The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-11
TELLS
BALTIMORE MEET
Of GIN COMPRESS
CONTINUED From First PaEg.p

the spinner. and be much 70 the ad-
vantage OF each Of them. II would re-
suit In loss TO the middle man, and,
therefore, all reforms having such a
tendency must necessarily meet with
his constant and powerful opposition.
II you will pardon a personal ~allusion
to the companies which l represent,
can best Illustrate the beneficial re-
suits Of compression at the gin.
In 1910 when / first undertook cor
poratton cotton planting. our plahta-
ton in Mississippi consisted Of abo6t
10000 acres. | became convinced that
II would be 10 our interest to introduce
compression at the gin, and after much
investigation OF all the gin congresses
then on the market, | decided that the
most satisfactory was that made by the
American Cotton Gln-Compress com
pany, Of Memphis, Tenn. We installed
two OF these congresses in our gin and
their work was satisfactory and sue
cessfuL, Later | became interested in
and connected with English capital
and we bought plantations In the Mis-
siasippi delta a~ggregating about So O0
acres, the larger part Of which planta-
Tons are located near and at Scott,
Misc. We installed one ompres at
Scott. and later built a new gin and
Installed two, This year we built a
new gin and installed two more, max
ing five congresses in all. We have
had excellent service from these COM
presses.
In drawing our camples from the
bales, the sample Ia taken from each
end OF the bale, and the two samples
are then combined into one. Later.
after our classer has classed the bale
Or cotton and prepared II for shipment,
the sample Is divided, one portion Of
I Is retained by US and the other pQr-
u9n Is sent by us to the spinner. TO
whom we ship the bale Of cotton. We
guarantee the bale of cotton to be equal
TO the sample, and under this system
we have had practically no complaint.
Our bales so compressed are wrapped
m a neat burlap package, which is
never cut until 1t Is delivered to the
spinner. The size of this package is
2~OX25Xb2 inches, containing Is cubic
feet, and II is compressed to a density
OF about 30 pounds In weight to the
square foot. 1t Is then loaded on a car
and shipped directly to the spinner,
n through bill Of lading.
our method saves all waste by sam
ping and saves the trouble and expense
Of handling the cotton through. various
hands. 1t also prevents weather dam
age and makes a perfect package.
Only from 30 to so bales of the old
style bale can be loaded in a car, but
or our bales, compressed as above, we
nave loaded In one 40-foot car as many
as 179.
Ouf pale arrives at its destination
as fresh and clean and beautiful as the
early overs Of spring, and needs no
apology or introduction In order to
determine whether II is cotton, or mere
scraps Of rags and waste.
The contrast between our method and
the ola method Is so great 1t would ap-
pear TO one uninitiated in the bust
ness that everyone naturally would be
Tor gin compression; however, when
one, attempts to put 1t In effect they
find nearly everyone opposed TO It in
the business world.
Flrst-The railroads are interested or
sympathize with the old system, and
they have Disseminated against gin
compression In the way of freights and
otherwise, This Is a powerful influ-
ence to overcome.
Second-You have the cotton factor,
to whom the planter has been in the
habit of shipping his cotton. A uues-
tlon OF storage, sampling and many
other questions that would be hard to
discuss In n paper of this kind arises
in which the gin compress bale Is dis
eliminated against.
Third-You have the buyers and the
bankers, and many other middle men
who come In contact with cotton, whose
interests are so well entrenched that
they resent any now method or plan
that might be introduced to change the
old way OF handling cotton. The fact
q u y, you meet a strong business
opposition which really touches 40
many business interests from the time
It leaves the planter until IL reaches
the spinner, that the blazing of the
trail Of gin compression is not so easy
| as II looks.