The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-16
GRAIN-.AND IT'S DISPOSAL.
Secretary RcartIOn Makes Invcstiga-
ton to Find What Can BE Done
With Surplus Grain.

Just how the wheat, oats and corn
offered for sale will be handled al
sumter is yet an unsolved problem
because wholesale grain dealers are
dubious about the amount of surplus
to be offered, and when to sell the
grain.
Two wholesale grain concerns
agreed to have buyers at Sumter, but
they backed out at the last moment 80
to speak, unless interstate grain rates
are adopted.
The Adluh Milling Company, manu-
facturers of flour, meal and feedstuffs,
also commission merchants of Column
bia, 5. c.. wrote the Sumter Chamber
of Commerce: I'VE have your favor
OF the Ind inst, and in reply will say
that we can handle unlimited uuanti-
ties of South Carolina grown grain.
We don't think that it will paw us to
establish an office or an agent at your
market.
The present South Carolina freiehts
have been adjusted so that your grain
can be shipped here to Columbia and
cleaned and stored for six months. and
then forwarded on the through tariff
FOR local consumption within the
State, or, we have very attractive
rates to the various grain centers ac-
cessible to this territory.
For distribution in the Southern
States all corn is sacked, and must be
sacked in accordance with the vari-
Gus laws of the States. For shipment
to regular grain dealers or exporters
we find that they want it to be ship
ped in bulk, at least they handle it in
that form. but the expense of sacking
VIII be lost where shipments are in
tended for destination at such points
The storing, cleaning and grading
OF grain are the most important fac
tors. 1t enables the dealer to finance
more satisfactorily, and the concen-
tration of South Carolina grain to a
few points in South Carolina will be
the means Of creating demand in
South Carolina for South Carolina
grown products.
If you have any merchants in YOUR
city or territory that you know of
that can handle and expect to take in
any local grain, If they will keep in
touch with us we will be Of great ben.
eft to them.
We are not so much buyers as we
are sellers. We. Of course, will buy.
But to be perfectly frank in the mat
ter. 1t would more satisfactory If all
parties concerned in this matter would
sell through some regular grain deal
er instead of selling to grain dealers
and. then having him sell to other
parties. If your people will register
what grain they have with us we will
keep it before us and as offers are
given us we will submit them. and
they can either sell when offers are
made or hold for better markets"
Molony and Carter. of Charleston,
write. in part as follows: 1--WE are
offered quite a lot of oats from diff
ferent parts Of the State, and they are
all anxious for us to make them bids
We have replied to those various in
quiries that our method of purchasing
Will be on sample, making the best
prices delivered at Charleston, either
in bulk or in bags, and. this method
we intend to strictly adhere to. When
you can mail us sample Of your oats.
and best prices delivered here, we will
consider same and advise you prompt
ly as to whether we will accept it or
not
{. ID. Jones and Company, Nash
vile, Tenn, appear pessemistic re-
garding disposition Of South Carolina
grown grain. This firm writes in part
as follows: I'VE are getting letters
~'o"i oii o'ci <hidpdlid HeOrSla ana
South Carolina asking us to bid them
on from 5000 to $4,000 bushels of
oats which shows that territory will
buy nothing after their oats are har-
vested. The only way in the world
the writer can see to market any Of
these oats will be to have a favorable
export rate through Newport News.
that is the only port in position to
handle bulk grain and. of course, oats
have to be shipped in bulk (for ex-
port.)
If you can get tariff tha. will show
favorable rate to Newport News, we
VIII be able to work off your surplus,