The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-06
GALVESTON'S TRICKS IN COTTON.
How She Pulls the Wool Over the
Producer and Pockets a
Handsome Profit.
Rendering Account Sales by First
Weight and Selling by
Second Weight.

The following account OF 9alveston's method
OF handling cotton, which we clip from the
Galveston Ners of the third instant, will serve
TO explain some of tho extraordinary exhibits
of cotton charges recently paraied In the Gal
veaon papers.
AUSTIN. Dec. 2,-The following interview took
place to day between Gen Hardeman and n
Nptrg reporter.
Reporter Is It true you are here for the pur-
pose Of seeing the Governor about the hand
ling Of cotton In Galveston
Gen, HardemanIt 1t is
Gen. Hardeman 4 VIII tell you some things
i you will publish them. Here are two Ger
tiGeatnH which you can look Mt.
Reporter What's wrong about these oertin
catas2
Gen. Hardeman- They are both true and
weights contained In the first weights books,
now IN the possession of Masterson a Stafford
False In stating those to be the correct weights
You notice the nattilnnts SAYS: This cotton
was weighed ON peeemher I, 1879" The cotton
was sold two weehs afterwards, on The fifteenth.
sirtaentb. seventeenth and twenl y-ihlrd of
January, mud weighed and the weights marked
on the cotton. These Were the correct weights.
apS hs wssS Which bs s etn "a
Weights given in The certificate Of Masterson
y Stafford and the correct weights?
Gen. Hardaman- The weights given In their
eeriia ete of saptemher % 1879. average nine
pounds lees than the correct weights in the
other certificate Of October o. 80 fnr as | have
nomparea them. about Ave pounds.
Reporter What InduceHent had Masterson
Stafford FOR giving such certihuates7
Gen, HArdaman- They must answer that, but
snnpt ea It was done IN order that " might
hRree With the account sales. which we're made
out by the nrsf weights by Mr. Groce. cotton
clerk;for Moody Il Iemiaon.
Reporter Doss that house make ont their ae-
count sales bF irst waights2
Cen. Hardeman They do.
Raporter-How do you know this to be so2
t}an. HgrJaman-I Flrat dilpnyarnd N bV
pairing the account sales Of J. K, Walker, of
Luine. with our weight books.
RepoIter-When was this2
Gen. Hardelpan- The latter part OF Septem-
ber laat.
Reporter Why did you not expose 1t then
Gen. Hardeman-l did not then have In my
possession sufficient proof 10 sustain any state
mept might make, and, besides, wished to
the matter. Before received the ACC account sales
and certificates which have shown you. Mr.
Walker wrote Moody & Jemison on the subject.
not know that the account sales had been made
out by FIRST weights. and asked me to invest-
gate the matter, and tell him eandldly II he
owed, Mr.. Walker anything, aud II Mr.. Groee
bad 1one any wrong to say SO. Believing Ool.
Moody innocent IN the matter. agreed to do as
requested, and thought, II necessary. he would
the. frst aud SECOND weights Of Mr. Walkers
90 ton. | reporIed the difference to both Col.
Mood Moodd and a. m w T. d sa9 sed s 9 GEL GEL
also stated to ooi; moody hat IS yell " could
about $4,000. but that had no means OF deter
mining whether tho house of Moody Il Jemi-
son or aroee and Masterson got the money.
After waiting month, and seeing no change
made la elark, waiRher, or manner OF handling
their cotton, 80 far as could learn, and having
season, and not knowing how many certificates
OF this kind he had given with my name to
them, ielt II was due to myself, my friends
and tho people Of Texas to make this thing
known. NY rule through life has been to first
determine what was my duty and then do 1t. re-
sardless Of consequences.
weieherE at Galveston weigh cotton for tho
faetor and roWeigh tho Same cotton for the
den Hardoman-1t was so last season and
have been told the same thing was being done
this season. Boyd Bro. Lauve & Bro and
these hInas, but but YOU had better Interview WITH them
or eome of the press yard clerks.
This following are certificates OF the arst
weights shown the reporter.
GALVESTON Sept. ~, 1878. This Ia to certify
that on December 9l 1873. that Hardemau h
Maatel son, nmblle, woiahers at aalyeston,
Moody Jemison and that the weights are 3or-
Ing es2 j " TT. | b g; weighing 55s; JKW
b G, weighing $40, J K " Nc g. s, / b c, weigh
ing sos. J K ". @ T U. b g, weighing 5ai;
1assss N = s6 vWEhnf e. e1a e. wsssax @T H 5s
MASTERS0N & STAFFORD.
Public Weighers.
Annexed is Con. Hardeman's certificate Of
The last weights
DECEMBER /. 1879 This Is to certify that ON
tho Gftaenth sixteenth and seventeenth DAYS OF
January. 1879, Hatdemau Masterson weighed
for Moody Il Jemson ten b O marked as bslow,
and that the weights given below are the
weights marked on the bales and tho weights
by which the cotton was sod. and that 1t IL the
same cotton given In Masterson & Staffords
certificate, dated September 80, 1879 viz: J X W
w 9. E66: 7 J. b6s: Nc & y. 646. $40 and $40: J o
7 u. 500. II. 63a: w. b52; II. 528; J = ii y. 6o2.
VIM P. HARDEMAN,
Public Wsigher
Comparing the weights OF tho two certia-
Gates will show the point made by Gen Harde.
man. Gen. Hardeman made the above state
ment to tho Governor first in tho presence Of
the Attorney General. and produced the same
papers and examples that he exhibited to your
reporter.