The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-05
COTTON MAR
KET REPORT

The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
daily cotton market reports, publish
ed in this paper as corrected at twelve
O'Clock, noon by the Mr.. w. E. Dent.
official United States government
grader Of cotton has been consider
ably augmented by the installation of
telephone (No. 961) at the head
quarters of the grader and the Tri-
County Cotton Marketing Association,
No. ~ East Liberty Street.
Mr.. Dent and Captain A. w. Suder,
recorder of cotton grades and book
keeper will be delighted to tell any
cotton seller at any time between 9
and o'clock just what spot cotton is
selling for, and also what the New
York, New Orleans and other cotton
future markets are doing each day.
The telegraphic reports received by
the cotton grader every fifteen min
utes of cotton market prices through
out the world enable the grader to
give the farmers just exactly the in
formation received by the cotton buy
ers.
The cotton graders Office will also
tell any cotton seller what cotton
buyer in Sumter is paying the high
est price for cotton each day as far
as it is possible to ascertain this in
formation.
Comparative prices between the
Sumter cotton market and competi-
tive markets will be investigated and
handed out also daily to those inter
ested.
Any farmer or cotton seller may
have his cotton cut, sampled, graded,
staple length measured, and recorded
by number Of bales and serial num-
Der of each bale, and this information
placed on a duplicate card system for
selling or storing of cotton, and with
OUT cost to the cotton seller. When
the cotton is sold the seller returns or
mails the card given him about his
cotton grades, staple length, etc., to
the cotton grader, no postage being
required on this Government card,
and the selling transaction as to
whom the cotton was sold, and how
much was paid is recorded at the Of
flee Of the cotton grader for future
reference and for the information Of
the Bureau of Markets-U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture statistics di-
vision.
Farmers should have every bale Of
/ cotton graded by the cotton grader OF
the Government who is disinterested
official, and is appointed and super
vised by the Chief Of the Bureau Of
Markets in Washington, and he has
no political, commercial, or other in
terests in the cotton graded, nor in
the seller or the local cotton buyers.
Cotton samples may be brouhgt to
the grader without the bales Of cot
ton, but such cards telling about
grades. staple length, etc, of those
samples, are plainly marked, grad
ed but not cut and sampled by United
States Government cotton grader"
The Tri-County Cotton Marketing
Association, cooperating with the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce and
the Bureau of markets of Washing
tor offers cotton cutter, sampler.
grader and bookkeeper to record cot
ton grades, selling transactions. ETC..
absolutely free to the cotton sellers
of Sumter, Lee. Clarendon. Calhoun.
and other counties, the Cotton grad
err. but having no sayso as to his ap-
pointment or no control whatever over
him. his actions, or his manner of
grading.
The Bureau Of Markets in Washing
ton appoints and controls the grader
and he is responsible to Washington
authorities altogether.
Therefore no local cotton or COM
mercial interests. and no political m
terestS whatsoever are permitted to
influence the services or opinions of
the cotton grader or his assistants
in any shape or form.
Much money is saved the intelligent
cotton seller who has sense enough to
find out from this service what his
cotton grades and just what he ought
to be paid for it.