The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-01-26

them the charge 0f being seekers q
special privilege. Rathes, Ne shesd
ask II their trouble is not ours, and
see what can be done to improve the
situation. Purely frsm sdflnterest,
II fer 10 higher nsdve. no saould
help them. An Of ls waAt = get back
permanently to "normal1;;" bat u II
reasonable b hope for tAat esadidoo
uIless our greatest and nest basic n
dustry can be put On Q sssAA snd sead
Dernalsat fsundatisAf n farne1
are lot e.fstisd to special petvtleges;
but arc they let right n demanding
that they b placed - N equa foot.
ng with tie buyers Of their products
and with ether industries1
Let -, tAss, osaA6er asae ef tAe
farmers grievances. aal sse hsv far
they are real p dsiAs 70. we fhosld
remember that, while there have been,
aaA stih srs, Instances e Dsspsseful
abuse, The slA3sct shsuld net b ~
preached M any seaersl h0sta1en
- existing Gistr1butive ageaeies 4 de-
libsratssy i1taasnal sDpeesaisa, bat
rather via ~ csaceptisa tAat ~
MARKETING Il arm pesdscss hss so<
bssA psdesaiDo1
An aAcisat eva. and Q Ierslsteat
sHs, II The lldsrgrading q farA Drs6
ucts, viii ~ result that what the
farmers sell % Of enc quality is re-
ssld ~ q higher, That this sort Of
chieansry should persist % any tm-
psrtant scale n these days oc Susi-
ness integrity would seem almost IN.
credible, but there 10 much evidence
that 1t dses 20 persist Even -
write, the newspapers announce the
suspension Of several firms from the
New York Produce Exchange for ex-
porting to Germany al No. 2 wheat =
whole shipload Of grossly inferior wheat
mixed With oats. chan and the like.
Another Evil u that Of inaccurate
Weighing Of farm products, which. Il
h charged, b sometimes matter OF
dishoasst Intention and sometimes OF
protective policy - the part Of the
tseai buyer. whe tears tAat hs nay
"wsigh sut" mere than he weighs IN. !"
A greater srisvaaes u that at Dres-
sat the Aeid farmer has little o. no
control over the time and condittsas
Of marketing kls products. with Ae
result that 10 = sftea. uadepsia fsr
Id pesduces and Usually syercAaresd
~ narkstAg servtee. TAe N6I-
saas bstvsM what the farnsr ~
esivss a.d what ~ ceassmer pass
sSssa exeesds sh possibility of tssd.
acatiel. To cite q AAgie flastrati0o.
Lsst year, according 10 igsres sttast-
ID By sAe railways and the growers,
Gsssria watssnsIsarralsers received
sa The avssags rs esats fer q nsloa.
The raflrsads Ut l2.7 ceaS fer carry
Ing Il - Baltiners aad rhs conssnor
paid s.e dsaiar, leaving 1913 cents for
The service Of narkstiag and In risks.
% asai.st 3o.2 cents fer growing and
tralspsrting. h hard canals q
sHrn-ffs ars psplsbs with sd cen
nsatariss o the ersdeaess e pres
ct practices.
Nature prsscribss that the taroor's
"ssodb" must b finished withia two
Or thrss months Of No Sear, while
financial and storage hsitaHsas gen-
orally csansl hin to SD tAsa at the
sane tine. As q rule. sther Industries
are in q csntinasus process Il anish-
Ing goods for the Garkets; heE dls.
tribute as they produce, AID theg can
eurtail production withsst tss great
injury 70 themselves o. the csmmu-
atty; bst II the farmer restricts his
outpst, Il 10 with disastrous csnse-
auelees, both to himself and to the
esnmunity.
TIE average farmer ls b1V With
proAuetioa for the fajsr part st the
year, and has nsthiag to seH. Ths
bsik st has sstpzt comes On the mar
kst Ut saes. Because sf lack ot stor,
aes fadiitiss and Of financial support
the farmer cannot carry his gssAs
through the year and dispose Il tAem
- they afs sss1satly needed. In the
great majority Of cases, farmers have
70 sntrust sterage-lA warehouses and
slsvatsrs-ald the 1AAlcal saxryilf
sf thstr produces to sthsrs.
yNrn Drs4us6 are yeaerahy Dar'
sseed at 4 tine when there 10 q Ga
restisa Of beth traAspsrtatfsa and
anaHss-vhsa ean aad nsaey are
seafea Ns- satesne, In mary IA
stances, b that the farmers net ssay
ssA undsr pesasart, aad therefore u
4 Assdvantass, bat arc compelled Il
take further reductions in net returns
IN order to Dset the charges for :he
service Of storing, transporting. nnsnc
llx, and ultimate narketing-whicf
chsrres they claim, are often exees
haf