Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-03

weigher. and 30 far as The Enquirer
has been advised, no petition went
forward against the proposition.
There is difference of opinion, Of
course, as to- the practical need for
public weigher at Yorkville, or else
where in the county; but so far as can
be ascertained there Is no feeling on
the subject, and the outlook Is that the
merits of the proposition will be left
to the determination of actual eXpe-
rience.
One Of the objections that has been
offered by people who are in doubt, is
that there will be fee Of 10 cents for
weighing, where the weighing Is now
done without cost. While 1t Is a fact
that this fee will have to be paid under
the public weigher system, 1t does not
follow as a matter Of fact that this is
actually an additional expense. The
proposition involved Is one Of business
economy. For instance, though the SELL
er may not now have to pay any act
ual money for Weighing in a stipulat-
ed and recognized amount, 1t Is easy
to understand that weighing costs the
buyer money and that money Is includ-
ed in expenses to be paid by somebody.
There are those who hold that all ex-
penses of whatever kind at last come
out of the seller; but, of course, that
Is a matter about which there Is room
for argument. There are things to be
said on both sides of the question.
It has also been claimed that under
a public weighing system, the seller
will have to handle his cotton again
after unloading at the platform. That
Is also a mistake. Sales are made to
the buyer at his office as now and de-
livery Is made at the public platform.
The public weigher gives the seller
weight tickets, and the seller carries
these back to the buyer and gets his
check.
That the changed system, II the
change is effected, will involve GER
tain changes in the present manner of
handling cotton, there Is no question;
but as to whether these changes will
entail hardships on anybody, is mat
ter of doubt. 1t Is a fact that there
has been more or less friction in con-
nection with the new establishment of
public platforms elsewhere; but that
friction has eventually smoothed out to
the satisfaction Of everybody concern
ed, and in most cases It has taken but
short time to do 1t.
The compensation allowed the
weigher by law is 10 cents bale; but
this Is not always all there is in 1t.
The transfer Of cotton from the origi-
nal seller to the original buyer does not
end the list of details that the buyer
has to attend to. The cotton has to be
numbered and marked, for one thing,
and very often the buyer finds 1t con-
venient and profitable to have the pub
lie weigher do this at an agreed price,
rather than do it himself. Then also,
the public weigher, being a sworn Of
ficer gets a good deal Of work to do In
the shape Of re-weighing cotton that
may have been weighed and ware
housed previously and been afterward
resold to another buyer.
Also it Is the history Of the public
weigher system elsewhere. that its es-
tablishment has resulted in the crea-
ton Of a certain additional competi-
ton that keeps the market perpetually
up to the top notch of best prices.
Those who have been most anxious for
the establishment Of the public weigher
system in Yorkville, have counted upon
this feature to overcome all other real
or imaginary objections.