The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1916-03-03
DDKDED ELEVATOR
j AND WAREHOUSE
NyDER sHOULn HAVE BOTH
THESE BADLY NEEDED EN-
TERPRIsES
WERE HERE
VIII Return at Later Date to Discuss
Prorosition--Of Vital Interest
10 the Farmers

~ UUhANA NA'fahNf "H%F -
wa,chcuHe are two thing not only
badly needed. but absolutely neces-
sary In Snyder.
The farmers OF this section have
sustained losses on grain to the ex-
tent OF thousands OF dollars this sea
sol by reason OF not having an ele-
ntcr, and we need an elevator OF suf-
nclent capacity to accommodate or
rather care for, the enormous grain
crop OF this section. Take the maize,
kafflrs corn and feterita crops alone
and estimate. II you can the loss farm
mers haye sustained on account OF
no elevator being here this season.
The farmer threshes his grain and
must either sack II or store II In
granarles. Sacks cost money and rats
proceed to gnaw holes in these sacks.
resulting in great waste and less II
takes a very large and expensive gran
ary to care for any considerable guam
tity OF grain and grain stored in any
considerable quantity is nearly sure
to heat and ruin. In addition to the
rat pests and the heat damage, along
comes the weeyil These troubles and
greater part OF the expense is elm
mated by the elevator.
In many respects the bonded ware
house law is one OF the most revolu-
tlonary and constructive pieces Of
legislation that has ever been placed
ON the statutes OF Texas. with a
bonded elevator the farmers could
not only hold and handle their grain
crop to better advantage, but they
could put their 0wn statesmen In the
field. lust the other day a gentleman
from the Plains. chanced to be- In
Daingerfleld, In Morris county. While
there three cars Of Pllhns maize were
unloaded and sold to farmers. This
was maize In the head and the price
paid was SIC per ton. The maize was
bought BY the farmers from n local
dealer in Dalngerfleld. At that time
maize was being sold here at around
nine dollars per ton and the freight
from the point where this particular
. maize was bought tc Daingeriield was
$500 per ton. The Daingeriield far
mers were paying seven dollars per
ton more for maize than the Plains
farmers were getting. Three dollars
and twenty cents per ton went to
the railroads and three dollars and
eigaty cents to spectators and deal
eri Most assuredly the farmers could
AFFORD to put their own selling agent
In the field with enormous saving to
themselves under conditions OF this
kind, aud with a bonded elevator
company this could easily be done.
with an elevator grains of all kind
can be treated and properly cared for
No rats, no heating. no weevils, no
waste. And a greater advantage is yet
to be considered. with bcnded ele-
vator receipt the farmer can go to the
bank and borrow lIberally on his
!. grain. Grain stored In granary'
y nut away In sacks or standing in the
shocks in the field is not collateral
and The farmer can borrow nothing
on II. The farmer must sell, regard
less Of the market price or hold re-
gardless Of consequences In the mat
ter OF rats, rot and weevils. The price
OF maize always goes up late In the
season. The farmer that can hold his
stuff Is nearly certain to get a good
price. The farmer that must sell must
sacrifice and few farmers can af-
ford to hold when they can not prop
erly care for their stuff nor borrow
money on Il.
n D0nueu titNhtct hceh1 e"o"
sands OF dolalrs for the farmers OF
this section. and that means thou
sands Of dollars for the farmers OF
entire community.
OF equal importance is bonded
cotton warehouse. Indications point
to an enormous cotton crop In Sour
~ county this year. The same holds
= -agarding the entire cotton
sxfowms portion Ct the United States.
This condition probably, in fact near
" certainly. means low prices. In that
event, farmers will want to borrow
money on their cotton. They viii h1ve