PACKING AND MARKETING OP COTTON. 



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of the opinion that only by the adoption of such contract the Americflu cotton 

 producer can be induced to adopt the new system of baling and handling cotton, 

 as previously recommended by the International Federation. 



The difference between various kinds of cotton bales is shown in 

 figure 10. On the left is an ordinary gin-box • bale, weighing 476 

 pounds and measuring 55 by 30 by 41 inches ; the density is 12 pounds 

 per cubic foot and the tare 20 pounds. Next to it is an Egyptian 

 bale weighing 750 pounds and measuring 51 by 22 by 31 inches; the 

 density is 37.3 pounds per cubic foot and the tare 22 pounds. The 

 third is a gin-compressed bale weighing 585 pounds and measuring 

 48 by 18 by 35 inches, with a density of 33.4 pounds per cubic foot 

 and tare of 10 pounds. The recompressed bale on the right weighs 

 595 pounds, measures 56 by 30 by 27 inches, has a density of 22.2 

 pounds per cubic foot and tare of 24 pounds. 



ADVANTAGES OF GIN COMPRESSION. 



It is apparent that the European spinners insist on the 6 pes cent 

 tare as a measure of protection against the excessive weight of 

 bagging used in the United States. Continuance of the 6 per cent 

 rule is profitable to the exporter on this side of the Atlantic and to 

 the importer on the other side, but is not specially desired by either 

 the spinner or the producer. This view of the matter is sustained by 

 the fact that gin-compressed cotton is now shipped direct from the 

 ginnery to the merchant or spinner in Europe free from mutilations 

 incidental to sampling and free from the charges that attach to the 

 old system. 



The writer was shown an account current of a large Liverpool 

 house which gave a statement of the sale of 55 bales of gin-com- 

 pressed cotton shipped from Montgomery, Ala., by the Farmers' Com- 

 press & Warehouse Co. of that city, which may be properly intro- 

 duced here in part. The statement of account follows : 



Nov. 10, To freight $182. 73 



■ - 5.44 



3.60 



. 19 



1.82 



1.68 



7. 69 



10. 04 



21.46 



7 



Dec. 



Liverpool dues 



Quay porterage 



Stamping policy 



15, Cost of cable 



18, Wareliouse rent 



Fire insurance 



Cartage and porterage — 

 1, Commission i per cent 



Remittance 4, 021. i 



Total 4, 256. 52 



Nov. 28, By sale FDD 50 B/C. 



By sale COT 5 B/C. 



Gross 26, 606 lbs. 



Tare and bands 643 lbs. 



Net 25, 963 lbs. 



Gross 



FOD 8 B/C. 



Country damage 



Balance on interest- 

 Total 



3. 12 

 1. 15 



4, 256. 52 



The gross weight in Liverpool was 26,606 pounds and in Montgom- 

 ery, Ala., 26,297 pounds, the gain in weight being" 409 pounds. It 

 will be noticed that tlie deduction for tare and bands (bagging and 

 ties) was less than 12 pounds per bale, and that country damage was 

 found in only eight bales. The cotton was sold in Liverpool at 15.32 

 cents per pound. 



Several important advantages over recompression recommend com- 

 pression at the ginnery. These are greater density and uniformity 

 of package, character of wrapping, ease and economy in transporta- 

 tion, and minimum of tare. A 34-foot box car will carry 50 recom- 

 pressed bales; 85 gin-compressed bales can be carried in the same 

 space. The burlap covers and completely protects the cotton, which 

 the jute covering of the recompressed bale does not, and permits the 



