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THE LOW An InventionThat I Deal of Attent ton V It Will Work a Re Packing and P in Packing i % Alms and Objects of the and the Georgia and j Intfirestii WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PLANTERS' COMPRESS COMPANY V WHAT IS THE PL'RrOSE OF THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA PLANTERS' COWANY ? WHAT IS TH~ NEW PROCESS WHICH THESE COMPANIES OFFER FOR THE COMPRESSING OF COTTON ? In a general way these questions may ba answered as follows: THE PLANTERS' COMPRESS CO. Is organizea under the laws of West Virginia, and owns the patent covering the machines invented by Mr. George i .t ifi-i' nf Pliif..Krn fnr 11,0 romDresa :ng of cotton. ^ THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA PLANTERS' COAiPANY. under a license from the Planters' Compress C^mpany, is organized for the purpose ol introducing the Lowry Press in the States of North Carolina. South Carot.na and ueorgia, and will be entire,y under t-;e management of Southern men. who will handle tne matter in th<? states named. THE LOWRY PRBSS. The Lowry Press takes its name from th# inventor. It turns out a cylindrical bale, 18 inches in diameter, 36 Inches . lone, with an approximately uniform density of 47 pounds to the cubic io(n, and therefore each bale will weigh, within a very slight margin (depending upon the moisture in the cotton), 260 pounds The essential difference between the' mod6 of packing in the Lowry bale ana in uie square uaic m iudi wuue iu?: itum compress works to expel the air from the square bale made at the gin, in the L?owry bale process, the cotton is packed, as It leaves the condenser at the gin. j.her is, therefore, little or no air which ever gets into the Lowry bale. The cotton Is laid up from the botxom of the bale to the top In flat, spiral layers, In which there Is a lateral expansion, after being released from the compress tube, of from 1-8 to 3-8 of an (neb only. The^teDdency to expansion lengthwise is checked and overcome by four small Iron wire ties, smaller tha'i an ordinary telegraph wire. The bale is covered, when thus tied, with a over the bale, and tied wltu a cord at both end3. It can be removed without \ injury, so that it can be used over *.nu v?r again, like a meal or grain sack. The bale can oe most readily sampled In any part; ordinarily It is sufficient t? untie the bag at one end, and pull ; down over the bale. A good sample can easily be drawn from the end, and the dges of tiie layers along the si~ea are fully exposed to view. The bale cannot be false-packed?and if mixed packed, i the fact shows at the edges of the layers. The sampling can likewise, if deemed necessary, be done at the other ena ef the bale. The weight of the bale. 250 pounds, ao cLg'auibi oiru puuiius ivir LIIC viuitieui/ quare bale, has very many advantages which the mills and ships have long sougru and are now quick to appreciate: but it is not only the mill and ?h!p ment who realize and enjoy the advantages; 250 pounds is much more readily handled than 500. - ?. rouni package is much more readily moved from point to point than a square package. A bale that can be rolled la easier to deal with than a bale which has to be tipped over and over by two men, and the density of Lowry bales, 47 tb?. to the cubic foot, as against twenty-two and a half for the present steam com pressed bale, enables twice as much cotton to be stored in a given space. The 1 planter and ginner, therefore, need no longer leave their bales out on the ground in exposed places, and often * lying in the mud, >ut can readily roll them under shelter. The mill can store twice Iks much cotton in every bay of the storage warehouse, and storage charges are of course reduced about one-half. Y.'hen the Lowry bale is laid on th* floor on its side and the wire ties are cut. It begins to creep In length an>l. left to itself, will gradually elongate and op?n so a? to reach a final lengt'i of about 2-j feet. An entire bale can be put at one tim? into the "picker" at the cotton mill, and the economy tnus ari?inc. and otherwise, has led several of the largest ml'ils in New England and in Europe, to deduct from the Lowry ba!o ! per rent, tare as against 6 per cent, tar? oxacteJ from the square bale, making thereby a difference of 5 per cent, in favor of the Lowry bale. Ths economics begin at the end of the ginning- process and follow* the bale InrV>c /- lnfh ar thf> mil! The h.ifsrlnp' arJ ti<=s on each bale weisrh about 2 1-2 . The tar? is therefor? about on* per rent. The- Insurance is reduced, rher? is no freight haul to the steam compress and back asrain: therefore one-half of ?he haul, or thereabouts, Is ' cu: of;: there is no loss of eott-on between the plantation and the mill, because the cotton covering entirely proi tect? the lnl?