Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-27

The Yorkville Enquirer makes tn'
point that Mr.. Dukes activities II
the direction of the establishment O
the cotton warehouses is CAUSING
some of the South Carolina papers
that do not like John L. McLaurin tC
take serious notice. This is because
of his recent efforts toward securing
cotton warehouses, and because o.
which the papers were disposed t1
chaff Mr.. McLaurin. The McLaurir
proposition has been brought into
much better repute since Duke tool
hold Of the warehousing scheme
While the McLaurin plan failed tt
pass the legislature there is a proba'
bility that 1t will be voted in by the
people. 1t was noted in the Observer
a day or so ago that the defunct South.
ern States Cotton corporation has beer
revived under the new plan, and l,
comes into the warehousing field. Or
top of that is the New Orleans sys.
tenn of warehouses to be established
by the aid Of the state Of Louisiana
which provided for it through an is
sue Of 100000 in bonds. These
items serve to show that the ware.
house movement is an earnest one and
that something Is going to result from
it for the benefit of the cotton grow
ers of the south. To our mind there
is no doubt about the early success
of the Duke plan. The Louisiana
warehousing facilities will be concen-
trated at the port of New Orleans
and through its comprehensive sys-
tenn will serve the whole state. The
establishment Of the Duke warehous-
es will not be so concentrated, but fol
that reason will be the better able tC
serve the interests of the farmers
and the mill men Of both North and
South Carolina. The Observer is OF
the firm belief that for the marketing
of the coming crop Of cotton the
farmers of the two states just named
are going to find for the first time in
their experience ample and satisfac.
tory provisions for the storage OF
such of their cotton as they will want
to hold, that they will be able to get
all the advances on 1t they may desire
and that this condition will work moi
only to the benefit of the farmer and
the mill man, but to the entire COM
munity which may come under the
influences of the warehouses-Char-
lotte Observer.
We agree with the Observer that the
warehouse system is coming; but
what we are afraid Of is that private
ownership plan will come first, and the
benefits will be so great that it will be
long time before the people who are
not stockholders will be able to realize
the greater possibilities Of state own
ership.
With the state of South Carolina be-
hind him, a man of the financial
knowledge and experience Of Senator
McLaurin could easily establish on
credit such q system as Mr.. Duke pro-
poses to establish with the help Of $5.-
000,0 900 actual capital, and the differ
ence would be that the benefits would
go to the cotton producers and the
whole people equally without any spe-
cial tribute to private capital
The Observer is somewhat mistaken
in its impression that the state ware
house plan is to be voted on by the
people directly. The senate did not
want to pass the warehouse bill and
being afraid to kill it, lodged by in
cooperating an amendment to submit
the matter to the people, and the men,
bers Of the house realizing the incom-
potency to discuss such a question on
the stump got rid Of the bill, as we un-
derstand it, by allowing 1t to die on
the calendar, and thus the matter does
not go before the people except in so
far as 1t may be discussed by Senator
McLaurin himself in connection with
his candidacy for governor. which is
for the sole purpose of pushing this
measure.