The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-04


and this, ii addition % heir commi s.ons,
which would Be 81 least one dollar a bale,
equal TO Sl 100000
For myself think i would bo just qs
honest, 20 sell q MANS cotton alto cls, ana
Tenderhlm accounts ofsales a. 2 cents, as g
charge him With % OF 40 cents bale ex-
penses IN his cotton, that lhad not paid;
the principle q precisely che same, aud the
one is lust as honest as the other The on
IL excuse that have heard offered for these
overcharoes Is. that the Chamber Of Com
merce fxos the price Of dtayage, storage,
sc. Tadmi, this; and It the merchant ac-
tuallv paid these charges, be would be fair
" entitled 10 charge il 10 the planter; but i
will venture 10 say, that there is no ord-
nance of the Chamber Of Commerce, that
will authorize a cotton factor 70 charge the
owner, expenses on his cotton or other proc
duee where the expenses has. not actually
been incurred. His commissions on the
sale are his legitimate compensation, and he
is bound in my opinion, by every principle
of honor and Justice, to save his employer
every possible expense, and do all for him
in the sale Of his cotton, that he would do,
If were his own.
Another great evil exists in the cotton
trade Of this city, which arises, either fIom
an absolute want Of sufficient warehouse
room to protect all the cotton which is re-
ceived here, or, what | think may be quite
as likely, from the fact, as am told, that
some houses here, consent that the press
owner may store in his open yard, or in the
streets, ifhe will charge them no storage on
il. Tn making a contract for the storage Of
my cotton in September last, the owner
of the press told me, that If he kept il all
the time under cover, he would charge me
for drayage, storage, and labor, fifteen cents
a bale, bat that Il would permit him to
store il in bis open yard, or In the streets.
thath would do il for less, and that could
probably get it done for nothing: Iprefered
paying the fifteen cents and having the cot
ION kept under cover. From the lst Of Jan.
uary to the Goth ofFebruary, we had sever
al weeks Of almost constant rain, during tha
time, there was piled up in the streets, al
open yards, probably not less than $4,000
bales Of cotton, much of which literally rot
ted, aud was damaged have no doubt, I,
the amount of S5OO,00O. This loss falls Oh
the owner of the cotton. and the iniquity o
the operation is, that he is paying storage Of
IL all the time. This evil ought to be cor
rected.
will only, add further. that ] have resi-
ded in Port Gibson, Mississippi, for the las
eighteen years, that during nearly the whole
Of that time, have been shipper of cotiol
10 New Orleans,-my transactions in cottol
have been large; have often been satis6e,
an my own mind, that had great iuiuslic
done me, in the disposal Of my cotton here
but never investigated the mattel, or IN
derstood all the little, dirty details Of its op
Grafton, until came here in Septembe
last, TO engage in the business myself
Should you or your friends, entrust me wit
your business next season, will endeavC
to avoid the errors which have censured !
hers. Respectfully,
Your obed't servant,
b. HUGHES.
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