The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1841-08-21


Can il be that the admirers Of our
light periodical literature, are aware,
while ordering such quantity Of the
.msrest trash from the eastern cities, that
We have several domestic works in the
South far better deserving their patron
age"
We publish by request the following
well written letter; part Of the edito-
rial correspondence Of the Southron Of
the 5th instant. The writer evinces tall
ent, and some knowledge Of the mode Of
selling Cotton in New Orleans. His
views as far as they go, are all proba-
| bly,, correct, but we are advocating
home safes Of Cotton. If,however it has
TO 60 to New Orleans, we should consid-
erit mach safer in the hands Of the tri-
ed,rhan the untriel men. who are SO lavish
Of thoir profession. Of friendship. When
it becomes necessary for man to pro-
claim his honesty by words, instead of
leaving that duty to hisacts, il is natural
to suspect him.
New ORLEANS. 22l July, 184I.
Dear Sir:-Pubic opinion Ialterly, has
been much directed to the the usage and
! practice Of conducting the factorage bu-
Islness IN this city. While there has
been good cause Of complaint in some IN
stances, much has been said and written
IN the most vindic,ive spirit Much Of
the COED which should have resulted
from al expose Of the errors, has been
lost, IRON The wanton manner in which
all that class Of the community, without
distinction, has been assailed: and re-
greet 10 say, where the facts have deye-
oped themselves, these charges have
been made, generally, from Interested
and unworthy motives, aad not for pub
nc benefit. la many stances. these We
; ~ men, having managed to obtain large
sums from hoases Of old and high stand
ing, hide their property. refuse to return
the money, then open a commission
house, issGe their cards, and Immediate
~ after commence hese wholesale char
yes and calamnics upon their old friends
being heir only mans Of Obtaining
business, by raising di,irust ia the MINI
OF Inc community, and from the excite
ment of The nom3nt, they are coniidec
with the sale oil the planners crop
what man in his proper mind, unnfll
enced by like causes. would trust or con
lide in man OF this charactor-who
without business capacity or. quallfica
S tons, WITHOUT capital, without credit. an
7 under distrust, and worse than all.--ha
swindIed his friends out Of from ten t,
sixty thousand dollars? From these eau
SEES. especially the former, the planter ha
e suffered the greatest loss. Many operat
d through the season by purchasing iron
q this class of houses and selling to other
at a handsome profit.
\ house engaging in the cotton trade
e should not only have business habits, bu
1t posses a minute and general acquaiu
>. lance with cotton Transactions through
:, outthe world, and Of commerce genel
= ally. Il is well known, that since tn
D commissions Of 1887, much the large
u portion Of business men and CONNIE rcia
" talent have been thrown out Of employ
D. ment. New houses, like the mushroom
= banks, have sprung up, into which tn
business has ineasurably fallen. In ms
v ny instances, they do not possess tbs
e, general knowledge of commercial inte
re ligence 50 essentially necessary TO pro
~ tect and benefit the great cotton interes
and from the want of which, most Of tn
" abuses complained of have doubtless ari
e. en-. Suppose a planter had LAVISH
Of involving the sum Of S5000-would i
We employ man TO defend the case WI
20 knew nothing about law! Certainly nc
Yet he will conhdc the selling Of five
~ twenty thousand dollars worth of cottc
Sc to a house that has neither commerce.
to- knowledge nor taIent-cannot keep a S
,ce Of books, or state and make out an a
coant correctly--knows nothing of Il
y cotton trade and the many lnfuenc
ed which operate upon IT, What is the co
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