The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-23
One Man Elevator
a For. South Carolina
xpert From West Describes syste Handling Grain crop-Dis.
cusses Problem Of Marketing 70 Replace King Cotton.


y :tJeshihg machines, but there could
\. thresher for each community.
o l.Mr. Strattan declared that It was of
lac greatest Importance, however, to
,.9eve the elevators placed under a
strict system inspection from the
State department Of agriculture, 60
THAT the weights and measures would
be agreeable and fair to the pro.
ducers. Much depends upon the man
ner In which the venture gets started,
and IL there were any complaint at
all 1t would be as injurious to this
really great movement as was the
attempt to produce tobacco In the
Piedmont section OF the State. It is
his suggestion that the grain be
shipped loose from the small ware
houses to the terminals ari at the
latter places properly cleaned, graded
and sacked. s =
Mr. Strattan has expressed his will
tngness to come to South Carolina
and to explain to the people the
WORKINGS of the elevator system. He
thinks that the manager of the ele-
yator could also be the receiving
agent for eggs. poultry and other pro-
lnuce for the farm and thereby give
encouragement to the farmers to pro-
louce more things to sell. There has
NOT peen any question as to what the
south can produce. The great prob
lem has been a means Of marketing.
and he believes that the Community
grain eievator would answer that
purpose. = .s
10 Help Farmers.
f. Commenting upon the tentative
plans Tor a. chain OF grain elevators
IN THIS State, as outlined by J. Cooper
Strattan, Commissioner Watson said
yesterday that while the department
or agriculture. does not wish to prefer
one to another in q matter Of this
KIND; yet as this Is the only PROPOSE.
ton OF its kind before the people. he
considers 1t worthy of Endorsement.
While Commissioner Watson would as
readily give official sanction to any
other proposition that. is offered bv
reputable people TO help the State. vet
he considers that the Burreil. Engi-
neering and Construction Company Of
Chicago has come into the State at
the psychological moment and IL the
people Of the State will seize the on
portunity, it. will mean the revolu-
tionfz1ng Of the plan OF agriculture OF
THIS state and thH pouring OF great
ers. s,.s;,3' y. t.g.l =
"We. have been accustomed ~ said
Commissioner Watson, ito think Of + a
grain elevator as Of some tremend doua
pinnf cushing many ( thousands s. of
dollars Hhick could beil constructed
owned end Operated by large cnrpora-
Euons ialbnes, But: the -firnn: sof West,
ern experts In building grain eIeyaS
tors has indicated clearly that a few
farmers In earnest, In this great crisis
may organized and hi.!ld end conduct
a small local elevator at q cost sof
around $4,000. And there could be
built IN some. OF the railroad centersI
of the State tsrminal warehouses for
the receiving and transferring b md
dispatching Of grain to the greater
MARKETS: see; In this proposition g.
great deyelopment and q future por-
tentous with success and with wealth,
Iurge the people or the State to plant
aH much grain as possible and to
make .tt5 worth while to engage lin. the
grain handling busjness-.ss Elevators
may not pay for the frsts year, al
though Rnnia hnvn haan iknhwn TO nav
big dividends from the first year and
greater. In the succeeding years. 80
4Ip'sIf there iB a isclif ftailments of the
cnttnn cron: an there is: sure In ka.s 7nf
the common sense otsthe people y7iil1
dictate 1t whether the Legislature Or
iGa's ittor not, there must be- some
substitute. we have not tie : milling
facilities for manufacturing to- any.
extent and I .suggest that the people
Of the State shguld give careful con.
sidernti ION to ther plan Tered by MI.
Strat ttans for. he may be able ito sass
sfst persons really md deeply tntefs1
ested 70 tho. extent Of ecnrtng loans
to- aiasin the oI .tlFl!e ttle