The Washington herald., 1909-06-13
MAKES SMALL BALES
Neely Machine Proves a Big
Thing for Cotton.
WILL BE MADE IN RICHMOND
New Invention on Exhibition at Con-
ventiOn OF Cotton Nanufaeturers'
Association Wins Them TO It's Use.
FactOry Ready TO start Making
Them on an Extensive Scale.

II is perhaps not 70 be expected that
any other invention win 90 for The cotton
business what the completion Of tne
Whitney cotton ginning machine did. Yet
IL is within the limits OF truth 10 say
that the invention Of the new machine
for ginning and COMPRISING cotton.
known as the Neely machine. wfu ap-
proaeh IN value and Importance its prede-
cessor.
One Of the great drawbacks OF cotton
growing throughout the South has been
the inability OF the farmer TO squeeze
cotton bale into a compass that would
make its subsequent handling anything
but a big burden. But the construction
OF a machine. the cost OF which does not
prohibit its installation near. If not upon
every plantation in the South. which both
gins the cotton and congresses IT, turn
ing ont the product al the enormous rate
OF so bales a day.
The factory for making these machines
is 10 be located in Richmond. Va. and
the expectation now Is that a consid-
! cradle part OF the cotton crop Of 1903 viii
be taken care Of by the new machine.
That the new invention will be of i'm
mense benefit 70 the South cannot be
doubted. and the early introduction OF
these machines through the cotton-pro-
dueing area is confidently expected.
Was Exhibited I'm Richmond.
The cotton manufacturers Of the eoun-
Try. who assembled IN Richmond two
weeks ago to discuss matters pertaining
10 the good OF the order took a de-
cided interest in the Neely cotton COM
press. which was on exhibition and in
constant operation In two places-In a
room on the lower hoor Of the Jefferson
Hotel and convenient 10 the assembly
hall. in which the sixteenth annual con-
vention OF the American Cotton ManG-
facturers Association was held, and az
Nineteenth and Cary streets.
The model OF the machine. which turns
out a little bale Of compressed cotton
every ten minutes. was In operation in a
lower room OF the Jefferson Hotel and
the big machine. which gins and COM
presses a soo-pound bale every ten min
utes n the day, was in operation al the
Cardwell Machine Company's works
Nineteenth and Cary streets. and the
members OF the convention saw one or
both Of the machines at work
why They Took Interest.
It IS no wonder that they took such in
terest in the workings OF this new ma
chine and new method OF COMPRISING
cotton right straight from the gin. for
no people in the world have suffered
more from the old style OF ginning and
balins cotton than the American manu-
facturer OF the heecy staple.
The manufacturers Of cotton have for
10 these many years had to pay heavy
tolls. in the way Of storage, Insurance.
and water absorption. freight rates. &c.
and the claim that the Neely compress
viii materially reduce these expenses
necessarily caused them 10 take notice.
I The cotton men had heard OF the NeeIy
compress. and lie opportunity afforded
them 70 see for themselves and be their
own. judges OF its virtues was eagerly
seized upon. and no feature Of the six
teenth annual gathering has so far
proven more interesting than the Neely
exhibits az the jefferson. where the model
turned out little bales, and at the Card
well Machine Works, where the COM
pleted machine made 5Oo-pound bales.
Every member OF the convention saw
the little machine perform, and possibly
Fourth Of them made the pilgrimage
to the Cardwen works 10 see the CON-
plete machine do its good work. The
other three-fourths made the pilgrimage
later.
They Are Spot buyers.
Southern manufacturers OF cotton buy
almost every bale Of cotton they use
direct from the ginnery. very few. II any.
Of them having 10 deal with the recon-
pressed cotton man This is an advan-