The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-02-04
CAUSTIC ANSWER
TO Mr.. KING.
MR. MERRITT WANTS TO KNOW
WHY HE DOES NOT MAKE HIS
ADVICE AND ACTS AGREE.


WHY HE DOES NOT MAKE HIS
ADVICE AND ACTS AGREE.
To the Editor of The Florence Daily
Times.
Dear Sir
Being tobacco farmer and de
string to further my own interest a
we'll as that of my brother farmers
take the liberty of answering tht
letter addressed to Hon w Rags
dale by Mr. j D King, which va:
published in your issue of January
z6, 1915. I know Mr. King we'll
He ran q warehouse here for eleven
years and during that time | was
intimately acquainted with him and
am surprised at the contents OF
his letter to Mr. Ragsdale.
If Mr. King really means what ne
says, why has he been buying tobsc-
co here every year and at the close
of the season. having it graded and
tied and shipped to North Carolina
for resale? Why did he ship about
one hundred hogsheads last year
from Johnsonville to North Carolida
for resale? Why has he advised
the farmers here not to sell their TO-
bacco loose and ungraded, but to
grade and tie it and ship it for North
Carolina? wonder if he remem-
hers telling Mr. ] Tyler Gaskins and
sending word to Mr. Covington, both
large tobacco growers, to grade and
tie their tobacco and ship it to
Browns warehouse, Winston-Salem,
NC, where he would look after it
without cost to them and that there
they would make money? Why does
MIR King, warehouseman, kick on
getting bigger warehouse charges?
He says the prices are higher here
than in North Carolina right now
and | want to know how much he lost
on the tobacco that he shipped from
Johnsonville. No, MIR King has got
ten himself confused. He has for
gotten. He only remembers this:
that it has been profitable for him
to buy the Tobacco here loose and
ungraded, have it graded and tied
and ship it to North Carolina for re-
sale and then make the killing him.
self. If not, why has he advised his
friends heretofore to do this way
and why has he done it himself.
Not to lose money? No. Then to
make money. Then why not let all
of US profit in that manner? Force
all to tie and grade here so that our
warehouses must stay open to handle
it and not force US who want to tie
and grade to ship our tobacco to
North Carolina markets when our
own markets can be just as good.
Mr. King comes. original. from
North Carolina, Winston-Salem,
believe, and goes back home every
year when the season closes, prob.
ably to sell that loose tobacco that
he has bought here in the rush and
crush of the short season when all
of the tobacco is sacrificed; the
short season enables warehousemen
to profit by the saving in salaries,
and, right here, Mr. Editor. you will
notice that all of the nonresident
warehousemen want the short sea-
son and all of the prominent resident
warehousemen are standing by the
farmers to give them a chance equal
ito their North Carolina brothers.
That's the meat in the egg. Look
out, Mr. Editor, for the warehouse
man who buys ungraded, loose to-
bacco, ships it to his home in North
Carolina and comes out in the paper
against grading and tieing. Whom
is he looking out for--King or the
farmer?
The owner of steam drying plant
SAYS that it will cost practically