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The best uay TO sell Cotton.-The able
and accomplished mercantile writer in
the New Orleans True American, has
some fine views on the subject of sell
ing cotton in individual Isis, which we,
with pleasure, transplant to our col
umns:--


"Orc very great cause for the late
decline, was the perseverance Of the
old system Of selling cotton in large
lists at an acreage price, and which be-
sides is source ofinjury to many plan
tiers; for in times like these, when the
usual channaIs of negotiating are stop
ped up, private and public credit bro
ken down, all business transactions
should yield to the force Of events, and
be con Iucted on limited scale com
mensuratc with the actual ability of the
purchaser to pay, and it therefore can
not be expected that large hs!s Of 1909
or 1000 bales will meet with an ad-
vantagcous market. unless ut such q
decline in prices as will induce buyers
to prepare to purchase, from the great
difficulty at present experienced in cf-
fecting the arrangements requisite for
the payment Of such unwieldy quanti-
ties.


Were tic cotton put on sale in marks,
each planters consignment by itself,
there would then be regular business.
Small purchasers, numbers of whom
are prepared to come forward, though
prevented under the present regime,
would have fair field Of competition,
and the life thus consequently impart-
ed to business would keep our market
active, and prevent the occasional
droops which it has lately experience
cd.


Besides, the old list system is not of
impartial justice to The planter. He
is, under it, totally at the mercy of
the factor, who, receiving a general
valuation fiom his broker, can make
return sales atextrayagantly at high prices
to those wealthy favoritcs whose busi-
ness il is his interest 10 preserve, though
doing SO at the expense Of such who
are less opulent and may be in his pow
er. Sales of each planters consign-
mcnt separately, would prevent the
possibility Of such abuses-as then.
the particulars Of each transaction
must be made known to the individual
Interested.


There are, however, some of our fac
tors, especially the young houses, who
do not sell in lists, but dispose Of each
interest by itself, a practice which we
consider will be beneficial to the plan
ter, and enable him to select with ad-
vantage his consignees.