A STORY t)F COTTON 



and ACCURATELY enumerated and recorded, one would find, 

 that the values represented by these SAMPLINGS, INSPEC- 

 TIONS, PULLINGS, HAULINGS and CUTTINGS of these 

 ORIGINAL BALES of cotton would amount to SO many MIL- 

 LIONS OF DOLLARS, that the TOTAL amount, would be 

 SIMPLY APPALLING. 



One must remember that these samples, borings and loose 

 are ALL TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE, and 

 SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE, is losing the number of pounds 

 taken from these bales and represented by this millions of 

 dollars of UNNECESSARY waste. 



Ordinarily, no SINGLE producer loses VERY MUCH, but 

 the TOTAL amount, when considered as a WHOLE, is VERY 

 GREAT. 



If the cotton is shipped to a large city market, to a COT- 

 TON COMMISSION MERCHANT, to be sold for the account 

 of the producer or owner of this cotton, say. New Orleans, La., 

 Memphis, Tenn., Savannah, Ga., Augusta, Ga., or Houston, 

 Texas, etc., the result is usually as follows: 



We will start from a country town, and follow the bale, step 

 by step, and we will endeavor to describe the manner in which 

 it is ordinarily handled, ALMOST EVERYWHERE, in AL- 

 MOST EVERY LARGE market, when cotton is shipped to a 

 COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT, to be sold for the 

 account of a producer or owner. 



If the point of origin, of this bale of cotton, is CONVEN- 

 IENTLY near, one of these large markets, and when the owner 

 or producer is ready to place this bale in the hands of a Cot- 

 ton Commission Merchant for sale, he will convey it to a city 

 compress or warehouse, where it is received, NOT FOR HIS, 

 THE PRODUCER'S, ACCOUNT, but for the account of the 

 COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANT that he, the producer, 

 may designate, when he delivers the bale of cotton for storage. 



The Cotton Commission Merchant may have made his 

 arrangements to store this cotton with a public cotton ware- 

 houseman or compressor, or, he may conduct the warehouse 

 himself, to which this bale is hauled. 



When the bale is received at the warehouse, the deliverer is 

 given a receipt for the bale of cotton, that states, in substance, 



