New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-01-19

The facsors have ht length recSgnizod the fact
that tAe cotton shipped ~ them belongs, all q sk,
either to the producer or the buyer, and have
determined to disallow all perquisites. IF the
claim Of one class Of samplers to not over q
pound a bale perauisites had been submitted to,
Ethe other class would, Of course, have preferred
tho same claim. Taking II for granted that the
crop 81 1865 may possibly reach 100000 bales,
the loss in weight By sampling alone would have
amounted to 600 900 pounds worth 81 900 900 all
of which owing to the supinsnes Of factors, was
to have been divided iii the form Of perquisstes
amongst u fesc samplers ID this city. The abuse
had assumed proportions of startling magnitude,
and the action Of the factors has been wise, and
what is more to the purpose, honest. was glad
to observe the other day, III walking amongst the
cotton bales on The leyee, that there was little
appearance on the bales that they had been pill
laged On the boats showing that the captains and
mates had been doing their duty. sawiqHite q
number Of bags of stolen cotton in the police
ofiee, sufficient proof that our officers were at
length aroused to the Importance Of putting a
stop to levee pilfering.
Lettfe public keepa vigilant watch over all these
parties, commencing them when they discharge
their duty ana denounciag them when they do not,
ana we s1ldi put y supp W tltt coMmon c0uipldlnb
ofiosa ii weight. There is one other suggestion
which / would make, which would be merely car
srying into effect the now recognized principle,
that an Of a bale Of cotton belongs to the owner
AT present as the samplers are not permitted 70
appropriate the cotton necessarily wasted in
sampiing, it would be destroyed If the owner of
the press did not gather it up. Now, though it is
far better that the person who draws the sample
should not be tempted to draw more than is neces-
sary by allowing him to take the waste yet there
does not seem to beany good dreasonit should notbe
gathered up for the owner. Let the owner. of the
press be sufficiently paid, IN cash (not in any per
quisitel fpr gathering it mp and accounting for IT
to the factor who could have ii baled and sold for
account of the owner
learn that this is done in New York, and fire.
quontiy amounts to as much as two pounds per
bale. Why canAat the same thing be done here /?
This system Of perquistes as rasnteil Id such loss
of weight as to drive Q large amount of cotton
from our market. We do not yet appreciate It's
very great effect upon the planters minds We
have already lost the etire trade from the Arkan-
sas and White rivers, and much Of the cotton from
the Yazoo has this season been sent North by way
Of the Mississippi river. If the remedy is not ap
piled promptly shall lose the whole Of the Louise
ana trade another season. II not do merely to
top otf branches of this upas tree we mustez
pate il, u the persons through whose hands a
cotton bale passes must use every honest effort to
keep the acote Of it intact for the benefit of the
owner, Or I'VE drive the trade from onr port. The
most important steps have been taken; let the
factors now see that all the cotton necessarily
drawn ont in sampling and chasing be collected
by the press owner and turned over to the factor,
TO be sold for the benefit Of the owner, and We
shall soon put q stop to complaints of loss in
weight, and thus restore our lost trade.
MgRcH ANT