is not an extrava-
CANT assertion nor one hard to appre-
ciate at present to declare that the
growers thoughtlessness has dlspos-
sessed him of millions annually that
might just as reasonably been dumped
in the sea. Even at the present stage Of
the question this yearly proceeding be-
comes a CALLING monument to his stu
pldity which Is realized by none more
completely than himself.
"At this point 1t Is not inappropriate
to make note Of the effort now being
made-to prejudice the public against the
cylindrical form of bale by selfish in
terests. shouting corporations, trusts,
combinations and monopoly. The plan
ter wants to get hold Of the best form
of bale regardless Of dragons, cormo-
rants and hydra-headed monstrosities,
and trial has already vindicated the fact
that the round bale Is not only to be a
permanent institution, but Is to be
henceforth vital factor in improved
baling. THE Cotton Growers Journal,
Waco, Tex, September, 1898.
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