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j . . . , :'; -V:-r . . J SUPPLEMENT TO '- ' ''1^1 The Abbeville Press and Banner. ! ./ . ? d / ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1899. 10m. [/ liCOrTON. \j The Lowry Round Bale Making I Great Success. Eight to Nine Million Dollars Saved to the South Annually on Covering Alene. Orders for this great Industrial machine are coming in from all sections of the cotton district, and presssa are being shipped as fast as the company can deliver them. Those who have the presses are more than satisfied with their success. Already presses are running in the 'Memphis district, and yes terday orders were received ior picasca in Louielana In the Memphis office. The Insurance Herald, of Louisville, in its last Issue on the condition of lnsuran;e In the South, has the following: "Right here It Is not amiss to say that those companies writing gins equipped' with the round-bale press should make due allowance in figuring the moral hasard, from the fact that this Innovation Is regarded with decided disfavor by the owners of the competing square-bale plants, who find that with the introduction of the new system, a decided diminution of revenue from their investments. The marked \ superiority of the round bale over the square bale Is evidenced by the fact that' cotton put up in the former way commands from one-fourth to onehalf cent, and even one cent per pound more than In the square bale form. Again, the present loss on export cotton from country damage is entirely doqc away with In the new system, and last, hut not least, the fire hazard Is considerably reduced. "Then, too, the -cylindrical bale la easier to handle, makes a neater package, and freight cost Is largely lessened. For instance, a 60,000 capacity car will hold about twenty-four 600-poupd square bales, while it can be loaded to a full capacity with the round bales." There Is an active demand for this cotton from the American and European mills, and they are paying full 45 to 50 points premium for eame In this, the Memphis market. The sacks that carried the shipment to the Lonsdale mills are being used again today by the Bond Cotton Company, and will be shipped Immediately back to the mills. Experts say there Is no trouble in the world to use these sacks from six to eight times. The Bond Cotton Company pay half price for these seamless sacks, or 10 cents each It can be easily seen by this that the saving to the South for cost of bagging anil ties and freight on same, which they pay when they sell their cotton on tbe old system, will easily ampunt to from eight to nine million dollars annually on covering alone. niaaiua ahpaviaii ArvTi rn BAtiblKb \im\m 5tl ILtU An Immense Saving in Baling Cotton. The Lowry Bale . and its Cotton Covering. !A good deal will probably be heard _ and seen of the Lowry cotto'n bale nezi season. It has passed the experimental stage and all that has been promised for It bas .been fulfilled. One of its advantages about which but little ha* heretofore been said, is the big saving to the cotton planters in the matter of COX ion Olglging. JLl atxmo IU wuiy?KV settle that question. Tne Memphis Commercial appeal, of a recent date, says: "The Lowry system Is gaining great favx>r with the cotton industry, floxn# three weeks ago Messrs. C. C. Cowan A Co., shipped 100 Lowry bales of cotton to the famed Lonsdale Company's . mill at Lonsdale, R L The seamless sacks in which these bales were shlDped were returned by the mills to Mr. Jerome Hill yesterday. All who examined them were greatly surprised, and. agreeably bo, to see that they had not been injured, but were In fine condition, and will be Immediately used on an'ptber shipment of cotton to the mills. The mills sell these sacks back to the producers at half value. They can be used at least six times. This would reduce .the cost of covering for the cotton crop or toe soutn irom eu cents per unie which would amount to J9.000.000 on the grpwlng Crop, to, say, 10 cents per bale of 500 pound*. This feature of the Lowry bale Is the one that will appeal most strongly to the farmers, for they have had to pay an Immense tribute to the bagging trust. The other desirable features of the Lowry bale have been mentioned In previous articles. The xact that the press which puts up this bale is as eimple as the old box press, easily operated and can be put at any ginnery with the greatest ease, is a very favorable element or its general adoption by the farmers. The days of the old nquare bale will soon be