> from dirt, injury, etc. SOME OF THE ECONOMICS OF TIIE TjOTv'RY bale. A siEsrle illustration will rivul th? RY BALE. ? re / w - hi s Attracting a Great ar ion in the CotVorld. C( volution in Cotton co c t. J" ind Shipping. % * ba 51 i Planters Compress Co., ? Carolina Planters Co. pr de ig facts- ? CO to principle which governs these econo- ? mics, and enable any intelligent man to in figure further for himself. Take, for of I Instance. 500 pounds of cotton in the to present square form for shipment to be Liverpool; Liverpool probably makes ar the price of cotton for the worid. The ha price received on 500 pounds of cotton jn will be the price obtained in Liverpool, gj less the expense of getting the cotton ur there, and less the expense the greater gl the n^t return. Take the principal lt item of the expense; the freight rate on bl <aniiflrp 'hale of cotton from Ausrusta, Ga.. to Liverpool is say 16 cents per 100 pounds: on 500 pounds the freight would therefore be S3.30. But there is so much difference between the sizes of the square bales, end so much '-loose cotton between the ties, | that in order to avoid shifting of cargo land give space, the square bales must j be screwed tight together in the hold j of the vessel, and this Is a recognized process known as "screwing." for I which the charge at South Atlantic ports is 35 cents per bale. This -is one ! of the items of expense Included in the . j rate of 66 cents per 10 pounds, or *3.29 f per 500 pounds from Augusta to LiiverI pool. j Ivow take for comra^-lsnn two 250! pound Lowry bales of 4i pounds densi i ty, against 22 1-2 density for the j fvquare bale rackapv. Frelpht mtes by water are made aooordlng to space occupied In the vessel, if Wherefore, twice as many pounds cotton In i^owry bales can be stored In every cufalc foot of the vessel's hold than In the square bale, the freight rate Is reduced accordingly and In addition to this rate the density and uniformity ef the Lowry "bales vie such that they etow In the vessel Just like flour or molasses barrels would, if they Ihad straight sides. The "screwing" is therefore ent!rel> unnecessary, and 30 cents of that charge are saved, the loading of the L/owry bales costing only 5 cents per 100 pounds. j Having, then, saved over half the space, and cost of screwing and of compressing the expens? In the case of the two round1 "bales (weighing 500 pounds) Is $1.50, while the expense of tlhe same 500 pounds In square form was 23.30. On these Items alone, there fore, there Is saved 41.50 per oOO pounds, and as a "penny saved Is a penny earned." ootton In two round T*ales form is worth In these two Items alone $1.80 more than It was worth In. square bale form. A careful estimate of the cost of carrying: cotton from the farm to the European spinner, 'based on contracts already made, shows a difference $3.50 per 500 pounds In ifavor of the Lowry bale over the ordinary bale. On a> crop of ten million (bales It means that the farmero of tihe South would receive for the cotton crop 35 millions more than tShey now do. It Is suggested that the steamship companies will raise the rate, the answer la that the tramp steamer can be chartered for a load. i The advantages of the kind last Indicated are so great that the Planters Company ihae Just completed arrangements under which .n certain c'ties wihere cotton Is assembled for shipment the new Lowry machine will be extensively used for the sole purpose of reballng square bale cotton Into , round bale form for shipment to Liverpool and the continent. "WC'RKBNXir OF THE PRESS. The planter and' glnner will naturally be curious to