The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-28

.arying from about a half to two cents n
in those FIVE instances there is a
gain in aOeight, which is also the case in '
almost every instance. Compare eighteen {
OTIS shipped direct with eighteen by N. Or
leans, making SO shipments, and you will
find loss in sOeight in all of the latter, va
rying from about to Is pounds, but going
sometimes up as high as as pounds. But in
every shipment by New Orleans, there is a
less, as compared with the others, either in
weight or price. The N. Orleans shipments
show 1853 pounds of picking', and the 9TH
ers foe pounds.
But the reader is ready to ask why it is
that there is loss in GOeigM in the ship
ments by New Orleans, since in both cases
the cotton is weighed in Liverpool, and in all
probability by the same persons, or at least
in the same general mode? We will explain
this, and at the same time tell those who do
not know, what 'pickings' are.
Cotton put on shipboard either in Misss-
siPpi or New Orleans wet, or having been
wet and partially dried, when it arrives in
England it is either totally rotten, or DANA
ged. That which is wet is utterly worthless,
being quite as rotten as dirt. This is thrown
away before the cotton is weighed, and oc-
casions the loss in sOeight, presuming the
cotton all to be weighed fairly. That which
is but partially wet is damaged, so as to be
unfit for any kind of spinning, but is worth
something for other uses. This is the 'pick-
ings.' The rotten cotton and pickings are
always taken off before the cotton is offered
for sale.
Now this cotton received this damage either
on the steamboat or in New Orleans, except
the five pounds of pickings in one lot of Is
balesi and the damage in New Orleans, re-
collect, was less than is usual; for the com.
: mittee tell US that this cotton was Away:
shipped in New Orleans by the first vessels
Does any one ask why the cotton shipped d
rect sold for more than that by New Orleans
For the very plain and simple reason tina
cotton in good order sells for more none,
than cotton in bad order, all other things be
ing equal.
A great objection, in the minds of many
to direct shipments, is the cost Of tOsOing ves
sells from NeW Orleans to Vicks6urg.' Thi
does cost something, but only about One-thir
Of 'OhGt is nOIO paid to steamboats, for the sam
thing. Will men look little and talk sens
bic when they think of these matters! TIL
supplemental report to the Convention abov
lspoken of estimates the cost Of towing to n
. Orleans, or in other words the price of shi
fieignt from Vicksburg to New Orleans,
:, JJV cents per bale, $500 trip for each vel
selA The report of the Vicksburg committe
= in 10 days paper says, "it can now be don
= for 40 or so cents" Now this is less hO
! halt, and little if any over one third of Il
cost of the same thing by steamboats,, takir
the average freight of any FIVE SUGGEST,
years. For men to look and talk sensible,
all the friends of direct trade ask.
We close this article by pointing our indie
to JACKSON THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER Go the
- planters and merchants, and talk this matt
over. You cannot fail to arrive at concl
= sions which will be greatly beneficial to you
selves and the State. You have lost millio
upon millions of hard earned dollars by t
pursuit of wretched economy, coupled wi
a a still more wretched vassalage to an aris
- cracy Of wealth which you yourselves ha
III reared up, and with your own money fe
!, fostered and sustained; and you will 10
~ millions more, unless you right yourselves
your own exertions.
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