Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — HOW TO PACK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOW TO PACK

Fairalar and Illustrated Beason* for the Demand for Foreign Product*. Recent reports from J. Q Monaghan, United States Consul at Chemnitz, give the reason for the demand

for certain foreign productions over American, as for instance cotton. He says: - “The packing of American raw cotton causes a deal of anxiety and complaint here. The jute cloth covering it is so torn before the bales reach Chemnitz that the cotton is exposed to mud, water, fire, and theft. Of the original six or eight iron bauds, two, three, four, and sometimes more are loose or broken; the cotton bulges out, takes up dirt and dust when in a dry place, mud in the docks, sea water when in the ships, and rain water when on land, on wharves, or in transportation by boat, rail or wagon. In transport every gust of wind tears away pieces of the valuable commodity. The cus-tom-house floors, wharves, and freight cars are usually covered with pieces torn or dropped from such bales, and the danger from fire is great, for cot-

ton Ignites easily, and sparks from cigars or locomotives, fanned by the winds, even those caused by the movement of a train or wagon, could cause not only the burning of the cotton, but of other valuable property. “Contrasted with the packing of Egyptian and Indian cotton, the American must be regarded as very bad. Both Egyptian and Indian have close, compact, tough coverings, are rather long and smooth, and; leave little or none of the cotton exposed. The Indian and Egyptian bales are so tightly pressed, so well covered and bound, that injury from Are, water, dirt, dust, etc., is minimized. Take this table as to space occupied by the different bales: Amerl. . Egyptian. Indian, can. Weight (pound*) 700 wo 475 Space oocupledfcu bio ft.) 15 10 23 “The Lloyds, who can pack into their vessels’ holds 16,000 to 18,000 bales of Indian cotton, can take only 6,000 to 10,000 American, when, according to the ratio of weights (4 to 4j), they should take in 14,000 bales.

Consider this in the figuring of expenses, where 83, $4, $5, etc., is paid per cubic yard for ocean freights. ” Queer Stationery. When the petals of the great aurel magnolia are touched, However lightly, the result is a brown spot, which develops in a few hours. This fact is taken advantage of by a lover, who pulls a magnolia flower, and on one of its pure white petals writes a motto or message with a hard, sharppointed pencil. Then he sends the flower, the young lady puts it in a vase of water, and in three or four hours the message written on the leaf becomes visible and remains so.

AMERICAN BALE, 500 POUNDS.

INDIAN BALK, 400 POUNDS.

EGYPTIAN BALE, 700 POUNDS.