know how this new pro cess of baling and compressing is accomplished and where? The machine with frame and all complete. weighs about 3,000 pounds. It oc cuples, set UP In its frame, a space not exoeedlng 10 (feet by 6 feet. It can be ! operated anywthere by eny local ginner, j with not exceeding 10 horse power. | (The machine has been operated with | as little as 7 horse power). It does not even necessitate the ! changing of the present ginneries or the av removal of the present gin iboxes. ^.ny a ' ginner, even the smallest, can simply P1'1 set up one of Uhese maohlnes d& an ad- 00 ;<uuon to rats plant, requiring no aaci- ci: i tlon to his horse power, and probably th ; Operate the machine with less power ire ' than he is new using. In other words, th every glnner becomes a oompresser, and pr does the entire compressing' work at dil i his gin, instead of. as now, making in! j merely the plantation bale. He can an ! keep his present "boxes and offer the j ' cotton grower his dhoice as to ihow he i ; will have the cotton baled and com-! pressed, but If the cotton grower finds ' \v that he can get a complete compress- j ed bale with twice the density of the ! present square bale, and take it away with him from the gin, it does not re seem probable that he will very long sa desire to pursue the old method of 'a! leaving his cotton at the gin to be for- ta wjiraeu ironi piace to prace, as me prey I|r of everybody who can rob It, taking h'J such price as he can get at the time of i"1 his delivery. ' ba I The advantage, of course, to each ! local sinner, In addition, is that If one 5'? ginner has one of the new machines ta ; and his rivals In the neighborhood do pr not, he will vastly lncre?se his busiI ness at the expense of the others, be- ^ icaune the grower will have his cotton , ' put in the form in which it will be most valuable, and he will naturally take It ja, to the man who has facilities for making that form of bale. The machine is continuous in Us operation, and by means of a very slm! pie device, the pressure and resistance lean be carried, as desired, and when 17 a given resistance is established it will pr remain fixed and constant until the pa ffaure cock la changad. Th? head of o e machine Is directly under the con>nser of the gins, the feed Is autoatic and requires no tending. Two en below, or a man and a boy. will move the bale, tie it, and cover It, eigh i: and brand It. while another i!e is being pressed. Th? panaoltv nf parh machine Is tho nount of cotton which can be turned it by three 70-saw gins, and the power quired is absolutely constant. 3VERING OF THE LOTVRY BALE CAUSES AN ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR COTTON. The covering of the bale, being strong tton cloth, will require about 110,000 .les of cotton to make the covering r one year's crop, it will be seen at glance that this will create an addi)nal demand for cotton. The covprg: and ties together for the new round .le will cost about -10 cents, as against cents, as the average charge for the ugh jute bagging and ties required on e square bale. It may be suggested that the new ocess, on account of the change, will prive growers and ginners of a profit tiich they are now making, on acunt of the fact that they pay 75 cents r covering and ties, weighing about pounds, which they sell to the mill the weighing of the bale, as part the cotton and at the price of cotn, which, if f> cents per pound, would ! SI.10: but the man who makes an gumcnt of that kind shows that he is little head for common sense thinkg. It might be true that the farmer, nnpr nr rfpnler could make such an lrighteous profit as this selling bagrng and ties at the price of cotton. If were conceivable that the cotton jyers and the mills were not fully if iPF AM TB The above put represents a L*otvry Pr Ber into a nopper seen u the platform, in the process ; stopped, the bale is taken off, and the press Is started f While a bale is beingr presi Di Regular weight 250 pound3, whi< rare of ths matter, and quick to reze !t: but nobody would suggest that ssibility. and if it is not true. it. of urse, Inevitably follows that the buys and the mills take the fart that py have to pay cotton pri'.e for scrap ?n and