numbered with the past.?Charlotte Observer. THE COMING BALE. The Charleston Newa & Courier clips the following: "The Lowry round ootton bale Is getting credit in all quarters as the coming bale, says the New York Commercial. In addition to its merits generally understood, there appears to be a larger saving In the covering. The seamless . sacks In which they are shipped are returned to shippers after the cotton Is taken out. It is stated that they can be used at least six times, which would reduce the cost of the covering of the orop 80 cents per bale or some W.000, wv vu yk csxaat jrawiu* WHAT GINNERS THINK. COMMENDATION OF THE PRESS. The Practical Results Obtained OTiiti nrriinflrv Lflbor Streaks Volumes. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1898. Planters Compress Co., Room No. 8 Cotton Exchange, Memphis. Gentlemen: We enclose yester'ay'n report, showing slxty-flve Lowry bales. We have put up 1,000 bales on our prese and take pleasure In saying that the press has proven even more satisfactory than you claimed. We have no trouble obtaining any density we wish. One bale In this lot measures thirtyfive by eighteen Inches and weight 274 pounds, a density of ?yver fiftythree pounds to the cubic foot, with less than twelve horse power. We are running the press with common labor without trouble. No changes in our ginning machinery were required to put our press In. It simply oocupdes the place of the box press, the other machinery being the same as In any ordinary gin plant We And a ready sale for our cotton put into Lowry bales at forty-flv? points premium over square cotton In Memphis and this advance more than justifies the royalty you require us to pay. We had the American Cotton Company's press last season, and with our experience with the Lowry press so far, we unhesitatingly endorse the latter. The great advantage of the Lowry pres? to the gianer is in the fact that tha bat does not have to be formed In any particular way or dimensions before going into tbe press; but any ordinary standard condenser will do. We are running the output of two 80-?aw and one 70-saw gin Into the press with perfect ease, and from the way the presb takes tbe cotton we believe four gins would do as well if not better than three. The fact that the Lowry presc does the same satisfactory work' with one 40-saw gin or four 60-saw gins, gives it a scope of work that puts It in the reach of every planter and glnner In the South. Very truly yours, BOND COTTON CO., by McNeal Bond, President. P. 8.?We failed to mention in our let ter that we sold through C. C. Cowap & Co., of this city, 111 bales of Lowry cotton to toe i^onsaaie *jo., 01 juuuoutu?, R. I. 'The mill returned the eacks In which these bales were shipped. The sacks were not injured at all and w? Intend to use them again. In fact, we see no reason why these ?acks should not be used four or Ave times. The great saving here is evident. The sacks are returned at half price, and the fact that there l? a market for them Is another inducement to the mills to pay a premium for the Lowry bales. BOND COTTON CO., by McNeal Bond, Pres. ECHO FROM DtEESBURG, TEWS. Dyersburg, Tenn., Dec. 15, '98. Planters Compress Company, Boston, Mass. Gentlemen: Referring to a letter from Mr. Jerome Hill of recent date relative to the meiits of the Lowry Cylindrical Bale Press, which we have Just In stalled in our ginnery here, will say that we have turned out over 100 bales1 on same and find that the Press is all your company claims for It, and Is glv-| Ing entire satisfaction, taking cotton I from out three 70-saw gins with all ease, and does the work with less power than we were using with our Bquare bale press?we are not using over lz h. p.?which we think Is a great deal more economical in power than any other comprew In operation. We are highly pleased with the style of the package?it being easily handled and sampled?and - as great advantages over the old style square bale, as we can load a car to Its full capacity with cotton bales on this press?which will enable us to secure low freight rates to all exporting points and Manufacturing centres. Yours truly, (Signed) SUGG, BAKER & CO. A VOI E FROM SOMEBVILLE, TENN. Office of Somervllle Mill & Gin Co. Somervllle, Tenn., De . 