The Brookhaven leader., 1883-08-30
A Flea In the Ear Of Oar Ru-I-
neS- ucn.

pirate season 20 the business men of Brouk-
maven IN regard to the Importance of Sc
curing I. services of a common or public
cotton weigher.
We may say that we regard the selection
OF some such person BY all the cotton buy
] ers OF this city, and the establishment of a
ware house ia which cotton may be Stored
when desired, as one of the things most
calculated to give new impetus to our
commercial interests. If this matter were
wisely managed and generally entered in
to, it would not only have the effect of
bringing back much of the cotton which
our merchants may have lost, but it would
also have the effect of widening their trade
territory and opening up new fields with
which profitable trade interests cOulu he
permanently established. Little may be
ih"nSht of IT, and gU0undlrss as NAV he
the suspicion, Their are large numbers of
farmers throughout he country who sns-
pect that there il design in each mcr.
chants having hi, own scales on whIc! to
weigh cotton, and they much prefer to
carry IT To - place where there is q cum
mon and disintercStcd. public weigher to
hom is assigned this duty. they would
rather pay - cents pcr bale to have il
weighed by such Il person, and then carry
the weghers r,ceip and statement TO the
buyer, than to trust the weighing to the
buyer himself for nothing. On the other
hand, 1t would lie Ia the advantage of the
merchants them elves to have Sach an NJ
rangcment; they would he relieved of all
trouble and annoyance about weighing,
the cotton would be projected from bad
weather ani in safe hands, aud the seller
would he perfect satisfied that he had
been dealt fairly with as to weights.
Ii i not essential that II cotton wrighcr
he elected as provided 10y law or that IL
wa rhouHe ice public property. As far rs
OF. observation goes, rather the contrary
is preferable. Any person who has the
capital t. erect II good tireprnof warehouse
ami who is worthy Of confidence, might
be entrusted with this enterprises, beng
assured before hand of the cordial support
of our business men. This is the plan
which has been followed at Jackson and
other places for years, and it has worked
admirably and to the advantage of all CON
cerucd.
We may add in this connection, that we
consider this Il fine opening, too, for some
person with Il few Thousand dollars and IN
whom the community has confidence, to
make permanent and paying investment.
Having secured a pIc'i.sn ~ support a3Ii a.
operation from the business men, then let
such person erect in an appropriate pnr-
y
warehouse, with ample grounds attached
for the erection of wagon and stock sheds
for the accommodation of Wagon"TS no
bring their cotton from Il distance and
have to stay over night. This latter item
would he an important factor itself III al
tracing cotton from distance and thus
advancing the interests OF both merchants
and wcghrr. There IS at present an av-
trage of about 5000 bales 0i cotton re
ceivcd at this market annually: This, at
the rate ot - cents per bale, would bring
the wcighcr of he Warr!inlS' al lnCn1c of
S9.2.O, tor the cotton season. In Il very few
years, this might reasonably he expected
IL largely increase if not lie actually
doubied. \ pair OF wagon and sock /
scales for weighing hay by the load and
live stock might also he proiitably added
in Il short while. Neither need such Il
warrh use Ice absolutely devoted to the
storage of cotton. 1t is a matter of imp"r- |
tance Su.nrtInIcs to our merchants to lave
a suitable place 10 ore extra stock. 1t Is ,
getting to bc Il matter of public concrrn, /
owing 10 the Increasing traffic III
commercial fertilizers III (. Is place, that /
thDSc who deal i'll these he required
to have them stored where they will not !
offend the nostriS Of every rasa,eriy, aud
our city fathers will be called upon before
N''Ii t''t'''N thIi''N ~
done in this behalf, 10 forbid such things
being stored where they become ii publir |
nuisance. Al of this could be arranged |
10 The mutual advant &c of the warehouse |
proprietor and tn merchants. \ ware !
house here ould sometimes he used to adj |
vantage also by nv rch#nts of Monticello, |
CaspyvIll,' and other small places. The |
railroad now charges storag" on ali goods |
no called for within "A hours after arri |
val. When from any circumstance, it is !
necessary they should lie over he, for Il
longer time than this. it might ho easily |
arran ed to haze them consigned to the !
warehouse until they could be removed.
Much more could he said Of the advan- |
ta%c> likely to accrue from the |
adoption OF some such method as we
have indicated, but we have already !
trauScendcd the limits allow ed for this ar /
ticl. We hope, however, we have said
enough 10 pat our business men to lavura- !
bly, thinking upon the subj get, and to in
dictate to some one with few Thousand |
dollars capital how it might he iudiciou,iy |
invested. IL is our candid opinion that /
steps to pat some such plan into effect as
we have outlined, should d" taken, and +,
taken at once.
MIS-. }. A. IIosl,us has got back from
Chicago.
Miss Susie Bee is visiting friends in
Magnolia.