Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-22
aalisetllaneous 8eaaing.
TO AID THE FARMER.
Congressman Lever Would Make Gen.
sus Reports of Benefit to Cotton

Congressman Lever Would Make Gen.
sus Reports of Benefit to Cotton
Growers.
Congressman Lever today introduced
in the house a joint resolution which
Is designed to be of great benefit to
the cotton farmer and the manufact-
urer, says Washington dispatch OF
Monday. The resolution directs the
census bureau to collect and publish,
in addition to the cotton reports now
being made, statistics Of baled cotton
in the United States and summarizing
it as November 1st December 1st, jan
uary 1st and March 1st. Explaining
the intention of his resolution, Mr.. Le-
yer said, THE census bureau now
gathers and publishes during the sell
ing period, summary reports as to the
amount of cotton ginned, and thereby,
furnished information as to the pro-
duction Of cotton. This gives the man
ufacturing and the buying world al
most exact knowledge as to the sup
ply from which the demand Is met. 1t
puts them into full information as to
the amount of cotton which the farmer
has for sale or Is likely to have during
the selling period. My resolution Is
intended to give the farmer the same
information with respect to the needs
of the manufacturer Of cotton as the
present system gives information to
the manufacturer with reference to
the production of cotton. Aside from
the influence Of dealing in futures
upon the prices of cotton the law OF
supply and demand regulates the
price. The system now in vogue gives
the buyer of cotton an advantage for
the reason that it gives him informa-
ton as to the supply, while the seller
of cotton and the producer Is put TO
the disadvantage Of not knowing the
demand for cotton and the necessities
of the manufacturer. This resolution
Is designed to put the buyer and the
seller upon an equal footing to the
end that the law Of supply and demand
may more influence the price of the
product
The census bureau now publishes
two reports, one on March 1st and the
other on September 1st, as to the
stocks on hand. The reports are avail
able alike to the buyer and seller, but
they are not full enough to protect
and give equal advantage to the SELL
er My resolution intends to put the
cotton world in possession of full in
formation as to the supply and de-
mand during that period when the
bulk of the cotton goes out Of the
hands of the farmer My resolution Is
necessarily confined to the amount Of
cotton on hand in the United States,
but during the past six months the
census bureau sent its representative
to Europe with a view Of perfecting
an arrangement whereby the amount
of cotton on hand in the various ware
houses and mills Of Europe would be
furnished to the census bureau from
time 10 time upon its request. 1t Is,
therefore, now possible for the first
time, II my resolution becomes a law,
to furnish complete statistics both as
to the production of cotton and as to
the amount Of baled cotton held as
stock in the mills, warehouses and
the like. The cotton farmer has
Just complaint under the present sys-
tenn, that he has not been given an
equal advantage with the buyer Of
cotton and it is fortunate, through the
good work Of the census bureau, that
we are now in a position to legislate
along lines which will put both the
producer and consumer upon the same
footing, as far as the publishing Of sta
tistics 60 1 regard this resolution as
of vital Importance to the cotton bus
mess and I shall press it most vigor-
ously. Whatever tends to unhamper
the action of natural laws must tend
to bring about more natural and ideal
conditions"