The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-11-06
NAMES OF DELIAQUEhTS
WILL Be f0RAISHED
With Instructions TO County
Attorneys TO Enforce Pro-
visions OF the Law

Inc DkluHOnd state DOdlU OF dSfl
culture finds that 332.97l square bale.
and 1866 round bales were ginnee
from the Oklahoma crop of cotton o1
1909 up TO and including the close o.
business on October 81. In arriving al
these figures, he board has received
|lreports from 5S1 gins and have add
ed to this number the reports OF l3s
/ |gins made up TO the 18th OF October
Counting round as half bales, there
have been ginned 10 the alst Of Octo
be- 3Sgg54 bales as compared with
225.470 running bales up 10 the 18th
Of October, showing that HASA bales
wefe ginned during the last half ol
October. Up to the lst OF November
last season, according to the figures
of the U. S. Census bureau, there had
been ginned in oklahoma 2l7,62g
bales, and during the last half OF
October last season, according Go the
same authority. there We're ginned
only 1903 bales.
Delinquent cinners
The board is not at all satisfied
with the manner In which ginners are
reporting. 1t has ON its list 1902 gins
|lIt has received reports during the
season from 723 and of this latter
humber 1873 have failed to report ON
the 1st of November. The board viii
Eat once furnish ..st of the delin-
|lquent ginners to the county attor-
lneys, whose duty 1t will be to enforce
|the provisions of the Oklahoma law
requiring ginners TO make these ie-
ports The next report required nn-
der the law Is ON the 18th of Noyem-
ber, at which time, In addition to the
number of bales siaiheu, glnners VIII
be requested to report the average
weight Of bales, the per cent of lint
being obtained from seed cotton, and
the estimated per cent of the crop
ginned to that date. Under the law
these reports must be mailed promptly
On the morning of the 18th and should
be received in this office not later
than the 18th. This law was passed
by the legislature IN order to keep all
persons interested. whether producers
Or buyers, as to the movement Of cot
ton. Ii placed the duty OF issuing
these reports upon the board of agrl-
culture and fixed the penalty for fail
ldre to report. If this information Ms
of any value to the public, as the leg
hslature evidently thought II was, II
must go to the public promptly.
Reports Are Necessary
I The board Is therefore without dis
erection In the matter of reporting de-
hinquent parties. and will have to com
ply with its duties in that respect. AS
IA further Indication Of the evident
failure OF q great many ginners 10
REPORT to this office, attention Is call
led TO the fact that the IL s. Census
bureau reported that approximately
$4,000 bales were ginned to the lStn
lof October The figures given here
with show barely 5000 more bales
Iglnned to the first than the census
bnieau reported thirteen days before.
The Census bureau heretofore has
relied very largely ON tne volition OF
1.-The ginner in making their reports.
but this season the county agents OF
their bureau are required TO visit The
lgIns In person and take the reports, II
necessary, from personal inspection
Iof the ginners books Therefore, II
lmust be assumed that the figures OF
1.-The Census bureau are practically cor
|reet. but the aggregate of the reports
made to this Office should be equally
.as correct ii the ginners comply with
lthe law. This office cannot, Of course,
employ agents to visit the gins. but Il
,has taken every means in It's power
llo inform the ginne.s Of the require
'ments OF the law. and has so far been
|extremely lenient with them, hoping
Ito be able to locate all the gins and
Ito furnish them with blanks and to
receive their reports, The board de-
|sires to suggest at this point that the
failure to receive blanks upon which
Ito make these reports does not relieve
the ginner of the responsibility OF
making the reports, because the thrn-
ishra cf blanks IL not required by the
law and ii oniv voluntarily done by
this office to facilitate the making
Oh the reports. Il Is the purpose Of
this board TO print absolutely reliable
and accurate reports on al subjects
which the law makes the duty Of the
hoard 10 inquire into. hence we are
publishing these reno ts exactly as
ihcy are filed with US. Attention IS
here called to the discrepancies with
i view OF eliminating them in the ftl-
tnre as well al 10 save The ginners
the embarrass nenh Of invest cations
at the hands Of Gle COUNTY lag ofiic'
ers. The producer the dealer, and
above all the consumer can only rely
ON official information. and when that
Information comes as the result of q
law passed for that purpose, the ma
kets viii cease to be troubled with
reports on those subjects Issued By
private parties for private purposes.
This Is the position occupied by tn
r.vs..sl..- scrrrrcr. hrth N fhe reH.
sus bureau and The agricultural depart
mant and this il the position uccupipd