jute .into account, in making e- price for t!;e entire bale, and that I? e is lo'ver by a little more than tha rfA?'Ar?r?ft sic n mafffr of fnrf Sd that stead of making anything. Hi? farmer J the ginner lose py the transaction. CITY CIuOP. "HAT THE LOWiFlY HALE WILL DO IX SAVING TO THE FARMER. Hester in his statistic; 1 r-.'ports on ceipts at Now Orleans last se.ison ys: "Of the l.SOO.oi'O 'i;ale-- received tt year at that point. P." C?"J halts were ken out in sampler, a l'-ss -o the farsr of (SS.S00.00) eight mil'ion. eight indred thousand dollai This is an mortant fact in favor of the Lowry le." A. well-advised statistician says bend question that the difference in re between the Lowry bale and the cserrt badly parked square bale will iount. according- to an 'ho rest calcution. to a difference of over $12,000,) on the present estimated crop, rhe two items above alone mean a Terence of $20,030,000 annually to the rmer. , . HONORS AT COLUMBIA. The Lowry IJnle was exhibited at c South Carolina State Fair on Nov. th Received the blue ri'ub ?n and ize for the best method of baling, eking and pressing and compressing tton. | A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. ? Terms on Which the Press Can B Obtained. Making It Easy for Oinners and Farmers to Qet One. The Planters Compress Company, an< the Georgia & Carolina Planters Com pany desire to establish the Lowry bal I as the standard bale on the cotton ex ;changes of New York, Liverpool an* Bremen. It would be more to thei ! advantage to sell the press outright |and would be less troublesome; but th Lowry bale has enemies who are fight Ing its adoption. Naturally the squar % bale compress men are opposed to it and so are the various parties througl whiqh the present square bale passe on its way to the European mills, am j who make a handsome profit out of th 1 various losses, pickings, etc., to whicl I the bale is subjected^ Now, ir tne pres was sold to one man \it would have t be sold to any man who came forwar | with the money. Thus It would soo . fall Into the hand? of .Its enemies, wh - r n U\i-\>i y*)$) / # ^VwdR> r \V--: <:?? ^ \*- ce# [E LOWRY PRESS ST \ ese as attached to any gin plant. The 1! he upper platform, and is automatical of being made. When the bale has reach the head of the hydraulic ram whit or another bale. The whole operat! scathe two hands tie. cover, weigh ar mensions of bale 30 in. long, 18 In jh gives, with above dimensions, a dens ' 1 > would put up soft bales, or bales irreg ular in weight and dimensions, thert J by nullifying the advantages which tfa regular bale offers and upon which at ' ba-sed the savings to be derived froi jits handling. ! The Companies, therefore, will, for th present, at least, only lease the press The lease will run during the life c i ! the patent, which was issued in 189' I i Under the terms Oi the lease the ma I chine will be in thejiands of the glr ner to do with it as he likes, so Ion as he honestly endeavors to work fo f j the establishment of the prescribed an desired standard, but the Company wi re*erv? th* rlrht. nr>fler th* loas?. t imme^ately lay its hands upon and re claim any machine of which the lea?e attempt! to mak? irregular or improj* use. The terms ?f th? ',(W5? ere: A royalty of 50 centg on eacB Lowr Bale compresa^d, $500.00 of which la to 1) p&W In advance. -HUGH LBS SUB WILL B1 ALLOVSS TO REIMBURSE HIMSELF FOR THE $500, noted above, out of the royaMes paid 0 on ^he first 1,000 bales which he comprea? es. That Is to say, that after the advance payment each lesse# will be allowed to retain the royalty, payable on each bale, until he hae reimbursed himself for the 3 $500 paid In advance. After "this baa been accomplished the g royalty of 50 cents on each bale la then to be paid Into the hands of the Georgia ^ and Carolina Planters Company. f The Company will make delivery of the I?? ?