The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-01
COTTON TRADE IS HAMPERED Poor Compress Facilities
 lnjuring Montgomery. STAPLE IN THE STREETS Receipts for Week Largest
 in History. Dealer. Declare Compress Trust Has
 Conspired te Divert Bales From Montgomery to Their Idle

'Unless something is done to im- prove the compress facilities in Mont gomery we will lose 5o,0o0 bales or cotton another season."
 This statement made yesterday by conservative cotton dealer of Mont gomery again calls attention to the congested condition of cotton in this city which is said to be due altogether to the inadequate compress facilities.
 The receipts of cotton in Montgom- cry for the cotton week which ended Thursday night were 1S.26o bales. more cotton than has ever come to Montgomery before in one week or its history. yesterday the staple con- tinued to pour into the city and last night it was estimated that from Thurs day of last week until last night ls.OO0 bales had arrived here. For the same week of 1903 Montgomery received ll.- 397 bales of cotton.
 Since September 1st and up to Thursday night 47,529 bales had been received against 25.342 bales in Sep- tember 1903. Including yesterdays re- ceipts nearly 5o,ooo bales of cotton came to this market in September.
 Overfiowing the Streets.
 Cotton is oyerflowing the streets of Montgomery. Lee Street, Coosa Street, part of Montgomery street and other strets of teh city are rendered almost impossible because tho bales are stored there. This cotton in the streets has been sold and is awaiting shipment. The two congresses in the city are not handling 1t promptly and it must remain in the streets until the congresses are erady to handle 1t.
 "The trouble lies with the compress trust" continued the cotton dealer already quoted. '"They own and oper- ate congresses in other cities and 1t is my opinion that they are deliber- ately hhmpering the cotton business of Montgomery for the express pur- pose of diverting the business to oth- CT points where their congresses are now practically idle.
 "While my firm has selfish inter- est in the cotton receipts" he went on "every citizen of Montgomery also has an interest in 1t. Each bale of cotton that comes here means that much more money in the channels of trade. This is a matter of much more serious concern to Montgomery than an office building and our business people ought to take 1t up. would support a movement to build an independent compress large enough to handle the cotton that comes here, and ship 1t promptly. IT we QOn uO IL DeIOro next season we will undoubtedly lose a large proportion of our business" It was said yesterday that notwith- standing the congested condition of cotton but one of he congresses was operating at night and that one did not run later than 10 o'clock.
 Not Fault of Railroads.
 The railroads are not at fault" said the cotton dealer. They are moving | the cotton Just as fast as 1t comes from the congresses. They can pack about sixty bales of pressed cotton in car whereas a car will hold not more than twenty-five uncompressed bales. We do not seem to be able to get any re- lief from the compress people whose business is managed in Georgia. They appear to care little about the situa- l tion in Montgomery
 The influx of cotton to Montgomery is due to the hot, dey weather
 Farmers tell me that the entire crop