The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-31
THE FIGHT STILL GOES ON
MORE TALK ABOUT THE BAGGINa
QUESTION AND ITS RESULTS.
Correspondent "Facts' Attacked In O
Worry Severe Manner by Memphis
Cotton Man-An Entertaining Paper
Filed with Arguments.

! \ communication appeared III your lssu'
Of day before yesterday August 20) hcadeC
cold and Startling" and signed "Facts?
II will DO a cold day indeed when the peo
pie Of cotton Memphis" and the farmer:
and planters OF the south will accept sucl
II tissue Of errors rs facts. Whatever the
writer Of that article may be, who, true Il
his affiliations, has stolen the sacred name
OF "Facts' under which 10 work his pur.
pose, the people Of the south are not fools,
nor can they be nislcd or blinded by false
arguments, or be bewrayod by bo3h.
Cotton is king, and he hereby and now
resumes his royal sceptcr. Ills little hand
maiden, 'jutc bagying," who has been
raped by the cotton bagging trust OF st..
Louis, is not at present in tit condition to
serve his royal majesty.
"fncis' bctrays grossly his lack OF inior-
nation or sincerely, and usurpation OF his
pscudonym, By stating that "tho farmers
have not only wanted, but for several
years made clear profit OF from 100 10
300 per cent on their bngging, while the
wholesale merchants have had 10 content
themselves with u profit Of less than ! cent
per yard on Of a cent per pound, and
often less. Sly farmer, happy farmer, un-
happy wholesale bngging merchant, un.
fortunate cotton buyer, generous cotton
manufacturer, philanthropic cotton OK.
porter bully ilddlcsticks. Every novice,
every mere tyro in the cotton trade, every
banker who buys export bills, knows that
a larc OF y per cent on all cotton bales
prevails in Liverpool, and hence almost
certainly in all Europe This tafo is n
deduction lor banging and ties. II amounts
90 thirty pounds reduction ON 500 pound
bale Of cotton, which weight Is only few
pounds above the average weight Of bales
each season Of late years. liverpool, ~
all know, being the headquarters Of the
cotton market, or far the most important
cotton market OF the world. governs or al
likes on the average indeed almost unin-
torruptcdly- its price.
4 500 pound bale Of cotton in our mar.
kcts Is bought aud paid for in Liverpool,
only and justly, FOR what It really is what
u actually contains, 40 pounds Of cotton.
Hence the producer OF cotton pays for
and loses utterly, iiscniirr envelope, both
blrglug aud tics, and even Irvine. No
seeming oi inclusion in the weighing here
Will alter this cold fact one iuta. TO
state moro fully aud II possible more
plainly, Tor those who uro not posted. II
a Liverpool cotton dealer ~ English man
ulaCiuryr orders ono bale Of cotton here,
and the price ~ Liverpool * equivalent in
pence "a ton cents per pound, and the bale
bought weighs here 500 pounds, his cotton
buyer or agent here can only paw the plan.
ter on his agent the factor $500 instead oi
5000 This leave, out Of question and in
allegiance Tor the time. all consideration Of
the cost at transportation. other changes,
etc. Tint b. a. say n Chelsea, our suburb,
WIS England, the bayou the line. and the
heart ui the city the United States. and il
"u-t nothing M freight and insurance.
commission and hauling, "a take that 30
rallied JOO pound bale OF cotton to Chelsea,
the moment Il crossed thc bayou bridge IN
Chelsea, n would suddenly become trans.
formed into A1O pound bale Of cotton,
aud ubc hay,ing and ties would DO mix.
Ia other Words, the 40 pounds OF real
cotton would Zoe paid Tor In Chelsea q. e.:
~ tn"luuil, NJ 10 cents per pound, SIT,
unI W. would hv paid here Tor he Sucallcl
1bl pound bale only . l-lO cents per
pound, amounting a. the like sum OF 81.
which h ior the not cotton only. Fan
pl,su an analogous process ogcun with tho
Yankee spinner, WHO must travel mpasur.
ably with Liverpool Ia prices. aud who
cIu certainly hu trusted not tu pay for
more than ttv net spinning cotton hr can
get iur u.s. out ul bale. Thus the BAG.
wug aud ties arr always, both hero and
abroad, REALLY unpaid iut-a dead los To
us, % total waste. Yet We arr asked Ia
Iuy -till higher than heretofore lor ono Of
thy articles ul This WASTE, upon tho trans.
uuuutly illa' pl,I that We r,t Il all back.
and mono too. W. arr drridul Tor object.
ins q" a. being doubled IN price by a
H'u'i iriy conspiracy uI trust comb.
nation. Our intelligence b. On be- insultcd
hy such prf7pus US 'fsris' because We 40
uHi p.IrlIN lui quietly submit tpHuyp.
oven enjoy the uNiuruuus aud hUsiuN
nrrIuiIug SMILES upon tby sharp business
tact 'i this gang of S. Louis las1us trust
mhhrr, oi us Tho trade boz IWp.Nn
bales ui cotton, worth -2su.Wu.utu. iu tho
uyNi siN months, b tD ho embarrassed. the
Wuuied smooth anil easy iipW Ut thr n,yry
staple is io hy Threatened, our capital ab.
sent now 10 thc country monarpd. the
ready and willing usual payment Of debts
imprnIyd, railroad transportation imppdrd.
steamboat carrying trade decreased. and
W. must fiy nav Imperial cotton Mrm.
phis not tagging trust Memphis. thank
Iud must not kirk. else "llcts' might
Du disp.Dtsrl. aud others ui Ibis IN. nud
thu tender suscrptiH.litips ui hagsnsItrs
wounded. Memphis. With her s1lun
Ntr. ul cotton tU lr Vrpiyyl this s.ason.
% shU stands iI h.r guns, cotton worth
eit.uhWl upon which this trust proposes
Go 'rNN uu unnecessary, uupampd, rNhur.
H.i1ut and extra tax ot g. o. 90 cent. per
bale .v banging nurus from i2l to
10 r'ni-l equal 90 lu,s a. the true
uuauH,u|uilNr merchants herr, their
PATRONS, and cur legitimate trade
ul sth,uN tu $4,000 IN that
brief timc Memphis iurp1th IL expected
i1 krcp Fiill far yaatrf Interests lic ON
ihr other side, anil gentlemen NAV cry
ppHUp. lvarr, hut there will lp u1 p.1rp %
Fufu ~ in ho uNlriyi from ua which n
retained would Doc sufficient t1 pave some
NJ ih' principal thur1uphnus II Memphis.
NJ Goo provide iur us IisItH ami hlsnitnis
Coz perhaps 70 double decade t1 come Net
We ere expected 90 hr quiet and charge II
in 'H. planter Why thlt Upulont million.
Hfy 'bruuml ANvmgv' himself wouldn't
1ul couldn't stand such change. ID n
even suggested that uut newspaper, arc
making THIS matter Ton prominent. "arr
discussing % too much. fuis VERY houuf.
able ''I because very wealthy trust"
would mnulu The ruts tour IrrssI anil
s'ilr thought while they sirnslrhunur Ina
invading every home boo uurtfIhuiary trade
tya1u, and uNiufi0ug from those Who can
lll uluil 30 their miserable pick-pngkct
rf"Il Further They would pile rcliUn
upon '',>' OF The mountain Ot crushing