* Miimnd Btatlcm Indicated by I ai uic * vw ? ? e ' the lessee. L The Company will furnish a competent . mechanic at fts expanse to superintend the putting up of the machine. e Any other expense, Including wages or help necessary In putting up the press, Is ; to he borne by the lessee. ' i It is the purpose of the Planters Comt! press Company to put in operation through the cotton states 500 6f the Lowr.y s presses under the above terms. When j these are established, the Company rej serves the rlg.it of chamging the terms unj der which the presses can then be obe ta ned. I The 500 presses to he first established tl'wKl be distributed through the cotton ;stages In the ra'tlo of tne cotton nroos s i raised in each; arad the policy of the Georj gla and Carolina Planters Company will 0 be to distribute the presses throughout j different portions of their territory. Unci i der the favorable terms offered, and Judging from the applications now on hand, q the Company expects to have more applications for presses than the numbers o which win be_.all<>wed them under the - ~ IZ IgP^ r. ' 1 1 1 j ? II ?III I |l| ^ A ? ; ? ?? i?? ^ ? ~- l .. . ' ~ i-I ___ ll /"?1j VORK. lot is delivered directly from the condenly fed to the preas. A bale la ?een belovr ird the proper length, the press Is h regulates this pressure Is run up, Ion takes less than SO seconds, id brand the bale last taken off. . dlam. Ity of 47 pounds to the cubic foot I .. present olTer. Notice Is therefore given ' that contracts will be made in the order >- In which the applications are received; 1 the OomDanv reserving 'the right of deter j mining how many presses 'they may loI cate in any one neighborhood. '6 j It Is not only the settled policy of the | Planters Company, but It 13 a part Oi n their written contract that the local companies shall never voluntarily acquire or be Interested In any form of cotton. The only exception to 'this rule will be ie in case, probably remote, that the company may have to 'take a small amount ol j, cotton in settlement of some debt. anJ that the company may find it necessary to >{ buy seed cotton to gin for the purpose of illustrating the workings of the press, hut p except for such case.?, the Company had got to keep out of the cotton business. L_ This, again, !s as It should be. and removes all possible claim or suggestion of monopoly. g THE LOWRY ^JLLF. STOPS THE r CITY CROP. There a.re a great many farmers and d ginnera who do uot appre ia.e the hisy tory of a bale of cotton, and know very | little about it after it leaves the gin. o . T>hey may have heard of the city crop, but they prolbably do not realize that " In a single year, not long ago, this 9 "city crop," n-.ade up of "pickings and ^tealinps" fr -n the bale, made by the r iifferent middle men and handlers, : amounted In th4 total to 160,000 hales: Jland it Is stated on good authority that I* fV>:c i-ip an.l 1 inr." rror> madp y | jti cf big samples nn3 other more dlI "C-et robberies, amounted to more than ? j JoO.OOO bales. ; This game has gone on long onough, 'and the Lowry b?le will put a stop to D lit. *T':' ; - * j _ i J.. INMAN &UU.'5 urrttt ur 49C M A Hundred lbs. More for Cotton Packed in Lowry Bale Than in Square Causes Much Talk in Farming Circles- ^ NOTDOE TO FARMERS AND GINNRRS. The following letter is published for Information by the Georgia and Caro- 1 lina Planters' Company: po Augusta, Ga., November 17th, 1898. ] Planters Compress Company, Stephen 1 (M. "Weld, Esq., President, Boston, pr Mass. , 3 ] We, the undersigned, Inman & Co., ^ cotton buyers, doing business at Augus- ] ra ta, Ga., hereby agree with you, that we mi will from this date to the first day oi ] September, 1900, bid and pay forty-five trl tk cents per 100 pounds more for cotton fr within the three states (North Carolina, fri South Carolina and Georgia) packed or pa compressed In the form known as the ai Liowry Bale,* and produced by the path tented machine of your company, than [Q at the same time and place for simnar ai cotton packed In the form known as the square, uncompressed bale; it being unal deretood that the Lowry Bale Is to be fa I V 10 inohoo in diameter, not over 36 lnche? In length, to be tied and covered as pre- j : ar scribed by you, and to weigh not IeM than 250 pounds. You are authorised to announce this offer at your discretion. (Signed) INMaiN & CO. The Lowry Press, producing the Lot.ry Bale, is a new process of preparing cotton for market. The press can be [ attached, to any ginnery without change ?e id in existing plant. It easily compresses ^ the lint