The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-08-20

have already reached shs market, boi he
quantity small ihal Il e Impossible e
form any estimate So ID ihe general quality
of this years growth, and as regards The eA
tent Of lhe crop, we deem q q matter 81
- many c'leumsianeas nay take place p II
reduce d increase any estimate made on
present appearances, and as prices will 80
eraat measure be regulated by llle extent
of ihe crop would be premature % us 90
offer "a opinion, further than We SEQ noih-
ine q discourage the Cotton grower, 81 @
warrant belief that prices viii range below
lhe average Of tue season just terminated.
ii rendering continuance of our seryi-
ces s Cotton Factors, Is may not Sc ami IS
Ior rs to refer e our Eeyious and intended
course ia conducting such business as may
be intfpsled 70 us, but II doing 50, we do
not wish 70 be understood as replying 10 any
Of The anonymous newspaper correspondents
thai have appeared ii several papers in Mis-
sissippi during the last spring, nor 10 the
'electioneering circulars of merchants who,
il would seem, wish to found their claims
10 honesty, upon their peculiar quality inl
detecting the want Of it mothers. u is
/ also proper to state, that we do not send
out this ia reply 10 objections made, OF dis
satisiactions EXPRESSED By any.of our cores
pondents, for it is source Of the greatest
i qualification 10 US, that our exertions have,
$50 fur as we are able 10 Judge, rendered gen-
eTal satisfaction 10 our friends.
The business of Storing Cotton, for the
last two or three years, has, in a great mea-
lsure fallen into The hands Of Cotton Press
Imen, and from their eagerness to obtain the
right Of COMPRISING, many engagements.
for storage have been made at prices fully
one half less than the actual cost Of labor,
but in such contracts, one party at least,
knew at the time Of making il, that the
Cotton would not be put under cover, but
must be piled up in the yard, or in the street,
exposed to the weather until sold. 1t has
been our uniform custom to give the strict
est attention to this important branch ofour
business, and have always made our arrange
ments for storage with Irresponsible men, land
pay such compensation as will insure strict
compliance with the engagement for placing
under cover all Cottons 10 our consignment,
$ Immediately on receipt. For several years
/, weFented warehouse for our own exclusive
# use, but the arrangement. Of business il
1887, together with the high rates Of rem
demanded, compelled us to abandon this
mode, as the usual charges for storage and
i labor would have left US greatly the loser
}, by continuing it. Since then, we have stor
/ ed wherever we conld best effect an engage
o ment for the certain protection of cottor
h sent to US, and in no single instance has !
) bale received by US, in good order, beer
afterwards damaged or injured; during the
Unprecedented continuance of bad weathe
d last winter, and at time when the receipts
It of cotton were unusually large, and all land
+, led from boats wet and unfit to be stored
a we procured, at heavy expense, Iarg,
d additional warehouse room, where all gu
nj cotton received wet could be arranged ii
such manner as to dry without fear Of injury
land instead of this branch of our business
a. being source of. profit, we find on closin,
p up the seasons operations, that we are con
t. siderably loosers by it.
~ We have no doubt but what engagement
III may be made this season with persons VIII
2, will promise to store cotton for a very trifin
ID consideration, but experience has taught u
: that cheap men are the dearest in the end
and it is better'for the Interest of the owne
: TO have his property placed in good ware
le house, and well taken care of, and pay "a
Mt Ii, than to have il subject to exposure, al
n though. in the return of sales, no charg
IN should be made for storages
in We have not yet made any arrangement
ut for the ensuing season. We are IN treat
IN for warehouse competent for our bushes:
" but cannot say that we shall close for it, a
the rent asked is high; all that we can sa
" atpresent, in regard TO charges for the future
is that they shall be precisely what it cost
US; and will remark, that from present ar
w pearances, we cannot hope for any very ma
be terial reduction from what we have hereto
ds fore paid.
TO Our "SyStem' ofselling cotton, is to adoI
'P, thatmode by which we can best promote th
to interest of owners, in obtaining the higbes
price that the market will allow We care
Isl fully sample every bale that is consigned /
ny Us, immediatelyon its being landed, placin
wv the samples of each mark IN a seperate py
ms per, and after we carefully inspect the qua
'Ln ity of each bale, we FIX upon The value
'm each mark as the market then ranges, keeI
.eI ing a record Of our estimates Of value an
le- quality Of each parcel. separate, and if d
10 limit orTestrictions are placed upon il, v
lly solicit buyers TO examine, and exhibit th
en- samples Of the various marks, and il bayt
a. wishes any particular mark. We are ready
il- treat with him, Of il he wishes 70 purchas
sct 50 q 500 bales Of various marks. We al
9ss equally ready and prepared and 4 we ca
.se elicit an offer for the lot round, we shoul
he consider ourselves incompe for the bus
ness We undertake, Il we could not, havin