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CoTToS BAGCISG AND Cores Hooks
Gov McNuts recommendation N hs'lale mes
sage respecting cotton bagging and hooks has
been rdculed by some, bu, Il seems to u wise
and prudent suggestion. We entirely concur in ibe
opinions expressed in the following article. npon
the subjective extract from the New Orleans
Bulletin:


"Among the recommendations Of the Cover.
nor Of Mississippi, we notice ons relative 10 the
use Of cotton baggng Experience has proved
that Tagging fabricated out of cotton answers an
excellent purpose for packing The PRINCIPAL
"blerton TO ITS use, Is lha, the cloth Is weak. and
Il subject to be torn by cotton hooks. To oh.
waite the lhculy, the Governor recommends tho
passage OF il law prohibiting. under heavy penaI.
ties the use Of hooks IN handling cotton bales.
aud requiring masters of vessels TO give bills oi
lnding obi eating the boal owners and masters. 20
deliver The cotton 20 the conslgnees in good order
aud not to use the hooks, or tear or lniure The
bslllng. The Introduction of that species nj
baggIng will be a considerable advantage In III,
gtewers Of cotton, by creating demand for thc
Inleror qualities oI that staple-the trashy and
sthlned-Uut OF which coarse fabrics, like hailing
can be manufactured. 81 the use Of iron hooks
IN The handling Of cotton were abolished. there
! eau be no doubt That the cotton cloth would an.
swef as well as The hempen Another advantage
the cotton gioweIs would gain by the dlsuse Of
hooks, will be IN the better Preservation of their
crops While travelling to market. AT present a
great deal OF waste and damage is incurred IN
consequence OF the hooks tearing the bales, and
often ripping the covering entirely off the cotton.
| he loss IN this way must be serious, as the con.
dton Of many steamboat cargoes delivered here
sufficiently shows. The only inconvenience that
can arise from adopting the recommendations Of
the Governor, will be in the handling of the cot.
ton, which may be little more difficult and trou-
blesome without than with the use of IRON hooks
Even this slight inconvenience may easlly he oh
waited, by making tie bales lighter lhan It is th,
fashion now to pack them. On the plantation.
cotton is moved and rolled about entirely by III,
hand, with The AID occasionally Of a handspike. -
we do not see any reason why the same mode o
handling Of the article should moi be practcct
| also on board of steamboa Is, and in our coltol
presses. 1t would certainly be much to The ben
ehl Of tho planter, not only as regards cerlar
saving, br' also, what IS Of equal Importance, III,
better appearance Of his crop, when brought int,
market