The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-09-28
ROUND AND SQUARE BAItGS.
Advice to Farmers Worthy of Con-
sideratiOn-A Compilation OF va cts
Furnished by tho Advocates OF tho
Square Bale.

Square Bale.
The following article contrasts che
merits OF tho square and round bales,
and claims tho superiority OF The
square bale, for which rpas0na are
given
That you can sell cotton anywhere.
provided 1t Is put up in SO are bales
1t represents so much money and l.. &
commercial package recognized The
world over.
That the owners Of She round bnlc
patents alOno create the market for
such packages.
That the round bale Is sOI2 in Liver
pool at prices less than tNo square
bale.
That cotton put up in round bales
does not bring moro money To the pro
packages. Tho 45c tlili3renlial udver-
tised by the truat IS a snare. They uf-
fer 45c moro for round than their
limits" for eQuarC cotton, UuS thyv
don't say what "thcir limits" for.
square cotton are.
That the round bnIe is 8 trust.
That the Introduction OF round bsic
presses means the cst&bliahmCnt, not
only of u cotton trust, but Z seed trust,
an oil trust, a ginning trust aud til G
utter annihilation OF every small gin
ner In tho cotton belt.
That If you put in Is round bale prcsa
at plant having the capacity Of 1900
bales, you Will pay - 000N0 3 year to
the trust for q machiuc actually worth
$500 90, and even then the trust owns
the machine.
That the standard 24X5i bale VIII
net the farmer 1922 more than q
round bale.
That it will interest anyone dcpou-
dent upon the cotton trade TO read now
and by whom the great cotton trust
WAS formed.
That the cotton exchanges OF the
country and tho sinncrs unanim0usly ~
endorse tho sLnndardiZing OF thC cot
ton bale to 2iX54 inches.
That rGuaru bale will not distnto.
gretc In case OF damage In Is Ship'g hold.
1t is bound with iron tics.
That under simila' conditions a
round bale Will disintUgruLp. l. has
nothing hut u light covering 10 holu il
| together.
| That p ronn0iap oAle has only thin
| covering OF cotton material 70 hold it
intact. a fquNrc bale is bound with
iron tics. a round}ap bale will unrulj
in case Of lire. n square bale cnnno,
unroIl.
That this objection of unrolling in
case Of fire makes it very difficult e.
discharge roundlap bale from sh!p's
hold.
| That the thin wires whlch arc al.
| legged to hold Lowry bale arc easily
burned through in case Of fire. The
| Lowry baie will then become elongated
| like nn uncolled spring. Il Is as hard
! to discharge an clongatod' Lowry bale
from {. ahiU'a hOiu ~ Il IS tiiBchurpU
on unrOl!ed rCundiap bale III SIC oi
fire.
That The d! !tiiculty OF samping n
round bale operates against tho chance
of making spot sales Of such cotton.
That foreign spinnCra are die3atisi Cd
with their experience with tho round
bale.
That in case or fire the .spscos bo-
tween the round bales acts 1t iu@s anU
carry the liamcs through prGss, ware
house or ships hold. The standard
bale admits Of no air passage. YhGy
stow closely one against tho other.
That the round pale companies say
they will pay port prices at interior
| points. DO not bo deceived. They
| will only give you Cold-bloodcd clns-
Siiication. Ii your cotton classes barely
middling thoy will grade at low mid
ding aud pay you for it as such
| They Will Eot pay you nny premium
for extra staple or !0c tho quarter
grades.
That Que per cont. turc claimed by
the trust In favor OF tho round bale ia
q claim set up by themselves alone.
No recognized authority, individual,
| body or association has ever fixed The
tare on n round bale package at one
per cont.
That round bales average 25O pounds
in weight. Square bales average 500
pounds IN weight. 1t takes as much
time and as much labor to handle tho
one package OF half tho weight as the
other with twico tho weight This
means q difference In cost Of handling
In favor Of thc square bale.
That subjccting damp cotton, just
picked from the field, TO tho heavy
pressure necessary under tho round
bale systcm, presses the oil from the
fibre, mats tho lint and causes vcgcla
bio decomposition.
That this decomposition on ronnC
bales runs from twenty TO one hun
dred pounds. II Is just that much cot
ton absolutely lost.
That the round bale system doe.
not allow the cotton 10 dry out. Tht
very opposite is true with tho squarc
bale.
That the round bale Is purely an OK.
hibition bale. Handle " with caro- an,
no hooks" is the only way to trca
them. 1t cannot DO treated as an ar
tlcle OF commerce, but must be ban
died as q work OF nrt.
That finally, to allow the lntroduc
tion OF round press gin In your paDl
means tho revolutloniz!ng OF your busi.
moss, tho risk OF putting yourself
wholly In the hands Of gigantic
trust, the positive loss that yon wiil
sustain, for reasons shown herein,
and tho almost certainty Of the trust
treating you just as scores OF glnners
have been treated after they had beer
imposed upon by the trust agents.
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"A 15.yoar-old girl, Rosa Dora Gar
rctt, OF Taney county, Mo-, wht
married the richest man In the coun