The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-10-10
FAVOR EGYPTIAN BALE.
New Form Recommended by Standing
Committee of the international
Cotton Congress in Atlanta.

The recommendation of the section
al committees Of the cotton splnners
and growers at the Atlanta convention,
which met Monday to discuss various
technical features of the cotton Dusl-
ness, will we'll nigh revolutionize the
cotton industry.
The Egyptian form of cotton bale IS
recommended to the cotton congress.
Better covering than jute bagglng IS
desired for cotton bales. The other
changes include baling at the cotton
gin, marking on each end of the bale
weight and grade, also more equitable
tare and uniformity in bales is desired.
The sending Of representatives to Eu'
rope to sell direct to the spinner the
contents Of southern cotton warehouses
is a movement that is taking definite
shape.
Stability of price is favored by the
representative of every branch Of the
cotton industry except the delegates
from the cotton exchanges. 1t IS
proposed to reduce the business OF
marketing cotton to such science
and by cementing closer relations be-
tween grower and spinner to make
fluctuations in price subject alone to
the laws of supply and demand.
The serious work Of the cotton con-
gress really began with the meetings
of the sectional committees. Here the
spinner, the cotton grower and the
representatives of the cotton exchanges
were brought together for neart-to-
heart talks. During these sessions,
representatives of the Farmers Union
and the Southern Cotton Association
engaged in vigorous debates with equal
" earnest and vigorous German and
Austrian and English spinners. The
views of all sides were frankly voiced
and the differences that existed all
along the line were threshed out.
The various problems of the cotton
industry were divided into six Sec
tional meetings under the following
heads: Growing and Handling Cotton,
TRANSPORTATION, Contracts of Cotton
Exchanges, Buying and Selling, Re-
ports and Statistics and Closer Trade
Relations It the last newly created
section.
The discussion as to growing and
handling cotton resulted in the recon-
mendation of a bale similar to the
Egyptian and having a covering of the
same grade of goods or its equivalent
in osnaburgs. ...
The minimum weight is to be 500
pounds and the maximum weight 70O
pounds, and the bale is to be marked
! at both ends, showing grade, staple and
| weight. It was argued that the stamp
ing of grades on bales was no detrl'
! ment to the American grower, and
was very decided benefit to the for
eign spinner. This plan of marking
will prevent cotton being shipped as
grading higher than it actually de-
serves. The ginner will inspect the
cotton before it is ginned and baled,
| andshe-not the farmer-Wlll mark the
grade on the bale. Samples will ac'
company the bale, and it will not be
opened again until actually delivered to
the spinners.
Representatives of the farmers asso
Citations declared they were willing to
have the bale stand on It's own merits,
and even advocated stamping the name
and address of the producer and ginner
on the bale in order that the purchaser
might know on whom to lay the blame
for trouble.
It was recommended that cotton be
held for thirty days before being
ginned to insure a greater absence OF
moisture and more uniformity in the
length of the staple.