The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-13
THE DALLAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER l3 1888

gets his -Mesquitef out, owing 10 the iact
that his printers llew his contract.
IN conclusion, beg 10 say 10 Colonel
Stephenson that he need not apologies 20
CAPTAIN Stewart, Uf Grapevine. but 10 the
HERALDs Mesquite correspondent, that Is
II he has any apologies TO make.
THE OTHER SIDE.
As some of the "Ords OF cleatton" and
few saints from Richardson ana Duck
Geek are preaching crusade AGAINST the
cotton buyers OF Dallas. tho following IS
submitted TO that portion OF the public
which is always ready 10 hear both sides OF
any question:
one basis, viz: guaranteed TO the consumer
that the cotton shipped shall not lose In
" eight more than per cent. or POUNDS
per bale. g.
Galveston, New Orleans, and indeed TO
every market where cotton is received and
sold on commission RS well az TO the
smaller interior towns, where it is pur-
chased from wagons fresh from the gin
houses. ~
Cotton consigned to Galveston or New
| Orleans is usually in transit from one 10
three weeks, and it is not sold until several
DAYS have elapsed after its arrival. Ac-
cording to the current opinion OF the Dallas
| county farmers, any man can weigh cor
| rectly who happens to be elected as weigh
| er, but in those cities both sellers and Duv-
ers learned long since that it was dlfhcuit
task, requiring much experience ana skill
| to so weigh that justice would be. done 70
both parties, and hence all cotton Is sold
subject to reweight. lit is necessary to
reweigh this cotton, so long ginned ana I'M
der cover how much more careful ought
the Dallas shipper to be2
The farmers shipping to Galveston nave
generally instructed their agents there TO
emil loy any weigher they deemed Dess:
The law of the state gave them TINS rlght
and the appointed weigher, OF Galveston,
cannot say nay to this arrangement, and
have thus been set aside on account OF
their inexperience. Is 1t any more treason
able to thus set aside an appolntee OF the
governor than an elected welgheIF IL
makes some difference whose OK is, gored.
What is sauce for the goose at Gaives,on
OUGHT TO be sauce for the gander at Dallas.
he law provides that auy person may
weigh cotton when requested by the buyer
and seller to do so, but the farmers ana
elected weiehers of Dallas county are in
sisting that no person shall weigh cotton IN
the city of Dallas except these two men,
both of whom have publicly announced
that they have no experience as colton
weigherS. w .,u.
The majority of farmers will admit that
freshly-ginned and packed cotton Will lose
several pounds in weight within three or
four DAYS. First, because the lat may be
green, and secondly because from one to
three gallons of water is used in sprinkiing
the box. A large percentage OF cotton re-
ceived here is freshly packed, and because
experienced weighers detect this. water
and make proper allowance for it, they are
subjected 10 the anathemas which are nov
so current. Again it is well known tha'
much much cotton marketed here lies
around The gin houses on the ground IN the
rein and mud, and yet when it is presented
to be weighed frequent and loud complaints
are uttered against the weigher who dares
to co his duty and makes a conscientious
That even weighers of great expert nee
sometimes make mistakes, both for and
against sellers and buyers, it is true This
is but human. If they make mistakes,
what may reasonably be expected OF mex
perienced men. This is the dilemma that
now stares the Dallas cotton buyer in the
face. Il he ships on the weights OF these
inexperienced men, how long before he will
be bankrupt He may well hesitate to buy
cotton in Dallas while the farmers and
weighers maintain their present atttuce.
If it follows that because a
man is elected welgher, he
is therefore perfectly fit for the office;
then the negro who was elected in one Of
the lower counties, ought not to be ignored