Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-09-29

and know exactly what II Ia worm
when offered for sale, and they sell
Il or hold it just as the farmer or
ders, realizing the full market price
and the farmer has no further
trouble with il. The merchant
makes his sales OF such cotton OPP
emily and without charge to his
customers, often holding table Of
samples until every buyer in the
city has seen 1t, or until he gets
his price for it. Then he renders
a plain account of sale to the far
mer showing the bale mark, ware
house number, weight, price, gross
amount, warehouse charges aud net
proceeds. The system is thor
oughly understood and fully appre'
ciated by the hundreds Of farmers
from this and surrounding coun-
ties who have tried both systems,
and bring their cotton here. This
explanation is offered, and inves.
tigation is invited from those who
are not posted about Bryan, If any
such can be found.
Navasota also persistently claims
to pay more for cotton than
Bryan. If this is true, why don't
she move up from the tail Of the
procession on cotton receipts in
stead of tagging behind in popular
favor year after year? 1t IsSgen-
orally agreed that Templem IL
Son make the market what il is in
Navasota, being by all odds. the
largest buyers, and appreciating
the advantages Bryan offers, and
the amount Of cotton she gets as a
result, they have placed a buyer
here this season.
All the roads and bridges lead
ing to Bryan are in good shape.
The taxes in Brazos county have
not been extended, as is the case
in Grimes county, and the roads
have got the benefit Of their share
of the taxes. Besides Bryan has
an active business league to help
the county with public imprvoe-
ments.
Granting for the sake Of argu-
ment, however, that Navasota, on
account of local causes, sometimes
pays a quarter of cent more for
cotton than Bryan pays, let us go
a little further and see if the far
mer who sells his cotton and buys
his goods in Navasota comes out
ahead of what he could do in
Bryan or not. A quarter Of a cent
a pound amounts TO 81 20 a bale
more or $3.50 on two bales. The
farmer who sells at Nayasota, we
will suppose, has 81. so more when
he starts out to buy what he
wants, for example barbed wire
Mr.. w. Il. Johnston Of this city is !
for the statement that
last week a gentleman from North |
Grimes went to Navasota and sold |
his cotton, and having occasion to |
purchase a lot Of Baker barb wire
he went to a dealer there and |
priced the article. Thinking the
price too high he went to the long |
distance phone and calling up Mr. |
stated that they asked |
him $3.50 a hundred pounds for
the wire down there, and he want.
ed to know the price mere. Mr.. |
Johnston ascertained and prompt
ly replied that he he could get the
same wire at 1886 per hundred
pounds. As a result the gentle.
man took the money he got for his
cotton in Navasota and came 20 |
Bryan and bought 1000 pounds at
a total saving Of $3.50 below the
Navasota price. Now, subtracting |
the $3.50 more he possibly got by |
selling his cotton in Navasota |
from the $3.50 he saved by buy.
ing his wire in Bryan, we find he |
was still "a ahead by trading in
Bryan. Mr.. Hugh Burns, of North |
Grimes, who was present while |
Mr.. Johnston was talking TO the
reporter, volunteered the informa.
ton that he could buy cement a
dollar a barrel cheaper in Bryan
than in Navasota. These are some |
OF the reasons why people who |