14, 1898. Planters Compress Company, 89 State St., Boston, MasB. Dear Sirs: I take great pleasure In writing you of my experience with the Lowry Press. The press here was the second one Installed in the Mississippi Valley, and barring a few little mishaps,?less than new machinery is usually subject to?I am glad to say that the press is prov-j Ing the greatest success I have ever, known. It Is much eaeler to press a bale) of cotton in this splendid form and costs less, than to put the same amount of cotton In the old square bale. The cov jerlng of the cotton Is simple and most i satisfactory; the tying of It Is about j half the trouble of tying the square I bale with Iron ties. The cotton goes into I the bale In better condition than from any other press I ever saw, and Is rea>ly Improved. I have yet to see a einglo man of Judgment who has visited the press that does not strongly endorse the system. I predict a great future for the press, for the economy and saving In operating warrants Its use by every ; glnner in the South. I The cotton sold from this press has ; brought an average of 50 points above ! the square bale sold at the same time. Congratulating you, I am, Yours truly, W. H. MOORE, Jr., Mgr. i THE BALE IN EUROPE. Demand for the Lowry Bale From Spinners. ^ Th* round bale 1b attracting almost . ?-v> /ornraMa attention amonir the ag uiuwu i.u * w* ww??* w European spinners as it is among the glnners and farmers of this country. The demand among spinners for the Lowry bale has become very great The Oldham Chronicle, of England, and other papers have published long and ^ Interesting accounts of the wonderful t( advantages of the Lowry Bale and glv- Ii i #?ll ormrvhlc ripRO.rlritlon of the 1115 CL iua auu ? . Si trial made by the Ash Royton Spinning w Companies in the presence of a num- C( ber of representative cotton men from a: Liverpool. This, like all other foreign oJ papers who have written on the sub- Ir ject of the Lowry bale, speaks in high ? terms of the wonderful advantages d possessed by the Lowry bale and wei- ' comes the coming of a bale that will protect the staple and place It In the ^ hands of the spinner in a first-class condition. ^ SI DEMAND FOE THE LOWBY BALE fl1 AT ADVANCE PRICES. ft cl As to the market for the bale, it need only be mentioned again that the North ^ em mills have already, in writing, oi x! fered to pay 1-4 cent per pound mor u for the cotton Jn this form, In addition 8j to which, however, there may be men jr tioned the fact that Messrs. Inman & ei Co., of Augusta, Ga., among the largos C) cotton buyers In the State, have author l ized the Planters company to announce a their willingness to handle the bale an C( to bid and pay 45 cents per 100 pound 5 more for It (or 12.25 per 500 pounds mor ,3 for It. than for cotton In square bales. C( Perhaps many persons understand th hi round bale, or the cylindrical bale, so ft called, as being the result of the Bes tl sonnette process and machine, as mad fC by th? American Cotton Company. I h should be remembered, however ,tha nthe Lowry machine Is an entirely differ b< "nf fhlnc rnnstrueted and ODerated O ni radically different principles, and tha there Is no connection whatever be c< tween the two, or between the compan les owning and controlling the reapect v< lve proceaaea. ei a: AVERAGE YIELD OF COTTON, 2 T tl Two Hundred and Nineteen ? lo Pounds of Lint to the Acre. tt t! The United States Department of Ag- s< rlculture In Its Crop Circular for No- ni vember. 1889, gives the average yield C1 of lint cotton per acre at 219 pounds. t( The principal state average is as fol- tl lows: ' I ci Indian Territory ..325 a| Arkansas 290 Louisiana W* w Oklahoma 24S a South Carolina ..249 n Mississippi 22v b North Carolina ..22'i t( Texas 212 w Georgia ..183 a Tennessee 181 c] Florida ; .. ..117 f< In the determination of these prellminary figures reference has been had a not merely to the number of pounds per ei acre as estimated by correspondents, b but also to the separate quantitative ir comparisons made by correspondents a with last year's crop, and to other crl- e] teria. An addition of about 150,000 acres t< has been made by the department to its r, preliminary estimate of the cotton acre-Kr acre in Oklfliinmn I w - mmv vuv xuuiaa id " 3, ritory. j/ : g MAJ. HEMPHILL'S HUMOE. J In view of the forthcoming appear- '< ance on the stage of the editor 01 the Charleston News and Courier as a hu- o morlst, it becomes of interest to n>te o his style of humor, says the Savannah a News. The following, taken from a re- o cent Issue of his paper, imay serve as il- ji lustra'tlng his best funny vein: "The following advertisement, which ^ appeared in the News and Courier a few j{ 1 days ago, caused considerable amuse- c ment In the city: _ "STRAYED, from my home on James j? Island, my wife, Mary. Reward for in- . formation that will lead to her recovery If alive: if dead I don't want her. J. Rooks. 