The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-27
THE LIEN Law
BLACKLISTED BY THE STATE
FARMERS UNION.
Audobon Society Commended, OPP
pose Immigration and Suggest
Other Changes.

Other changes.
The State Convention of the Far
mers' Union met in Columbia on last
Wednesday. Delegates were pres
ent from thirty-seven counties.
Some three hundred delegates were
present and some important matters
were considered. Mr. Harris, presi-
dent Of the Union presided. Some
good, sensible speeches were made
and the delegates were very much
instructed thereby.
The following committees were
appointed:
Legislation-L. L. Baker, r. M
Cooper, J. r. Douthit.
Good Of the Order-J. L. Keitt,
J. H. Lambert and S. n. Welsh.
Warehouses and Marketing-T. T
Wakefield, J. White, B. F. Keller
and J. B. Mcbride.
Resolutions-E. ". Dabbs, O. P.
Goodwin and j. II. Price.
Fertilizers-D. Mcintyre, J. H.
Holman and W. T. Walker
Press and publications-W. D.
Grist, D. H. Rice and S. T. Parrott.
Diversidcation of Crops-W. L.
Anderson, J. R. Hopkins and J. H.
Price
Foremost among the important
measures discussed and adopted by
the union was the report of the leg
islatiYe committee recommending
that the immigration feature be
eliminated from the States bureau
! Of agriculture, commerce and i'm
| migration. The repeal of the lien
law was endorsed and also the re-
peal Of the law with reference to
chattel mortgages or crops. Work
Of the Audubon society was heartily
commended and the law makers
urged to pass further measures for
the protection of insect-destroying
birds.
TIE legislative committee was
then instructed to appear before the
proper committees of the general
assembly to press the matters above
referred to. Considerable time was
consumed in discussing the follow
ing report of the committee on ware
housing and marketing:
"vve recommend that warehouses
be erected wherever possible and
that our farmers, as far as possible,
sell eheir cotton through their ware
houses, as by this plan higher prices
can be realized.
1--WE also recommend that the
warehouses Of the entire South be
federated into one system, under the
absolute control of the Farmers
Union, provided that the contract
| relating to ownership and dispo-
sition of his cotton stored in said
+ warehouse be acceptable to the
storer.'
| The Union, after carefully consid-
ering the financial. plan submitted
by Mr. J. L. Keitt, recommended that
it be- adopted. The plan was then
referred to the local Union Of the
State for ratification.
The committee on fertilizers made
the following report:
"We have canvassed the situation
and find that the general opinion is
that we buy all Of our fertilizers
through the regular channels of the
Union and that we do our mixing at
home and save from So to s6 per ton
and that we advise our members to
reduce their fertilizers in reason
able manner so as to be On safe and
sure basis.
| The report of the committee on
the good of the order recommended:
That provision be made to press
vigorously the educational work of
| the Union, directing especial atten-
ton to the importance Of raising
home supplies as means Of break
| ing down the credit and mortgage
business Of the State and enable
US to control the sale of our cotton
TIE following resolutions were
adpoted:
"Resolyed, That it is the sense
OF this body that Congressman Lever
be requested to amend his bill re-
| curing the manufacturers TO give
the number of bales Of cotton on
hand by requiring the manufactur-
ers to also give the amount Of man
ufactured goods on hand .
A resolution was adopted prcvid-
ing that the members of the Uaion
urge the manufacturers OF guano to
use sacks made Of cotton and also
that cotton should be covered With
cotton bagging.
It was also resolved to use the
Printers Union label on printing.
The committee on diversifcation
made the following report, which
was adopted:
RGSOlfeu, udI IL ID luS 0SISA-
minarion of the South Carolina State
Farmers Union to raise home sup
plies so far as possible.
Resolved, That every local in
the State be urged to bring the mat
ter of home supplies before the
membership and enlist personal
pledges to cooperate and become
self-sustaining.
Resolved, That it is the sense
of this State to plant only II acres
-of cotton to the plow-the balance
of the land in grain, followed with
peas in summer. Also We urge a
corn crop for the winter with some
of the clover and vetch, thereby re-
ducing the necessity of using so
much ammoniated fertilizer and in
creasing the fertility of the soil.
thus enabling US to raise more