The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-06-17

age American wilrget the better of you,
for he has been well grounded in it in
the days of his youth, and the average
English boy has picked up its rules any
how" -
A CHANGE IN THE MANNER OF HAND
LING COTTON. S o..
The following, which we take from the
st. Louis Times, only proves that much
irregularity, if not fraud, exists in the
handling of cotton from the time 1t leaves
the boil until it enters the loom. That
there should ever be a fraudulentiy
packed or water packed bale of cotton is
a shame upon the entire cotton planting
states.
Though it seems that such frauds do
and have for a long time occurred. We
remember many years ago. of hearing Of
the farmer who shipped grindstone in
bale of cotton, and when he received it
again in a hogshead of sugar, he simply
philosophical upon the matter by quaint
ly remarking to his wife, sWell, old wo-
man, it looks very familiar"
y
We hope the cotton exchange will, for
all time to come, be As successful in trac-
ing back to the perpetrator. any criminal
effort to impose upon the commercial
world such fraud.
The Times says':::.:...' It is proposed that
in order to protect the Interest of all
concerned and to avoid the wastage of
cotton now prevalent in this and other
markets. that c6ttan, on arrival at ware
houses, be submitted to rigid inspec-
ton after the hagatng and ties are re-
moved and two samples shall be drawn
from the bale and marked and numbered
to correspond. Compression will. imme-
diately follow inspection and one sample
will be given to the cotton factor and the
other carefully sealed and deposited with
the secretary oEathe cotton exchange.
The cotton thus inspected, sampled and
compressed on arrival, awill be stored
away ready for shipment promptly To-
any part of the world, while under the
present system Of inspection and COM
pressing after a sSle is made, there is
sometimes a delay of. seven to ten days
before shipments GO forward. For the
loss in weight by drying out after COM
preston the trade are expected to agree
upon a certain percentage per month,
which will be established as the rule, and
cotton will be sold by the weights on the
certificates given after compression, less
the percentage above mentioned. This
change in the plaHof warehousing cotton
offers many advantages, among which
may be mentioned that assurances will
be lessened, and eastern and English
spinners can order cotton from this point
and receive it from seven. to ten days
earlier than from other markets, and the
factor is enabled to render prompt &C
count of sales without waiting the slow
and tedious process now in vogue to as
certain how many bales of a lot will be
rejected. !: ...
Interior. shippers will be promptly in
formed of the exact condition of their
shipments, and:i any bales prove to be
packed by the planter, can
be Immediately advised of it. Water
packed cotton if promptly examined and
picked over, on arrival, can be saved from
serious damage, while if it remains in
the warehouse .under-the present plan,
perhaps for ponths before it is examined,
The damage extends throughout the bale.
The compress companies will be re-
Iuired to employ competent inspectors,
and said companies will be responsible
or their conduct and will guarantee that |
The samples drawn will correctly repre-
'ent the various bales inspected. Spin |
1ers in the various markets will appreci-
lte the advantage of such disinterested
inspectors, who cannot possibly know
whose cotton they may examine, and
an have no mOtiye to be other than i'm
partial, and losses in weight that now
occur in COMPRISING and in examination |
will be saved to spinners.
The cotton exchange will take this |
whole suhjectarader consideration at an
Early day, and will no doubt mature the
plan for adoption by the commencement
IF the new cotton year. IA