Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-09-26
Tns nAsaise QUESTION.

erabls Impressed With the coneln.
sion arrived at by the Cotton
Convention at New Orleans. n
Processes IT. inability TO understand
vhy the planters should make 4
c'ean gift OF 20 pounds 1T iuts
covered cotton 90 sixteen pounds 81
eotton covered cttoa 20 the mann.
isrtnrrfs THIS proposition Of ouI
usnally level beaded ~ lghbofs, ths
I Appeal u "a a par u srem> 10 a,
uiih that used bS ~one members oI
Congress on The qarstioa ~ duty
an iron ties. fheA eontended thai
the cutlon producer got back moe
than the cost 0f hi iran ties ia the
puee that = paid iot them a part
oi the cotIo1 bale.
II j. absurd to bclieve that the
purchaser 81 eottoa pays lot any
thing bat what he gets The spun.
net "a knglaad 80 plsvw here strips
the bale and pays ior the cot On
alone and the uulton buyer IA oui
owa country paws ORly the price
for cotton that will cover, the loss 81
this European tare A. Mr. Thom.
a a president u the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange very lastly SAID
IN the late eution convention.
"fhe popultr idea that the IA. M
ers sell the bagg.ng aud bands on
their cotton for the same I,tle. as
the cotton Ia the bales n only a
simple deluSi0n. As a matter oi
fact he receives nothing tor the
bagging aud bands Although
no,hing now appears GA the lace 81
the transaction bet cen seller aud
buyer ~ American markets 10 m-
dictate the deduction Of gross
weight fbr tare, yet that deiaciioa
u made by the buyer, and not from
the weight but from the price,
IL thr actual tarr - deducted by
the buyrr a. home, Il ~ bat a plain
business proposition that be will
expect % pay for the actual cotton
he receives, = pfIo- thar would
leave bin a margin Of profit when
the cotton - sold under She same
condition "a the spinner IL Europe.
II the bale weighs gross four hun-
dfed sud hhy pounds, the home
bayeI pays tor four hundred aud
twenty six pounds and b. sell. the
same number IT pounds % The
manufacturer, Instead 81 paving, as
be nos does tot l0uI hundred aud
hitN pounds al home and sells four
hundred anl twenty 10 the
manufacturer Certainly With the
tate ~ to dollars AMI forty cents
worth u haggug ani hoops taken
uii S'"n the eptton ~ h-ught the
buyrr can Afford 20 pay halt a cent
per puuBd more tor the cotton ard
stlll keep his margin for the spin
ners market We thluk the Ap-
peal vii upon consideration aud
that the effect ~ this tare arrange
mcnt d, not "to beat he farmer out
~ the actual value of sixteen "a
twenty tour pound. Of gool cotton
wrapped around his bale OF cotton
W. Tar a. the loss 81 the cotton
used Tor hagging j. concerned. L J.
less 90 the farmer than the loss Of
the Jpie, which - IA lrh heavier and
which has always b,cu Ircnguiz a
as part - the ,xpruse a getting
The COTTON ready to- ~. market.
TIL farmer has ~ vd1s lo-t his
baggihg either IN lhc pricr d.duc
tel Tor Ihc hlggtng ~ the HON
market 90 IN The stuPp.Hg u th,
bale ~ t1rvign market
The home market fr cotton d.
always governed b, tie price paid
hN the sIanners AMI 81 the ntkru
cpttan = huughI hbth hN the Sltu-
ners aud the home hlJ ers, the piic~
paid los hl'h viii b. proportions
and The producer gets What he J.
justly entitled "a, thc pties ~ b..
cutton without reglri o. wheihrr
q i Wrapped ln light 90 heavy bag
giug Il - v mistake To "a, the
planter has lsrn heretofore srIliu 2
by gross weight The tarr Ga b..
bales has always been deducted ~
Mr. Thomas SAYS, "fom the price
bat not frum the weight"
We cannot think therefore that
the hrsi step has bsrn taken ~ the
airectlou u doing iustice to the
producer when di~cri minatioa i
uiade ~ the tare according "a the
wright Of the hagging aud the tar.
mer gets paid for What he actually
sells.