The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-09-14
Cotton Combinations.

II borcmtnt TO Organize he Planters for Proirc-
hon against Spectators and Rings.
AAtYSSsFFS4s FFS4sst Sdsfsss Of orange
held at their hall pm Saturday, the Is; day Of
September after an informal and free discus
sion of these matters y committee was appointed
10 draft an expression Of the sentiments of the
Grange, and the following preamble and resolu-
tions having been submitted were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, the sstton buyers aad sreculators Of
this day are organized and banded together as
neesr before in ss-salloa Gotten Exohanpes,"
aiming snly TO prsRste their swn individual iu-
tsreets; and. whereas, net satisfied with tho
heavy. and in ssns cases sIsrbitsnt, charges
iWpsssd for the handling storage, msndinss,
mekings, &s, Of ear cotton, they are new
thosisning to buy it only at it's net weight, thus
Imposing upon its producers the loss Of hagging
and ties, and inficisg upon the cotton growers
Of this country an annual loss Of from seven
ten millions Of dollars; and whereas, we know
that under the adverse circumstances which now
Surround the planter, it is indeed serious
g"sstSs't u''S,A.~. ns --ss,A'.o SiV~ V~.>~-
at all ut Prescnt prices: BE it, therefore, le-
solved,
lst That it 10 high time for the planters in
their Agricultural Societies and Oranges not
simply 10 speak out their opposition to this
move, but TO devise and enforce some scheme 10
defeat it, and TO mitigate other e1horbitant and
unreasonable expenses now attaching to the sale
Of their cotton.
I'd. That planters should refuse utterly to
bale and sell cotton exclusive Of the weight of
bsgging and ties, both of which articles nre re
worked, returned and resod 10 us again and
again as they reach the manufacturing mills
Sd. That we regard the modern practice Of
buying and selling cotton Futures, whero the
article itself il neither handled nor expected 10
be handled, as gambling sort Of speculation
~,bversive of the staid and sound principles OF
trade injurious to good morals, and dotrinen-
tai to the great national cstton growing inter
est, and that it should be and may as legitimate
ly be restrained or abolished by Congressional
enactment as any other gsnbling or injurious
schemes; and we do hereby respectfully sug-
gest to our sister Oranges and Agricultural So
cieties the propriety of demanding from their
representatives in legislative and congressional
halls the enactment of such just laws as will re-
strain or abolish all such practices, and leave
this great agricultural commodity to be CON
trollod in former times, by the legitimate tnws
OF trade, supply and demand, &c
4th. That whilst Cotton Exchanges, Chambers
OF Commerce, and every separate class Of mon
eyed operators are organized and wide awake
aad, whilst they arc efscting through legisla-
tive and other agencies the enactment Of sRch
laws and measures as will protect and foster
their distinctive interests, it behoeves agrcutu-
Tists, Of every shade, TO awake and give aid and
influence to tho Orange great and we'll or
dsred Brotherhsod--to the end that its voice
may be made potential for the protection and
advancement of the agricultural, which is the
great foundation, interest Of all classes Nc1rs
snd Courier.
To M SEES - TAX HEAvrSs.-. Four plonets
are now visible ia the evening, in addition 10
the fixed siars-Nonus, Jupiter, Saturn and
Mars. Nonus is conspicuous in the west in The
eorly twilight. Jupiter is nearly due south,
and * prominent in the western quarter till af-
ter midnight Mar aud Sntmu ar vi.il'r in
tRe east To-day Mar viii BE "a "!p",iti", "a
thc sun and Saturn viii T." ia opposition r" the
Wh. In" position OF Mars duru" tic r">i .rN
lays will be unusually intcrCsting,a n he viii bc
very near the carll.