The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-14
MARKET CROP SLOWLY
UNTIL PRICE FOR COTTON GETS
BETTER.
Farmers Should Use the Warehouses
if They Must Hare Money 70 Nee,
Urgent Debts.
Urgent Debts

Urgent Debts.
Mr. H. L. Alexander, President o:
the North Carolina State Union. give:
some good advice 10 the farmers
He wisely says whatever your money
crop may be, market it slowly. Ii
is poor business policy to force any
product on noH-appreciative mar
ket. The great bulk OF agricultural
products are nor-pershiable il kept
under shelter Of course there Is
always the danger of fire, but you
can have that risk covered by insur-
ance for a small cost. Feed the mar
kets on short rations and you viii
I soon see prices boosted BY an increas-
| ID demand. Don't let the cry 0.
big crops scare you into parting
With your products at price thai
will not give you a fair and jusi
reward for your labor and the capital
that you have invested in your bus
ness.
You don't find men in other call
:ngs disposing Of products which
represent a years work and inter
I 4st on their investment, at 4 price
5elow cost The farmer has often
| lone this by following the suicida!
! )clicy of forcing on the maSller IL
our months time, crops which rns:
meet and supply years demand.
ii course these crops are not to b"
md viii not be consumed in fou!
| months. They are bought by the
| middle man" and held in storage
until the demand of the markets
call for them at remunerativ-
prices.
Farmers should not quarrel with
he middle man" as long as he con-
iucts a legitimate buying and sell
ng business. They should Quarre
With themselves for not handlin=
heir own crops for their own benc
ct in the same business-like way tha'
he middle man" has been handling
. them for his benft. If products
sere not offered for sale on tn
, streets of our towns at whateve'
price they would bring, the "middl'
/, nan" would soon go out of 5usl
1ess. But as long as farmers FOL
:ow the present method of marks;in:
heir crops, there will be lcgiti
/ mate field for the middle man, and
IN fact, he is a Necessary part Of hi
node of marketing. In the case 0
:otton crop, which Is the principa
money of the South, we can vel
| believe that a fair margin is mad
! ~ the men who stand between tn
producer and the splnnaT; otherWls
here would not be so many "cotto'
I ayers. %
Now, how are farmers 70 get ou
Il these "old ruts" and upon tn
highway of successful business-llk
marketing of their crops? 1t mus
pe done by extending the se'iiE
,eriod throughout the year so tha
he supply will just keep pace wit
he demand. Also by punching
heir products and selling in sue
;uantity as demanded by large buy
rs. This is cooperative selling.
How is it to be done? Throag
he storage or warehouse plan. 6
0 anv large cotton market Gown an
: ou will find the cotton buyers usin
he warehouses to store their col
: on in, to be he'd until demanded b
he spinner. F:.rmers should TO thl
or themselves and save the profit
nat now go to the men who hay
)een doing it for them.
But, you say that you have bll!
hat are due and that you mus
.ealize money from. your crop a
nee Unfortunately this is trI
With great many farmers. Tc
many of them are still following tn
id ruinous credit system" Wnlc.
$ the legitimate offspring Of tn
all cotton system" and, next to 1t
parent, is the greatest curse eV:.
imposed upon the agricultural IN
erests of the South. Well, If yo'
; I'VE bills you should pay them Whei
rayment is demanded. But do no
,ut all your cotton on the market
10 to your local banker and borrow
N your cotton just as little none,
IS you can possibly do with. Leav'
his money on deposit ana use
check book. Your check may posi-
,ly pay several bills and finally *
deposited to the credit of some o'hel
aaL without any money being draw
from the hank.
We mention this because We kno"
hat bankers are more ready to loar
money if it is to be left on deposit
with them. Follow this plan aai,
.conomize in every way possible M
ii you get out of debt, AMI the::
swear that you will stay out. i
| farmers are ever to attain their con-,
| nercial independence they mus;
.aise home supplies and quit buying
| On credit. We don't know single
| farmer who has followed the al:
| ,otton system" and made success
at it.
! Now, a few words about the cotton
crop. The crop is greatly ove:-cst1-
mated. At the Farmers Union Con
vention in Fort Worth, Texas, We
had reports from every one OF the
Cotton States and according to taes'
reports from the field the commit
tee having charge of this mater
was fully convinced that we would
find in the wind-up that the pTesen:
crop is considerably below that o:
Hast year. If the crop is A@ld OF
the market for thirty days we vii.
see very material rise in the price
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