The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
IGiIe AND TIES GO UP.
-,vy ADVANCES IN
rae PRICE OF BOTH
nave Control and Are Pre-
inc TO Squeeze Big Profits
ont of the Farmers

Out oI
,,anters of the south may
he WV. 70 resort to cotton sheetlng
IN nav, ;oo for their cotton, and TO
co, n~a.IIbstitute for ties to hold the
i Sum- shape. says the Savannah
e' III m,ese reedful supplies are now
vs. i. controlled by the trusts. Last
lre' No we're half dozen Compel
WV. W. Zach line. This year there are
! II one concern has absolute con-
t' ,Irof the cotton bagging in the
', i. u, and another has absolute con-
oftbe cotton ties
u ,' Manufacturing Com
Fl ~ w Of New York controls the co., ,p
.! wi Of the country, and the
' y%S9 Steel Hoop Company, which
II i' s,,, in the great Federal Steel
. u. controls the tie output. The lat
i I !, comparatively recent =, amalga-
~. u NJ several concerns. The Lud-
'-' VI Boston. Mass, are still in the
4 ..oU baocipg business, but they are
i ,Ioso alliance with the American
S nvfscnring Company and make ex-
\ Wv the same terms and prices
IT, M result is seen in the changed
l,o+atiops. For several months the
ELEVATIONS on ties and bagging have
Bmaincd practically unchanged
bere was no necessity to change
om for the simple reason that no
ioo. were being made by the trusts
a none of their products were being
ia at anv price. To-day's quotations
in he found to differ considerably
I'm those which have been in force
.,sratofore. An increase Of about =
Ants a ward has been made IN the
lie of bagging, and it is not unlikely
at there will be further increase
Il he trusts have in fact given notice
d at further increase in prices may
IA expected in June.
While nominally the bagging busl-
sess is being conducted both by the
ii udlows and the American Manufact-
sring Company both send out the
Il me price list and make exactly the
me terms. Both declined to sell any
Raging for this years crop until last
eek. and both opened at the same
8rices. Their terms are spot cash and
10 credit
Authe cotton ties used in the United
hates are now made by the Federal
s eeI Company as agents for the Amer
an Steel Hoop Company. The lat
I'd is an amalgamatiOn of the several
e ferent concerns which were engag-
u in the hoop and tie business last
Bar. The result of the amalgamation
Rs felt Immediately. From 60 cents,
#eprice at which most of the ties
Fere sold last year, the price immedi-
hely jumped to IS cents, from which
was run up to $1.25, at which price
$eS have been quoted for the last sew
kal weeks. The latest dictum makes
83l spot cash and S1.36 for August
&livery. This is to merchants in
Re lots. To farmers the cost will
i 5 to 10 cents bundle more.
With the complete control of the
u siness now enjoyed by the bagging
n tie trusts it can very easily be
en that these concerns are in posi-
pn to squeeze the farmers of the
putin atatheir pleasure. For several
|ears the cotton planters have secured
Pese supplies at reasonable prices,
P0t this will evidently not be the case
pms year, Being protected by a heavy
arm against foreign competition and
having knowledge of the fact that the
afmers of the south are in more pros
'efouS condition than for several years
5aSt' and with the assurance of large
4s.d Tor the present year, the two
s,usI ~ realize that they have the plant
l s5s j.: al their mercy, and that the time
\ ripe 10 multiply their profits.