The age-herald., 1901-06-30
COMPLAINT MADE
 AGAINST COTTON English Spinners Claim Some Imports Are Badly Damaged IS BEING INVESTIGATED
The Savannah Cotton Exchange Takes the Matter Up and Offers to Aid in Prosecuting Persons Making
 Fraudulent Shipments.

Savannah, Ga., June 29.-(Special.)- During the present season there has been more or less complaint on the part of European spinners about the condition of some of the American cotton imported by them. It is claimed by them that the cotton is badly damaged, but that it is so baled that the damage cannot be dis covered unil the bales are opened,
 In line with these complaints the Man chester, England. chambers and the sa- vannah cotton exchange have had the following correspondence:
 Dugdale Chambers, 22 St. Mary's Gate.
 Manchester, May IT, 1901. To the President of the Savannah Cotton Exchange.
 Dear Sir:-I am instructed by the board of this association to draw your atten- tion to the excessive quantity of country damaged cotton which has been found in the importation of American cotton to this port during the present season.
 One of the most recent brought to the notice of the association was lot of l. 200 bales arrived by the steamship Nicete from Savannah for one spinning company out of which not less than 503 bales were country damaged.
 Two of the principal merchants in Liver pool and three important Manchester cot ton people visited the Manchester docks together with the spinner who owned the cotton for the purpose of Investigating this serious position of affairs.
 They had a number of bales stripped and found that the original bands had been taken off before shipment, new can vass put on, which completely covered up the original tare of the bales, and then made up with new wire instead of old broad band, This served the double pur- pose of concealing the damaged condition of the bales and increasing the weight of tare, which means a loss to the spin ner of the weight of the cotton.
 The directors desire to point out that this state of affairs can but have a most deleterious effect on direct importatiohs if it is not remedied. Whether the fault lies at the port or in the transit thereto it should be made impossible for the fu- ture.
 Nothing is more annoying to an import er-especially if he is spinner and wants to use his cotton at once--than to have this delivery protracted for the pur- pose of making merchantable any of the cotton and afterwards have the trouble and delay of recovering from the insur- ance company.
 
 aged cotton is looked upon as probabili- ty in the ordinary course of business, but an undue percentage Gas in this case, nearly 50 per cent), makes importing practically prohibitory.
 This season the number of complaints with respect to country damaged cotton have been very numerous, which leads the directors to conclude that there must be something very unusual on your side i,, f6A +, 1nf oh, ,ta i< 1 lowed to be exposed ere being put on board the steamer.
 If you will give this attention, and in- huence those concerned to be more care ful In the future 1t will add very much to the confidence of the spinner in this country in buying c. l. F. cotton. Thank ing you in anticipation, yours faithfully, (Signed) RICHARD J. ALLEN,
 Secretary.