The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-06

lnRs ever held IN TINS CITY was NeiiS"
for Saturday in the Chamber OF Com
merce offices by Commissioner OF the
Market and Warehouse Department
of this State, for the purpose OF es-
tablishing a standard grade for kafir-
corn. maize, feterita and other grain
sorghums. Mr.. Baughman, the Com
missioner in charge Of this Depart
ment AT Austin. stated that this mat
ter should have been attended 90 sew
eral years ago and that It has been
his intention since talking charge OF
this department % complete TINS
work. but that the press Of other
business had delayed the movement
until this date.
"cince I became Commissioner Of
this Department said Mr. baugn-
raan, I'VE have secured through the
Texas Fire Insurance Commission n
is percent reduction for final insnr-
ance rate 20 apply on all farm pro-
ducts stored in bonded warehouses,
certified BY the Markets and Ware
house Department. Considering the
inmersity Of the crop raised and
stored in Texas, this means tre-
mcndous saving 20 the people VINO
avail themselves Of warehousing Ia
cihties"
"In addition 10 this the Attorney
Generals Department has ruled that
all wArehouscmen receiving goods
for storage FOR hire, are, under the
law. pubiic warchou-enen and IN ac-
cordance with the law must file bono
before conducting business as 4
warehouseman"
"The Railroad Commission has al
40 changed the tariff bearing or
warehouses in transit for cotton,
whereby cotton shipped for ware
housing purposes cannot pass a GER
titled bonded warehouse which has
capacity for such shipment or ship
nent- of cotton This feature,
said Mr.. Baughman. "will prevent
congestion a. the larger points, which
naturally VIII prevent damages from
both weather and fire and az the
same time will encourage the building
Of more bonded warehouses % serve
community interests
These are matters that require
much attention and We are glad to
be able 20 announce 90 the people ~
this State the above results
1T is the purpose ~ our Depart
naent. and or Department has su-
pervision u the warehouses, cotton
gins. weights and measures and also
Marketing Division, 10 function 20
the very fullest and 10 render for
tho people ~ this State service that
is really worth while, and IN this
connection Il might be stated that
one of our ambitions is 20 see enough
warehouses built in this State 20 serve
every community and 70 enable the
producers % store their non-perish-
products and be able 70 receive for
them. as result ~ our own marketing
activities. a price above mere cost.
In other words, We are working @
bring producer and buyer together.
with the view of having the price
paid the producer very much in keep
ing with the price paid by the con
sumer. We will gladly welcome AZ
any time constructive cri'iciem and
we crave the cooperation ~ every
citizen ~ the State y
In addition 70 Mr.. Baughman, the
Commissioner % the Department
Mr.. Collins, a Departmental lnspec-
tor FOR the State, Mr.. T. r. Bolin.
Chief of Marketing Division ~ this
Department, and + W Cole. for the
State Dcpartpent of Agriculture,
we're n attendance upon the meeting
from Austin. Mr.. II B Dorsey. Sec
retary Of he Texas Grain Dealers
Assn'. Of Fort Worth, Mr.. Conner
Agronomist for Te~as Experimental
Stations out of College Station. J,
B. Wallace, Federal Grain Supervisor
for this Distri Z, and approximately
twenty-five grain dealers and r-c-
ducers from Plainview. Littlefield
Slaton. Hale Center. kmarilln, Sny'
der and other points were IN attend
ance and took part in the discussions
and committee work.
All OF the Lubbock Grain men
were On hand together with NJ. kar-
per Of the Experiment Station. rec
ognixed as one II the hest authori-
ties on Grain Sorghur~ in the United
states. and whose advice was freely
asl ed in establishing grades and
4. ada~ds on these commodities. Mr.
a erstreet, rerreseniing the Farm
r. reau. Nr. Jennings, the County,
AGENT and several local producers OF
grain sorghums from this County.
Tho meeting got down 10 business
shortly after ? p. NJ. and appointed
eommittees. discussed every phase Of
their rrohlem and made definite rec.
onmerda'ions 10 the Marketing and
Warehouse DEPARTMENT a. Ausiin,
whl.h. according 20 the commlfsloa-
or. NJ. Raughman, will be carefully
consldsred recheeksd and IN the yery
near future Ne promulgated a. the
official Standard of Grades on Grain
HoFrhnma
iIerelofofe. grain soFvhnms have
heon markoifi unan q haHls akin q
a rliusilan In he colinn market Il
there pas ~ Grades on coifor That