Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-09-25
The Changers.

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day, has report Of an interview will
the Executive Committee of the Pat
rons of cHusbandry. Mr. aLivings
ton, of Newton, the Chairman; .anc
Mr.. Lavender, were spokesmen fol
! the committee. We quote as fol.
lows -. 80
Observation-Disclosures, / have call.
ed to get from you statement o.
the business that calls you together
to-day. p.:12 He-'s''!'
Mr.. Livingston-We have met fol
the purpose Of making arrangements
in regard to the printing and publish
ing for the Oranges, and fer the pur-
pose Of making definite answers to
proposals that have been received in
regard to buying and selling for the
Oranges. .-.....---...---
Reporter-low many answers
nave you received to this circular?
Mr.. Lob hundreds of'tthem
We have answers here from the very
best merchants all over the South,
and many from leading New York
firms. rs-sf u /
SOME rR1ENDLEss, ONE JOKE, AND ONE
49, REBUFF.
.Reporter-What, is the general
spirit Of these letters?
Mr.. Lavender-Oh, we'll, they all
breathe a thorough spirit of conces-
sion, and many of them are express
sive Of sympathy with the farmers in
this great effort to disenthrall them
selves from a despotism that is ruin
ing them. One prominent cotton
merchant of Augusta wrote that he
could not treat with the order at.all;
or listen to any proposition from it.
All the other letters, though, are
courteous and clever. .;tie.l'
Mr.. Livingston-Yes, and you re-
member that Savannah Datchman
that wrote in ajocose sort of way,
and said that if he wanted to die
game, the best thing for US to do was
to go to work and raise hog and hom-:
my. He didn't hurt much, though,
WHAT THE CHANGERS WILL SAVE BY
MOVING ToGETHER.i-.a,,
Reporter-Do you find there is
much to be saved by buying this way
in bulk 2? -. q" ,YliT.ef
Mr.. r.Lavender-Ohyes, an animmense
amount. There are scores of letters
on this table in which merchants Of
fer to sell US certain goods at one per
cent. advance on cash. others at two
and half per cent, and others at
FIVE per cent. We will save some
thing on everything we buy, You!
see the main profit arises from fore
ing farmers to buy for cash. Why
last year I had'aneighbor richer than!
1 was, who bought his corn on credit,
and paid $ll40 a bushel rsit;.while
II boughttfor cash at eighty=seven
cents: And then i've Efor1ceTF them 20
buy in bulk, and they thus. get ad-i
vantage of of'wholesale rates . NowSon
.guano: 1--WE get ten per cent. off on
the cash price at the factory and
Shus cave forty per cent. on this,item, !,
On some goods we save one hundred
per cent. BY the way we have here
an offer from leading bank to fur
nish the farmers" all the money they
want at one per cent. month, if bor-
rowed under the seal of the Grange.
1t would pay farmers to borrow at
two per cent, rather than continue
to buy from commission merchants
on long time and give crop liens.
Reporter-How do the Atlanta
merchants bid for this patronage
HOW THE ATLANTA MERCHANTS BID.
Mr.. L.-Thev are coming up no
bly,. They make as CLOSE or.closer
bids than any place we have got bids
from. For instance. one Of your
merchants, offers to sell us two and a
quarter bagging at sixteen cents.
This is extremely low. Another At
'lanta merchant offers to buy provi.
sions Tor tie Oranges direct from the
producers, and sell to the Oranges at
an advance of fve pei cent. on the
producers bill Of salei the merchant
takes all DOSAGE and sAa.lnkdgc and
risk Himself, and charges the Oranges
only tile five per cent: commission
and the actual freight charges. These
are Just some samples Of what your
merchants are ,doirg. Atlanta will
control a very large amount of our
trade. ~
,.Reporter-What did you mean by
answering proposals to "sell?"
Mr.. L.-Why we have arranged to
have all our crops sold by contract
and in bulk. To show you what we
mean: We have this day closed a
contract with an Atlanta cotton buy
er, by which we agree to ship him all
our cotton, and he agrees to sell it'for
twenty-five cents charge on the bale,
and twenty-five cents per bale per
month for storage Forsyth, Fort
Valley, and other cities do the same
thing. Savannah charges seventy
five cents per bale.
THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ORANGES.
Reporter-How much cotton will
you co ntrol? {; ...,:t
MIR. LIVE will control at least
100000 bales. We have one hum
dred and sixty Oranges, with an, av--
erage membership of forty people
about $500. OF them six hundred
are farmers. They are of the very
best class, and will average twelve
bales of cotton each. By next season
we will have tDeble this membership;
New Oranges are being organized evT
cry day of the world. '.'
PROJECTS ON FOOT BY THE CHANGERS.
Reporter-What projects of impor-
tance have the Changers on foot now? ?
Mr.. L-seyeral. They speak, of
establishing a cotton factory in At
|,lanta. Gen. Austell made a PROPOSE,
ton to me to-day which I will put