The Van Buren press., 1900-09-29
what we believe to be the actual saving


by its use.
IAN ordinary plantation bale weighs
about IL. pounds to the cubic foot.
What is known in commerce as a COM
pressed bale, that is, a plantation bale
which has been subjected to pressure
of 2 400 tons to reduce its size. weighs
about 22i pounds to the cubic foot,
whereas, our bales, made at the gin and
by single process with pressure of ten
(10) tons, weigh 35 pounds to the cnbic
foot, and instead of being packed in a
mixed mass full of compressed air
through and through, as in the old
style land exceedingly inhammable)
they contain no compressed air, and are
thereby absolutely fire-proof and are
made by forming the cotton into
smooth, regular bat and rolling it upon
cylinder.
The cotton buyers, up to this time,
have refused to buy our bales, hence
when we place press in gin we are
compelled to guarantee to the ginner q
market for the bales put up by the press.
We obligate ourselves therefore to buy
from each ginner, if he desires it, every
bale Of cotton packed by him on our
press at the actual market price of cot
ton of the same grade packed in any
other way. We do not and never have
asked or required any ginner to sell us
any cotton. He is at liberty to sell to
anybody he chooses and anywhere we
only agree that in case he prefers to sell
to us we will take his cotton. We do
not desire to buy the cotton; would
prefer thai other buyers should do so,
but we do not propose to have our in
vention destroyed by being boycotted,
hence we provide market for its pro-
duct
"Ours is not the only round bale
press, The Lowery press is in open and
sharp competition with us in almost
every locality where our presses are,
and is round bale press. There is not
and never has been any cooperation or
understanding between us, but as | said
above, we are in open and sharp com
petition with them all the time, | be-
lieve there are some other companies
claiming to have round bale presses
also, but | know little about these.
There has been no effort on the part of
our company to absorb any other COM
pany for the purpose of suppressing
competition or to make any combination
with any other company, or to get any
other company out of business, ex-
cept for infringements of our patents.
Having faith in our process, believing
that our press puts up cotton better
than any other, we believe that, when
the public understands this, our method
will be generally adopted on account of
its own merits.
1--WE use no bagging and no ties. Our
bales are smooth, clean and regular in
form. They are handled with greater
ease both in wagons and cars than any
other bale. They can be packed more
compactly in ships and cars than any
other bales, and we trust to these adj
vantages, and not to the suppression of
competition for the general introduction
of the new method, The old method of
packing cotton, which has been in use
for years, is open to all mankind. Any
body can erect these presses anywhere
and operate them, and no one will use
our press unless he believes he gets adj
vantages over the old system thereby.
The charge then that we are undertaking |
to monopolize the packing of cotton is
absurd. Very sincerely yours,
JAMES X. JONES.