The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-06
PRINCIPAL CITIES
HAVE PLAN OUTLINED
WATSON WRITES, TO DIFFER
ENT CITIES
GRAIN ELEVATORS
Commissioner Of AgricuIture
Makes suggeation, as TO How { /
M, To Remedy Situation 'a 8. ~. =,
GRAIN ELEVATORS

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The three tprincipal cities ofS ,the,
state.n Charleston Columbia and AM
ddEson,, were 9s6aseh 'by' cGimhlpissi5a%
Of Agriculture II, J4sWatspni iforl the!
carrying rout of a.pIan which .he slIasj
In mind. III ,6rdeqat hslb stem the
tiae tahaf s' e $sS Saith r, a, slhal
aud tho, .lisirifoR nt.Eket, IN sseila ..r fs,
cause Of the Rayopean rer, e. 'Jt Wat,
son Has, written letters 10 the coluIii.l
bia,Tg eharlestSh end Andersen chaipaT,
bcrs of commerce In an, effort .taaget
them interested In projecting COM
pany for.itheipurposenef hu3tding and
operating grain elevators . iii7oSthts
state. tesg.fpnaa iTsdGE 10 .sttisA
The benefit from flas on the surface
win be twofold, It is argued. The
establishment OF grain crop VIII
bring inv money to the state at the
time OF the year when. remuneration
from cotton is slow. and also it will
enable the people of the state, to. get
their Grain products at first hand In,
stead of sending to the middle, west.
Another reason for immediate consid-
Grafton or such q step, as Commits
sioner Watson points out in his; let
ter, Ia that the state has got to carry
over until mex year the bumper cot
ton crop OF this year Il s,usSft ;sss
In his letter to Anderson;, Mr.. Wat
son SAYS In parts. what We have to
do II to plant a grain crop now and
get itl Oft and then, throw the, saine
,acreage into corn. end, there YOUR
elevator Will come IN again. I,haya
before me today the figures, from. one,
farmer this year, wltpl s,planteil hia
large plantation entirely ,ina oats, and
has seapesi ias harvest OF $50 per acre
from that crop. He then PLANTED the
sarno acreage In corns 4nd has feapeti
a harvest OF $45 per aere ff6in the
corn. He writes ID ME that the
cost OF the production of both crops
did not exceed $40 per acre. This was
done before the war broke out.
5 II am therefore taking. the liberty
OF sagyas.ins to yca that ,ys:: cal; a
meeting uf your business men at once.
launch thiss enterprise. which cannot
cost much In the way OF permanent
Investment and announces to the peo-i
pie pI the +. fstaIIsi0;;i.. aiI;. .s4csi.,a tint
Anderson is going to have a grain el-
eyntor through which they can market
their grain products al: bsst prices.
II this can be done right, nsssv, and 4
pos1ltye arnomeemehG BE. niiafIek i
believe that practically every field in
the rieds.aahf vii hA dasese.. 4, s..eai J.
crops. II this is done ii We ought 10
have q Hsoneg crop bringing the money
to us BY spring, and ,conyeraine hoDeE
iessness into happiness. A grain srop
properly handled In the south, / be-
lieye. Will bring more ,iaoAey III re-
tsra. ~ planted Just as soon tas IA ia
fields can be cleared and niade u tAady.
cyea without fertilizer, fhan cottcn
ever did on the same aErea ee
u would Impress up0fi you the nes
cessity for qiick action ana q definite
announcement, so that the ffsftners
Of The state can understand bow their
marketing VIII bc cor ndtieted, yeitiil
&fain. for grain Is s5mefhifg tlscy
have never dealt with. for the market
before u This he stione, alssss WIN feel
si,re that iEarketing Faeiiilses sNil 5iss
sxaiIahis. and they VIII ushesisnSinRIy
proceed to do that Mhich Ia now.
ihe only sensible thing that they can
do IN their hour OF Distress,