The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-09

not sell 70 that country ts own productions in re-
turn, there s no reciprocity in trade, and the
effects must be ruinouf % the buyer And when
purchaser goes INTO narkel to buy, hat market
and will receive b payment from the purchaser,
the greatest amount 81 bis produce.
suitable iron for binding cotton bales can Be
obtained here AZ about seven cents per pound
The cost Of bale rope for aseries Of years past
ranged from 10 TO s cents per pound the guam
cotton is about equal, say pounds; this produces
a saving Ia tie first instance Of abaut 40 cents
per bale, besides saving of about one fourth the
quantity OF bagping. Bale rope Is supplied to Us
principally from Kentucky Iron is supplied from
almost every part Of the civilized world, and will
always be furnished at a. low price as can pos
sbv be afforded, aud most OF the countries from
which Il is brought are buyers Of our cotton
The expenses in New-OrIeans for COMPRISING OF
depressing is as cents which with drayage ane
other incidental expenses, will amount to at least
one dollar per bale, and freight ono dollar The
usual commission in New-Orleans for shipping
cotton from thence, is from so cents to 81 per bale
to which must be added 20 cents FOR storage, 5
cents for labor, and sometimes 10 cts. bale for
weighing-allow for these charges one dollar, and
the whole expense will be So per bale
Besides the direct expenses, the loss from other
causes is almost incalculable. In consequences
OF the carelessness of owners and shippers, and
II
ton of our cotton arrives in New-Orleans IN a
damaged state, and almost withour covering, when
Il becomes subject to the operations of the pick
cries. and TO swarms of plferers that constantly
iniest the levee and other places where cotton is
! piled up sometimes in mud and water) exposed
10 the weather and their depredations. Fromthes
causes, principally, arise SO many complaining OF
the loss Of weight on cotton when sold in New
Orleans.
!, It is more than probable, that if this mode Of
binding cotton was generally adopted, it would
J invite cotton buyers to our own ports, where il
could be delivered direct from the GIN without
: rend or damage, and where there would always
be vessels in readiness to receive it. Many d
our planters are in the habit of shipping theil
cotton 10 a foreign market from New-Orleans
where they haveto incurall those expenses, which
would be entirely avoided by putting it, already
compressed, directly on ship.board.
1t is estimatedtha the cottoncrop Of Mississippi
alone viii average about 100000 bales annually
s Estimate the saving of expense at only So so pc
bale and il produces an annual profit to the STATE
/ Of 81 100000. Another branch Of this subiec
claims our most earnest attention, viz: the neces
sary supply of bagging for baeing our cotton
{ which has, heretofore been furnished principall
/, from State that buys, comparatively, little o
l nothing of our produce, and consequently will re
ceive nothing but money in payment A success
fnl effort has lately been made by company il
Rhode Island to manufacture bagging of cotton
anu extensive engagements nave Dcen enteIe'
, into to furnish for the next season. The numbe
Of yards necessary for the crop of one year,
about 100000, which will weigh about 100000
of pounds, OF about two per cent Of the crop.
e If then had manufactures of baggng estab
4 ished within our own borders sufficient to furns
supply, we would have home market for abou
!, 5000 bales of our cotton annually, and the'add
O tIonal consumption of that quantity would necel
sarily enhance pToportionately, the value of -
residue of the crop. Another advantage acc tne
be used for bagging. ables
The spirit now prevailing throughout the,eour
try, to produce supply of provisions, stock, &C
for its own consumption, is increasing and in
very few years we shall be entirely indepedent
n ether States for those important articles.
5 Respectfully,