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I. E. WHITE, EDITOR.
Wednesday, October 8, 1873.
COTTON AND THE MARKET.
In onr issue of last week, after looking
at all the cimmwUncPs, and giving the
•object the profoundead deliberation of ,
which we were capable, we published a
short local article advising our farmers
to hold their cotton off the market until
financial and qpmoiorcial matters should ,
assume a more healthy condition. As
we have just said, believing that to rush
the cotton crop upon the market now,
would on tail inevitable loss upon the
planter, we gave that advice coolly and
deliberately ; and to-day we aee no rea
son to change our words unless we could
make them stronger and more impreasive.
Tor this course both our Augusta con
temporaries attack our position with
much vehemence, and no doubt suppose
that we have been completely demolish
ed. “We do not wish to control any
man’s private opinions, we, therefore,
give the article of the Constitutionalist
upon this subject entire; and if a single
planter is convinced by it that the
Constitutionalist is correct in his view
*of the matter, we have not the slightest
objection to his acting upon it. The
Constitutionallst of the 4th inst. says:
nan works with the planters.
Nome men and some newsiiapers arc
just now engage in the effort to keep
cotton from being sent to the cities.—
This is all wrong and will be productive
of mischief. Tlio case is a very simple
one, and no honest planter should hesi
tate as to his duty in the premises. Ts
the planter bos hud money advanced to
him by the merchant, in order to uiuko
bis crop, inst so much of that cotton as
will pay the obligation incurred belongs
to the party who advanced the cusli uj.ou
it. In order to procure the money to
make advances, the factors of the cities
have been obliged to borrow from the
banks. Very soon, these bank obliga
tions will fall due. At Mich a time, more
than at any other, the cotton, pro rata ,
which has "Wen made on the money ad
vanced, belongs to the merchants. '1 lie
prime duty of every plauter thus circum
stanced is'to help the merchant to pro
tect bis credit and secure an equitable
return for his services. To accomplish
this, the planter should feel it a sacred
duty to send liis cotton to town. If de
sirable, the cotton can lie held for better
prices, or shipped abroad, or sold for
what it will bring. At any rate, it should
not be held in the country subject to in
stant dentnictii.il slid held for prices
•which may never be realised. Money h
coining to Augusts ilaiiy idV purchkHin;
the staple, some of which brings tilted,
and some sixteen cents. If these figures
are too low for the fanners, let them at
least store their crops with their factors.
The men who counsel them to hold
their crops, in defiance to the sa
cred covenant made with the factors,
are only intensifying the evil of the
times, without, corresponding lieuefit to
any parties, unless indeed it be to some
of the legal fraternity, who frankly ac
knowledge that t hey gain a livelihood nut
of the fellies and iierveraithwof mankind.
We say to the planters that their first
duty ia to psy these debts to the factors,
in order that the factors may settle their
obligations to the banka. If such pay
ment can be mudo only in cotton, then
so much of cotton as may lie required iu
liquidation,on a fair basis, should be for
warded at OUOO.
If this is not done, terrible misfortune
•will overtake both the agricultural and
•mercantile interests. We believe that
•at least a majority of the planters will
listen only to the dictates of their own
honest convictions and not to the mouth
ing* of demagogues, who have nothing
at stake and therefore uothing to lose.
We know not what arrangements oth
er parties may have-iuade privately or
are preparing to make; but one thing
has been made public, which puta this
subject fairly and squarely to the tt*st.
VWe allude to the card of Messrs, llus
aali A Potter published in this day’s
paper. This firm offer to advance 14
cent# on middling cotton, in currency.
Urey will ship to their European corres
pondents and guarantee that the cotton
•will be held, for six months, if so desired
by the plauter, provided a margin be
• accorded. If the planter is determined
to hold his crop, after propositions like
this arc made to him, let some other
reason be assigned fur so doing than the
•look of currency or want of fair play on
the part of the merchant.
To the above article we wish to say a
few words, in onr homely style.
We regret, indeed, that our respected
contemporary saw fit to couch his ad
vice in such pointed language. He cer
tainly has no right to attribute dishonest
motives to the country Press simply be
cause of a difference in opinion upon any
•abject. But the language of the first
sentence of the above extract warrants a
stronger construction still; even that of
denying to the oouutry Press the right
to bold or express an opinion at all on
auy subject, but only to be the echo of a
«ty Press. Let onr contemporary under
stand that the constituents of the country
papers have rights as well as others, and
he who is too dastardly to defend them
should receive the contempt he deserves.
We are always open to conviction, and
had the Constitutionalist convinced
ns by argument of error in judgment,
we should have wheeled promptly Into
line, and done battle in our feeble way
by his side. But wc are unconvinced of
wrong, and sneers will not awe us into
silence. Neither do we recognize the
epithet of "demagogue who has nothing
at stake, and, therefore, nothing to lose,”
M belonging to the country Press. Tbev
have much to lose—tlieir own selfre
apectaud the good opinion of those whose
intelligence renders their judgmeut valu
able.
There is one other feature in the
above quoted article to which our farm
er* will certainly object—and that is the
palpable ineinuatu.u of dishonest motives
on their part for the holding tlieir
crops off the market at a time when it
required no sagacity to see that to .sell
is to sacrifice their year's hard labor.
It is not for the purpose of defrauding
the factor of a single cent that the crop j
is held off the market, but merely to
wait until the money panic has subsided
and confidence restored. Look at the
circumstances surrounding the case.—
Here we have prevailing one of the most
extensive and disastrous money panics
ever known in this country ; there is lit
tle or no money in circulation ; commer
cial houses in which the utmost confi
dence is reposed are daily suspending.
All these things effect the cotton mark-1
so materially as to reduce the price be
low the cost of production. And now we
ask in all candor, ia it fair, is it just to
force the farmer to pnt his crop on tbe
market, and thus sacrifice the last chance
for a support for himself and family ?
Will his factor advance him a support
when the planter has sacrificed hia crop
which there is little or uo doubt would
remunerate him handsomely if held for a
short time 1 Let the Constitutionalist
in the plenitude of its wisdom answer.
But, says our contemporary, "the fac
tors, will hold the cotton six months, if
desired.” Then why may not the cotton
lie held at home ? Will the merchants
hold it free of storage charges, which
must amount to a considerable sum if
held any length of time ? Has the fac
tor lost all confidence in the honesty of
his customer? All these questions are of
importance to the farmer, and earry in
them matter worthy of consideration.
Now let our poMtion be distinctly and
clearly understood. We readily admit
that the factor is greatly dependent on
the planter to whom he has made ad
vances, aiul it is certainly Jus duty to
scud forward enough cotton to meet eve
ry ocut of these liabilities. If tbe price
is depressed on n.: ount of the circum
stances, that is a misfortune that neither
ho nor the merchant could foresee or
provide against, and should not bo made
an excuse lor violating solemn contracts.
Therefore, let our planters seiul sufficient
to their mereiuuitsto meet tlieir contracts
without delay. This is right and just,
and will strengthen the confidence already
existing between them and prove a mu
tual tienefit. Our former article hod re
ference to the surplus crop. This should
not be forced upon the market at the
present depressed prices.
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Children’s School Shoes,
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Ladies ’ Misses’ and Children’s Dress Shoes,
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GEO. E. RATCLIFFF.. W. IL CHEW.
CEO. E. ReITCLIFFE <£■ €@.»
Cotton Factors, Guano Dealers,
AN T> O E NERA TANARUS,
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August 27, 1873. itiu.
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