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Band far Bulletin No. U, which Ulla aboatlt. ; j3ub3cribe for the Robeonian -your ei-rhbor ti tired cf be- 1 BALING AMERICAN COTTON. ' (Continued from 2nd page.) , Compress ' Corapany.U the Gin-r uers Cotton Company,' and the Reagan press); . These compa nies cliim tp produce a bale of high" density (37lbsC to 401bs per cubic f foot) at the gin, for which the r&way companies quote . a v material ' redaction (about 10 cents per lOOlbs.) in freight rates, and moreover these bales require only all percent. in weight of .tare covering (51bs. to 61bs. per oOOlps. of cotton), which "in itself is a very great economy, and there are several high density presses now to be bad to produce bales at the gin, square in form. A.sample bale oi one of the latter' was exhib- Exchange duingrour visit there lastyear.;:f,;! . I have referred (a)-to the ob jection advanced by cotibn buy ers to any -change in bailing at the . gin.' but as' the business gradually becomes" better,, or ganized by farmers 'and plant ers taking a keener interest in the, picking and care of their crops, and its detail in. the mat ter of prevention of mixture of clean '-and dirty cotton in the same bale, and becoming better acquainted with market'grades , theprinctpalcause of their (the buyer.) .opposition will disap pear.-" '.'v..-;1 '--.t ' How railway i nter'ests would be affected by " improved baling at the gin, An average size freight car . is built 'to carry 600,0001bs. plus,tenf per. cent, in case of necessity, - and many are constructed to carry 8q000 lbs. plus r 10 per cent.' 1 Under the present systemi an average sjze freight car carries 25 bales from the ginuery to the near est compress. Here - the planter' bales nre .unloaded; and ' the car is then .reloaded with about59 to COcompressed bales for transport to the ship's side, so that it requires at pres ent six freight cars (gin to com press 4 - cars, 25 bales each, 1K) bales; compress to, - point of 8hipnjenV :2J caf-s,; 50 bales each, 100 bales) .to carry 100 bales (of 'cotton (sajr 500,- OOOlbs. to 53,0001b.) from the ginnery to the port of shipment, efficiently compaessed ; into a neat bale at the gin to adensity of 371bs. to 40lbs per cubic foot, one freight cajrwould carry the same 100 bales and the present difficulties v arising from , car shortage would be solved. : Twelve months ago when the Lancashire cotton investigation commission was inthe South ern States, the members were were told that? the railways were 20 per cent, short of freight cars to 1 conduct their , traffic efficiently. . During the ; sec ond visit, in Noyeraberlast, they were informed that incon sequence of the great boom and extraordinary expansion . in trade, the railways were 50 per cent; short of the necessary num ber of cars to conduct the bus iness of the country . : - "The '. statements , may or maylnot be strictly accurate, but -they serve. to show what the local feeling was at the" pe riods above named. The first To check a cold qulckTy, get from - your druggist aome' little Candy Cold Tablets called Prevetics. Druggists everywhere are now dispensing Preventics, for . they are not only safe, but decidedly certain and prompt, ; tPrtyentics contain ho Qui nineno laxatire nothing harsh nor sick eni"K. i Taken at the "sneeze stage"" Pre vtntics will prevent Pneumonia, Bfon-1 ' ' " '. T ; it. l-VM Prevennca; -Good forvfevensk thildrenl 48 PrevNiUca 25 cents. Trial Boxes 5 cts." Sold by au iealers. - - .' . , - ' y We sell Hny'er Candled They need rio reooamsndntion. Mile- refers- to a period when' the movement of acotton crop of me dium size;!! 3-8 millions of bales, was past i its height; and the second when the current records crop was in iull fllood. As illustrating this very serious state of affairs, The New . York Journal of Commerce, nearly in March ..this year, publishes an extract f ro m a circu lar-letter which bad been issued by the general manager, of one of .the Southern railroads to his ship pers of goods, requesting their assistance to relieve the conges tion in traffic. -. X quote the fol Iqwing significant passage: '. 'It has been computed that average time consumed in load ing and unloading, freight cars throughout the - country is nine days. ,it reciucea one half (4 1-2 days would seern to be ample allowance),' it would be equivalent to adding l,700,i 000 cars I, to the equipment of the roads of the country. That this would be more than suffi cient to meet the demands of traffic for many years to rcome must, be admitted.' . ' I have a not been' able to ob tain any reliable information as to the number of cars requi site to' move ; the cotton'crop but Iestimatd that 40,000 are now.