The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-07-27
PAGES WEEKLY LETTER.
That New Warehouse and Gin Re-
vulating Law.

Little MOCK, July 20, lJl dI III
ers and business men should know
more about the new marketing and
gin regulating law passed by the last
legislature and now being put into
effect. 1t is practically the same
law that has been in operation in
Texas since 1914 and it's prime OBJ
ject is to facilitate the preparation
storage, care and marketing of farm
products. Cotton being the chief
product of the Arkansas farm. special
provisions are set out in the new law
with reference to the ginning, pack
ing, storing and marketing of cot
ton. The regulation of the ginning
of cotton is incidental to more i'm
proved method of warehousing and
marketing of cotton.
The law provides for a system of
bonded warehouses and contemplates
that through the operation of bond
ed warehouses the bulk of the cotton
crop, if not all, will be eventually
warehoused. The warehousing of cot
ton is the first essential step in an
intelligent and business-like CONNER
cial method of handling and market
ing baled cotton. 1t is folly to un-
dertake system of warehousing and
marketing our great staple crop of
cotton unless the system is complete.
Any system that is complete and
operative and beneficial must en-
brace a proper and uniform prepare
ton of the product for the market.
This involves the ginning and pack
ing, 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 in
convenience.
Perhaps the greatest gain will be
made through a system of chasing
and grading to be conducted by the
State Department of Agriculture in
cooperation with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Expert Gov
eminent cotton graders will class and
grade all samples of cotton submit
ted to this department. When the
owner of the cotton gets report
from us giving the grade and CLASH
fication of his cotton he can turn to
the daily paper and see exactly what
his cotton is worth. This service
should enable the producer to market
his cotton with a full knowledge of
it's value and the saving will reach
an average of $500 bale. 1t is pos
sible under the operation of this law
for the farmer to drive his load of
cotton to the gin and have it glnned'
and when ginned to settle for his gin
ming 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-
paI tment and get it classed and grad
ed by a government ciasser in ac-
cordance with government standards
accepted by the cotton exchanges.
When he gets his card giving him the
grade and classification of his cot
ton, he can look in the paper and see
what his cotton is worth. He can
then go to his local cotton buyer and
sell his cotton and settle with the
bank like a business 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 another market. This would
eventually simplify the handling and
marketing of cotton and bring the
producer to the position he is EMIT
led to occupy in the transaction that
of being the master of his own al
fairs.
A copy of this splendid law, put on
the statute books by Arkansas farm
ers, with instructions and blank forms
for the organization of local ware
house associations will be sent to any
farmer or citizen upon request made
to John H. Page, Commissioner OF
Agriculture.