The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-01


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is tI,e sat,,tsl cef, Is ran for
congress In tf,is dfSS ff6s iew years
sinee: q Here Is sfhe letteli5y d we hope
every farmer Wi llsread NIL 4 .SsS
Ya,ig uaya some noticfk my plan.
ia control fine sale and 10 e OF cotton,
in n recer,t issue of fyoun ~ 2et. SO In.
terested am Land vet s9as so fearful
that, INV ir,lan would nAb work that be-
fore Is said anYthincF aaIbout ID, i got
some farmers toeetS ,ey & to prove IT.
This nroof ofit i Now wish to give
along with tie plan All attempts.
tn g.nr6anfzs the farm mesrs ,have proven
fntile. and il tili.. IS one reaso is that
there was no mo tc.y for the arHnsrs in.
lany sUf them. The best sticking
Eplaster in the World is dollar, as IL
viii stick q beautiful woman, to a
miserable old ,.fcuss,, of a man. twill
stick the farmers together. and is the
hest sipn.5 password and pledge on
Gods eartny and is the basis, the
lsnripp and Hnspiratfon uf all effort,
/ both Individual and corporate.
Therefora II. nv plan makes money
/ for the farmers they will stick. tits
4 no folIowsf Tn place of each farmer
lcarrying his cottcn to his local market
and seliin6 IL To the local store keeper
/ or .export{ agent. let all In a neighbor-
! II.
i tion and pledge themse yes to sell only
throuph their agent. Every man who
handles our cotton makes something
ont of it. and the greater number who
handle it the less there is in 1t Tor the
man who sells it. Therefore, my
! plan is to eliminate as many of these
Z middlemen as possible and bring the
farmer as near as possible TO those
who are the last to handle it.
At Lynchburg, Sumter County,
where live and where 1 tried my
plan we were able to get from one
eighth to one fourth cent per pound
more than surrounding markets were
giving. Our pledge was as follows
I'VE, the undersigned, pledge our
selves to sell our cotton through ou
AGENT" We then contributed enough
to enable our agent to take the New
i York report and use the telegraph
: Fifteen minutes from the time wen
, on the cotton platform we were abl'
, to get 8 8 Of cent per pound more
r than was offered US by the buyers IL
J our town.
1t will be seen that by this plal
our agents business is to get all h,
, can for our cotton, while it is TIL,
,llocal buyers business to get it for a
/ little as possible. Our agent Cal
communicate With any eNpuT ter, AIT
having cotton in lots can command
e the-best prices. Another great advant
r age Is that the farmer who has bu
Y one bale gets as much as the maj
who has one hundred
/ acted as their agent this year a
r Lynchburg and each day the farmer
} would bring from 10 togsa or 100 bales
] BY careful weighing. l@9a grading
e soon built up rcputation-fOr fai
dealing, and handling the cotton IL
e such lots got better prices than an,
: market in that part of the country
The farmers gave me 25 cents pc
y bale as commission, and according
t to the prices which prevailed at tn,
: markets just five miles away on tn,
: same railroad and nearer the seapor
!, where our cotton was shipped the,
: made from Sl.5O to 50 per bale by tht
operation.
. So much for the local plan. Now,
! want every shipping point in thi!
State to have its farmers selling
agent. What is the use for us to ALLOW
other men to make from Sl.50 to s:
per bale ON our cotton, when by {
: little effort and concert Of action we
e can save It, We make in South Caro-
lima about 100000 bales Of cottor
annually. By saving 81 per bale woule
! make SS0o,OOO, which would enable
, us to put man in every seaport towr
: within reach Of this State. This
t would enable our local agents to have ;
, cores DOpHpnt a 1, tha yva for front yyb