The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-02-24
WHAT hERCHATS SAY
Business hen Of Wayahaehie fnderse
Proposition Of herChdnfs Buyer

The Daily Light believes that IA
ma ioFity OF the business men Of
Waxahachie favor the proposition of
securing the services of an expert
enced cotton buyer to go on the
streets and see that the farmers of
Ellis county who bring their cotton
here realize a reasonable market
value for their staple Expressions
in regard to the matter have been OBJ
tanned from a few merchants. and
others will be given an opportunity
from time TO time TO express them
selves relative TO this proposition
The reporter has made no systcmat-
ic canvass of the city, but has met
few business men ON his regular
rounds who expressed themselves in
the following language.
W. f. Billups. meat market
Something should be done to remedy
the evil which all must admit now
exists. The trade of WaXahachie is
being ruined and the merchants of
the town should take some steps 10
counteract this effect. | believe that
the best way ont OF the difficulty is
for the business men of the city 10
employ an experienced buyer 10 go
on the streets and see that the farm
er realizes the market value for his
cotton When this is done conf
dence will be restored in Waxa-
hache as a cotton market and the
cotton which has been diverted 10
other towns will again come here
S. p. Spalding, furniture-ln my
opinion the only solution OF the ques
tion is for the merchants TO put a
buyer on the streets In my estima
tion thousands of bales of cotton went
from WaXahachie's trade territory
this season to the smaller towns of
the county because the farmers could
realize more for their staple by SO
doing Farmers who live within
few miles of WaXahachie hauled
their cotton to Maypearl for the sim
pie reason that the buyers there We're
paying more than the buyers in this
city Cotton which formerly came
here from the Boyce country and
| from other communities | might
| name has been diverted to other
markets because of the deplorable
| condition of affairs existing in WaXa-
| hachie. 1t is time for the business
| men of Waxahachie to wake up ane
take the matter into their own hands
The trade of the town is being para
liZed and the merchants cannot ar
ford n recurrence of present condi-
tions II is a logical assumption that
| if the cotton receipts of the town
| can be increased there will be a cor
| responding increase in trade. II the
| farmer is paid the market value for
! his cotton and given courteous treat
mcnt it encourages him to spend his
money with the merchants of the
town BY all means the merchants
should have buyer on the streets
By the opening of the next season.
J. Z. Leigh, grocer am in favor
OF the proposition of putting a buy
cr on the streets TO represent the
merchants of the city, whose duty it
shall be to see that the farmer re-
ceives for his cotton all he is entitled
to. know that this method has
proved successful in other towns, and
il can be made "a success here. Two
or three years ago the merchants OF
sulphur Springs engaged a buyer and
they We're supported in the undertake
ing by Tho banks of that town As
result OF This course farmers who
had not sold cotton there for several
years began returning and sulphur
Springs soon regJiued her lost prcSt-
jgc as 90 market. a few years ago "a
We'll known ,irm iu New Boston.
Bowie county. announced that they
I would PAY thD fuIl limit for cotton
and us result thousands ut bales
V.r. hJuad Through TeNarkgua .o
fhaf town. 70 j- 90 ttr, WeII known
fu every uu-yrtiu- uIu .haf cotton