The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-23

| had been sent to all ginners in Alabama
by the Southeastern Cotton Buyers As
ISOLATION. signed by the President, G. A.
Nicholson. and the Secretary. C. B. How
| ard, Jr.:
To. Ginners and Cotton Planters:
| The Southeastern Cotton Buyers Asso-
| citation, composed of the firms below,
adopted the following resolution at their
| annual meeting held in Atlanta May Sth:
Resolved, That 1t is agreed by all
buyers belonging to this Association to
| PIT a penalty OF not less than so cents per
bale for any bale that has on above 6
yards of bagging and bands. This PEN
| atty will be increased according to the
| amount of excess bagging there may be
above the 6 yard and 6 band so allowed"
Many other firms have expressed de-
sire to become members of the Associa-
| ton, and the Association has been as
| sured by practically all the buyers and
| cotton mills in Georgia and Alabama or
| their hearty cooperation in this move
ment. These steps have become necessa-
| ry because of the excessive amount OF
bagging which has been put on cotton at
| the gins heretofore, and the fact that
spinners have been billing back to the cot
| ton merchant the amount of excess bag
ging and ties above six yards bagging and
six bands to the bale. The Southeastern
| Cotton Buyers Association instructed
the secretary to send copies Of the above
resolution to the ginners throughout this
territory in order that this evil may be
corrected and avoid having the planter
suffer loss by the penalty being put on
his cotton for excess bagging and ties
The circular sprang the most enterest-
ing debate of the day. Messrs Coates
of Dallas and Pickett opposed the pro-
vision of the circular. Six yards Of bag
ging they declared was not enough to
| fully cover a bale of cotton. 1t would
| require at least another yard and hair
| to strip the sides to protect all the cotton
| Mr.. Stallings said that the ginner ought
D., not to be limited to six yards. Some OF
the cotton that has come away from
| county gins has been carelessly put up,
| but we are to help remedy this We
are here organizing to protect the farmer
| and the ginner and here comes along a
set of fellows poking their noses in our
| business. The farmers never had gotten
together but that some fellow would
| come along and stick his nose In.
Here they charge the farmer and the
ginner with doubling up on bagg1ng. IL
the fellow that plows a hard tall has one
chance to double up am glad to hear It.
J. p Ferrall a prominent Montgomery
cotton buyer was in the hall and he was
| called upon to express his views on the
| circular. He was a member of the South
eastern Cotton Buyers Association, but
he know but little of the circular. ne
| knew from his own experience though
that some farmers and ginners had put on
a double amount of baggtng and ties.
Shippers had frequently been forced to
undergo a loss on this account. The
| Arkwright Club of Boston. composed OF
the leading spinners Of the east had
| adopted a rule to make the shipper lose
| oil ovnr % mounds of bagE1ng.
Upon the suggestion of Mr.. Hanson
| this matter was referred to the Execu-
tive Committee with power to act.
The Association then adjourned to meet
| at 2:30 p. m.
New business was taken up when Presi-
dent Hawkins called the Association TO
| order at p. m.
Mr. Houson stated that ne had learned
several ginners had been unable to secure
the one fare promised BY the railroad
This was through no fault of theirs, but
| on account Of some mistake of the rail-
roads If the ginners who had taken
receipts for their fare would hand him
their receipts he was confident that the
money which they had paid above one
fare would be returned.
Under the head of general matter the
Association discussed How to eff
fectuously reach planters and farmers
their cotton from the time picked until
| Sold with a view of preventing deduction
in prices on account of country damage"
Tho president requested Mr. Hanson to
lead the discussion of this subject. Mr.;
Hanson read an interesting and valuable
paper upon the better handling of cot
ton. He called attention TO the improve
| ment in cotton handling made by the
compress people. To substantfate this
| - No afAfV leo
| Cotton inspector at Savannah before
committee of the Southeastern Compress
Association. In this testimony Captain
| Aston stated that there had been an
| improvement that was nothing short of
| marvellous. The compress people he
! said had been steadily improving their
facilities until the cotton that came from
their presses was all that could be de-
sired, with the exception of the cotton
which had ben poorly handled at the
| country gins.
Mr.. Hanson said that he had called
attention to what the compress people
had been doing towards the improve
| ment of cotton handling, so that the
| farmers and ginners would assist in the
work of improving the packing until the
American bale should stand superior to
that of any other country.
Mr.. Pickett of Opelika was of the
| opinion that the inspection or cotton
should begn before 1t had reached the
end of its journey. An inspection of the
cotton before 1t had gotten far from
the gin would be of great benefit. He
gave some of his experience at Opelika
in handling green and damp cotton.
Captain John w. Tullis of Eufaula spoke
both from the standpoint of a ginner and
spinner. he being President of the Eu-
faula Cotton Mills. He said that moth
ing was so slovenly done as the ginning
in the country. The Improvement in this
| condition could be secured by all the
ginners using the standard press box
24xa inches. When the cotton had been
pressed 1t should be wrapped in six yards
of bagging and both sides should be
stripped so that none Of the cotton should
be exposed The cotton should then be
Immediately put under shed and laid
upon poles to protect 1t from the damp
ness of the ground. New bagging should
be used. Under no circumstances should
secondhand bagging be used.
> II the cotton was handled in this way
he was confident that no shipper. nor
spinner would object TO receiving the
cotton Captain Tullis thought that a
. resolution should be offered for the pur-
! pose Of discussion.
: He offered a resolution recommending
that the gpners should change their press
boxes to standard size, 24x54 inches and
that each bale be wrapped in six yards
. OF bagging, after which each side of the
! bale should be stripped one yard and