Macon beacon., 1900-04-14
MADE MONEY on ROUND BALES. /
ia r0nw Of RouudInp Gin Plants
Tell OF thcfr zig Profits.


The pst ginning seas0p gain lemon-
stra I'd the ucunparable superiority Of
THE Amer Cotton 90. s Roundlap
bllc Mott only were farmers bene ted
who had tH-.t cotton pnt mp in Roundlap
bales, but gwen Tire patrons Of ull-etyle
gins prohtei BY lae presence Of Round. /
Zap co petition.
Farmers aIi over the cotton statp have
written letters to the owners of Round .
lap plant telling Of the profit that has .
come to them from having their cotton +
put up in Roundlap bales Mr.. w. +. I
Hartley, ST.. who pat onized tna Green /
vile, Ala, plant wrote Feb. 3, lJO0; I
( The most important point in the Round
| lap bales favor to the farmer is the advance
| in price above that Of the square bale u
/ has averaged the entire past season ~ per
bale more than the square bale. More than
$4,000 has been placed in circulation by the
advanced price caused by this one press"
Mr. F. NJ Rogers also wrote from
| Greenyille. Ala
~ have received from to ) cent per
pound more than the market price Eera tor
square bales. The Rouudlap buie is God
Sc. i the farmers and has saved them
llNt4T"hNA7 w hblAAlc va "a iS'f t4ANASA'''
:. Mr.. ] D. Rely, Centerville, Miss.
wrote Dec, 4, 1899
{" Another advantage to the farmers is
that 10 lndiap cotton brings suoh good
price that tie buyers Of square cotton have
been forced TO put their prices up. Thus
, an the farmers are benefited in q town
where there is a Roundup press
: From Mr.. r. B. Simonton, Temple,
Texas, Nov 12, 1899:
. have received from > 80 10 $3.50 per
: bale more for my cotton than u had glh-
ned and sold in the square haic. Besides !
y know that The prices The American Cotton
Go. has paid for seed cotton have been the
clt'a Of those buying the square bale pay
III ifg ON 10 to 80 points more for IT,
y L Wog1, Of Venus, Texas
: Dee :, 1888 wrote:
Q 81 sold to The American Cotton Go. a.
its East Waco plant the first bale OF cotton
t that was ever ginned ny the R0undlap balc
system in Waco. and have been selling my
>, cotton in the seed to you ince that time.-
Il For The last three years, including lS9'
= have sold my cotton to your Venus plant -
can safeIy saw that have made $500 pei
bale more by selling TO you in the seed thar
would have made IL | had giHned it into
= 50 are bales, besides saving great deal o
Ie ANNOYANCE with the street buyers. In view
Of the fact that the custom ginuerS and al
those opposed TO the Rouudl p systelf sa!
that YOU do not let the farmer have cottol
s seed. will say that | have always gottel
is seed when | asked torlt,"
N Mr.. p. B, Hall. merchant aud plan
,e ter Of Waynesboro, Ga, wrote Nov
10, 1899, to Messrs, Wilkins & Jones
owners of the Roundlap plant at tina
place:
;" ~ had lot Of 20 bales turned out b
YOU and without saying anything to any
body put the samples on the market, a
the huyers in town bid upon same, thing
squire bale cotton, One of the buyers bi
5j cents. another S74 cents and anothe
r % cents. the latter remarting at the tim
that he was really bidding fun slX'eent
more tb an the OF of cotton was NDJth.-
Without knowing what hids had reserve
in fa aid not ten pa inat anfb0d
had bid upoH III yea 9hered ah9 pald h
G.5O for the re 8f 60 toh. which Was e.et
difference OF pGiut ID taK0 HouU'
ap bule. beteYe tha Rouadiap bale IS I'll
| blIe OF the future, ms it effects large sa
an inc of waste. and enables the planter
gCt a higher price for his cotton
49,. The England Gin Company, whiC
1rs m operates Roundlap plant at England
a Ark, Dec 10, 1893, wrote;
a I'VE are very much pleased with ii
ere Rouudlap bale arcss, 1t is recognize
ail fact in this community that we have ma
i've the price Of cotton from ! TO + cents high
in than it would have been, only thi. Ia
~" week when we were out of the mark
about four days seed cotton dropped irC
y to , cents per pound"