5 "An effort was made to discover the ^ meniity or j. kooks, out witnout sue- u cess. The advertisement had been hand- " ed in at the business office by a colored ' lc man, who paid the charge and left. Ye*- ti terday a communication came to the o News and Courier with the advertise- tl ment clipped and pinned at the top. The b writing1 is very fair, but the spelling and tl composition are good specimens of a . 'Jeems Island' darky's lingo. The letter 1(. is as follows: "Editor of the News awd Courier: I * I take the pleger of write >ou a fev line. ; hope it won't fine you as 1t leave me for II am in big trouble, my wife Is leave w j me an I can't fine she, an I done jpen e' | fifty ct on abbletise for she, an she ain't c I come yet; an I ain't got no mo money k j to spen on she. but de people say as 1 | how you know ebry ting, an what you o j ain't know you meek you pota fine out ii j for you, an I ax a big faber, an dat is n for you to git some of you pota to look a ; out for my wife, dey will know she soon e j as dey cass eye on she, case she is a c ! tall, light cullud cullad oman, name t Mary, an she got a blister-looking plice j on she left han jaw, but dat ain't from h my slap, It come from teet ache, no mo to say at dis time present not till I hear from you. Your oblige his 1 'Jerry (X) Rooks. f mark. P "I sena uie &D0ieu8? wxvk, tu* e eni bring de gal.M |a "COUNTRY DAMAGED COTTON." 'rying to Throw Loss on Farmer ?Two Propositions for Settlement of Loss?Either Ad ^ i4* vance tcaie ui unuu? n. as Item'of Insurance. Washington, Oct. 23.?The state deartment today published a report from nlted States Consul James Boyle, at lverpool, which has much of Interest > the cotton-growers of the South, i part Mr. Boyle says: "Among the cotton men, both on this de and In the United States, there is a arm renewal of the agitation against juntry damaged cotton. Conferences re being held between representatives f the Liverpool cotton trade and the isurance companies to settle upon a Ian of action which will throw the urden of the loss caused by country amaged cotton where, they say, it roperly belongs, upon the American roducer or seller. Under the pressure -A*.UU? Inenronno OAm. L Keen cum^euuuu iuc lueuiMuw w.M anles some years ago Included country amage, and Indeed practically gave lnurance from the moment the cotton :arted on Its Journey,at the Interior Dint In the South until It was deposited 1 the warehouse at Liverpool or Manhester. So great, however, have been le losses through country damage that le Insurance companies are very anloue to relieve themselves of the risk, belnfe claimed that under the clrcum:ances It Is not a legitimate Item of tsurance. American underwriters have itimated that the claims arising from iuntry damage to cotton delivered at ilverpool last season footed up $500,000. uthorltles here say that this is a very jnservatlve estimate. Attempts have een made several times recently to lnuce spinners of this district to acipt the cotton as received here, and to ave an allowance made for the country amage. The spinners, however, poslvely refuse to accept any cotton unfit >r spinning. When the cotton arrives "in n trv damaeed Dortlons CiC tut . w lust be picked out and the hale must 2 put Into a condition fit for the splner to use. "There are two propositions under jnslderatlon by the trade and by the isurance companies. The first Is to adince the rates, and the Becond Is to rclude country damage altogether as n Item of Insurance, leaving the trade .1 this side to collect the amount of the image, from thp seller on the other, here Is much ^iscusslon in regard to ie person upon whom the lose for >untry damage'ralls. The general opinm here Is that In the end It falls upon ie grower. It Is said here, however, lat the cotton grower expresses himslf as quite diffident in regard to this latter, claiming that It makes no flnanal difference to him whether the cot>n gets to Liverpool In perfect condion or is country damaged, that he mnot afford to take precautions gainst thla class of injury. 