Washington telegraph., 1853-09-28
Commercial sta,e,,,o.
PICAYuNE oEE1cr
WEpNEsD.v Evr

'-Hugust3l, 1853.
leave 70 oe Eve OF new commercial year. we hoo
to our readers u so past season
+at - ioN-As 1T was known early in the so,so,,
sna' 'le crop would exceed the three moas ~
:; a. " la.. ear, the largest ever before prodnai
Io,-ar '; oni'eu states, many parties anticinatej
= nices than those of the past year thhk;na
.hsorb Pioodoe that the consumption coul5
'osoio over SIX millions of bales in tho s, @ q
TWO years. These fears proved rronndlai"r liaee Oh
.'ne I. crop having met with steady sale AZ -; ~
shly remuneratve to the planters. the
: pic o. Mlddling having been nine cents nor r.
n5sla sesen cents and half last year. This
an adotion of at least twenty millions of
ooars 70 the capital of the planters over tba .. u
IiaSo pIice Oh last year which had been ackno,r
ieuSeo 1, 10 nave been very satisfactory. 70-D' -
Inc steady increase in the consumption ot orr
Sleat staple Cotton is we believe not monentar,r
-. uut paseu upon soild foundation The en;grs' ;
tioi' from Europe, caused by the ADVANTAGES 6alI
out by our free Institutions. has rencad a., "eu
ounaant population of Europe, and thereby Grad
udiiy improved the condition of those ~ -
manned at home. The laboring classes ,ybo e..
merry could with hard labor barely exc ont
lnlseiaoie existence, can now owing to increased
demand and consequent higher wages afford ma
only the necessaries but also MANY of tho |
lorts OF lie, thus becoming large consumers =
Ihis country has also been largelv beno6.nJ H.
THIS Immigration, as its population has incrcaso1
much more rapidly than would have haen tha
case oy tne natural increase of its native popula
ION ana mus augmented the number of its pro-
ducers and consumers. ,
Many persons appear to ascribe tbe ncre,sod
power oil consumption to the discovery of tbe
gold mines IN California and Australia but If has
not yet been satisfactorily demonstrated. whether
tne capital and labor employed in the cold dig
SinSs could not have been made equally rern,mer
ative IN other channels OF commerce .'Tba r,r;6
fortunes acquired by some lucky individuals are
very apt to mislead the Judgment of tbe masses
should Europe be spared the horrors of gen.
eral war, of which there appears at present to be
ilItie aahger' we may lsthe present prosperous
position OF commerce look with confidence to an
other prosperous campaign. The crop which has
Just passed into the hands of the consumers was
noted for the excellence of its staple and its or.,t
superiority in that respect to last years crop-
lhls was sufficiently proved by the increased
weight of the bales, whicE exceeded those of last
year at least per cent. ssruse "a
The growing crop is fall fortnight later than
last year, and on that account exposed to greater
danger from worms and early frost The ac-
counts we receive from the country are on the
whole promising, and it must not be overlooked
that two prosperous seasons in succession ha 90
greatly stimulated production 1t is however too
early to venture upon an estimate of the crop as
its extent depends upon the weather during the
picking season.
For the fluctuations in prices during the season.
we reler 10 the annexed table.
''~ COTTON STATEMENT
Stock on hand Sept. L, 1858, bales. 10000
Aifi'eu since ..--........-... 80. 1.6G6,007
1,6760O9
Exported to date. ....... .1,6l4,192
Destroyed by fire. 1890. 10000
Shipped up the river. ...... 12O0-1 Cos 3o2
Stock on hand and ship board not
cleared on the lst Sept, 1853, bis, 1O624
MIXED CoTToN, GINNING, &c.-We have re-
peatedly called the attention of planters to the
necessity of more care in the packing of cotton
so that the mixing of di ifferent qualities in the
same bale may be avoided. and we recur to the
subject again with increased earnestness as the
evil is most veXatious one, and is still constant
ly complained of. to the great detriment of the
trade. Another evil, of graver character is
loudly complained Of and this is one which it be-
hooves every honest planter and factor to discoul-
tenance and expose. We allude to false packing
which some parties are dishonest enough to re-
sort to, with an evident view to deraud lntFese
cases the discovery of the fraud is seldom made
until the bales are opened at the manufacturer S
mlli In most instances in some foreign country
and then the factors have sent back upon them
certificates and reclamations, With their attendant
vexations, dlsputations and loss. So great has
this evil become, that we have been speeiallx ol
dressed on the subject by a respectable house at
"
the following extract-iYou would subserve the
interest of many parties if you would call the
planters attention to the injurious practice of false
packing Of cotton 1t has been carried to such an
extent this particularly in the lower grades
that spinners actually prefer buying East India
cotton, they yield less waste than ordinary cot
ton of American growth with the false packing
prevailing this season. We also had occasions:
in the early part of the season, TO refer to very
general complaint about the manner in which
cotton was 3ginned. A very large proportion of
the early receipts were what is called Mapped
which was supposed to result from the cotton be-
ing ginned in damp state, and with too much
haste. The result of this was considerable loss
to the planter, as many bale was cassel and
sold as Good MiddlinS or NIiddling Fair, that but
for this defect would have sold as Fair or Fully
Fair, at difference of Z cent. per lb. We
will refer to this subject again, as it may be worth
the planters while to guard against recurrence
of the evil the present season. ra ss1al IL
The following tables, which have explanatory
captions, we have compiled from our records un-
der the impression that they would probably be
found interesting to parties engaged in the cotton
trade TEst sl g7E
Receiptsat Average prize
Season. AZ. Orleans q per bate. Total rdfue