The Huttig news., 1917-07-28
New Warehouse and Gin RequIdt-
 ing Law.

eting and gin regulating law passed by the last legislature and now be- ing put into effect. It is practical ly the same law that has been in operation in Texas since 1914 and it's prime object is to facilitate the preparation, storage. care and marketing of farm products. Cot ton being the chief product of the Arkansas farm, special provisions are set out in the law with refer ence to the ginning, storing and marketing of cotton. The ginning of cotton IS incidental to a more improved method of warehousing and marketing of cotton.
 The law provides for system of bonded warehouses and contem- plates that through the operation of bonded warehouses the bulk of the cotton crop, if not all, will be eventually warehoused. The warehousing of cotton is the first essential step in an intelligent and business-like commercial method of handling and marketing baled cotton. It is folly to undertake system of warehousing and mark etlng our great staple crop of cot ton unless the system is complete. Any system that is complete and operative and beneficial must en- brace proper and uniform prepa- ration of the product for the market. This involves the ginning and packing, which the new law undertakes to regulate to the end that there may be an intelligent, systematic method of moving the product through the organized channels of trade with the least amount of loss. waste or inconven- fence.
 Perphaps the greatest gain will be made through system of class ing and grading to be conducted by the U. S. department of agrlculture. Expert government cotton graders will class and grade all samples of cotton submitted to this depart ment. When the owner of the cotton gets report from us giving the grade and classification of his cotton he can turn to the daily pa per and see exactly what his cotton is worth. This service should en- able the producer to market his cotton with full knowledge of it's value and the saving will reach an average of $5 a bale. It is possi- ble under the operation of this law for the farmer to drive his load of cotton to the gin and have it ginned, and when ginned to settle for his ginning and sell his seed on the spot. He can then take his bale of cotton to the warehouse and get his receipt and take it to the bank and put it up as collateral and borrow money to pay his store account, if he wishes. He can then send his sample to our de- partment and get it classed and graded by government classer in accordance with government standards accepted by the cotton exchanges. When he gets his card giving him the grade and classifia- tion of his cotton.h can look in the paper and see what his cotton is worth. He can then go to his To- cal cotton buyer and sell his cotton and settle with the bank like a bus mess man without having to haul his cotton to town over bad roads. If he is not offered the value of his cotton he can hold it or look for an- other market. This would event ually simplify the handling and marketing of cotton and bring the producer to the position he is en- titled to occupy in the transaction, that of being master of his own af- fairs.
 A copy of this splendid law, put on the statute books by Arkansas farmers. with instructions and blank forms for the organization of local warehouse associations will he sent to any farmer ar citizen