Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-15

cause and submit to me . petition
from one hundred farmers Of my owl
county. or a petition Of one Thousand
farmers Of any other county In rexs'
asking that withdraw my suit con
| testing the constitutionality Of till
Law. l win do so and plead guilty Z
1.-The charge that violated the SAM
ping feature OF the warehouse Law
by refusing TO take three samples
from bale OF cotton when the farm
er told me not to do SO.
In further explanation OF the stand
|tha, have taken against certain fea
| lures OF the permanent warehouse
law. I stated I'm the beginning Of this
controversy that the samplins feature
would cost the ginners OF Texas one
million dollars; tina, II would cost the
farmers at least four hundred thou
sand dollars, and that this feature
would not be worth one cent to the
producers or anyone else. II has been
proven by actual experience that
was correct In this statement. AZ
every community In Texas will testify
that no attention whatsoever Is beine
paid to the samples that the ginners
are being required to take. There
| fore this loss OF one million i've hun
dred thousand dollars Is being borne
| BY the producers while no one Is re-
ceiving any benefit.
Commissioner McLaurin OF the
South Carolina Warehouse Depart
ment has wisely observed that q
warehouse system in order to be a
success must proceed upon the idea
OF facilitating. not obstruc,ing. bust
ness. He has also stated In the press
the essentials OF the warehouse sys'
tenn. are a dry house and dry cotton
to All II. cheap storage and low In
terest rates, and negotiable receipt.
| I fully approve his suggestion and am
calling your attention to the fact that
his ideas can be carried out here In
Texas with little or no expense what
soever to the taxpayers and at q
small cost to the producers. II Is not
generally known as believe the fact
has been Intentionally concealed from
the minds OF many that a bonded
warehouse can be organized under
our warehouse law mot the perma'
nent warehouse law. but the one that
was enacted before II became law)'
ut a cost Of only one dollar. This Zee
| In charged by the county clerk Tor
filing the bond. and the only other
costs following the organization viii
be the cost OF fidelity or a personal
bond for the corporation or individual
operating the warehouse. II Ii a well
known fact that Smith County. where
II live. was the first county In Texas
to take up systematically the ware
house question. built individually
one OF the first warehouses In this
movement and our county commits
sIoners a short time later appropriate
ed county funds and built warehouses
in every community in the county
These warehouses were operated last
season under the emergency law and
the county authorities found that the
cost OF red tape tied on to this Just
and progressive movement amounted
TO a tax OF over seven cents per bale
ON the cotton stored In these ware
houses. This cost was eaten up by
officials and stationery coming IRON
the department at Austin. The bush
ness interests Of the city rebelled
against these charges and this year
all O. the warehouses In Smith Coun'
ty are being operated under the sim
pie law that I above suggested and
the bankers OF this county are advis'
ing all parties interested that the re-
ceipts from these warehouses are en-
tirely negotiable and acceptable to
them for loans on the basis Of 6 per
cent. am advised that one OF the
largest warehouses In Texas, organ
lied by the business men OF Terrell.
is operated under the same plan and
the business men OF that city also
rebelled against the red tape and the
extra expense placed upon them by
the theoretical system that Is now
being placed upon the people OF
Texas for no other reason In my mind
but to provide political positions.
That am favoring the warehousing
OF cotton and recommending II to my
customers, am stating In this con-
nection that am operating three
warehouses under the law that !
designated as the simple system
and am charging my customers only
SOC per bale per annum for the privi'
| lege OF storing their cotton for that
period.