The Green Forest tribune., 1913-07-25
CLEARING HOUSE
 HAS RESTRICTIONS
LITTLE ROCK INSTITUTION FOL LOWS LEAD OF OTHERS RE-
 REGARDING COTTON.
TO HAVE NEW BILL OF LADING
Instrument Will Not Be Negotiable if Bad Conditions Are Noted-Ef-
 fective in September.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Little Rock.-Following the lead of other clearing houses of the South the Little Rock clearing house has pro- mulgated a notice among cotton grow CTS and ginners throughout the state. The following is the gist of the notice:
 We desire to call to your parlicu- lar attention, on account of the alleged unjust claims against the steamship and railroad lines, for damages to cot ton, that resolution has been adopted effective September 1, 1913, by the the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, specifying the condition in which all bales of cotton must be placed before these transpor- tation lines will issue clean bills of lading.
 After the date named these trans. portation lines will specify on each bill of landing the actual condition of the cotton received by them.
 "The following clause descriptive of bales of cotton will be used in bill of lading:
 Not sufficiently covered; covering inefficient to retain marks; more or less wet; more or less stained; more or less soiled.
 Bales of cotton rendered for ship ment wet and subsequently allowed to will hn been wet and dried
 The standard size of gin boxes Is to be 27X54 inches and an extra charge og Sl per bale on cotton will be made for ocean freight on all bales from boxes of greater length or width than the above size.
 'sThe standard size bale, 27x54 inch es, IS the basis of the freight engage ment with ocean carriers, and each and every bale of cotton from gin boxes exceeding 27X54 inches must, on delivery, contains minimum density of 22 l-2 pounds to the cubic foot. Any bale of these dimensions that does not show this density, if not repressed to the required desnity, shall pay extra freight of 50 cents per bale.
 Each and every bale of cotton must be durably and legibly marked or branded Marks to Ee placed between bands so that no part Of the mark Will be covered by the band. No other mark allowed upon the bale except the head brand eff any), and the mark under winch the bale is moving for export. All otheT marks to be thoroughly oblit- erated so that no part of any old mark will remain.
 When the quality of the bagging Is insufficient to carry the marks to des- tination a patch of good bagging or cloth should be put on the bale, under the bands, to bear the mark.
 There is no misunderstanding the above clauses, and it is the positive intention of the carriers to enforce rigidly these specifications. You are warned that cotton rendered for ship ment bearing any of the defects not, ed-any or all of them will be noted on the bill of lading. You should re- member that if the cotton justifies these notations on the bills of lading. and they are so noted, then these mo- cations will destroy the negotiability of these cotton bills of lading insofar as the banks are concerned, and it will be impossible for the exporter or cotton buyer to draw through New York or financial centers for the value of the cotton, when the bill of ladirg accompanying same bears any of the above enumerated notations or excep- tions.