Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-30
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lead TO one thing, that is, a more
sane way Of selling cotton. The law
provides that the ginner, when gin
ming bale OF cotton, shall take three
samples, one OF which he shall Keep
the other two to be given 10 the
owner. II II be possible to force the
buyers TO bid on the samples thus
taken, instead OF cutting the bale,
great improvement will be made
Give II a trial for few years to SCI
II Il will work out right.-Childress
Index.
There are some things about the
new law relative to cotton ginring
and marketing which ought to STAND.
On the other hand, there are some
things that will fail to effect the re-
forms aimed at. The ginners' sam
ples. for instance. will hardly appeal
TO the cotton buyer as long as cotton
buying is carried on as It has been
carried on heretofore. To expect
buyer TO be satisfied with detached
sample OF cotton, and to not insist
upon having a look at the actual
goods he is TO pay for. Is equivalent
20 expecting farmer to buy mule
from a detached sample Of hair. just
as the farmer viii demand 70 look
at the mule rather than the hair be-
fore he parts with his money, so VIII
the cotton buyer demand to see the
actual bale. And just as the farmer
will require to look into the mules
mouth and size up its legs and hoois'
so will the cotton buyer demand to
examine under the skin OF the cotton
bale and size up the general aspect
of the offering. OF course, the gin
ner's bond may protect him. but If
he is compelled to take chances on
the ginner he will undoubtedly charge
the farmer something for the hazard
That inevitably Is the way Of the
world. Perhaps 1t may become pos
sible. or even common, for a dozen
or a hundred farmers to combine
their cotton crops and pass the sam
pies around among buyers, asking Tor
the best bid. In that case some sys'
TEN may be worked out. advantage
ously TO both sides. But as the buyer
inevitably has the initial advantage
IL isn't likely that he is going to sur
render It until a compensating ad
vantage has been secured. The law
makers may overlook the buyer, Du'
they cannot compel him to overlook
himself.-State Press.
State Press is a dingbusted hn'
commentator. but he is evidently
shy on information relative to TIT
manner in which cotton is handled
after IL leaves the gin. For his bene
fit, and not for the purpose OF dis
cussing the merits pro or con of tn
new warehouse law, we will stat
that Bryan is the third largest cotto
market in Texas, and for twenty-hv
years not a buyer here has seen
bale he bought, unless he happene
to see It as 1t was being removed b
drays from the warehouses to IN
compress. Here the farmer takes h
cotton to the warehouse, where 1t
weighed and sampled and he is give
warehouse receipt for it. He the
takes his sample to his merchant, ii
buyers go from store to store and br
the cotton from the warehouse sar
pies without ever seeing the bal
itself or looking in its mouth, peerir
under its skin. humping its side
etc, as State Press seems to thin
they do. The Bryan plan now prevail
in most places in Texas, and If Il
buyer is willing to take the wal
house sample, why not the ginnel
sample? This is merely for the
formation of State Press.