The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-11

yes, ne.tenth of what they would It
they received more for their products. .
AS illustrating the great saving to
farmers by dealing as a unit with manu-
facturers or wholesale dealers through
their exchange, Mr. TERRELL cited the
case of wagons in Texas, where 500 were
bought on orders placed through the
alliance at a saving of $40 each from
former price This had brought down
the price of wagons generally, too, at
every store, as they found they must
meet this competition. In Alabama fifty
buggies had been bought at a saving OF
$25 each in the same way.
ROUNDING UP THE RAILROADS.
Touching on transportation, Mr.. Ter
rell said the farmers paid every bit Of
extortion by the railroads. They did
not ship their Own cotton, and the rail
roads knew only the cotton buyer By
having Il State Exchange 1t was pro-
posed for farmers to ship themselves
Gn combinatiom and the railroads would
soon see on which side their bread was
buttered. In Texas by. this method fair
rates had been secured all over the State,
for no road dared stay out. Cotton
was shipped direct to Liverpool, with
out touching a commission mans hands.
NO MONEY LOST BY COTTON BAGGING.
The speaker denied that any money was
lost by using cotton bagging. The cotton
used was the sort that is now a hin.
drancc in the markct-doS-tail cotton,
worth only SIX cents pound. The pro-
ducer needs some place to have it con-
sumed. 1t costs but II cents per pound
to manufacture it into bagging, making
the bagging cost but y cents pound.
After using, it could be cut off and
would still be worth cents, thus making
the loss for its use as bagging but II
cents per pound.
THE TERRIBLE TARE.
Any farmer, he said, who thought he
was getting a cent for his jute bagging
was badly fooled. In England they
strip off the bagging and stain and
or rather make a sufficient allowance, or
more, by a reduction in the price, to
cover 1t, so that they pay for only neat
cotton. This is the tare for which now
a 6 per cent. deduction is made. This
is all taken into account by the buyer
this side of the water to allow for what
will fe taken off abroad anG the farmer
loses it all.
Mr.. Terrell said "We don't propose
to stand this, every allowance is made
in favor of the buyer He advo-
Gated alliance exchanges where the
farmers representative should sample,
weigh and class the cotton and the
buyer should stand all claims for re-
clamatiou, etc. If they didn't want the
cotton on such terms let them leave it
alone.
''TAKE CARE OF YOUR POLITICS.
he said, "1og-on it, why are they so
mighty afraid we will go into politics. l
will say we discuss politics-manlE- poll
tics, in the alliance. We want to send
the right men to Congress. We are in
tereSted in the financial questions, the
tariff, transportation, etc.
''The contemplation is that the ali-4
ance shall be felt in politics, inecom-
merce, in transportation.
"As the alliance is intended to infu-
ence public opinion, we intend to have
an organ in every State. and a national
organ, and create a public opinion that
will carry our objects to success. "
In conclusion Mr.. Terrell said: 'Aif
these things must 10 dependent on your
own labor. Tney must depend on your
own efforts. If we succeed the world
will horof US for our success. If we fail
it will despise us-and it ought to.
Throughout the address close attention
was paid the speaker, and most of his
hearers seemed to fully accord with the
views expressed, judging from their fire.
qucnt applause.
Mr.. W. W. Keys of Greenyille, "editor
of the Cotton Plant, called attention to
that paper as the organ of the Alliance
in this State, and the meeting was then
by Capt. Kinsler, the chair
man.
THE BARBECUE,
served by Messrs j. NJ. Roach and Lewis
Marstellar. in the old fair building, was
patronized, and all who par
took OF the palatable products of Prof.
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