A STORY OF COTTON 55 



Bale No. 2: — 30 inches wide, 58 inches long, 15 inches in 

 thickness. 



You will note that each of the bales photographefl shows 

 ABSOLUTELY NO EXPOSURE OF COTTON, but shows the 

 bale ENTIRELY OSTENSIBLY COVERED with the wide open 

 mesh bagging that is now generally used. 



This absence of exposure is due ENTIRELY to the fact that, 

 by the use of the TURNER HIGH DENSITY DEVICE, a great 

 portion of the density originally obtained in the bale of cot- 

 ton while between the platens of the press, is retained; and the 

 bale, although still elliptical in shape after leaving the press, 

 is ENTIRELY OSTENSIBLY COVERED. 



The illustration is an ABSOLUTELY FAIR representation 

 of bales of cotton, IMMEDIATELY AFTER RE-COMPRES- 

 SION, that are CAREFULLY re-compressed by the use of the 

 TURNER HIGH DENSITY DEVICE and when four pounds of 

 patching have been CAREFULLY applied, for the purpose of 

 covering the NAKEDNESS and the ENTIRELY EXPOSED por- 

 tions of a bale of cotton after re-compression. 



Cotton compressed in this manner is usually re-compressed 

 at an average rate of speed, of 90 bales per hour. 



Many thousands of bales of cotton have, during the cotton 

 season of 1918-1919 been shipped to the ports for foreign and 

 coastwise shipment, and shippers have been FORCED by 

 steamship companies to re-compress this cotton by the use of 

 the WEBB HIGH DENSITY ATTACHMENT at an ADDI- 

 TIONAL COST of .$1.00 per bale, or more, to the shipper. 



THIS METHOD of re-compression entirely defeats the orig- 

 inal intention of the shipper, of completely OSTENSIBLY 

 COVERING his bale, and for which covering, as illustrated by 

 Photograph "C," the shipper has already paid the compressor. 