'There are some shippers In America ho claim that the Liverpool trade Is Itogether too particular, jh ? ;membered, however, that thia la the est foreign market for American cot>n in the world,, and nobody familiar Ith the condition in which our cotton rrlves at Liverpool can dispute the laim that there Is urgent need for re>rm. There is no other valuable prouct that comes into Liverpool from nywhere In the world so badly protect3, and on which there is such a lose ecause of careless packing and handl1 g, as American cotton. Some months 50 an expert connected with the Llvrpool Marine Salvage Association went ) the United Statea, on suggestion of ipresentatlves of the trade there, to lvestlgate the subject of country damged cotton. This gentleman, Mr. Jas fcCabe, is very emphatic as to the reat carelessness of the cotton growers nd of the transportation companies in le matter of protecting cotton from :ountry damage.' He asserts also that le inspection at New York is not thor ?u or>H E'lves me a number Llgu M.M. f instances. He states that there is mong the cotton growers a widespread pinion that rain and mud do not inlre cotton."I "Mr. McCaJbe asserts that American uyers and sfinners would not accept a irge proportion of the cotton that omes to Liverpool. If wet cotton be ut Into the hold of a ship the damage i multiplied by the time It reaches its estlnatlon. 'Country damaged' bale* nat arrive In Liverpool have to be tripped, so that all the damaged cotton an be picked off, and the bale must ien be recased with new canvas before : can be sold to .the spinner. The Amer:an producer, therefore, not only susi!ne a loss upon the damaged portion f the cotton, but he must also pay for he labor of packing and recasing. In uylng the cotton the exporter must ike Into consideration the amount of remium payable to cover the risk of :ountry damaged,' and is therefore not ble to pay the producer as much for tie cotton as he otherwise would. "Cotton men here say that one reason rhy American cotton is so poorly packd is because the producers do not fear ompetitlon. Undoubtedly In this maret American cotton is king. Mr. 'homas Ellison, of Liverpool, Is recgnized both in the United Stat^ and 1 this country as one of the greatest vlng authorities upon the cotton Inustry. In a recent article in the Llvrpool Daily Post he says that Amerian cotton Is rapidly supplanting naive and Indian and Chinese cotton In apan. The United States figures have eld third place since 1890, but this ear they will take ?econd place, and f prices remain low, the American r nrirps remain low, the American Iber will eventually take the first lace. "There la generally both on this side ,nd In the United States a very com placent and even confident view taker as to the future of American cotton. Most people ridicule the suggestion of competition, yet it is worth while to consider the possible effects of the changed conditions growing out of recent events In the far east. Take Egypt for Instance. The high quality of Egyptian cotton Is testified to both in Eng land and the United States, by the price It commands. The production of EgyptIan cotton has up to the present been limited, but the opening up of the Nilt Valley and the Soudan by the AngloEgyptian forces, and the consequent establishment of civilization throughout that region, may lend to a substantial increase In production of cotton and a lowering of prices." Augusta Chronicle, Oct 24, 1898. A SPINNER'S VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF. BALING REFORM "This much can be said that the last twenty years has witnessed the fulfillment In the manufacturing: world of predictions quite as startling and chimerical as any that have been stated. A few years hence when all of these and many more wonders shall have come to pass some one will arise and standing on the vantage ground of their realization, point out new worlds to conquer, new miracles to be wrought, new difficulties to overcome and new forces to be applied. In due time human ingenuity will have met every demand and eo the work of infinite development will go on. "One by one Nature yields up the treasures of her store-house to the master hand of man. "Who will dare to set bounds to the unexplored fields of science or limit the human Intellect in the scope of its research ?" Mr. Loverlng was In New York today and when reminded of this prediction about improvements in cotton handling -a xt., U.Vllfi.. - M ?..1 ana in'j prouauimy ul seeing men iuifllfilmint said that he could only emphasize now aa an absolute certainty In the near future what he prophesied then. "The great Issue before the South today," said Mr. Loverlng, "Is reform In baling and handling cotton and It Is gratifying to see that the people of the South with broad conceptions of how the revolution can be worked out to the Infinite benefit of that section and especially of the planters are giving