The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-05
Only Electrically Driven
 Compress in World Is Revelation to Visitors Who See Demonstration
SIZE OF BALE IS GREAT ADVANTAGE
 IN NEW PROCESS
Fifty Per Cent More Cotton Can Be Loaded in Cars or Steamships Than Under the Old Methods
By LEON C. BRADLEY

By LEON C. BRADLEY
 Attalla. February A. Special )-The man who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is receiving the plaudits of the nation.
 The southern farmer who caused three bales of cotton to be raised on d piece of ground where only two were wont to grow has added to the peace and prosperity of his section. In line with these two movements, and of but little less importance is the presenta- tion by a group of Birmingham men of q perfected device which enables ship pors and warehouse men to store three bales of cotton where room for only two could be found before.
 At a demonstration here today, wit messed by more than half hundred capitalists, railroad officials, cotton warehouse and other business men, the first electrically driven compress in the world was successfully operated foc several hours and it proved to be an even greater machine than it's invent ors and owners had claimed.
 Men from Birmingham, Atlanta, Montgomery, Gadsden, Montreal, Can ada, and other cities were present to see the first public tests of the new ma chine.
 LOADING IN CAR
 When the compress had been oper- ated for several hours and few hun dred bales had been pressed, a prac tical demonstration was given of the claim that three bales could be placed where only two of the old compressed bales could go. An ordinary freight car, outside length 36 feet, was hastily loaded by group of negro 1aborers and 100 of the newly pressed bales were loaded with ease.
 It was stated by railroad men pres ent that this was 50 per cent more than could be loaded with the old bales. 1t was further demonstrated that by care fully and properly piling the new style bales 125 could be placed in an ordi- nary freight car, where only about 50 of the old bales could be stacked
 In addition to the superiority of the mechanism of the new style presses dHt lue ldcl lHdl they cd1l De by electricity or any other power, the principal financial advantage and the one which is expected to revolutionize the shipment and storage of cotton is this saving of space
 Under existing conditions shipload of this cotton can be sent from the gulf ports to Liverpool at a saving of more than s2 per bale. When it is con- T rL~t l;t,,,,, ,t1r, carry about" II, 900 bales of the new style, a saving of s2l, ,000 on one cargo of cotton from this country to Eng land, the real significance of this in- vention is grasped. In this saving the shipper, the producer and the ultimate consumer will share. Even with this reduction the steamship company will still receive more money for cargo of cotton loaded with the new bales than they would at the higher price from the old bales.
 These steamship rates have already been announced, in spite of the fact that the Attalla compress is the only enc in the world in operation. How ever, three more are now being erect ed and following the success of the demonstrations at the Attalla plant, it is expected by the Birmingham men who own the control of the new presses that the big saving in storage and traffic charges will cause their gen eral use.
 OFFICERS OF COMPANY
 Ii. K. Milner is president of the Stan dard Compress and Warehouse com pany, which owns the new congresses and w. D. Nesbit is associated witt him Other prominent Birmingham mer interested in the press are w. $. Brown M. V. Joseph, J. D. Kirkpatrick, Frank s. White. Sr., S. P. King, w. F. Mitch ell and E. J. Dunn. The company owns the exclusive rights in the new inven- ton and they are now being manufac tured by the Southwark Foundry ana Machine company of Philadelphia. Tht presses are not sold, but are leased to the various warehouse and compress companies.
 The demonstration here today was mad at the plant of the North Alabama Ware house and Compress company J. -- Aronld is president of the company; N H Burt is vice president; P. NJ. McCal Is secretary and w. H. Montgomery treasurer This entire plant as well a the presses, has just been completed, an' is said by cotton men to be one of tn most modern in the state
 It had been claimed by the owners O the rights of the compress that SO bale per hour could be turned out. At tn demonstration today an average of con s.derably more than that was made an' frequently as high as 75 bales per hou was tine record.
 NEGRO LABOR USED
 The press was operated with negro la bor throughout and it is stated tha that not one of them had ever seen such press until this one was erected here Seven negro laborers run the entire pres and the operation is so simple that thei, seems not the slightest opportunity fo an accident or mistake.
 The rressure is applied to the Ordi