from four 70-saw gins, taking | w it directly from the condenser, to a aen- 11 c< Blty of 47 to 60 pounds to the cubic foot, dj ti It is then ready to go directly to any 0: market in the world, without any furth- a ftl er expense for compressing or screwing P into ships. a The Georgia and Carolina Planters a 64 Company under a license from the Planters Compress Company, of Boston, s< bt Mass., are introducing these presses in w the States of -North Carolina, Sout^ ^ t Carolina and Georgia. The company has CI Just outside of Augusta, Ga., a ginnnery 01 ej i ni?nt. .Psxties interested in the process f. are invited to Inspect for themselves ts N the entire process of ginning and com- tj pressing the cotton into Lowry Bala*, si Any information desired concernuig a: the 'Lowry PreBS can be obtainei oy ri applying In person, or by letter at tne fl office of the company. 801 Broad street, a Augusta, Ga. j ^ ENDORSEMENTS UNSOLICITED " ' !" ENDORSEMENTS UNSOLICITED. 1 cJ ol BIG TALK OP THE LOWRY BALE C( FROM BREMEN. ; g ' w AFTER A TRIAL A STRONG EN- u DORSEMENT OF THE LOWRY , " BALE. j" Chemnitz, Sept. 23. ' r< Georgia and Carolina Planters Co.: tl After having given the new round f* bale, which you sent us for experlment a thorough trial, we cannot for- 1 3, bear to express our satisfaction for the I b. new system. | 0( The sampling can easily be done from both sides, without injuring the o j bale In any way. NO MARK BALES tl will disappear in future, fraudulent w packing can be easily discovered, in our opinion, after taking off the wrap- el per, and the handling of. the bale from the warehouse at the mill into the mix- e( . Ing room is much easier on account of i L 1 the light weight of the new bales; we' S1 even believe that a redaction of the S1 force in the mixing room can be gained with the round bale, which is of some value, especially In old mills. I Besides it is very agreeable, to a spin- v* ner especially, to see at last a proper'y ^ packed bale of American cotton in his j 1 mill. The numerous disadvantages. 2L1 caused mostly by the bad condition of , the wrapper from which the spinner i*aj to suffer heretofore?w? will no: meat! n certain manipulations of the mid Ke man regarding the heavy patching of ni the bales, etc.,?will be u^ne away with at once, after introducing the new sys- p] tem of packing. Of course, it is to be oj j expected that certain dealers at the E 'continental ports, who aie used to tf make an extra profit by patching the ai square bale-s with heavy wrapper will (c fight the new round bale, but this ought t* ; not to discourage and detain you from ! introducing your new system in the in. I ^ e oil n?flAn rviilla fr icicoi ui an wiv/ii Our judgment Is that this new round bale will be easily and rapidly introduced; s.ime minor deficiencies, which w the new bale may have, will very'soon be corrected by practice. _ We showed our good opinion of the new round bale by giving your representative a trial order for 100 bales middling or good middling, in your ^ option, November delivery. 0I Yours truly, ,p, (Signed) te MASCHINENFABRIK GERMANIA, de Torm. J. S. Schwalbe & Soha, THE LOWRY BALE ' H SUMMED IIP. any Millions of Dollua SftTtd MDUUijr. ro turn up, tie advantages offered . the Lowry bale are as followt: :t will enhance the value of your cota from $3.00 to *3.60 tor efsry W? H unds ol lint cotton. ?t will make every station an indsndent cotton market 9 [t will obviate one entire handling Hi . < Vj easing the old square bale. ? [t eaves in bagging and tie*. C' it saves In storage. VJ? [t saves in Insurance. 'M [t consumes a large amount of your >a? w cotton for a covering that wfil ba ade of cotton by cotton mills. "''*11 [t Juetiflea railroads In reducing ? sight-rates. You can load, at aay sta>n, cars to their full carrying capacity ' om 50,000 to 60,1 -j lbs., the law's limit It will guarantee a reduction in ocean eights, for it will double storage ca- ..Hy& .city and lo^d ships without tie nec? " ty of ballast It will guarantee a large reduotion in vJjg e stevedore charges at port of lading; r the bale will not have to be screw : in. but will load like barrels of flour, . jgf id be unloaded with the same ease at . e port of discharge. < * it