The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-04
PRESIDENT LEWIS GIVES
VIEWS ON WAREHOUSE LAW
OPPOSED TO AMENDMENT To
BILL AS PROPOSED BY
GINNERS.

! Officials and members of the Farm
/ ers' union of Texas are up in arms
against alleged efforts being made
| by certain interests to kill what the
union terms the redeeming features
| OF the permanent warehouse bill.
| Before departing Wednesday night
for south Texas, where he will car
Try out the organization work of the
union in that section of the state,
| President W. d. Lewis gave out the
! following answer to the statement
made by the opposition, TO the effect
| that it will cost the ginners of the
state 81 900, 900 to comply with the
/ requirements of the bill:
/ Opposition being concentrated
against the warehouse bill relative
to the additional cost that will be en-
tailed by ginners to comply with the
sumption that the farmers of Texas
iare entirely destitute of any business
sense whatever.
The statements they are making
10 the effect that it will cost 81 900
coo to comply with the law is equiva-
lent to say that the producers OF cot
ton need a guardian.
THE intelligent view to take Of
the additional costs of the compli-
ance with the law governing gin
ners would be for them to charge it
to their customers and leave the mat
! ter of profit or loss with them
which upon a conservative basis If
the slpshod manner in which cot
ton is handled, is a loss of $2o.e00,-
ooo annually to the farmers Of Tex
las
Nothing short of readjustment
of such outrageous methods as now
Ipreyail will satisfy the farmer, and
| whoever acts in the way of legisla-
ton or otherwise against the farm
er securing commercial package Of
cotton at the hands OF his ginner
equal to that OF Il package OF
matches, starch or oatmeal, will have
to take the odium.
And the ginner who cannot adapt
himself to the new conditions should
take my advice and get out of the
business.
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ed at the home Of air. and Mrs. j.
B. Hudson Thursday night All re
ported Il nice time.
Mrs. l.. l.. and j. w. Gibson at
tended the funeral OF little Joe
Quaite at Ovilla Wednesday.
Mrs. May Henry Tune visited her
mother, Mrs Johnson, one day last
week.
Mrs. Mary Willie Thompson 81
South Prong is with her parents, Mr.
Iand Mrs r. NJ. Holland few DAYS
this week
This community was shocked sun
day at the death of Mr.. Jack Jones
He had many friends in this com
munity to mourn his death.
A large crowd of young people
lspent a pleasant evening at the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. G. Il. Tune Sun
tday.
: Mrs Lucy Hudson spent Thursday
with Mrs j. n Howard.
Mr.. Lonnie Gibson is suffering
considerably with a sprained ankle
Miss Irene Kirk and Miss Vera
White were the guests of Miss Hat
tie Lou Grimes Sunday.
Mr. Macon Ashley after quite a
visit in this community left Satur-
day night for his home in east Tex
as.
Mrs. Claud Sullivan was with Mrs
r.. NJ. Holland one evening last week
Farmers are progressing nicely
with their farm work; some have
planted corn.
| Eunice Stages called on Charlie
| and Willie Allen Sunday.
| Mr. John West left Tuesday
| morning for West, Texas, where he
! expects to purchase land.
Everybody remember the meet
| ing starts next Sunday. Sunday
school at 10 O'Clock.
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