The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-03-24
RAISE WHEAT AND BUILD MILLS.
Facts which Show that South Carolina can
make her own Bread.
Ne,Us and Courier.

News and Courier.
A dispatch published in the Sunday
News last Sunday, states that Mr.. ]. b.
johnson, of Blakely, Minnesota, who is
described as being an ardent advocate OF
Farmers Allia oce doctrines, has publish.
ed letter TO the farmers urging them
to organize Farmers Alliance milling as
aociatioEs, which has great deal OF
interest and omment in his neighbor.
hood.
Mr.. johnson, who is himself the own
or Of a fifty barrel -four mill, maintains,
as reported, that the farmers of the Da.
kotas and Minnesota alone have lost
s28,O00,OOO on wheat sold up to De-
cember, 7 1891, of this years crop, and
proceeds to show the farmers their folly
in not building their own mills an'
thereby securing ST bushel for their
wheat, with a ton of feed per hunderd
bushels, together with some minor ad-
vantages. Any community that can
produce $4,000 bushels of wheat, be
says, can thereby keep fifty barrel mill
running for year: and such mill
can be built for $1,000.
This is the testimony of a practical
miller, whose experience has been ac-
quired in the heart of the chief wheat
raising and -four making district ofthe
country, and there appears to be matter
in it which is worthy of the considers
tion Of some of the farmers in South
Carolina. The main points are as fol-
lows
Any community, district or country,
says Mr.. Johnson, that can produce 75,.
600 bushels of wheat can keep 6fty'bar
rel -four mill running. South Carolina
produced $4,000 bushels of wheat last
year, as that number is reported by the
United States agricultural department.
and probably produced over million
bushels, ifall were reported.
On this basis the State, or the upper
counties, where most of the wheat is
raised, would support dozen ffty-bar-
rel -four mills, which would be nota.
BILE addition to the industrial equipment
of these counties, and of the State.
No particular attention was paid to
wheat raising in this State, last year,
ne believe. 1t is probable, then, that
could easily be dou bled, and if so then
the one million bushel crop Of last year
the wheat growing section could easily
support twenty or more fifty barrel
mills. There is not county in The Sec
tion probably that could not readily
grow 100000 or 100000 bushels, at least,
and this would give prosperous mills to
each county.
The cost of constructing mill of the
indicated capacity, as stated by an expert,
in $1,000. This is much lees than the
cost of a cotton factory or even cotton
seed oil mill. There is not communi.
ty in the up country that cannot afford
ty build such mill, and that would not
be glad to build one, with or without
precuniary aid from the farmers.
The presence of mill in any county
would CO an inducement and help to
the wheat farmers to raise more wheat;
more farmers would 90 into the busi-
ness, and diversifcation of crops would
be effected in that region. The minor
advantages" to the farmers of having for
use or sale all the by products of their
wheat. bran, seconds and shorts-we take
it are fully understood to require more
than mere mention.
The mills need not be confined to
-four making It was stated few days
ago by business man of Charleston that
10000 barrels of grits are imported into
this State every year-our people paying
thousands of dollars annually for this
one article which could as we'll be pro-
duced at home and getting q product
that is inferior in every quality except
whiteness to the homemade article.
As much may be said of corn meal,
which is imported at a cost of many
thousands more-the aggregate for corn
and corn products alone running up into
millions annually. The local -four mills
could supplement their wheat products
with cosn products equally to their own
advantage and that of the farmer, who
would thus have q new and valuable out
let for their corn crop.
Any community that can produce
5000 bushels of wheat, says Mr., john
SOD, can keep q fifty barrel -four mill
for year. Any agricultural or other
community in South Carolina, therefore,
that thinks such mill and its attendants
advantage worth the having would do
we'll to look into the subject, consult
Mr.. johnson, and take steps to have a
mill built by the time the next wheat
crop natures.
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of F.
J. CHENEY g. Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by the use of HALLS Ca,
TARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. D. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.