The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-04-18
MADE MONEY ON ROUND BALES.
Patrons of Roundup Gin Plants Tell
OF Their BID Profits.

o ity of The American Cotton Com
pan7's Rourdlsp bale. Mt only
were farmers benefited who had their
cotton put up in R ,undlap b lies, but
even the patrons Of old style gins
profile l by the presence OF R'und-
lap competition.
Farmers all over the cotton States
hsvs written letters to the owners OF
Roundup plants telling Of the profit
that has come to than from havlrg
their cotton put up in Roundup
bales. Mr. W. F. Hartley, Sr, who
patronized. the Greenville, Ala, plant,
wrote Feb. 8, 1900: "The most i'm
portsnt point in the Roundlap bales
favor to the farmer is the advance IN
price above that Of the square bale.
It has averaged the entire past sea-
son $500 per bale more than the
sqlare bale. More than 5000 has
been placed in circulation by the ad-
vauced price caused by this one
press"
Mr. F. NJ. Rogers also wrote from
G-eenville. Ala: Il have received
from 5 to ! cent per pound more
than the market price here for square
bales. The R>undlap bale is a G>d
send to the farmers, and has saved
them thousands OF dollars in a few
months"
Mr.. J. D. Reilly, Csatreville, Miss,
wrote Dec. 4, 1899: "Another ad-
vantage to the farmers is that R ,und-
lap cotton brings such a good price
that the buyers Of sqlare cotton
have been forced to put their prices
uo. Thus all the farmers are bene-
flied 10 a town where there is a
Rou,dlap press"
Mr.. F. B. S;monton, Temple, Tex,
Nov. II, 1899: II have received
from $3.50 to $3.50 per bale more
for my cotton than if I had einned
and sold in the square bale. Besides
I koow that the prices The American
Cotton C,mpauy has paid for seed
cotton have been the cause of those
buying the square bale paying from
10 to 50 points more for it."
Mr.. J. L. Wood, of Venus, Tex {,
Dec. /, 1889, wrote: Il sold to TIE
American Cotton Company at its
East Waco plant the first bale of cot
ton that vas ever ginned by the
R,undlap bale system in Waco, and
have been selling my cotton in the
seed to you since that time. For
the last three years, Including 1899,
I have sold my cotton to your Venus
plant. I can safely say that I have
made 81 co per bale more by selling
to you il the seed than I would have
made if I had ginned it into sq2a-e
bales, besides saving a great deal Of
annoyance with the street buyers.
Ia view Of tie fact that the custom
ginners and those opposed to the
Roundup system say that you do
not let the farmer have cotton seed I
will sly that I have always gotten
seed when I asked for it,"
NJ ?. B. Hall, a merchant and
planter of Waynesboro, Ga, wrote
Nov. 10, 1899, to Messrs. wilkins &
Jones, cwner of the Roundlap plant
st hist place: Il had one lot Of 20
bales turned out by you, aad without
saying anything to anybody I put
the samples On tie market. All OF
the buyers in town bid upon same,
thinking it 50 lare bale cotton. One
of the buyers bid ST cents, another
ssh cents, and another 5.95 cents,
the latter remarkipg at the time that
he was really bidding a full sixteenth
more than The lot of cotton was
worth. Without knowing what bids
had rece;ved-:n fact I did not tell
You that anybody had bid upon it
you offered and paid me $50 for the
lot of cotton, which was a clear differ
encs of IS points in favor CT the
Roundup bale. I believe that the
Roundlap bale is the bale OF the
future, as it IF Cts a large saving OF
waste, and enables the planter to get
a higher price for his cotton"
MIR. Abram Williams. NV. 10,
1889, wrote Messrs. Wilkins & Jones:
To-day I had two R,uadlap b.les of
cotton packed on your Rouadlap bale
press, for which you paid me T
cents Per pound, when the same
grade Of cotton in the square bale
here today is only bringing I to =
cents per pound"
Mr. J. S Collins, Pike Road, Ala +,
Nov. II, 1899, wrote: Il have gotten
for my cotton $3.50 per bale more
than l coa!d have gotten foc 1t in
sor.are bales. I believe that the
Rouodlap press is the salvation Of