The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-17

| uipluS Nncn FARMERS are able 10
deposit with You after settlement OF
the expenses Of the crop; therefore
we confidently expect your cooper
aliOn.
TO the Manufacturer. We saw THAI
| this bill does not seek to deprive vo,
OF Just profits. We recognize th,
fact that oar product is without val
ue until your spindles change il into
cloth. 1t is TO you we look for that
extension OF trade and a development
OF new markets which creates an
r-widening demand for American
cotton. The inspection. grading and
lessening of marketing cost, enables
us to give You cheaper raw material
and thereby increase your profits AS
we'll as ours.
To the laboring man: We say. the
more money our cotton brings in
from abroad the greater the demand
FOR your labor, and the higher wage.
you can demand, whether in the fac
tory, workshop or the farm.
| The tendency is toward congestion
in the city, which means competition
between laborers Help us increase
the profits on the farm to a point
where labor from the country will
not seek the town to compete with
you and make still higher the cost
of living.
In conclusion, fellow citizens, as
| We revere the past and hope for the
| future, We say that the time has
come in South Carolina for an uplift
political, social and Industrial
E. w. DABBS, President,
JNO. l.. McLAURIN,
Committee State Farmers Union
Bill to Regulate the Ginning, Bal
ing, Inspecting, Warehousing and
Marketing Of Cotton and Other
Products.
Whereas, cotton is the great money
crop Of this State and annually brings
into the channels of our trade fifty to
one hundred millions of dollars; and,
Whereas, No commodity known 10
the worlds commerce is marketed in
such disreputable condition as to size
and shape Of packages, mixed con-
tents and scarecrow covering.
And whereas, No other commodity
of any Importance known to the
worlds commerce is marketed with
such utted disregard Of the laws of
trade.
In the language Of the statute of !
1883, Whereas, 1t is necessary to-
bacco should be inspected before the |
same is sent to foreign markets, as
we'll as to prevent fraud between the
buyer and seller, as to prevent that |
article (the growth Of this State) |
from being brought into disrepute |
abroad" Now, therefore,
Be it enacted, That in the exercise |
of the police powers Of the State and |
Tor the common defense, a State in |
spection and cotton warehouse sys- |
tenn is hereby established.
l. That Richard Roe, John Doe
and Thomas Blank are hereby consti- |
tuted and appointed commission TO |
carry out the purpose of this act. |
Their terms of service shall be two. |
four and six years respectively, and |
upon the expiration Of their respect |
i've terms, the election OF their sue
cessors shall be for a term Of six
years each.
III. 1t shall be their duty to study |
the conditions under which cotton is
grown, harvested, ginned, baled.
stored and marketed, and as a result
OF such investigation, to organize a
system that will bring about needed
reforms, and provide for the most |
economical and scientific handling of
this great crop from the fields to the
mills.
III. 1t shall be their duty, when
they have determined upon the best
system Of ginning, baling and cover
ing, to recommend its adoption by all |
ginners as fast as practicable without |
undue expense. it being one OF the |
objects of this act to have IA uniform
bale, that will make South Carolina
cotton distinctive in all the markets
of the world.
Nv. They shall have the power to
appoint as many inspectors as may |
be necessary to see that the ginner-
les are kept up TO the proper degree |
of efficiency, whether they be private