The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09
WOULD HAVE LAURENS
AS MARKETING CENTER
Movement to ENCOURAGE
Cattle Raising.
TO BRING BUYERS
TOLOCAL MARKET
Meeting was Held in the Court House
Monday at Which Delegates were
Appointed to Attend Live Stock
Meeting in Columbia Thursday.

At a meeting held in the court house
Monday morning Messrs John ID. w.
Watts, w. d. Byrd and j. w. Todd, Sir,
were appointed as committee to go
to Columbia Thursday for the purpose
of trying to have Laurens designated
as one of the five cattle and hog mar
keting centers to be established in this
state under the joint supervision of
the U. S. Department Of Agriculture,
Clemson college and the several lead
ing railroads. The meeting was called
to order by Mr. w. Carl Wharton, Of
chairman. Mr.. n. B. Dial stated the
cause Of the meeting. He reviewed
the experiment undertaken last spring
by the different agencies mentioned
above when three marketing centers
in the state were selected where buy
ers from the Northern markets came
to buy cattle and hogs from the farm
ers rather than have the farmers ship
to them. One of these sales, at Green
wood, he said he attended and there
saw over hundred head Of cattle
bought by buyers from Baltimore and
Chicago at prices above those prevail
ing on the local markets. He explain
ed how it came about that these men
were there, that they had come at the
instance of Mr.. w. w. Long and Glenn
son officials working in sympathy with
the railroads. The object Of the move
ment, he stated, was to remove one OF
the greatest stumbling blocks to sue
cessful cattle raising in South Caro-
lima, viz, the marketing of the cattle
after being fattened. These three
marketing days Of the past spring, he
said, had proven SO successful and en-
couraging. both from the standpoint Of
the farmers and the buyers, the latter
OF whom are ever seeking new sourc-
es OF supply, that it was determined to
try the plan on larger scale. There
fore, it was decided to have five dis
tricts next season instead Of three and
that two sales would be held each
year, one in midwinter and one in the
NIL Dlol u"SiN upoh lhS i''A
portance Of stock raising to the coun-
try and urged that some action be TAX
en- to have Laurens given prominent
place when the matter Of selection
of marketing points is decided.
Mr.. Dals remarks were endorsed
and widened upon by others present,
including Mr.. Watts, Mr.. Byrd, Mr..
McCuen, Mr.. NJ. l.. Copeland, Mr.. II. S.
Blackwell, Col. j. II. Wharton and
others, the sentiment of the meeting
being put into effect by the passage
Of a resolution to send the before
mentioned delegation to the meeting
in Columbia Thursday
The following statement as to the
plan was made at meeting held in
Columbia several days ago:
Our plan to divide South Carolina
into districts for concentrating and
marketing livestock, comparatively be-
comes daily more certain of success.
From the interest displayed by the
chief Of the office Of markets, United
States department of agriculture. by
prominent railroad officials, by farm
ers and by business men generally,
believe that this Is the most important
step for the encouragement and de-
velopmcnt Of tho livestock industry
that has been taken in recent years.
The scheme is so simple and feasible
that | wonder that it has not been
undertaken before.
1--WE are feeding some 10000 or l5,-
900 head OF beef cattlo in South Caro-
lima yearly Where Is the wisdom in
shipping them to Richmond and Bal
timorc markets in small, ungraded
lots, as at present, with continual
misunderstanding and unpleasant
ness and suspicion on the farmers
part that he Is not getting enough for
his cattle? 1t Is so much more sat
isfactory to all concerned for buyers
to come from the large stock-buying
centres and attend regularly held
sales at the market points that may
be established. When the buyers
come in this way they become ac-
quainted with the farmers, the farm
cr's stock Is sold where he can see 1t