The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
THE MEMPHIS MARKET.
NEW ALBANY, MISS, PEOPLE STILL
oRUMBLING ABOUT WEIGHTS.
They Want to Deal With Memphis Be-
cause They Prefer 1t, But They Can't
Afford to Lose rs Much as They Have
Hitherto.
From the Now Albany wntchman.

From the New Albany Waterman.
The MEMPHIS APPEAL suggests that
the Cotton Exchange appoint a commit
tee to investigate the matter OF New AL
bany's wanting a compress. and not want
ing TO have all her cotton handled by
commission men. II seems to doubt il
the merchants Of this place have lost any
thing by their manner Of shipping cotton,
etc. We will state that the merchants
here did not ask US to mention the mat
ter, and what we said on the subject was
gathered from current remarks on the
streets. The merchants here, rs else
where, have been accustomed TO have
their cotton fall short In weights. but their
weights have held out better than usual
this season, but not what they would II n
compress were here and cotton had been
taken at warehouse weights, 1t is UNI
necessary for us 10 repeat the many ways
that the shipper is virtually robbed. IL IL
well known to all dealers in the staple
that commission men get rich faster than
any other class. OF course IL is all done
legitimately, but the country buyer pays
the bill, as q rule. All this shows 10 them
| Niib uIBthl Hcttssllg ior ~ toihPiNoo ."
every available place, or whore the num-
Der OF TO- 600 bales can be compressed. All
this leakage could then be avoided.
Az to the charges made by us before,
merchants here tell us that they have lost
in various ways. In the first place the
| State Of Mississippi does not allow the
buyer here to deduct the usual two
pounds. In Tennessee they take IL oil.
In 900 bales this amounts 10 500 loss to
| The Mississippi shipper The weights
seldom hold out, five pounds TO the bale
being tho average loss. This, in ,0OO
bales, Ii $500 more. II n tale is sent back
rejected or marked linked" which IL
done in about five bales in every 100, the
loss Is not less than 50 per bale; another
$3.50 in 1000 bales. These causes make
the average buyer here lose $3.50 each sea
son, and this Is putting II low As Ia
wrong weights, one merchant here bought
two bales from one man. lilo weighed
them himself, giving good 'up weight.
They both weighed exactly the same.
His returns showed that one held out ex
actly and the other lost five pounds. One
merchant saws his weights lost from five
10 ten pounds on every bale he bought
As 10 classification, some low grade cotton
shipped from this place brought as much
as much higher grade, aud the
merchants here say, or some OF them
do, that they never get a much higher
price for the very finest staple raised ncal
here. II Is not supposed that Memphis
merchants act any moro dishonest Will
their customers than Of any other city
AID we viii only say, that II we canno
get compress here We want 30 see Mem
phis handle all our cotton, although ono
man shipped all his cotton to the TnpclC
compress, and no says lac never lost q
cent in weights, scallgo or otherwise
which Is more than any man can say whC
shipped his cotton 10 Memphis.
II We don't get the compress (but W,
will, thought We would like TO have O
committee OF cotton men from Mcmphii
como out and explain to our merchant
how they may in future expect to have
their weights hold out and 10 have n,
iuore unnecessary lossea Come out
gentlemen, We are are always glad 10 80
you-especially in the fall, when We wan
money with which TO buy cotton.