The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-11
Some Random Thoughts.


= -Mr. L. 1. Parrott has the cotton
holding and reduced acreage pledge
blanks at his office; and this form
Is being signed all over the cotton
oeit' 50 there is no excuse for" say :,
ing What are they doing somewhere
else All ye people who have been
crtrcising the Union. walk up like lit
tie men and sign the pledge and
show your faith by investing your
money to the important tune Of two
pfnts per bale. And do it now.
Ss
= 'Dr. Cheyne's article about finding
markets for country produce Is along
the right lines; but he is three years
'pehind the times, If not more. The
record will show that the writer has
been working along this line for at
least three years. But with ~ to
Is cent cotton his warnings and plead
tngs; his citations Of umerous ex-
amples, have all fallen on deaf ears.
The Farmers Union Brokerage Com
pany has all along been willing and
anxious to open up markets for our
STUFF and keep Us Informed. and sell
our produce az IT'S true market val
Ie. But how can 1t do so when our
People give it nothing to sell. Ever
now how can 1t afford to invest in a
cold storage plant, a grain elevator,
or any of the modern improved
methods Of handling country pro-
duce, when it has no assurance that
Or. Cheyne will have oats and corn
and hogs and hay, potatoes, eggs and
poultry for it to handle more than
one season. The history Of the past
Is that this effort on the part of DR..
Cheyne and others, will be spasmodic
"a mere temporary change to boost
the price Of cotton, when Ephriam
Will again return to his idol-cotton.
and before the brokerage company
can get itself established on a sound
commercial basis in touch with the
best markets. 1T will have none Of
these things to sell in sufficient guam
tity to make a regular source Of
supply to consumers, and the few
who have a small surplus will again
be at the mercy of the local feed
stables. And they are only doing
what everybody else does, buying as
low as they can.
II DR.. Cheyne and others who wish
TO really accomplish something
would join hands with the Farmers
Union, II eligible to join the Union,
take stock in the brokerage company
with the idea OF making it our sales
agent and not so much with the
idea Of saving a few cents on our
purchases. Take enough stock to
make 1t an object TO furnish it
enough produce to handle to insure
dividends we would build up and
make permanent a line Of farming
that would prevent these years Of de-
preston. with their thousands and
one remedies. Dr. Cheyne nor no
other man need expect success with
out putting some OF his own dollars
into the venture, and to say that this.
tina. or the other. ought to be done.
and not to back it with his money
according 10 his means IS mere talk
worse than child's play.
Some OF us are backing our iudg-
ment with our money. We and the
Farmers Union extend to every pro-
duccr in the three counties of Sum
ter Lee and Clarendon a cordial in
vitation to join the Union take stock
In our enterprise which is no longer
an experiment. and make II what il
Is destined To be and ought to be.
the sales agent for this section Of The
state and the business head Of the
Farmers Union.
The Editor of the Daily Item ana
pr. Cheyne both have our thanks
FOR again calling attention IA tb{e