themselves very closely to this matter. Of course some vested Interesta are naturally making a strong fight against any radical Improvement. Aa confirmatory of Mr. Loverlng's position the last Issue of the Cotton Planters' Journal of Memphis in discussing this subject from the planters' point of view says: Baling reform Is agitating the public cotton mind to a degree hitherto unknown and is being more fully appreciated dally as comprising by a very large majority the question confronting the cotton public. It is a peculiar concern to the producer, in as much as ht is being compelled to realize In view of present conditions that therein Is con? a *-?? mm xnltraflAn Whon cainea iua rumauuii, ui sai>au?u. < prices are uniformly high, thus tolerating haphazard and reckless methods of cultivation, the form or condition of his package was not a matter of concern to the grower. Profits were large and credit was easy, which were the only considerations which solicited his attention. Intensive cultivation and prices have checked his mad career, however, and forced him to realize that he was facing a revolution which demanded a practice of economic principles. Conditions where anybody could make a living profit out of cotton have been supplanted by thoee In which Improved skill and Intelligence are essential factors. Though as indicated, the movement for Improved method In baling is as yet In Its swaddling clothep that degree of public education to its needs, has been attained to cause the producer to scornfully smile at his own folly In having since time Immemorial robbed himself In cold-blood and in the most stupid and bungling manner of an Immense profit. It is not an extravagant assertion nor one hard to appreciate at present to declare that the growers' thoughtlessness has dispossessed him of millions annually that might just as reasonably been dumped In the sea. Even at the present stage of the question this yearly proceeding becomes a galling monument to his stupidity which Is realized by none more completely than himself. "At this point it Is not Inappropriate to make note of the effort now being mad? to prejudice the public against the cylindrical form of bale by selfish interests, shouting corporations, trusts, combinations and monoply. The planter wants to get hold of the best form of bale regardless of dragons, cormorants and hydra-headed monstrosities, and trial has already vindicated the fact j ciio.1 me ruuna Daie 13 noi only 10 De a permanent Institution, but is to be henceforth a vital factor in improved baling."?The Cotton Growers' Journal, Waco, Tex., September, 1898. HOW TO LOAD THE LOWRY BALE There Is now on the track at the warehouse of the Georgia and Carolina Panters' company, of Augusta, Ga., a number of car loads of round bales packed for foreign shipment. These care have been viewed with astonishment by a num'ber of railroad officials. In these ears are packed 250 Lowry bales of cotton reduced to a density of 47 pounds to the cubic foot, 36 Inches lond and 18 inches in diameter, weighing an average of 250 pounds each, making the r?f thp onffnn In i-?or C*> HHrt pounds. This 1s remarkable as compared with the ability of the same car to transport compress cotton. The average amount transported in one of these cars is 50 bales at an average of 480 pounds to the bale, making 24,000 of compressed cotton, as against 62,500 pounds of Lowry baled cotton. This will give ithe L/owry Bale people great : advantages In freight as well as the cost of handling, insurance, etc. WHITNEY & LOWRY. Two Great Names That Will Always Hold Bright Places in Cotton History. Augusta is and <haa always been the great head of the improvement of cotton industry. Lrtttl e did Whitney dream when he first, in a crude way, ereoted the gin that will always make his name remembered as a part of the history of the cotton world, that 106 years later an Invention to so thoroughly change the cotton business would have had its principal headquarters in the same county and within 'a few ? ii"" -n-t Tu-horp fhe first etfn was built. iuiito v* T* . -- w But such is the case. And today are established In Augusta, under the control of the Georgia and Carolina Planters Co, the headquarters for distributing through the etates of North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia, Florida and Alabama, a press that today is at great a blessing, and saving to the farmer as was the Whitney gin 106 years ago. -n-uguata, the second largest Inland cotton market on the South Atlantic states, always