The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-12-06
Per the Hhlsaaroush Recorder
70 Msssrs Lans. 7'Lo1atsrgh and
Lfaefa.


About The year 1910. the existing
fioar inspection at Fayetteville was es-
sablished by lsw. which required all
ilaar TO be inspected before sold. Since
then The law has been apended, reqBir-
Ing IL to be inspected before shipped.
jhe country people do not complain Of
the requirements; generally they are
IN fssox of The inspection, provided IL
is done honestly, bs a competent ia
speetur. and without delay. But ow-
ing TO the great quantity Of -four going
To the Fayetteville market, wagoners
are frequently delayed mure than day
befure il cnmes 10 their turn TO have a
Few barrels inspected. fperhaps not
more than two or three In most i'm
stances, suppose. their load is mostly
-four. with the proceeds OF which they
expect 10 bur their neces-aries, conse-
quenily cannot safely move till they
Know how their ilour passes the inspec-
tim. To remedy this Inconvenience,
il is thought there should be two -four
warehouses, aud an Inspector in each.
You will probably be tnId that there is
now a new aud large -four warehouse,
sufficient for the reception Of all the
flour that will go TO that market in any
one day, and thatfoas Inspector can
pass il all. with the aid of his assist
ants, in one tay. Ii is not believed
that he can do il with as much circum-
spection as it is entitled To-; and even
il he Gould get through by night, va
gnner must necessarily be detained an
other hall or whole day to do his ira
ding. which is matter Of importance
To many. This is not all; the present
incumbent has lost the confidence Of a
great many WIN have been in the habit
of taking their -four To Fayetteville.
Sone have gut to believe that he is too
popular with -four buyers. They yaDt
two warehouses, and an Inspector in
each. in whom they can have more con-
fidence. The courtelects the Inspec-
tor; some of the Justices of the Peace
are considerable flour dealers. Ii is
thought that the election should be by
wholly tlisinterested members Of the
Court, (if by the Court at all II is
an important office, and ought to be
well filled. According To the report Of
the Inspector himself, it was worth
mure the last year than the salary ol
Supreme Court Judge. The report
was published in the Fayetteville OBJ,
server some two or three months ago,
and by reference TO that Journal you
may see the astounding number OF BAR
rels he inspected in one season. Rca-
snn will convince YOU that he could not
have bestowed the time aud attention
in all cases required for deliberate
judgment A. 10 the quality of The Hour.
Again, wagoners complain Of the
great imposition practiccd upon them
in the charge Of cooperage ON their bar
rels, and the Partially shown on that
subject. Some good barrels are taxed
. heavily. and bad ones occasionally 90
free |; but upnn the whole the amount
thus paid land often unjustly, is cnor-
NOUS. ] heard a man Of experience
and character, (whose opportunity Of
knowing was ample say that with the
money which had been paid for coop
erage at the -four ware house in Fay
etspville the last season, he could hire
two of the best cuapers for twelve
months; all Of which coopering was
done by one old negro. The existing
law does not triIst the Inspector with
the decision of the amount of the cost
Of coaperage. and having it done him
self; but he inspects the barrels, aud
IL he saws they must be coopered, the
owner Of the Hour must pay whatever
old Tom will agree todd it for, he can
then get his ticket. and leave his bar
rels IN the hands of old Tom, not car
ing whether TON strikes lick on
them, yea ar nay. IN many instances,
when there are hundreds of barrels
crow,ling in of q morning, mostly or
Jered by the Inspector to be coopercd
it is as much as Tom can do to sess
the amount on each parcel and receive
his pay. Soon the work accumalates
TO such a fearful amount, that it is be-
lieved that not unfrequently, upon a
little reflection. the Inspector reverses
! his Judgment. and concludes they are
IN good shipping ur,lcr; and when call
cd for, the Inspector, in . confiding
spirit towards his worthy friend 'rom,
not doubling but that they are just as
good as they should be, he delivers them
in exactly The same order he first saw
them in.
/ Now it appears that the Legislature
foreSaw the possibility Of the Inspector
protitins BY charging conpcrase at his
own discretion, for himself to do or not
to do, aud intended to guard against
the imposition. But the law canno,
prevent auy secret understanding be-
al, a 4.