The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-09-09
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Ennis Aid; The farmers aud cotton
weighers OF Dallas have been contending
tor some time past. The farmers have
formally declared III convention that none
but welghers elected tor that purpose will
be allowed to weigh their cotton. Local
buy rs object TO the official weehers but
1t is probable that the farm, rs will ship
their cotton direct to Houston Or Calves,
ton rathe than they shall handle IL.
Terrell Star; The cotton weighers' war Is
raging nj Dallas at this writing Daring
the while colt m is rolling into Terrell and
being weighed by our seyera. weighers,
who subscribe to the idea Of dwelling To-
gether In unity.
There Is much tronhle among the cotton
weighers buyers and cotton raiscrs of
Dallas county. AN this grows out OF oppo-
sltion to the weighers recently elected IL
is contended by the farmers that the
weighers elected are competent and honest.
and the buyers, with seeming deter
mination TO do Il little crooked work,
want to select their own weighers.
o. course the planters will not suffer this
outrage, hence there Is a world OF trouble I'm
the Dallas marts In this connection. and
In view of the fact that tho dissatisfaction
promises TO continue, We invite the farm ers
and planters in the east end OF Dallas
county TO bring their cotton to Terrell
We oller better prices aud facilities. We
have two iire-prooi warehouses for the stor.
age OF cotton aud grain, aud our merchants
have Us large stocks OF goods aud sell at as
low figures AS those of any other city
IN Texas. Our cotton buyers do not sim
ply represent this market We have buy.
ers from Liverpool and London; from New
Orleans, New York and st.. Louis.
Greenville Herald; Dallas county Is agi.
taled over the cotton weighing question.
Two publ weighers were elected by the
people, but the cotton buyers declined 10
recognize them, and the farmers have held
meetings at different p ,ints in the county
TO give expression to their sentiments.
The merchants OF Dallas are Interested
trade Ot the city was heing injured
by the agitation, with view OF cllsctinr a
compromise between the public weighefs
aud the hlyers, In which they have par.
italy succeeded, II the buyers complain
OF moon potency on the part OF the pub ic
weighers they cannot In reason, ask more
than the approval of weights by their
woighers. The farmers h ave SOM rights In
the premises that must be respected
and M one will blame them tor de.
manding that their cotton Or weighed by
men N whom they have confidence. L. Is
hardly prob 40 g that the cotton buyers IN
Dallas, or elsewhere, desire to take any adj.
vantage OF them, but they have certainly
pursued an arbitrary course in some in.
stances The compromise agreed upon In
Dallas Ia Tor all cotton to be weighed
at the compress, by the pubic weighers,
III couiunctiOn with weigher selected by
thu Q compress aud approved by the BUYERS,
A ali al all la ia
examine aud approve all weights; wien A
difference OF opinion arises between them
IL is u be referred to distntcrested third
party whose decision will be final.
The Est'ay R'ord, Elsewhere we pub.
fish from the Dallas HsRALp OF yesterday
morning, accounts vt meetings of the
people In var Ous places and their action
relative 10 the stand ut cotton buyers in
this city against the elected and official cot.
ton.woighers, and also an account of the
action of the cotton buyers toward
u compromise, Our sympathles
are with the cotton producers Ia this mat.
tor and 80 are the sympithies OF the entire
people OF this city. IL suu stuff 20 say a
man haste have long experience to weigh
cotton, Any man with the sense ol A
spring chicken, and education enough TO
read the figures ON a bean can weight
NNlN w NNNiNus w mem Ill
comes tn the question of docking a bale of
cotton for the water that may be In Il from
rain or for mud that may have gotten on, il
is only guess work, and why can't one man
guess Ms welt rs another Let every cotton
raiser, we say, have his cotton weighed at
the Gun when II is pressed, the ginner keen.
ing the number Of each bale aud
entering In book It's weight.
Let the owner of the cotton take A
copy OF that number Of each one OF his
bales OF cotton and the weights, aud when
he brings u to market to sell, he will know
how much, approxlm ltely, It ought TO
weigh. lit has tained on the cotton In
transitu or before Il leaves home, or ifthere
iS any reason why Il should be dncked Ia
weight let the seller aud the buyer agree
upon the number of pounds to BE- locked,
aud don't leave II 10 guass'work or the
Partially o. the weigher,
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