Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
Meeting OF Sugar Planters.

At a Meeting of Sugar Planters of the Parisl
of Iberville, according to previous notice, and he'll
at the Courthouse of said parish, in the town o
Plaquemine, on this the 18th of February, 1852, il
order to take into consideration the Tare of Suga
Hogsheads and the sale of Molasses by weight
JAMES N. Brown, Esq, was unanimously elect
ed President; and ZEHoN LABAUvE, Esq, ant
B~ALrHAzAR DuPUY, Esq, Vice Presidents; AM
BENZ. DEBLIEUx. Secretary.
The Meeting thus organized, on motion, a com
mittee was appointed composed of five planters
chosen by the President, to draft and report reso
l~utions expressive of the sentiments of the Meet
ing upon the subjects under deliberation; ant
Messrs. Louis HEBERT, J. B. CRAIGHEAD, ED
WARD J. GAY, AMANr HEBERT, and PAULIN DU
puY, being of said committee, retired, and aftel
due deliberation, returned and reported the follow
ing Resolutions;
Reso1ued, That the Sugar Planters of the Parish
of Iberville feel deeply interested in the measure
recommended by the Chamber of Commerce o.
| Cincinnati to the Chamber of Commerce of the
| city of New Orleans, to increase the tare on sugal
in hogsheads, of the growth of this State, to Il
per cent, instead of 10 per cent, which has beer
| the customary tare on sugar from ITS earliest
growth in this State to the present time.
2. Resolred, That it is the sense of this Meeting
and we believe the almost universal opinion OF the
sugar planters of this parish, and OF the State:
that 10 per cent of the gross weight of sugar In
hogsheads, affords ample timber to make hhds. OF
sufficient strength to bear its transportation, and
that our hhds. as usually made, when full and in
good order as they leave the purgery on delivery
by the planter, are oftener under 10 per cent than
over.
8. Resolved, That rather than submit to an in
crease of 2 per cent on the tare of our sugar, We
will resort to the custom of actual tare, ascertain
ed at the time of sale or delivery, as may be agreed
upon between the buyer and seller.
4. Resolyed, That we heartily concur with the
Resolutions of the Meeting on this subject of the
parish of St. James, in establishing the custom of
selling Molasses by weight instead of by measure.
We believe the present mode of estimating the
quantity of molasses by weight, twelve lbs. to
the sallon1 gives an advantage of fully five per
centin favor of the purchaser.
5. Resoired, That this Meeting deprecates the
custom ~practised by w~eighers of sugar in New Or
leans, of giving what is termed running beam, in
addition to the five pounds off the actual weight
of the hogshead.
6. Resoired, That we respectfully propose, and
invite all the parishes Of this State interested in
the growth of sugar, to meet us in Convention by
delegates in the city of New Orleans, 70 o'clock
NJ. on the first Monday of May next, to have uni
ted action Upon this and any other subjects of gen.
eral interest to the sugar planter.
T.. Resolved, That this Meeting respectfully re-
quests every sugar planter of this parish to consid-
er himself a delegate to the Convention of Plan
tiers, to be held in New Orleans in May next.
s. Reso!ued, That all papers published in the SUI
gar growing districts of Louisiana. be requested
to publish the proceedings of this Meeting.
On motion, the above Resolutions were unani-
mously adopted by the Meeting, and with request,
that the Commercial Bulletin, Picayune and Del
ia, of New Orleans, publish the same.
(Signed) ]. N. BROWN, Pres't.
B. DUPUY.
BENZ. DEBLIEUx, Secretary.