The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-17


says 'the trouble is tho improved round
bale is hciug daily marketed. whereas
sptnners see the same ragged square ba.e
and no evidence OF Improvement showt
oy actual receipts. The question aske,
me Is, Where are your a4x5i standard
bales going? They certainly are NOT az,
pearing in New England.
BY diligent search Mr. Hamilton sue
ceeucd in finding some splnners in New
Bedford who had not tried r3undian bales
and who. he said, were preiudiced against
them. However" Mir. Hamilton adds
4 wish there was less prejudice aud more
sound objections existing against the
round bales in New Bedford; the f0rfnet
may be overcome in time" la4es.tt
From Liverpool January Q. 1909, Mr.
Hamilton reported to his employer On
some tEnglishl mills there is a growing
feeling 10 favor Of the American roundlan
bale, owing to the good condition In which
the cotton Is delivered at the mill.n
nisgraccrui Oid-stsic Bates.
While in Liverpool Mr. Hamilton took
stroll along the docks looking IN ware
houses and at vessels unloading for so.
called standard square bales. He did not
report the discovery OF any. hut 10 letter
written to Mr., Hanson January ~ he SAYS,
speaking OF the American cotton he saw
In old style bales, 1T looks in disgraceful
condition to me.
Late in January Mr. Hamilton went TO
Havre. France. From his report TO MIR
Hanson, written January %. his reception
must have been embarrassing, "As is the
case everywhere writes Mr.. Hamilton.
speaking OF Havre cotton merchants whom
he had Interviewed. they demand all i'm
proyement and say that unless it comes
spinners viii 30 TO some other package.
When ! tell them IL Is coming, they 70.
ply. All. this was said two years ago. hut
Havre has not yet seen the improved
square bale. II is well enough to talk Mr.
Hamilton. but where are your 24x5i uni
form size bales? on the other hand, spln-
ners get the beautifully put up round bale
which shows for ITSELF"
spinncrs Prefer RoundInp Gotten.
In this same report Mr. Hamilton says
that some spinners prefer round bales al
the same figures, aud have no fault to ind
in any way with the round package In
certain spinning sections learn the
roundap bale is becoming daily more pop
ular''
In his circular letter Of January 30 Mr.,
! Hanson quotes n letter written to one OF
Savannahs largest exporters" By q Liver
pool correspondent under date Of January
/ II. This English gentleman writes: Il had
the pleasure of meeting MIR. NJ, b. Hamll-
I ton, who. | understand, will travel over
| Europe in the interest OF the standard
/ square bale reform. He might have saved
time and money by staying at home and
seeing that all his many promised inn
proyements in the old bale are brought
| into execution without delay"
Hound-BnIe sales Increase.
But this is a depression MI Hamilton
continued his peregrinatons, going from
] ~ W IA.
mailed TO Mr.. Hanson a supplemental
HAVE report, Ia which he said: Il fad
spnners more inclined to this (the new
system Of baling in France than n either
/ England or America. In spite oil
opposition from merchants and prokers
sales of round bales direct to spinners in
crease. Since ! left Liverpool
hear large sales OF round bales have been
made to spinners both in England and or
the continent"
THE whole Of Europe is making the
same cry today. tSquare) bales arrive
ragged and torn. and. what is worse, with
out marks consequently grades and
weights are mixed. and this In my 0pin-
ion, is the chief cause for heavy claims
for which good shippers are unable &
account"
In view OF the foregoing extracts from
his own correspondence. read alongside hi
Birmingham address, IT Is up to Mr.. Ham
ilton TO show wherein the charge Of 'un-
scrupulous methods" brought against the
compress combine and certain OF it's en-
ployes lacks Justification.
Demnnd Exceeds supply.
Besides the testimony of Mr.. Hamilton
an unwilling witness. there is overwhelm.
ing evidence of the roundlap bale's pop
ularity with spinners, not only in this
active demand for II. which, the past sea.
son. greatly exceeded the supply. hut r.
their unreserved expressions OF approval
The past season the sales of The Ameri-
can Cotton Co.'S rounlap bales In CONT
mental Europe, exclusive Of Italy where
for several years sales have been large
and where the increase was a per cent?
We're more than three and one-half times
greater than the year before.
The American Cotton Co.'S continental
manager. in a report written In April
1900. said that. With a sufficient supply
the turnover Of roundlap bales could havi
been doubled. He concludes his report b,
saying that It is a matter OF little conse
quence how much roundlap cotton Is Of
fered for sale IN Europe next season al
fact" he says, the more cotton the bet
ter" And again "The question Of quar-
tity, ms far as we are concerned. Is of sec
ondary Importance, as after this years eX
perence we have no hesitation in sayiri
that we are in a position to place an.
quantity Of cotton you are likely to Civ
us The companys business viii continue
to increase uatil we have completely revo
lutionized the style OF packing cotton."
Thomas y, Blake,
Division Manager The American Cotto
Company.