The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-09-02
The Roundup Bale Press.


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try. He has been using the Roundup bale
to 10000 bales Of 500 pounds each during
the coming season. Mr.. Pratt has also or
eanized companies for building two very
largo Roundup bale plants at Tuscaloosa
and DemopOlis, Ala, and estimates that he
will handle at these two points this year
10000 to 10000 bales Of 80 pounds each.
or the equal of 1900 TO 10000 square
bales. In q letter to the Manufacturers
Record, giving his experience with his
Huntsville plant, he saysi /
1--WE are ginuers and cotton msnufac-
turers, and operate ten 70-saw gins and
four presses. For two years We have
operated roundlap bale presses OF the |
American Cotton Co. The first year We |
handled 200 500 pound bales, and the |
second year 8, 100 500 pound bales. This |
year with q good crop in this vicinity, we |
expect to put up 5000 or 10000 bales. |
Our experience has been most satisfac- |
tory, both from q ginner's and manu- |
facturer's standpoint, and the fact that |
We have % largely increased our bust |
ness il ample evidence that the planters |
are well sSisfied. The universal opinion !
expressed by all customers is that they
are moro than satisfied. And why should
they be otherwisef We gin and COM
press for 81 and pay the plsnteres ono
eighth Or. ct. premium on their CROP or il
We buy in the seed, a. is now the rule is
here, we pay them on this bssis, and they
sell their load and get spot cash for it,
thus saving much labor formerly neces-
ssry. Under the old process they paid
s. for ginning. made q trip to the gin
with their load, generally had to leave
il and wait several days for ginning,
and then made Z second trip for the cot
ton and seed and another trip to market.
In the spring wefurnieh them seed at the
same price We paid when ginning was
dore, and they are then sure of getting
good ssed for planting, and only what
they want. Hence there is no wastes
Any planter who has delt with us will
certify to the fact that be can better A.
| ford to haul cotton twenty to thirty miles
| to our, gins rather than gin near home,
with the extravagant old fashioned moth
cd. He can not only save time, but
make money by 30 doing, and gets paid
for all the cotton he brings, whether he
sells at once or holds his crop. He also
appreciates the saving in having the bale
sampled once instead of many times,
and he further understands that he gets
better grade than he does on the old
country gins, owing to the superior ma
chinery used for cleaning, etc. So much
for the planter.
Nov let us zee how the ginner stands.
First, he can gin, cover and compress 900
pounds OF lint 10 eight minutes, using q
good outfit Of five 70-saw gins TO the
press, and can do better with q larger
battery. This can be done at cost not
exceeding forty cents all told, while the
old process costs him not less than SID,
including bsgging and ties. In case the
giunef wants to buy and sell cotton OH
his own account, most Of the railroads Of
the South will allow him compress fees oil
eight and one-half cents per hundred
weight, or forty two and one-half cents
per bale. If he wants to sell to the
American Cotton Co., it allows him a
premium Of e2.26 per bale over the taltIe
of the same cotton in square bales at his
locality, thus giving him t1.26 NET after
} paying royalty of twenty cents per hun.
dred weight for the use of the press
maintenance OF the Same and regular
inspections. The gin plant can b fur
with less labor and less cost of insurance
than the old system, and II cotton il
: stored, four times a. much cafS Be placed
l
in the same room.
There is no chance of mixing bales o.
, samples, owing to the perfect system il
use, and no chance Of losing cotton b.
country damage, a. water will not per
meate the bale. owing TO oil air being ex
cluded in baling. The street buyer
sampler and cotton thief, owing to com
plete covering, have no CHARGE TO &c
their 'auger iuff to use common expires
|. sion, as there il no necessity f0r cUttinl
I the covering under the American Cot
ton Co.'s samplIng system.
'Frouh q manufacturer's standpoint
: the advantages OF the system are to
|, numerous 70 mention, bat the best evi
7 dence Of the advantages derived BY tn
: mills 10 that cotton finds . ready sale q
? q good premium over the square bale
and new mills are now being erecte'
I which will do away with bale breakers
8 opening lappers. etc. There is no nee
, essity for middlemen, - the mills ca
buy direct from ginners or nom tn
4 American Cotton Co., and be sure Of gei
ting what is ordered.
The warehouseman who has handle
!. the roundlap bale is loud in his praises
He has no turtle backs to handle, q
. lost ties to replace, no damaged bales I
: pick and inspect, and be knows that th
! weight stamped plainly on the burla
: covering 10 the actual weight Of the bal
J. and will not vary. He can handle to tt
mills, Ioad IN cars or on wagons Wit
half the help formerly required, and b
! warehouse q not Uttered up With cotto
II and dirt, a. under the old system. IT
h howl q the middlemen, 'town-crop' hal
3 dlers, compress stockholders and oper
"a tors nbut natural and expected, - thu
3. are hurt and badly hurt. But who CT
:. blame them for trying TO get up cor
bines. compress trusts, regulation siS'