Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-04-12
MADE MONEY ON ROUND BALES.
Patrons OF RoundIap Gin Plants Tell OF Their
Big Profits

The past ginning season again demon
stratcd tho Incompatible superiority of
The American Cotton Company'S Round
lap bale. Not only wcrc farmers bcnc-
| fitted who had their cotton put up in
Roundlap bales, but even the patrons Of
Old-Stylc gins prolitcd by tho presence
OF Roundlap competition.
Farmers all over the Cotton States have
written letters to the owners Of Round
lap plants telling of tho profit that has
| come to them from having their cotton
put up in Roundlap bales. Mr.. w. f.
Hartley, ST., who patronizcd the Green
vile, Ala, plant wrote February ,. 1900:
Tho most important point in the Round
lap bales favor to the farmers is the adj
vance in tho prico above that of the
square bale. 1t has averaged the en-
tire past season $500 per bale moro than
the square bale. More than $1,000 has
been placed in circulation by the adj
vanccd price caused by this one press
Mr.. +. NJ. Rogers also wrote from
Grccnvillc, Ala. 81 have received from
to J cent per pound more than the mar
kct price here for square bales. The
Roundlap bale is Il GodScnd to the farm
crS, and has saved them thousands of
dollars in few months"
Mr.. J. ID. Reilly, Ccntrcvilc, Miss,
wrote December 4, 1880: "Anothcr adj
vantage to the farmers is that ROundap
cotton brings such good price that the
buyers of square cotton have been forced
to put their price up. Thus all the
farmers arc benefited in n town where
there is Roundlap press
Mr.. +. B. Simonton, Temple, Texas,
November II, 1899: ~ have received
from Sl.10 to $3.50 per bale more for my
cotton than if had ginnCd and sold in
the square bale. Besides | know that
the prices The Amcrinan Cotton Com
pauy has paid for seed cotton have been
the cause of those buying the square
bale paying from 10 to - points more
for it,
Mr.. j. l.. Wood, of Venus, Texas,
December >, 1899, wrote: 81 sold to The
American Cotton Company at its East
Waco plant tho first bale Of cotton that
was ever ginncd by the Roundlap bale
system in Waco, and have been selling
my cotton in the seed to you since that
time. For the last three years, includ-
ing 1899, have sold my cotton to your
Venus plant. | can safely say that
have made $500 per bale more by selling
to you in the seed than | would have
made if had ginncd it into square bales,
besides saving great deal Of annoyance
with the street buyers. In view of the
fact thai the custom GinncrS and those
opposed to the Roundlap system say that
you do not let the farmers have cotton
I
seed when asked for it,
Mr.. u. i. Hall, a merchant and planter
OF WayncShOro, Ga, wrote November 10,
1890, to McssrS. Wilkins Il Jones, owners
Of the Roundlap plant of that place: 81
had ono lot Of 20 bales turned out by yOu,
and without saying anything to anybody
put the samples on the market An Of
the buyers in town bid upon same, think
ing it qume bale cotton. One OF the
buyers bid - cents, another 5.S7I cents,
and another 90 cents, the latter re
marking %t the time that he was really
bidding Il ful sixteenth more than the
lot of cotton was worth. Without know
ing what bids had rcccivcd--in fact
did not tell you that anybody had bid
upon it--yon offered and paid me so for
the lot Of cotton, which was a clear dif-
ference of % points in favor OF the
Roundlap bale. believe that the Round
lap bale is the bale Of the future, us it
effects large saving of waste, and en-
ablcS the planter to get Il higher price
for his cotton"
Mr.. Abram Williams, November TO-
1890, wrote McsSrs. wilkins Il Jones:
"To-day | had two Roundlap bales of
cotton packed on your Roundlap bale
press, for which You paid me r. cents
per pound, when the same grade Of cot
ton in the square bale here to-day is only
bringing to Z cents per pound
Mr.. j. >. Collins, Pike Road Ala, NO
vcmbcr /, $780, wrote: 81 have gotten
for my cotton $3.50 per bale more than
! could have gotten for ii in square bales
believe that the R0undiap press is the
salvation Of the farmers Of our county.
| believe that it has saved in our neigh
borhOod Of eight or ten miles square
$1,000 in the price Of cotton, and 10000
pounds Of lint cotton that would have
been lost in samples, theft and weight
and $1,000 in warehouse charges, besides
drayaGc and railroad expenses"
The England Gin Company, which OPP
crates l;"undap plant at England, Ark,
December -, 1900, wrote: 1--WE are very
much pleased with the Roundlap bale
press. 1t is a rccC rniHcd fact in this
community that we have made the price
OF cotton from to ! cents higher than
it would have been Only this last week.
when we were out Of the market about
four days, seed cotton dropped from =
to = cents per pound,'