will be closely Identified with the cotton history of the world, ajid with that history the names of Whitney and Lowry will always ?tand forward In tHe brightest memory of the advance aaid pro grew of their ages. ROUND BALE VS. SQUABE BALE. To the Editor of the Herald: Sir:?The enormous reduction In the price of cotton since the demonetization of silver in 1873 has become so vital to the cotton producer that .he is compelled to look closely to everjr reduction in making, and marketing same. Labor has been reduced fifty per cent., while the handling and marketing has been reduced scarcely anything. The introduction of the Round Bale seems to solve the question of reducing the cost of putting cotton Into the hands of the splnnerfl. v I The cost of marketing cotton In our Interior cities has been about one-half cent per pound or $2.60 per bale, and the price of that is regulated (less the Lire) by Liverpool, cotton being one of the few articles that no pay was or is received for the covering. The square bale coats the farmer $1.80 In tare, for which he never receives a cent, and if it is compressed 40 cents more, also the 60 cents he pays for bagging and this he loses, for the bagging and ties never weigh on a bale of cotlon over twenty-four pounds, and often when it reaches its iorelgn destination there, is scarcely any. bagging on it, besides many of the ties are gone. The pluckage of a bale of cotton when it is shipped abroad la. fully flftycentr, per bale, therefore we.Jhave a cost:for handling cotton going abroad of S3.30 per bale, and if handled at home $2.40, and this does not Include commissions or rreignu The round bale does away with 5 per cent of the tare, wbich oaves the farmer $1.40-per bale, also the SO cents for bagging and ties, also the 40 cents for compressing, and the 50 cents pluckage. The cost for packing the round bale Is $1.00 and the covering about 60 cents and to offset this cost, the round bale will bring 4-10 of one per ?ent n^ore per pound, which le $2.00 per bale. There will be a large reduction in ocean rates of freight in favor of the round bale on account of its being easily loaded and unloaded from the ship hold, also the larger quantity thai can be packed in a ship, and the abolition of the stevedores. To sum up the advantages of the round bale over the old square bale In money, there will be a saving to the producer by the round bale of $3.70 to $4.00 per bale, besides creating some consumption for cotton, as the round bale is covered with cotton duck. If the Lowry round bale will save in the expense of handling and markettha nnt>nn ornn $4.00 ner bale. It will iilg LiiV. W. wr put into the pockets of the farmers of the South fully forty millions of dollars per annum, and all classes will be ben oflted by the Increase of the cl-eulation of that money, for It now largely goes into the pockets of foreigners. If the farmer will see his own Interest and dtudy It carefully, he will know that the reduction of the cost of making and marketing cotton must come out of the cost of handling same, as the price of labor has been reduced to th? point of starvation, and he can't go any further in that direction. Transportation commissions, covering, compressing and plucking are the only means left for reduction, and, I believe, the round bale has, or will solve the question, unless the greed of a monopoly destroys the desirable results, which if legitimately carried out will enrich the South and tier people, irrespective of the masses or classes. The writer of this article has no Interest in the round bale. Whenever the round bale comes Into use. then farewell to the village, town and city crops of cotton. FARMER. Augusta Evening Herald, October, '91. Our actions of today are the thoughts of yesterday. N'obody ever went to sleep indifferent to religion and waked up in Heaven. A child is loved by God because it has no opinions and wants to learn something. I Mr. Godin, French minister of public I works, in a circular addressed to a railI way boards, urges the construction of !a large number of corridor carriages, especially third-class, so that by 1900 all fast trains going long distances may be exclusively composed of such carriages . 