Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-02-20
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W. have tshat, pains 10 inquire into The exact
mode IL selling cotton IN New Orleans, snd thu
result Of our inquiries se na~ proceed 10 10y be,
fore our readers. @
The planter sends his trhp n a faetoi. in whom
he 'repaHes per|fet confidence. The factor re.
eeise. j, 1T the levee. ah'i ~dispoaes ~ i. 10 such a
manner ~ 10 be convenient to the eonrreaaiHg
est nli .h,nents. When thai 1. done the bales are
all san,rlfd by him. The mex, step Il for tie fac.
tor 10 eiassify the samples. according 10 ,hei, 70.
srectise qualities; and. looking 10 tho interest, ~
his principal, % rof Tho highest ohtainable market
p,iee upon each quality. After this, he averages
these prices, allowing four hundred pounds 10
each bale. nnd'wi,h the average rate for the ut,l-
che IN ha p"ssesvinn. he goes into the market 10
aearch az q buyer. In nine eases out Of Ten. now
a-days. the buying broker abides by The samples
Of The factor. who generally guarantees tl,rfa TO be
correct and fair specimens Of Tho article proposed
q be sold. 80 soon IA n sale il effected. If mora
81 less ,hsa The average PRICE pat upon the ari
clio he obtained, or the buyer egress to The faotor'B
demand. tho eo,ten Is weighed. aud according 10
tie weight Of each bale. and The price aitained,
HE rates are indiyiiiuaiizei for ench quality. II
frequently happens tina, Il BALANCE IL left over
tors thai thrv pocket il without 40 much N o blush
upon their face. True, i, is easy for a dishapcst
man 40 to do, and u he does MT cheat Ia one way,
he can do II another; but we deny that any bal.
atee need be Ielt in Notwithstanding the price, Of
the various qualities Of the article sold. IL can oil
he absorbed IN The hands of the hnnesl factor.
1his then. is the famous list system Of selling
cotton. which mas excited 80 much the Indignation
~ the Mississippi press. Like any other Hyetem,
il depends upon tho hoy esty OF It's administrators.
Ia itself it does not contain the element Of :ujus.
,ice rallied against by the Mississippi people. The
factor protects The planters rights, while The buy
ing broker represents bs principal, and rarely DO
now inl nne man officiating us buying and
selling broker both. fer the factor is every day ta-
king the place of ,he selling broker.
A. to the objection, thai, several planters crops
are merged together, and that this affords d chance
10 the factor to lean to tho side OF the great plan-
to the saefiice Of the loss, it scarcely deserves
mn answer. An honest man will b. guilty of no
such injustice. and the presumption always il,
that the planter selects such a factor. 1.-The does
not iii bis own fault. t
An eminent broker has furnished US with a ia.
,le Of the expenses incident upon a bale Of cotton,
rom the time IL reaches the 1.evee, until it is sold.
md for which the usual charge is fifty cents per
Sc. SO cents: sampiipe, 2g cents:
brokerage, 10 cents: labo- DC. 6l cents; allow
nee, 81 cents. 1f we are wrong in any mart of |
an cfafartanfu c0nreFninu1 the fna,tor W.. .t.I L.. |
lad to be corrected by those who feel an interest
, vindicatine New Orleans from the azpersions
{ strangers. - Louisiana advertiser.
COMMERCIAL LAW.
TIE liabilities of steamboats,, as common car.
ers, are thus laid down bv Judge Ware of the
district court, in The case of Boney VS.; The
eamboat Huntress.
The owners of a steamboat employed in carry
g passengers and merchandise between port and
are responsible TO shippers Of goods as COM
on carriers. Common carriers must at their per- (
deliver gao3s which they carry, to the right per, !
n and II they make a wrong delivery. they will /
responsible for any loss which may be thereby :
II is the duty Of the owners to pre- :
Mt them TO the carriers or his servants TO have j,
I'm entered 10 his books; and if he negiects TO !,
it, and there is a mis-deii very and loss in con. :
luence. without, any fault of the carrier, he !,
,st bear the loss. But the carrier is not dis :
areed from all responsibility as to the delivery, ;.
a loss through any want Of reasonable caution ),
the part Of the rarrier or his servants, he will !:
re~ponsible.- True American. !,
Some Of the members of The House of Repre-
'tatives are really attentive to the wants OF their n,
lssitueats. and exhiai, a praise Is or,hy punc,u. .,
y in their attendance. The veteran PMiLE 4;
y THaa. IS, though an oclogenarian, is nerer alb ed
I from his seat. The Grst to enter the halls of
he is the last 10 depart. His excel. n
example is, however, lost upon some of the h,
nbers, who continually %conttire either to break r.
quorum By repeated absence. or to arrive at po
hour long after 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the period n
i upon for the opening of the daily sittings.- m.
'se laagards were severely rebuked yesterday, ha
will he perceived by tie reports Of the psocee- III
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