The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
Raleigh and the Condi-
tions Which Hurt Sales
of Cotton Here
FDR STORAGE WAREHOUSE

Against the Market Here n Sug-
ccstions Made as to Merchants Bid
ding. the Abolition of the Weighing
Charge and the Employment Of the
Expert trader to Represent Seller
and Buyer Are Among the Matters
Presented at a Meeting in the Inter-
est of the Market.
A very important meeting Of the
Chamber Of Commerce committee on
cotton and produce market was held
last week in the rooms and lasted
over Two hours. 1t was called
by chairman Clarence H Poe, OF the
committee, other members being Col.
Chas. +. johnson and Mr.. William A.
Simpkins. President Henry E. hitch
ford. and Secretary +. A. Olds, Of the
Chamber of Commerce, were present.
as were Charles L. Hinton. Claude B.
Barbee. Clyde Parker, Ransom Hin
ton and other cotton dealers. Messrs.
c. n. Allen, Fab Whitaker, r. j.
Buffalo. G.. L. B. Penny and other
farmers, DR.. J. NJ. Templeton, Of Cary.
the president, and T. Ivey, Of Cary.
the secretary of the Wake County
Farmers Union
Chairman Poe presided and said the
object Of the meeting was to
the cause Of the decline Of the RAJ
leigh cotton market n to restore 1T
to its old influence, adding hat all
sorts Of rumors adverse to. n marker
were in circulation and that the meet
ing was called at TIE request OF the
Chamber of Commerce and the Farm
ers' MOI He said it was desired to
know what objections. real or 1magln-
airy. the farmers are urging against
the Raleigh cotton market.
Chairman Poe called on DR.. Tenn
pleton, who said he had no special
plans to g bat he had heard a
great many runors and among these
that not as much is paid for cotton at
Raleigh as at other places. He said
he found there was also objection to
the grading on the Raleigh market on
the part Of some farmers. These OBJ
J%ections. he said. may apply to all
other markets, for it Is difflcult to
please the public, farmers in particu-
lar, AS SO many of the mare sensitive
and easy to take offense He wanted
TO build up the Raleigh market and
make it a great one, that he sold cot
ton on this market.
Mr.. G. n. Allen said the objections
to the Raleigh market were no doubt
heard in regard to other markets.. he
thought that the farmers We're we'll
treated here and We're paid good
prices.
Mr.. G. B. Barbee. of Raleigh, a cot
ton dealer, said that cry many things
had happened since Raleigh was a
great cotton market, and that in his
opinion the main thing which was
driving cotton away from Raleigh was
the bad roads near the city. for it IS
a notorious fact that they are worse
within six miles Of Raleigh than else
where in the county In his opinion
II roads were worked towards Raleigh
and not away from it. cotton would
not go to other counties as it now
does. He said that freights cut no
little figure. In the old days Raleigh
enjoyed a favorable freight rate: now
II does not do so. He declared that
haieleh pays as much as any other
place for cotton. Referring to a COM
plant that some Of the cotton had to
wait until market reports came IN
ueF the present plan of selling here,
ne said that by waiting they won
what Is gained in price, as often as
Wey lose. He suggested that the
nam Of Commerce look into the
iact that Raleigh township has worst
roads in the county.
Secretary 4. Ivey. of the Wake
county Farmers Union, set out a
iiSt OF various complaints which he
nad heard against the Raleigh mar
het and Said better roads are needed
Sfeatit near this city. 1t will not do
20 lay all blame at the door of the
'otton buyer. he said, for the farm
erS are guilty of some things, too.
tie had seen one farmer stop his
wagon on his way to h and
ger water from a branch and soak
MS cotton with it so as to increase
Tie weight. He knew farmer who
mad approached ginners and asked
taem to veneer their cotton, that is
put a good grade on the outside and
a common one on the inside, and he
hao been sold by a neighbor farmer