Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-01-04
Washington, special.-Di7

notice of the situation presented byae
cotton statistics given out for publihnr.
tion Thursday sand expresses his So
prise and concernsat the -recent t alle41a
movement in the Southern States "dp -,
parently approved and augmented ~ W.
he~cotton growers. themselves to fad
Btroy the census reports by collcer@
refusal of the ginners to make retu1 u1ek: "a:
Director North asserts that a contie &c
ance Of the cotton ginning reports, nd
impossible without the systematic "
wholeShearted cooperation OF the ;ftar
ners of the South. Immediately an.
the, receipt Of the letter. Mr.. Burier CO. rni+
q member of the House. census .coml;a,,
tee, and the author CT the provi!.;oon
making appropriation fer the gathe +er9 ere
of cotton statistics. gave out an il rota,
view in which he upholds the dire ~ ~.
In the work now: being donsesby
bureau. The letter is ;assfoHoWs::S
WashingtonsDec ~ sss;:
sHon. Albert S. BuTleseil, ousssN &. ss sssss
Representative s:sss; 6, s,ss5s as:s R e
MY Dear SiT:sIt seems PRO IN -
Invite your attention. rtain sibe,
alous conditions which ccn from -. 10
Census Office inscarrying out =thtoc - sas :.
visions Of sectio1s9 Of the act = -
tablish permanent Census Offless.+ +b
rect:ng the periodical collectip "a c.; Ss -
statistics Of cotton production thu nrot.s
the agency of the ginners. This -, -,
vision was inserted in the law a c+ta.
urgent request and that Of n1as
Southern Representatives On tt, ,otao To-
that it was necessary for the Iro;ns+
tion CT the cotton producers sTes+od s
the spectators and others ini .to,,1a
in depressing the price Of thal s ststad
~ sas.. wv p5on. ,,ito' n the
sa. n...at.atu o. os tos.ss .4se.ee forth
go. s. 10. 49, w.. 'n .nao,,1atoS agents
of the Liverpool market and M, =, @ ~;
and Trustworthy oficialS ink g.o,;1a Ia
regarding the size Of the. .c1M MnrN enocn
protect the grower, disarm @n x dsaa,.
&ator and market manipulate aud gI,, -
Enit the law Of supply and '0 "
'seres sulaSSi, ScGGRaG4 ta372iiSf uNeuEsS WE'D
Since the law, was pas# Congress
has appropriated and thYfice has
disbursed more than Sl25,0a year in
the. collection and disse1ation Of
this information. The systAas been
gradually perfected until|has be-
come more nearly perfectlan any
similar plan for obtafg exact
knowledge Of the size OF agricul-
tural crop during the progs of har-
vesting.
''No complaint has beenade that
the census reports are naccIrate;-
indeed, for year or two F. we have
been able to trace the crso closely
that practically every bahas been
accounted for.
"The statistics increase falue ey-
cry year; for it becomes sible. by
comparison ofsthezstatisticsone year
with those Of the same & in pro-
ceeding years. toSjud SIZE. Of
successlyesscro opsgsWi thssz aaccurac cy
never befose known or aoximated.
"The ginning reports ole Census
Office have crowded out: specula-
tive and interested estins referred
to, and the single objwhich The
Southern Representativesdin in view
il. urging this legislati has been
successfully accomplishe
GINNERS MOVE DEFEATED. s
"In view OF these facthave been
surprised and eonserned, the pres
ent movement in the seAru States,
(Which is annarentlv anD,d and aug
mented by the cotton sers them
selves, to destroy the. rus reports
by the concerted refusof the gin
ners to make che returlpon which