The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-20
The rare Must be Adjusted.

/ The New o leans Cotton Excha lge has
/ taken the proper course to ssttle the tar e
! issue 'ch has grown ou5 of the introduce
I ton of cotton blgging. 1t is evident that
/ it must be settled sooner or later, and the
wise thing to d is t. settle it at once. The
/ Liverpool exchange does not Sc IN disposed
/ to recognize the fact that a new covering
! for cotton mas been adopted. AID that be-
| tween l ,0O0, 900 and 100000 bales will
/ covered with it this seas)n 1t acts
as if its action we're all powerful, and would
! prevent the use Of cotton bayginy. It Will
| discover that Liverpool will have TO ia e
cotton in the covert e in which the cotton
planters are pleased to Sc ID 1t to market.
The cotton merchants in this country have
found out that the cottO planters are in
earnest in their yht with the jute bag 5ing
trust, and like wise men they are preparing
to adjust their me hods Of handling cotton
to the change conditions.
In order to prevent confusion and annoy
auce it is necessary that there should be the
same rules at all the cotton p 'rts with re-
spect to the two kinds Of baggi &. At New
Orleans it is prop ,sed that the tare allow
J
per cent, as at present, and for that COW
cred with cotton - per cent. This sesms
to be fair, and would no doubt be salsfac-
tory to the cot on planters. If the ex-
changes, throu IA t4-ir representatives, get
togeth sr it will not take them very long to
reach an agreement that will meet with
general approval.
The cotton planters want no more than
what is fair. It is manife,tly unfair to re-
quire the same tare on cotton covered with
cot on bagging as on that covered with jute
bagging, because there is a very consider
able difference in the weight of the two
kinds Of bagging. The cotton planters are
in a much bet er position tina ever before
to demand slci treatment as they consider
Just from those who purchase their cotton,
and they will It be 81 Nv to exercise their
power if they feel it necessary to do 50. Be
sides beipg tina cialy better off than at
any time since the war they have an organi-
zation which is strong in all the cotton
growing states ana which enables them to
act in harmony
Of course different tares for the two
kinds Of bagging will cause factors AMI ex-
porters tr ubIe, aud inpo upoa then
more work. They will have 20 carry these
extra burdens, however, until cltton bag
glng wholly dis laces jlte bagging, if that
is to be the outcome Of the fight that is now
being made against the ju,e bagging trust.
No doubt all the other cotton exchanges
in the cou try will join with the New Or
lea rs excha sc in trying t, effect a settle
ment of this tare issue. Indeed they cannot
very we'll avoid doing 50, eve if they are
not IN sympathy with it. There is no rea-
son for thinking, however, that they ars
not in sympathy with IT, 1t is certain that
the Savannah exchange recognizes that a
settlement of it is necessary at the earliest
possible nome t. The presid mt of the
Sava nah exchange, ia a communication
TO the president of the Liverp ol exc a1ge,
few days ago, intimated pretty strong
to that excha ge that it was not displaying
wisdom by wasting time in pointing ont
objections to cotton bagyi g, because the
cotton planters had determined to use as
much of that kind of begging as chez could
get and that great deal of cotton would
be covered with it this season. He suy-
gested, and very properly, the Availability
of dropping the discus 'iol of obiec5io IS and
the taking up of the question of the adjust
meat of the tare for cotton marke ed in the
new covering.