The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-04
To PUSH WAREHOUSE PLAE.
Farmers Decide to Act After Meet
ing i'm Charleston.

campaign in South Carolina in the
interest of the warehouse system was
agreed upon at "a joint conference of
officers Of the state Farmers Union
ard stockholders of the Farmers
Warehouse Company held yesterday
at the st. John Hotel. Mr.. l.. +. Da-
Wis Is to be in charge OF this cam
ps.ign, with headquarters in Colum-
bia. In the office of j. Whitner Reid,
State secretary of the Farmers
Unon. The plans were fully and
heartily endorsed by the representa-
lives of the State Union present. 1t
Is the intention Of the Farmers Ware
house Company to establish selling
agencies at such points in the State
as may be found desirable and prac-
ticable, and to do a general export
business this fall through the port Of
Charleston.
Mr.. f. w. Dabbs, president of the
State Farmers Union has invited Mr..
l.. F.. Davis to be at Sumter on Friday.
May 3, when the Farmers Union
OF that county holds it's regular
monthly meeting. All farmers and
business men in Sumter and adjoining
counties. who are interested In secur-
ing better prices for cotton. are in
vited to be present at a public meet
ing In the Court House at Sumter at
IL a. m. on May 3. Immediately pre-
ceding the Union meeting.
Among those who attended the con-
ference here yesterday were: Mr.. Geo.
r. Hightower. Of oxford, Miss. pres
ident Of the Farmers Warehouse
Company; Mr.. f. w. Dabbs, presi-
dent Of the South Carolina Farmers
Union; III. T. Morrison. Of James IS
land. and Mr.. j. Whitner Reid, Of
Columbia. secretary Of the State
Union.
Mr.. Dabbs, when seen yesterday
and interviewed by reporter Of the
News and Courier on the proposed
said that the aim of the
whole movement Is to educate the
farmers to the possibilities ,of To-
operation in marketing the cotton
crop This is but step" said he.
toward marketing the staple on
business principles. The men en-
ployed by the consumers are CONVEX
SAINT with market conditions through
out the world. but What does the av-
srage farmer know of these when he
has cotton to- sell? The buyer Is not
10 blame. He Is put in the field to
buy the staple as advantageously as
possible for the consumer. What the
'armer needs Is representative who
'an measure arms with the buyer and
Who knows market conditions as well
Is the other fellow.
I'VE want to canvass the state
thoroughly In this campaign and he
n position to handle all cotton that |
nay be entrusted TO us this fall. 1t
will be the effort Of the Union to COW
n the entire cotton belt. and to this |
nd meeting is to be held i'm Jack
ION. Miss, on May to formulate
,lans for carrying this project out.
viii attend this meeting and IL is
,oped that others from South Caro-
Ina will he able to go.
"A year ago there were in the
,orts Of Bremen, Havre and Liver
'ool 1854. 900 bales of American cot
on of the 1910 crop. At the same
ime there were less than 100000
,ales i'm the ports Of Galveston, New
Orleans and savannah. 1t can readily
20 seen that what we need is sufficient
at our Southern ports to
lold this cotton i'm America until il is
needed by the worlds consumers. We
need the insurance and other benefits
nat are 20 he derived from storing
iast amounts OF the staple, and 1t is
1nly right that The land where II is
grown should profit by these reve-
nues. which would do much to build
up the commerce OF our ports"
The warehouse system. with the
feature Of exporting cotton through
his port means much for Charleston.
This will In no wise conflict with the
state warehouse plan proposed at the
ast Legislature, but each would in "a
measure he beneficial to the other
News and Courier, April 81.