The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-01-08
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abolitionist OF my acquaintance.
| But let any crazy refOrmer intro
duce bill TO make 1t misdemeanor
for any merchant or salesman to sell
amy article from newspaper subgcrip-
ttons To traction plOws on credit and
our friends and advisors would head
the lobby to protest against any sucn
restrictive law. ut would ruin busi-
ness" ut is an infringement on per-
sonaf liberty, the right To do business
according Il, the dictates of each
mans conscience. etc" And the bill
and It's author would be showed un-
der by the protests of the merchants
whom 1t IL intended TO protect from
that most undesirable citizen, the de-
, linquent subscriber and the farmer
who will not sell his cotton Ut any
old price to pay his debts.
That the credit system has been
profitable to the merchants is evi-
uenced by the number of men in the
MERCANTILE business and the number
who have bought lands. venture the
assertion that for every farmer who
has bought land since 1865 two men
IN the trade Or professions have
bought land. McIver Williamson In II
series of articles In 1912 in the
Southern Cultivator brought out this
invasion OF the farms by merchants,
doctors. lawyers, stabIemen and rail-
road men as responsible for the bump
er crop OF cotton In 1911. He protest.
ed then against this invasion OF the
farm as soon as the farmers had put
farming on profitable basis. This ar
ticle ts my feeble protest against the
Denef1ciarieB OF system that has en-
riched the traders and impoverished
tho producers undertaking to dictate
l. the PRODUCERS shall market their
crops.
While, / was writing. the above' I
was called to tho. phone and offered
some goods payable next October.
Once long ago clothing clerk said
Let me sell you something on ac-
count" asked why? His reply was
Because when you open an account
you will buy something every time
you come to town." Three or four
times In my life have been refused
credit for something that needed
very much, but 1t was good FOR ME,
and like many another can say III
l had never bought anything except
what could pay either in cash or
barter, ! would be worth much more"
II Mr.. Konouf wants TO reform the
1
wish him we'll, for 1t would helm us
farmers to reform ourselves.
E. w. DEBBS,
President S. C. Farmers Union.
do not think can better further
the ends sought by, the Mullins local
Farmers Union than to give out the
letter below from hr. A. a A. Mcat!-
Ian touching the need of a better sys-
tenn OF grading and marketing tooac-
co. / trust that the friends OF reform
at kfngstree. Lake City. Hemingway,
manning Sumter, Timmonsville, Flor
ence, Darlington, Clanta and other
points will communicate with MIR. Nc
MILAN at Mullins and send such petit
tons as they get signed both to him
and to the chairman Of their county
delegations In the legislature. The
petition which am asked 10 circulate
calls for law to require all tobacco
except scrap to ba graded before Of
fered on warehouse floor. and to fix
ssse CT ~srehnnse charges same ns
In North Carolina.
F.. w. DABBs,
president s. c. Farmers Union.
Mullins. s. c.. Dec. 26, 1914.
Mr.. e. ". Dabbs. Mayesyille, 8. c.
Dear Sir. The enclosed clippings
Will explain what our Union Is trying
to do. am writing to you with the
hope of enlisting your cooperation.
Tor realize that TO affect the propos-
ed change In marketing tobacco we
Will have opposition. Though am not
looking for any great fight from any
resident warehouseman. Thcy feel like
the time Is ripe for q change, wheth-
er they will admit It or not. But the
majority OF the. warehouses nro run
BY men who have interest in other
markets and the change would inter-
tere with their plan. With our present
method OF selling tobacco, no ware
houseman can possibly prevent con-
siderable damage to good grades of
tobacco. when offered for sale nm
graded and united at crowded sales
80 common all over this state. II ours
ts tho best method, It is very strange
tnat no one else has found Il out We
are getting up great many petitions
IN Marion county and in Horny and
DILLON, We would like for you to helm
us get IN touch with prominent farm
ers at kinEsree. Lake City, Florence.
i1mmonsviiie and Darlington. Thank.
ing you In advance for any sugpes-
tions, and trust an article for the
pEess' am, Yours sincerely,
N. A. MCMILLAN.
DEAD FOR MORE.
THAN TWO YEARS