The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-11-29
THE WAREHOUSE OUTLOOK
,,CEMTER OF POLITICAL AGITA
q 3 TION.
! Farmers Staunchly Stand Behind and
Endorse the System, but Want to
Know About Next administration
gS Legislation.
Charleston American.

,G 5S,Olu!NDla, NOV. lS.--'ROcked IN the
cradle Of politncs" is phrase which
,may adequately describe the exist
Sence of the state warehouse system
Since it's establishment at the special
session of the general assembly in
sconsider measures for the relief of
Ithe farmers in view of the near-panic
Ereated in the southern states by the
European war.
State Warehouse Commissioner
EcLaurin took an active part in the
Sast campaign, and after the cleo
zion wrote of the state warehouse as
&3ociation, expressing his determina-
ion to resign the position of state
sfarehouse commissioner. President
z&anK'Aealled melting of the execu-
Hive cGmmittee of the association,
,s%hich requested Commissioner Nc
lLaurin to reconsider his resignation
Aand to hold on to the office for the
1present, which Commissioner McLau-
H consented to %.a',;,n do.
q In the last campaign Commissioner
McLaurin actively opposed the re-
2slection Of Governor Manning. The
3egislature Of 1917 is approaching
nd that it will be an administration
Legislature, there seems to be no
Houbt. Then what of the state ware
Qouse system, under the present ad-
hinistration
II Commissioner McLaurin was re-
Eected at the last session Of the gen
Eal assembly, for a term of two
Nears, and his new term did not be-
,Nin until the 5th of this month. So
Mat if the legislature attacks his ad-
Ministration Of the system it will
Nave to be in an indirect manner.
That there will be fight against him
&here seems little doubJ, but it seems
#fs of cotton generally with him, on
Ekcount of his services to them when
Sbey really needed help, and on ac-
@unt of the fact that they seem to
Eealize that he is the one man in the
Etate of all others who really is in
@osition, especially in this insurance
81 #risis, to carry out its aims and pur-
poses in the interest of the producer.
u New Recommendations.
Senator McLaurin, il, his annual re-
port to the next general assembly, is
going to make several recommended
tions of far-reaching effect. Some
time ago, shortly after the primary,
he requested that Governor Manning
have the affairs of the system check
ed up by the state accountants.
Messrs. w. w. Bradley, state auditor,
and F. B. Walton, expert accountant,
who has been assisting him, have
been engaged in the work for about
six weeks. They have finished their
work, and will file their report with
Governor Manning. Mr.. John K.
Aull, who was secretary of the COM
mission up until the time he resigned
to be come the Columbia correspond
ent Of The Charleston American, has
received the following letter from
Messrs. Bradley and Walton, directed
to Commissioner McLaurin:
"We hereby certify that we have
this day examined the cash accounts
of your Office in the matter of insur-
a ce, storage and bond department,
as kept by John K. Aull, and find
same to be neatly and correctly kept;
and that we have verified same with
bank balance and find all funds ac-
counted Tor"
Senator McLaurin desires to de-
velop the state warehouse system in
to something more than a mere plan
for the storage of cotton and the bor-
rowing of money. When asked this
morning about his recommendations
to the approaching session of the gen
,eral assembly, he said that he had
mot begun upon his report yet, as he
ihad been waiting upon the report of
State Auditor Bradley, which would
give the Legislature some detailed in
formation which would be very val
liable, especially coming from neu-
tral source.
s ate Insurance for State Cottnn.
81 have discussed with Mr.. Brad
ley" said Senator McLaurin, "a land
loan bill for state banks, ,/and we
have prepared measure along the
line of the rural credits bill introduce
ed in congress by Hon. Wyatt Aiken,
ito enable the state banks in South
carolina to participate in the rural
credits scheme and be of value to the
people.
II expect also 70 offer bill pro-
viding for the state warehouse sys-
tenn to carry the insurance on cot
ton with the outside companies While
we led the way in reducing insurance
rates in South Carolina, | have had
q hard time this year on account of
the withdrawal of so many compa-
mics to keep my insurance intact, and
i have plan in mind under which
the insurance will not only support
vthe state warehouse sysem, but be
"a source Of profit which will enable
us to develop the system without call
ing upon the state for appropriations,
In fact, :. MIR. Bradley's report will
show that the system is now practi-
cally self-sustaining, though this year
on account of the high prict of cotton
there will not be enough storage to
meet the 1917 expenses. We will
take care of 1916, all right.
Fine Fire Record.