A STORY OF COTTON 



If the local point is CON\'ENIENTLY located, this cotton 

 is shipped, if of a sufficient number of bales to justify the 

 shipment, through to destination, but to be re-compressed "in 

 transit" to the required density, re-loaded in cars, when it 

 then resumes its journey to destination. 



Most of the cotton bought at these interior country towns 

 is shipped to compress points in the vicinity of the original 

 purchase, for concentration and storage. 



It is AGAIN, usually, sampled by the representative of the 

 Buyer at this concentration point, or by the compress owner 

 on BEHALF of the Buyer, and MAY also be inspected in the 

 head, and FREQUENTLY, on the sides with augers. 



THIS sampling and inspecting, causes ANOTHER MUTILA- 

 TION of the bale of cotton, that, perhaps a week previously, 

 was a fairly good package, PARTIALLY COVERED, but with 

 bagging of LARGE MESHES, through which the cotton could 

 be DISTINCTLY seen. 



The bagging of the bale of cotton, by this time, at the con- 

 centrating points, has been cut from ONE, TWO and OFTEN 

 THREE TIMES. 



One head, AT LEAST, has been cut open, and the bale itself 

 is quite a different MUTILATED PACKAGE from the ORIGI- 

 NAL BALE, as ginned. 



All of these samplings and handlings at concentrating points, 

 each BORING, each INSPECTION and each SAMPLING, cre- 

 ates, for SOME ONE, an accumulation of a VERY GREAT 

 VALUE. 



As fast as these accumulations amount to a sufficient num- 

 ber of pounds to make a BALE OF COTTON, they are boxed, 

 and partially clothed with bagging, and stored for the account 

 of SOME ONE. 



Each bale of these accumulations represents, approximately, 

 500 pounds of UNNECESSARY WASTE in the handling, the 

 sampling and the mutilating of the original bale, and the value 

 represented by THIS WASTE IS SOME ONE'S LOSS. 



If all of the number of bales of this character of cotton, 

 termed usually, "BALES OF SAMPLES" or "BALES OF 

 ACCUMULATION," without considering the damaged pick- 

 ings, which subject will be treated later, were DEFINITELY 



