Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-12-06
The atorkrills enquirer.
YoRKVILLE, s. c.,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1907.

THE Yorkville Enquirer asks US why
northern commission men make diff
ference Of from half cent to one cent
q pound In the price Of northern ana
southern yarns, to the disadvantage OF
the latter We have not studied that
subject, and can not speak with assur-
ance, but It Is not unlikely that south
nrn yarn makers are skinned pc
cause they are not independent. II the
northern commission men are not
stockholders in the mills they repre-
sent In the south, or do not control the
sources from which southern mills Sc
cure their money in the north, the
southern mills would not likely submit
to the robbery that The Enquirer al
leges. II the grades are the same IT Is
robbery. The remedy, II our supposl-
ton Is we'll founded, is for those mills
with sufficient financial independence
to do SO, to organize for self dependence
and force a square deal; and for those
hampered by northern commission men
that use their financial interests to ex-
'ort unreasonable commissions, to get
southern money to buy out the north
ern interests. But this is great big
subject, and both sides Of the case
hould be presented by experts In or
der that a fair understanding may be
reached.-Columbia State.
No, we have not alleged any rob
berry" We have merely stated that our
northern commission friends buy
southern yarns of exactly the same
grade and quality at from one-half to
one cent a pound less than eastern
yarns. 1t Is not matter Of mere al
legation, but a matter Of fact. 1t Is
done openly and unblushingly. The
textile journals make the quotations,
We can furnish the testimony of south
ern spinners to the effect that the GUS
tom Is an established rule. II there Is
any difference in quality, northern ex-
perts cannot tell It. We have the tes-
timony of a southern mill man who was
smart enough to perfect an arrange
ment whereby he had his yarns mark
eted as eastern" made, and got the
eastern" price. In order to do this 1t
was necessary to 80 manage that the
origin of the goods could not be estab-
ished by the purchaser. 1t Is a fact
that all southern mills sometimes get
eastern" prices; but 1t is generally in
flush times and on hurry orders. We
know of some southern mills that are
operated entirely on southern money,
and they are in the same boat with the
others We have been told also that
until a few years ago it was next to
impossible for southern mill to get
insurance rates on as favorable basis
as eastern mills, regardless Of the sur
rounding physical conditions. This
has been changed somewhat. Yes, we
are quite we'll aware that a great big
subject is involved; but we don't
think that there is much question
among the southern mill men as to the
merits of the case. The only explana-
ton we have to offer is the belief we
have already advanced, the disposition,
the we'll established policy, Of our east
ern friends to discriminate against the
south in any and everything where
discrimination is possible. And in its
suggestion with reference to the con-
troll of the sources from which the
southern mills get their money, the
State gives an intimation that II 1t
would go into the matter little deep
er it would come to the same conclu-
sion.