-so- employed. " ;UndertHe present conditions this number is quite inadequate. - As these cart cost on anaverage of about 920 each, any great increase in number would involve a large capital expenditure by the' rail- way companies, ana aeprecia tion, ' repairs, interest, . etc.. would have to be recouped out of freight charges. ' n Many other ecpnomies would result, such as: One long haul (from gin to port) versus six shorter hauls; Part of the cost of unload ing and reloading freight cars at compress points; The loss oftime (demurrage) of, freight cars, arisi ngr from this' unloading 'and reloading; The cost 0f shunting and marshelling of trairi!-r Locomotives, 1 labor, fuel and other storesj-at compress points; : f Shorter trains to haul, and e"contiquent' reduced trac- Reduction m number of loco- motives nececessary to perform the same work; Saving in space and incon sequent cost' of siding, good staging,; and. warehouse con struction. Not to mention ; the matter oi interest upon .the capital cost of the same, nor the items of cost which come into their accounts as work ing expenses. " t. , The steamship owner would alsoi share in the advantages of improved baling, inasmuch as,: his vessel, .would carry about 50 per cent." more weight; the cost , of handling cotton would be reduced; the cost of screw-jack - fcangs,"- and . dam aged and no-mark bales?' would be eliminated and his . cargoes would be delivered ' with satis faction to himself as. well ( as to the consingnee; and for all this Worked Like Cbarm. ' Mr. D. N. Walker editor of that spicy journal, 'the - Enterprise, Louise, Vs., sayst 'I ran a nail in my foot last week and at oooe applied Buoklen's Arnica Salve. No "inflammation i. followed jthe salve simply healed the wound." Heals everv-sorfc-burn-and-s disease.-. Guaranteed .at all. drtfg Eastman Kodak's, Waterman's Fountain Pens and Hnyler's Can dles. wnat a tno we are excio sive ants for all three. McLean 630,006 advantage he would be able to reduce the cost of freight ,4 ; These advantages summarized are as follows: ; . , " , TO THE FARMER AND LAKDOWN ER INTERESTED AS PRODUCERS- - The increase in value of the lint, owing to greater care fn picking' and discriminaUoiL in keeping varying qualities(gradea) of cotton separate; prevention of mixture in the bale; . Increase in value of the lint if care be taken to avoid ginning the seed cotton while damp ' V If neatly baled at gin to a den sityof, say, 87 lb to 40rlbper cubit foot. and covered by a light Burlap canvas (12 lb to 5-8 lb per yard in weight),'; ' A 5 An ample covering canvass would weifitn . A wo and ten bands being used in stead of 8 would weigh " 121b Total canvas and bands per bale, - lUb. Less weight ' in samples (city crop of bales) which the produc er loses " , ( The advantages to the trade generally are; Saving in inland car riage, J lOcts. , per 100 lb 50 cts. per ; bale on 12,000,000 bales from gin to port $6,000,000 Present costof com- Cpressing , if done : away with, ,50 cts. 'per bale, on 12,000,- 000 " - . 6,U00,U0U Saving in cost of rag, . canvass now put on ' at the compress, say of 31b per bale on 7,000,000 of bales at ; 3 cts. per lb - Reduction in weight of newvanvass require- " ed: . Say of 71b at 12 cts. . per lb 84 cts. per bale.' " f h Less value two or three extra' bands : used, say, viz. pro-. posal to use 10 bands per bale, less - now v used '( at compress seven or eight bands, say 2 or 3 extra bands costing vts. r: per bale saving on , 12,000,000 bales dlf-' ? - ' ference in, cost of y . tare 75 cts.' per bale. 49,000,000 Reduction in weight of A, f. - ' ' tare, carried, as, : freight by rail ; - Present" average in- Und freight rate 80,; 1 cts.per4001b Discount' for bales of 3T lb density 10 cts. . f perl001b,i Average railway rate . for- high, density bales 20 cts per 100 lb Present average tare 25.1b per bale . f re4uced"aB above to 17 per bale ' Would effect a saving in freight on 8 lb per ; bale." ' ' ' 2,000,000 bales x 8 lb per bale-96,000,000 . lb at 20 cts. per J 00 lb Railway freight Cost of .marine freight -- on 7,000,000 bales ex ported if - reduced 1 only 5 cts. per; 100 lb 1,750,000 56,000,000 lb' less tare carried on ship at 25 cents per 100 lb, the reduced rate of ma rine freight J; and If my estimate of, say 40,000 freight cars now being the inad equate number available to move a ' 12-miUion-baIe cotton Crop be approximately correct, and if it be true that 50 per cent addition al cars are. requisite to perform the work satisfactorily under the current season's experience,' im proved baling at the gin would save the Southern' Railway com panies for their cotton trade ser vice alone: , r ; (1) A, prospective cap- - , ital expenditure on " , 20,000 freight cars at . ; i920each,of $18,400,000 (2) Plus a further cap- , ital N e x p enditnre rr which the above would necessitate upon locomotives, -sidincr,repair shops, ; etc. . . - . 