The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-31


Col. Dunbar, Of Jefferson, and others have
been using the hoops for years and are highly
pleased with them. Cotton has been chip
ped from Mississippi to Europe in Iron Hoops
successfully for several years past and none
of the objections noticed in the Bulletin has
as yet been discovered in Liverpool.
The second paragraph of the Bulletins
statement is very candid confession or an
insdvertent stumbling upon the truth.
Whether it is ''impOssibLe" 10 send our cot
ton forward to market ola re-shipment al
New Orleans, without the immense loss il
now usually sustains, | do not know. Ii
seems, however, to be impracticable. In
either case, it is such an argument as have
never seen appear in the Orleans papers be-
| fore in favor Of sending Cotton from this
State to market direct, by which these heavy
losses may be avoided. And coming as it
does. from that side of the house, it cannot
but have great weight upon the Mississippi
side of that question. Every one knows,
and Cotton planters feel, that this as we'll as
other descriptions ofmerchandize ought TO be
handled and transported IN good order and
OiihOut damage.
As to the loss of SeUen pounds Of cotton per
bale by the rust Of the hoops, regard this
statement as extravagant beyond the bounds
of creduity. 1t is apparent to the common
sense of every man who ever saw iron, that
a small hoop, however much it may be wet
and exposed, could not produce a quantity
of rust that would penetrate through the bag
ging and then into so large quantity of hard
pressed cotton. But if the statement be ever
so true, it only shows the necessity of keep
ing cotton in good order, out of the rain, out
of the mud, and TO have it handled as other
merchandise usually is. AS to the fogs of the
river producing rust upon the hoop, the edi-
tor could not be sincere in such suppose
;ion. But rust upon the hoop, can, under
all circumstances, be most effectually pre-
vented by painting the hoop iron with little
white lead and oil, which will cost at the
maximum, not over one or too cents a bale.
As to the weight Of the iron: This, of
course, is matter OF proper consideration.
When cotton is sold in Europe or wherever
1t IS unbaled 10 be manufactured lana of
course all previous sales must conform, either
in price or in tGTe, TO this rule) three differ
ent articles are sold in each bale, zig: cotton,
6Ggging, and the bands, whether iron or rope.
And OF course, the seller obtains only The
value at that time and place, OF those several
articles. Now, what is rope worth in LiV-
erPool that comes off of cotton bales! | am
informed that It is worth little or nothing. IL
can no longer be used for rope, and as tow
II can scarcely be worth so much as from half
TO one cent pound. And what are iron
hoops worth! They are worth nearly as
much as new, say four cents pound. So
mat II the weights are equal, the cotton bale
with hope is worth twenty eight cents more
Than the one baled with rope. AS to the
hoops being heavier than rope; this may have
been the Case with the cotton the editor OF
the Bulletin saw. And am aware tha, much
hoop iron has been used this year OF greater
weight than is proper. Iron of the proper
size land 10 insure sufficient strength il
should be very soft non! will weigh one
pound 10 The bGHd-seven pounds to the bale
Seven bands of kentucky rope usually weigh
eight Pounds,-grass rope about six and
half.
have now noticed, briefly as intended, |
all the objections TO iron hoops alluded to BY |
the Bulletin, and will beg leave before | |
close, just to mention in juxtapostion to
them, some few of the advantages of using
iron instead of rope.
First, The cost is less than half the price |
of rope. Being about Al to cents per pound |
or as before observed per band. And when |
1t is AIKEN off the bale it is worth nearly as |
much as new, either to be used again tor the |
same purpose or something else.
Second, 1t makes much handsomer and |
better bale, which can be handled easier and |
without so much tearing Of the bagging.
Third, 1t saves a dollar bale for cost of
COMPRISING, clear to the planter. (Seventy-
i've cents is the press charge and suppose
twenty-five for incidental drayages, &C.
Fourth, 1t is a protection against fire.
Cotton IN iron hoops in ware house, ship,
or steamboat, can always be saved from dam.
age in case Of fire, for it is only when the
ropes burn IN sunder and the cotton expands
that cotton bale can burn.
And In conclusion | will barely remark.
that the article in the Bulletin, it must be re.
memoered, comes from Men Orleans, where
several millions Of dollars have been expend-
ed IN the erection OF Cotton Presses, which
receive annually about sir hundred thousand
dollars from the planters of Mississippi and
Lou slana for COMPRISING cotton. Now il
is apparent that this immense propertv musi
become utterly Valueless for want OF employ
ment II the practice of using iron hoops be-
comes universal. And moreover. the Com.
mission Merchants of New Orleans receive \
ABOUT fifty thousand dollars annually, for
buying and selling Kentucky rope. The
bulletn might have added, ''Srs, We know {
tnat oy this craft we have our wealth;-So t
'ha' not only this, our craft, is in danger to
ue Set at naught, but that also the temple of
Tue great goddess Diana should be despised :" /,
mss Mr. Editor, is the secret of this New :
oti S discovery. l think the great temple q
WI ~l1 De generally disregarded in this quarter. (
lol OeheVe that most planters are going to h
use IRON next year. Some arrangements are Q
on 1901 TO procure large supply at the low /
est prices by the planters in this quarter.
R. A.
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