The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-14
SENATOR SMITH
favors Mammoth Convention to
Demand Better Prices.
HOW GROWERS LOSE
Tho Senator Thinks the Southern
Grower Should Get the Benefit OF
the Thirty Pound Tare, and the
Meeting Adopted Resolutions to
That Effect.

! Nal Eject.
A dispatch from Bennettsville to
The State says Senator-elect E. D.
Smith came to Bennettsville Monday
at the invitation of the farmers in
this section and made an enthusiastic,
| address In the court house Monday
afternoon. The immediate reason
for asking hm to be here was the
disagreement between the local cot.
| ton buyers and farmers in regari
to the deduction for tare Oh cotton
the buyers having, since the 1st oe
! October, been operating under a ru.e
which makes deduction of so cents
for each bale of cotton having more
than seven yards of bagging on the
bale.
Senator-elect Smith discussed the
cotton situation in a broad way, ad
Ivocating mammoth convention
for the purpose Of demanding higher
prices and holding the cotton from
the market. advocated tho storing in
warehouses, referred to work that
las been done along this line III
Florence and Columbia He stated
hat Liverpool makes deduction TO,
are OF 6 per cent On the gross, OF
| 20 pounds tare for each 500-poun'l
ale of cotton and that in fixing the
rice this 30-pound tare is consid
red, as we'll as every other item
# expense in connection.
He then stated that if the Southern
armer did not get the benefit o!
he 30-pound tare and put 80 pound>
are on each bale it would be tn:
ault of the Southern farmer ant
,e should not blame any one else
or it. He illustrated the point as
-ollows: Suppose for every bal:
II cotton there is a deduction o.
We pounds for sand. suppose M,'
7armer picks his cotton, prepares i
or ginning and knows there is NJ
;and in it. He then stated that Mr.
farmer would be a fool If he dir
lot stop long enough to put fy:
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Senator Smith stated that his ser
ices were at the disposal of the cot
on growers and in all probabilit;
le would make trip West tmmedl
,tely. He referred to the fact tina
It compresses and before the cot
on is prepared for exporting the ex
,orter patches up all holes wher'
he samples have been taken from tn
,ale, puts on more bagging and get
ne advantage of the 80 pounds .
are
He spoke Of the complaint mad,
" the European spinner when il
his country recently of the con
lition in which the Southern cottol
vas received in Europe. He sait
hat the merchant in o1enng hi
GOODS for sale had adder TO hi
goods the price of the freight, box
;ng and for wrapping and other ex
oenses, that the buyer pays for al
hese things. That it was only jus
. md right that the buyer of cotto,
.hould also pay for that in whict
, he cotton is wrapped
He discussed the effect Of the gov
:rnment reports on cotton and state.
hat since the government gives de
7nite information as to the produe
lion, ginning and other facts in con
p aection with the cotton that it shoult
I 80 further and give government sta
;, .istics and have regular monthly in
; @entories as to the humber of bale!
and weight in every warehouse ant
in buyers and exporters hands.
!, His idea was that the present in
formation is very beneficial to til.
buyer and exporter in as much as ths
Sarmer's hand is exposed to the buy
r and exporter, whereas the buyer:
md exporters hand is unknown tc
he farmer. At the conclusion ot
his address the following resolutions
we're passed:
Whereas, the amount deducted
rom the gross weight of all cotton
sor tare is per cent, or 80 pound:
for each 5o0-pound bale, We, the
sarmers of Marlboro, hereby pledge
ourselves to put the 80 pounds tare
Oh each bale of cotton we produce
md prepare for market.