1 , ? . iiictii!- On All tamer v n 192, ,00 140,000 A total ' saving' .in cost ' to the parties inter- ested between' pro ' ; duced and consumer . ' annually of . - $23,712,000 Approximately equal 4,b00,000 sterling,,- , -' r i-'m tf real coffee disturbs your Stomach, your Heart or juoneys, tben try smia clever -tmnauoa--wt)frrt)htrop'sUeaiUt Cofifee." Dr. Shoop has closely matched old Java and Mocha Coflee in flavor and tast. jet it has Mot a single erain of real Coffee m it. - Dr. snoop's Health Coffee Imitation is ' aiade fronTTpure . toasted graini-or cereals,1 with Malt, Nuts, etc. Made in one minute. No , tedious Ions wait. You will surely like it. Get free -'e at our sore. J. It. wwnart. Thft fJrat itoni atrttia A would cost Jin the s following "'fixed ' charges, viz: j ' . " , Depreciation ' at 6 per . ct, $1,104,000 Current rerjalrs at 1 ' .' per ct. ' 1 184,000 Interest on capital at 4 , percent. . . : , : 736,000 Amounting annually 1 y to . $2,024,000 And provisions "would require to be made not only for fixed charges upon the second item, ;- . ir a . f 3m. "'' ' m m m a xjui aiso iorxne cost 01 laoor. fuel, oil, and general stores, ntil ized and consumed ; under- the head of working expenses,- and all of which would subsequently become a tax upon the traders in cotton 4 as , increased ' freight charges. .V l '";,m vr When the members of the Qot- ton Contract Commission met to consider the . proposals they should place before tbe cotton ex changes they had these prospec tive economies in their minds, and tbe suggestions they .have made were framed with the view of leading up to changes which would be of commercial interest and advantage to all those who are most vitally concerned In im provements j in ;the conduct of business in ' raw cotton.! 1 They look upon it as of paramount im portance to buyers that their in struments of purchase should be so framed as to encourage fcom- mercial progress. Binding the ntermediary seller of. the raw cotton down to a fixed percentage allowance for tare, etc., has the effect of playing into the hands of tbe trusts which control backing. ties, compresses,' etc., etc! and also obstructs" the initiation and establishment of improved meth ods and machinery, v ' i Borne who . may oppose .; the changes which improved ' bating at the ginnery would bring about will no doobt advance the objec tion that it would be impossible, on the score of cost, to establish compresses at the ginnery, but this contention, if evamined care fully, will be found to be weak. The , best types of compress plants (including boilers) in use to-day are constructed to deal, with about 60 bales per hour, and are very heavy machines", costing 4,500 to 6,000 each in the Southern States, , whereas, tbe ordinary type of gin press costs 810 (to 1,000, and is only re quired to deal with 5 to 10 bales per hour, and one of the round bale type of gin compresses is of fered at 250 per plant. , Ginner ies and their presses are a neces sity which cannot be eliminated. It is only necessary therefore to pbtam a press which will perform the work of baling cotton at the gin in a form which is satisfacto (Continued on 6th page.) All Summer Go od o Greatly Beduced--HusV bo Moved toMakoRoom for 'j: j,-,; ' . y, yy Goods: Arriving Daily We will sell at Greatly ' Reduced Prices, An Im mense Line of Ladies', lien 8 Sandals and Slippers. " 0 . . ' , . Strong Line of Ladies' : :, and Lion's UnidlcpiyeaF, o .And Men's . llegligea and - vv ' V Dfcss Shirts. ir it ' It is claimed indigestion is the National disease. That's why the demand fof KlfiKS Dyspepsia I'ab lets keeps increasing because they do the workjl Stomach trouble, dyspepsia4 indigestion; bloatiag, eto., yield quickly, i Two days treatment free. Askx your drog. gist about them. Sold by. J. D. : ;Bi lino of y i v n Lacos and Embroideries ' ' - At .v,,''; Reduced Prices; Big Redaction . ( . on Hamiqcte. Special Reduction . on Straw Hats. ' Wa at All Times Carry FullUneof-' ' Heavy and Staple Groceries. come and see us. tMfrevatt Lmnbsrtca, N. C
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