Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-12-14
Charges ON Cotton.
Edito: OF the Herald:

SA@NA
II is with great satisfaction that | see
farmers of different sections agilallng
the question OF charges that are placed
upon their produce by the merchants
and Cotton Exchanges Of the different
cities. Il Is only by an exchange OF
views that the rights Of both parties
can be arrived a., taking It for granted
that both are honestly trying to do
what is just. And &c the Farmers
Convention IL shortly to DO held In
your city, l would like for them to be
posted In regard 10 the advantages aud
disadvantages that Vicksburg holds out
to induce them to make Vicksburg
their market. l would like 10 ask tho
merchants Of Vicksburg what advan.
tages accrue to the planter In purchas-
ing from them and in shipping cotton
to their market. Dry goods, hardware
and groceries a be bought for cash as
cheap from them "a from any other
point, but when q poor farmer asks for
time, IL matters not how good his credit
may be, oh, my, don't they make up
for IL! What Is the consequence? The
better class OF creditors arc driven
somewhere else. l only ask, is il good
policy to force men Ia this county TO
purchase supplies in New Orleans? In
regard TO cotton, instead of throwing
out inducements 10 the farmer, you are
doing all you can 10 repel parties who
have heretofore shipped cotton to your
city, especially that class who leave the
proceeds Of their cotton in exchange
Tor groceries, clothing, etc. | do not
deny that cotton sbipped through a
commission merchant will compare
favorably with the returns from u
other point, but thi' Is not enough. L.
the commission on cotton all you want?
You are making commeudable efforts
In one direction when you neglect and
utterly fail in another which | would
consider Of far greater importance. |
aIlude 10 The local or wagon trade that
comes 10 your city. Let US look al The
imposiliOns that are %practiced upon
them. They carry a load Of cotton 10
your market expecting to spend the
proceed In your city. First thing he
gets a sample Of cotton, goes TO cotton
buyer, wants to sell, can't get quota
ton prices, inquiries whats the matter?
Oh! nothing, only you are not a re-
sponsihle part! ;ycu must sell 'hrouth
) M conmi So, mercAln'. Bu Wtn
Is this Z. NJ. ~ > ogrCa' respon.lbiIl'. Z
Poor ig%uDramus, why he i. one who
has failed a everything Else and is now
making a good thing handling other
peoples money. In despair finally
agrees 10 take less than the cotton Is
worth rather than pay "a per cent. TO
somebody else for doing what he can
do himself. lie next carries the cotton
just sold TO the city scales; TO, you
must deliver 1t nj the Compress, a little
farther but, however, he does not COM
plain, gets samples second time and
weights, goes back, wants settlement,
looks over figures, rolls his ej es up in
dlsm9!, aud asks why this chArg'
ing me storage for your conor. WEI,
YOU sec Ia The Compress doe, H., and
we can't help ourselves. Why dou't
: you belong 10 The n. L? Certainly.
Well then, what is the NJ. +.
Tor, il 1t is not to regulate aud
adjust the rights of individuals
and see that justice Is done to all
parties in handling the products of the
counlry2 Why, you clod-hopper, |
thought you bad more sense than to
imagine such things Of N. e. Az you