The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-01-03
.oxcR EssMAN BRANThEY OF
-opcTA WANTS REFORM IN
, COTTON SELLING PLAN.
,,vORS STANDARD FOR BALES

e Six Per Cent, and Costs the
q" eonth S12,OOO,OOO Year. Will
e,.hr,it United States Consular Re-
nn,ts TO the Georgia Legislature.
wAsHINGTON, D. C.-Congress-
VIM. G. Brantley of Georgia has
n+ro5uced a resolution for the print
= as a public document of certain
.nooiaI consular reports on the sub
=. Of cotton "tare," recently fur
I;,bad him by Secretary of State
knox In speaking of these reports
GTr, Brantley said:
"These consular reports are from
ivarpool, Bremen, Manchester, Rot
lora8m. Antwerp, Havre, Marseilles,
kenoa, Naples, Trieste, Stockholm
nd Barcelona. [ have carefully read
hem all. and have found them in
nrestfng and instructive. Together
bin the letter of Secretary Knox ac-
omDanying them they furnish most
kaluable information that should be
the hands of every cotton grower
l. the country. So far as know the
detailed information furnished in
hose reports has never before been
sonDiled. and the work of the de-
Aartment of state in this regard de-
nerves the highest commentator and
spproyal of the people of the South.
Briefly stated, the facts in the
natter are as follows: The legisla-
IRE of Georgia last summer memo
kalfzed congress to take some action
hlative to the discrimination prac-
iced against American cotton in the
after of excessive 'tare' charged
Believing that whatever relief, if
Iny, could be had must come through
he representations of the depart
bent of state to the foreign coun-
res involved | took the matter up
18th the secretary of state, and with
be result that the CONSULAR reports
eferred to have been obtained.
Tare Is Six Per Cent.
these reports establish the fact
pat in every country in the world
8here American cotton is used there
deducted substantially six per
sent of the weight of the cotton as
Eare, which is an arbitrary deduc-
ION, and is not applied to cotton
Fom other countries, which other
ptton is about 40 per cent of the
etal worlds yield, but as to all other
ptton than American only the actual
are is deducted.
NJ They also show that the Ameri-
IN cotton is The worst baled cotton
III the world, and presents the poor
III appearance OF any other cotton
pen arriving abroad.
The contention abroad is that
american cotton, while irregularly
d poorly baIed, nevertheless as a
le has excessive bagging and ties
1t, making the deduction of six
r cent tare' necessity, and it is
Rlmed that this does not insure to
benefit of the consignee abroad.
1t IS contended that the difficulty
gins with the American cotton
pWer, growing out of the fact that
sens his cotton on gross weight,
lie the exporters of this country
a6t sell it on actual weight. Six
rus OF tWo-pound bagging and six
OF one and a half pounds each
kes a total weight of twenty-one
lhuS, and II cotton is worth TO
pound the farmer gets $2.10
MS bagglng and ties, which cost
probably one-half Of that
punt. He, therefore, figures that
more Dagging and ties he puts on
COTTON the more profitable it is
NJ 1t is argued that the farm
pFerlooks the fact that this appar-
proht to him is far more than
oy the reduction in the price of
coJJon which must of necessity
oW, as the exporter when he buys
gross weight must sell it on
weight.
Costs $12,OOO,OOO a Year.
is further argued that the
pie having started with the farm
increased by the exporter, who
ing that the bagging and ties on
re OF cotton will weigh say from
~ pounds there will neverthe-
ne deducted by the buyer abroad
81 cent for 'tare, which is 80
pas on a 500-pound bale, will add
ne weight of a bale, which he is
lllted TO do, by placing addition
rapplng on it under pretense of