290 BALES IN ONE GAR ? ,. \T C- ^."U4. Daim/V WUnfirron in 1\0VCI Olglil DClli^ YTIliiC33tU 1U Augusta This Week. 62,500 POUNDS-)F COTTON Cars Being Loaded at Plant of | Georgiand Carolina Planter* | Company for European Shipment. / Quite a number ofv prominent rajl- . road men, cotton factors and other* have been viewing with aatonsihment the cars loaded at the plant of the Georgia and Carolina Planters Company with the Lowry round bales for i'j foreign shipment There are a number 01 C&rS OUL mere Bt prweui aucauj loaded with 250 Lowry bales to eacdi car, averaging 250 pounds per bale, which makes the car contain 62,500 pounds. This is 12,500 pounds more than t double the amount usually loaded in a car of compress cotton. A car containing 24 bales of uncompressed cotton is filled to its capacity. About 60 bales ot compressed cotton, weighing at an arer age of 500 pounds per bale, which Is a large average, Is only 25,000 as against 250 bales of Lowry cotton, 62,500 pounds. This is one of the wonderful advantages that the Lowry people claim will be a great saving in the freight on foreign shipment These cars are being loaded and will be dispatched in the middle of next week to one of the neighboring ports for foreign khlpment - jl I PRESIDENT 6. M. WELD. . While the name of Lowry will ever, he remembered on account of the greaj v> invention that he has given to thp southern farmer and planter, it w*?f through the keen foresight and intelll- ' ?-3 gent brain of Stephen M. Weld, ofBoer ton, that the people of this country ar? alble to take advantage of the great Invention that Mr. Ixmry has given us.. Recognizing the boon and blessing as . ^. well as the wondrous advantages' and improvements of this press over the old . ; 'j slow methods, with bradn and capital he quickly organized the Planters'Compress company, and Is today at the ' ( head of a company that is attracting >^1 ..more attention and notice ,than any . event that ever before occurred In the Cotton world. f Mr. Stephen M. Weld, for 'a Ion* " number of years, has been one of the most prominent cotton brokers in Boston; Mass. A man of brain, culture and quick perception, and while his name does not appear upon the bale, It will always live and be closely ldentli fled with the history of the Lowry Bale. ITHEY WANT THE ROUND BALE. In Ibe United States Consular reports of cotton brought to Ghent, Belgium, there is great complaint of the ragged condition of the cotton transported from ' the United States, which enables them In transportation to swap the bales. |lt is a source of great complaint in this market, as there are 700,000 spindles In operation there; principally Egyptian and India cotton Is used on account of the bad condition In which the American cotton Is packed. They are anxious for the round bale, according to consu-' lar reports, as it will reduce the tare from 6 to 1 per cent. This report is conspicuous In the September reports ; of the United States Consulates. The same complaint is made by other European spinners; and all who have : seen and tried the Lowry bale, have declared their preference for it, and have placed orders for Its shipment. The orders, now on hand, are greater J than can possibly be filled this season ,j nrpsses in opera- J from cne nuuiuc* ? tlon. ') .J A BOON FOR THE FARMERSCORED A GREAT HIT. The Lowry round bale attracted possibly more attention than any exhibit at the state fair. In machinery hall yesterday It was the scene of lively Interest ? and amazement. The bale does not look as though it were cotton, but looks like a neat roll of dry goods. It Is 36 Inches I long, 18 inches in circumference, 250 . I pounds in weight and has a density of | 47 pounds to the cubic foot. It Is covj ered with cotton duck, and looks less j than one-fifth the size of a square bale. I The covering is tied at both ends with a , puckering string and can easily be sam an* evcrv nart of the bale examin ' ed without cutting the covering. > The bale is so packed as to prevent its being despoiled and robbed as is the case with the square bale. On account of the neatness of the package and having no bagging or ties 5 per cent tare ! Is saved on European shipments. At least 51.25 a bale is saved on shipment to Europe in freight and quite a neat sum is saved In Insurance. Inman & Co. and various large cotton firms in the * South offer 45 points, or 52.25 per bale of 500 pounds more for cotton packed in the Lowry bale. This offer is for this and next season. The exhibit was visited by quite a number of the most prominent farmers of the state and all are loud in their praise of the little bale. The exhibit is made by the Georgia and ^ 1I-. nl?nv?nallv Re- / LUruiIlict x tan ICL o ? ? cord, Columbia, S. C., Nov. 7, 1898. The Lowry bale referred to above took the Blue Ribbon and prize for the best method of baling and packing cot ton.