174 BBAZILIAX COTTOX 



to guarantee almost a safe return on the capital enii^loyed. The firms 

 established as exporters have the staff to look after the factories. 



* 



In the previous chajjters mention has frequently been made of 

 the various establishments of the " Companhia Industrial de 

 Algoda e Oleos,"' whose head offices are at Rio de Janeiro. Rue 

 Sao Jose, 76 ; Mr. Trajano S. V. Medeiros is the president. For 

 easier reference I aj)j)end herewith a summary of the concerns of 

 this Company and of the 'Sociedade Norde.ste Brasileiro." 



I regret that all these ginning factories comprise solely saw gins 

 and not one roller gin. These factories are the practical outcome of 

 a Cotton Congress held in Rio de Janeiro in 1916. Besides granting 

 concessions in the form of reduced export taxes the Government has 

 even made loans to this Company. 



The following is a description of the concerns of this Company : 

 Garanhuns Gin Plant (State of Pernambuco). — Is located on 

 the south line of the Great Western of Brazil Railway, Ltd., distant 270 

 kilometres from Recife. This plant has four gins of 60 saws each, with 

 cleaning feeder, condenser, double box hydraulic press, provided with 

 steam packer or traraper. Bales obtained at this press have an average 

 weight of 180 kilos, measuring 1-22 by 0-61 by 0-58 ra. The 

 capacity of these four gins is 30,000 kilos of seed cotton in 10 hours' 

 work. A 70 h.p. boiler and engine are used at the power house of this 

 plant. In a separate room operates a cotton cleaner and the cotton 

 cleaned there is re-pressed at the gin press. The belt distribulor of 

 cotton over the gins and the brushes are substituted on this plant by 

 the air blast system, i.e., two fans do the work of the belt and brushes 

 acting on the saws. Beside the gin building, two large rooms have 

 been built for storing the seed cotton and a third room for the bales. 

 All the buildings are of brick and covered Avith tiles. A branch of 

 the Great Western Railway runs along the platforms of these store- 

 rooms and this is a great advantage for handling the cotton in and 

 out. The cotton seed is removed to a modern seed-house fully 

 equipped with conveyors, elevators, etc., for handling the seed in, 

 distributing, cooling and carrying to the oil mill. This plant has 

 been in operation since 1919. 



Opposite to the gin plant there is an oil mill for crushing the 

 seed obtained from the gins and bought in the neighbourhood. This 

 oil mill has a capacity of 20 tons of seed in 12 hours' work. The 

 machines are of the very late models manufactured in the United 

 States. The power house is equipped with a 150 h.p. boiler (type 

 Babcock & Willcox) and a Corliss engine. This mill is working now. 



Sao Caetano Gin Plant. — Is located at 160 kilometres from 

 Recife, on the central line of the Great Western Railway. With 

 regard to buildings, machinery, power house, handling facilities, etc.. 

 this plant is absolutely identical to Garanhuns gin plant. The oil 

 mill, however, has the capacity of 5 tons of seed a day. The gin plant 

 has been in operation since 1918. 



LiMOEiRO Gin Plant. — Is located in the village of Limoeiro do 

 Norte station of the Great Western Railway, 83 kilometres from 



