The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-22

at thus appears that hfty-four out oil
ninety-siX counties are absolutely ue-
prived of the luxury of sub-treasury.
1t was furt her observed that the eStl
mate contained i'll the census embraces
all farm productions. Now, II you VIII
eliminate barley, buckwheat, rye, flax,
sorghum, clover, hay, rice, potatoes,
hops, broomcorn, peas, beans, peanuts
and other products of the farm, from
the gross productions of the remaining
forty-two counties it will be found that
the production of cotton, wheat, corn,
oats and tobacco will not, in some IN
stances, come up to the minimum
standard of $500, 900. Again, the census
estimate includes all farm productions,
whether "sOld, consumed or hand, ..
while the bill provides that Sub-treaS-
urv shall be established only in the
event of the amount of cotton, wheat,
corn, oats and tobacco sold exceeds
$500, 900. The amount consumed or the
amount retained by the farmer for con
sumption is not included in the esti-
mate required by the bill. Now, will
venture the assertion, and refer to the
statistics for its veritication, thai there
is not one county in all East Ten
nessee that would be enntIed 10 SUD
treasury under the proposed act. Giles
County produced 1920 bales, of cotton
and Rutherford II, Ala, while Montgom-
cry produced about 100000 pounds Of
tobacco. This would barely entitle
each of them to a sub-treasury. L will
however, further venture the assertion
that there is not another county in all
that magnificent basi n of Middle Ten
nessee that would be entitled to Coy
eminent warehouse. NOT county In
the State produced 250,000 bushels of
oats, and but one county produced over
300, 20 bushels of wheat, and that was
Williamson, which produced $4,000.
The farmers of Middle Tennessee are
more largely engaged in stock raising
and the production of corn, clover ana
hay, which is consumed at home. They
realize from the sale of stock and not
from the sale of crops, and this accounts
for theiraprGsperity.
"TheFe are few counties In West
Tennessee where the annual cotton crop
sold exceeds $500,0C0, to- wits Fayette,
Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauder
dale, Madison, Shelby and Upton.
These counties, under the bill, would
each he entitled to government ware
house. But do they need such an insti-
tuition? OF all crops, cotton Is the
easiest sold and commands the readiest
cash. Its price is not fixed in the
United Stat, 8, but in foreign ports,
where it comes in competition with the
cotton of other countries. Those who
have had the largest experience in deal
ing with cotton will say that the Farmer
who habitually sells his crop OF cotton
when il is ready for market gets the
better price. Then again, cotton, as /
have already said, is especially crop
produced on the shares, in which the
planter, merchant and cropper all have
an interest, and in the majority of cases
it would be impracticable to store it in
a sub-treasury, even if it were desirable
to do so. 1 therefore conclude that the
farmers of Tennessee would take no
material benefit under the bill, and
from their standI ONT and without
reference to other weighty cOnsidera-
tions would oppose enActing it into
law.
''s. The bin is distasteful to me be-
cause 1t will entail upon the people,