Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
pEFiaNGE TO THE BaGGENG
CONSPIRACY.
fKvN Courier-Journal

Louisville (hy.) Courler-oouih"i.
We are permitted to publish let
ter from Messrs. John F. Wheless d
Co.. prominent cotton buyers at Nash
vile, Tenn, giving the reaso's why
Nashville can ship no cotton to Char
leston at present. In lhe:latteF city
cotton baled with fax bsgging has
been received without discrimination
heretofore, but, according to y resolu-
ton of the local Cotton Exchange, a
dockagc is to be applied after 0cto
Der lst. The reasons given ale for
chile and conclusive. Mr.. Whel,ss,
the senior member OF the firm of j.
F. w. & Co., is widely known in cot
ton circles, both as a merchant and "s
a member of the Executive C9lncil
Of the National Cotton Exchange.
The letter reals as follows:
NASHVILLE. Sept. 81, 1878.
Messrs. Geo. ". Williams tec Co.,
Charleston, s. c.:
DEAR SlRs-Your esteemed favor
of the l4th inst 10 hand, and duly
noted. We would lave been glad to
have done consiLcrat lie business with
your market on cotton, but The dis
criminatinn there against ila1 bag
ging will oGectpa!!g shut US out; as
tnat d. s.ription OF bagglng IS mostly
used in This section. We regret III t
such is the case, and are compelled
to confess our inability to compre
hend the action Of the Chrl'ston
market. Tie movement eviiehtly
originated with the jute bagging man
ufacturers OF the East, VIII were un-
able to fairly compete with the -" es-
tern bagging. That mite tenths or
ninety five hnndredtLs Of tie fax
bagglng is not any more ohJe tiona-
bic to spinners than iute is clearly
proven by the positive declaration oil
nearly ali the Southern cotton spin
nrls, and the entire ab ,ence Of any
e2mHhaPPt5 aI7dP lT4m EaIo2san sPl49SeTy
have been consumed ih4re covered
VITA il4a, baggiag : The estien 81
South IN markets is the rlcrs sur
prising, when it must be clear 20 eve
ry one that If the jute bacglug man
ulacturers are successful III their ua'
Just and unreas onable war, they will
be ab' to dictate their own prices for
bagging, and will inevlt'L!y compel
the cot n planters to pay them eror-
nous p:ic,s. thus imposing a"Qther
gr.evous burden in addition to those
they now have TO contend with, and
for their protection we feel it to be
the duty Of Southern merchants TO
earnestly resist the movement cAlcu-
lated to establish u In onopoly il bag.
gins that will be able to force mill
IONS Of dollars yearly from the al
ready Impoverished planters Of the
South. Ii the merchants are rot ac-
tive in protecting their planting
friends, they will soon comprehend
the situation, and, moved 10y self IN
terest and aense of wrong, will re-
sent it in a way that viii uudoubie l.
ly recoil upon the originators Of the
movement, and instead OF establish
ing monopoly, they will h4d lees
demand for their bagging, for every
planter in the South who understands
bis own intercs's will lcbuke this e[-
f,rt to force from HIM exorbltanl
prices for jute bagging, and will here
after give preference to the flax bag
ging. This course would not only
be wise but patriotic, lor IN doing SC
they will assist in sustaining Il great
industrial interest Of our country
which will keep bacging at a reason
able price; but the success OF the
jute baggng manufacturers will be
he destruction Of that interest, and
the building up Of the jute interest
which is an article Of foreign growth
And it is not extraordinary that thG
merchants Of the South should set al
example which, if followed by ER
gli-h spinners, would build ap Brit
ish interests at the expense o! South
trn planters
Hoping yourmarkct will $ cn cease
to make a discrimination that vii
shut off the business oil this section
and that we may have the pie sur, sur;
'7''' !oo
tory-busines', we are, respectfully
and very truly,
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