The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-14
PASSES HAREGIasolJSl BILL
HOUSE PASSES WAREHOUSE BILL
TO THIRD READING.
The Bill is Designed to Aid Cotton
Growers to Market Their Crop to
Advantage.

growers lc 'A11 ASt 1ACH ivy w
Advantage.
The House Thursday passed to its
third reading the bill providing for
The warehouse system. This bill, as is
known, is intended to help handle
he cotton crop, and has been advo-
Gated particularly in the Pee Dee
section. The bill as passed by the
Senate has been materially amend
ed and will go back to the Senate,
and may ultimately be materially
changed or killed. As it now stands
The bill provides joT a direct appro-
priation Of S250,000, payable in tive
.nnual instalnenss, and authority TO
bend the property for $3.50, 900, with
BONDS bearing 5 rer cent. interest,
and for which the property alone
should be responsive.
An amendment Was adopted by the
House providing foc the erection OF
!. compress in connection with the
system Of warehouses. Tne bill
does not provide any particular loca-
ion for the warehouses TO be built
or bought, but the understanding
seems to be that they are either to
be built or acquired, if the bill
passes, in Charleston and Columbia
The chief argument made in favor OF
the bill was by Mr. 1rby, of Laurens,
who entered at length into the mer-
It's Of the warehouse system and the
advantages that "s believed would
accrue to the State.
Mr.. Belser, OF Sumter, thought the
dill along the right lines, but wanted
certain amendments adopted. He
wanted limit on tie issue OF bonds
not to exceed s250,000 at not eX-
ceeding 5 per cent. He wanted the
bill to so into effect Immediately and
favored the bill as amended.
He argued that it was admitted
by everyone that warehouses were
necessary to get the best results in
marketing cotton. He explained why
he warehouse 3ystem would be
good investment fo- the State. He
saw no reason why the system should
net be successful He believed il
would get a cheaper rate Of interest
for cotton in warehouse.
The feature as tC grading cotton
ought to prove of benefit. The $780,
0G0 voted may appear large, bu:
when compared win the amount il
golved in years business it appears
insignificant.
.Ir. Belser explained that the diff
ference in the price Of cotton this
year and what farmers should have
gotten that was difference Ct about
$40 bale. He believed the farm
ers OF this State lost this year thirty
million dollars, if they got what their
cotton was worth. The holding OF a
lot of cotton as ulsold he believed
would influence the curtailment OF
the crop.
Mr.. E. C. Edwards favored the
bill, and thought lis people all want
ed this relief. He believed the ware
house proposition would save a
great deal Of the violent f!uctuation,
II only So bale is raised the sys-
tenn will we'll pay for itself.
Mr.. Arnold cid not believe the pro-
;,csed plan practicable. He did not
believe il right to tax the whole peo-
pic to build these warehouses. Taxes
must be borne alike by all and to be
lair there ought to be warehouses
n reach of everyone paying part OF
the tax. He could not see how the
warehouses many miles distant will
do the remote farmer good. They
say it will hold the cotton off the
market, but he had heard this before
and saw nothing in il. Cuftail the
production and t.,en you will get
better prices, and that was al there
was in the whole situation. Ii you
want the State to 10 any good then
lei the Government handle the en-
tire situation. Let il do as Brazil
did; buy up the whole crop aad hold
il.
,Ir. Brown called the previous
question. On the motion to strike
cut the enact;ng words OF the bill
the House refused 10 do so b. q vote
OF G9 to 33. The amendments We're
thea taken up. Mr. Wells amend
aeat providing f. compress was
adopted. lIr. Belser's amendments
we're adopted providing for sites and
the storing OF "suca other commoGi-
ties SIS the commission Cecm prop
err Interest on the bonds was lin
lied to ) Per cent. and the issue to
*250, ,00r 5Ir. I"bys amendment
was adopted turning over 70 the
warehouse commission the cd DIS
2ensary property in the city Of Co.
iumb:a The bill vas then ordered
10 Z third reading d. vote Of Il to
90 as follows:
Aye Ito enact the bilD: Speaker
Smith, Ashley, Bas!;ins, BeamgCard
BG.ser, Bec&ca, Bodie. Eoo'<ter, Bow
man. Browning, Hutier, Chandler.
ConHor, Courtney, John u.
aniel. ". L. Daniel. DohSon, Du-
Rose. z. C. Edwards. Isaac Edwards,
l:rc.l:HaG3, FuliZ. Caslue. Gilbert,
Graham. Hamilton, Harris, Harrison,
Hines. Hopkins, Hunter. Irby, jack
son, James. Jones. N;Tvin. League.
Lee. Leland. MeC-aTey, Mcqueen,
Nagill. Mansfield, Miller, Minis:
Moore Nicholson. II. y. O ON. Paul
ing, Pegues. Peoples, Rea"es, Rem