will continue to receive, as it has ready, the approval of cotton manu- . a ctyrers as being the best covered and st compressed and least mjureo ? ly cotton in the world's markets. . It will add prosperity to producer! . id save the South many millions qt } ' liars aniKially. HANDLING COTTON. he Lowry Bale the Remedy for fes . J Losa and Damage to Which the . ]M Crop Is Now Subjected. ? To the Editor of The ^w? and COOT- r 1 r:?In reading the .statement In ywnr sue of October 81, of Mr. James Boyle, nlted States consul at LJverpooL J as 8truck with his real want ef infer* ? :f|a lation. In the Arst place the seed ef > -,f; >tton does not produce like cotton oar Ifforont anlla ?iut ^nTHvfla To Illustrate, I have made * test L, J| t the Egyptian cotton here, and it to :i% complete failure, "both as to <tuallty nd quantity. Our sea island cotton . j|| lanted in the pine barrens runs out lh few years and never makes as food J? s 'that produced on the sea coast or "[-> a islands. The English Government in import Into India the Egyptian ied or the American seed, and it wiH 7 v s confronted with the same failure as -M e have jiad from the Egyptian seed t ere. It is strange that men who pre* md to intelligence don't know that soil, ' imate and location makes the quality f plant production, and every South- 3l rn farmer knows that there is a dlftrance of cotton raised on their own ' ; 3 irrrrvfl vhun fViara im o AlfParainAA Af aaII ' 0 better Illustration can be. made than . '. ? le vineyards of the Rhine, for on a n^le hillside three qualities of wine* re made. Upland corn planted in *k4 \ 0$m ver swamps "becomes flint corn, and int corn planted on the upland iw- . ''i >mes good seed. 80 this disposes ?f , X' [r. Doyle's statements. The country damaged cotton.is ajb*' lutely without foundation, for the cork- ^ >n that leaves the country gin bouses , 1 in good order until it reaches the nife of the cotton buyer, merchant or >d ty factor; qs toon as it reaches either i I them then the slashing of the knife ,-s smmences, and the profit of plucking A rown until it reaches the compress, 4 hen the rugged dressing is-given to lake it look Hke it was dressed in the ' ' Ltrs of natinerism. .v-i The stevedores put on the finishing ' < >uch, and when the bale reaches ft Buspean port it looks like It has cone 1 rough a whirlwind of pillage; and the '* irmer la to be made to suffer for what e has not^done. The cotton crop of 'c'w Orleans Is a proof of the abov* Latement, as she makes about 17,000 ales out of the receipts of aJbout 1,100, )0 bales. The unfform bale of American cotton f 24 by 54 is not a remedy, but it Is ie 'bale that the knife of the slasher v ants, for It does not abolish ths pil-. ge, town *nd city crops, or the Cecgn pillage. . . j'vV^j The remedy for all the evils complain3 of by the farmer or spinner Is the. owry bale, which is packed on ths ( plral system, making it easy for ths pinner to feed to their "batting wcMr tiines. It abolishes pillage, country * ainage (as claimed) and the tar* of llrty pounds to the bale. The actual ire as tested by the mills here le S3 S-4 ounds. Why should the farmers be ade to pay 6 3-4 pounds tare, frhea lere is no such amount of bagging id ties weight on the bale? Tt Is worse lundering than the country damage aimed. I consider the Lowry bale a God-send > the Southern planter, for If it doee j more than to awaken him to the astern of pluckage it will have accomplished good results, but the liowry ale will put American cotton Into the uropean market In the same condi on as the Egyptian cotton is received, nd wipe out tare, pluckage and the claimed) country damage, and assifb jose who have been living on samples > some other occupation. The s&lvaon of_ the cotton producer must come om the reduction In the cost of haadlrg the cotton hale, for the wages of .bor cannot 'be reduced any more ithout causing great suffering. < JAMES BARRETT. > harleston News and Courier, Nov. V, ? r* i HOW TO FRKSRVE BOOS. j To *&ch /bucket full of watec, add rc pints of fresh slacked line. aqft ^ le pint of common salt; cats weU;| J at the eggs In the liquor any time ^ _ T??- ?Vxi will Vmh * ?? ?> l' I UI1IIC, ?UU kU*/ AWJT W / VM v 'slrad. ..^ __ _ ,