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LAST TWO WEEKS DAMAGED COTTOp McLAl'RIS SAYS DETEIORATIOX HAS BEES HEATY. Price Should Hare Gone I p on Government Report, in Commissioner's Opinion. The State. "Cotton ought to kave gone up on rf Vi ornrornmont's ronnTt " Coi/1 1 r?Vl Tt VUL^ iiUJVU V O i Vj^/Vi V) ?.?AU v V"*4 L. McLaurin, State warehouse commissioner, yesterday. Mr. McLaurin has just returned from New York, where he went with several bankers from the South to discuss financial matters. "Tl:e cotton crop has deteriorated more during the last two weeks than at any other period," said Mr. McLauirin Thp ^nvprnment data on the cror> "were gathered two weeks ago and Mr. McLaurin believes that the percentage is smaller now. He expressed the opinion that the yield will he 10,000,000 to 11,000,000 bales. Today Mr. McLaurin goes to Lexington, where f:e will deliver an address on the State cotton warehouse system. New warehouses are being added con st&ntlir to tne system. Discussing the cotton outlook, C\Ir. i. ? McLaurin pointed out that federal reserve officers had in recent statements stressed the necessity of proper storage. 'These statements bear out what I have been preaching all along," he advied. Essentials 01 warenuusiug. ? Mr. McLaurin nas prepared the following article upon request of the editor of Commerce and Finance, New York: "In response to your request for an article on Essentials of a Cotton Warehouse system,' I think they may be summed up as follows: "1. A dry -house, &n<d dry cotton to fill it. "2. Cbeap storage, ana low mxeresi rates. '*3. A negotiable receipt, giving the following guarantees: "(a). The title cf the cotton. "(b). The delivery, on the presentation of the receipts, of the identical iholAs of cotton named therein. "(c) Uhe weights and grades, d':anges from ordinary climatic conditions excepted, guaranteed in favor of the lender of money or the purchaser of the cotton. "I mention a dry house and dry cotton because this is the foundation of a proper warehouse system. Cotton is practically imperishable, except from damage by water, and under certain conditions it does not require much moisture to seriously damage a bale of cotton. Of course no competent warehouseman permits a leaky roof. The danger is not so mud:*' from this as from cotton being stored when it is wet. You can insure against loss by fire, but there is no insurance for damage from wet cotton, and amy warehouse system storing wet cotton | is faulty. "Cheap storage is a necessity to induce farmers to store cotton instead of rushing it on the market and breaking prices. It is 6ad "but true that the greater the rush t? sell, because of the fact ti:at it takes more cotton to pay debts at 6 cents than at 12 cents, and the creditor is always more urg ent in pressing his claims when cotton is low, because he fears a loss. It is not that we farmers did not understand, hut that heretofore we have been powerless to prevent. To remedy this we must he able to borrow money on the warehouse receipts and pay cur creditors. The inability to do this in past accounts for the tremendous differences in the price of October and May cotton. The average annual fluctuation between May and October is about $25, 75 per cent at the present time of the value of a bale of cotton. . Is it any wonder that there is great complaint among the producers of cotton? Calculate tlbis sum for ten years, and you wil see that practically all of the profit made on the cotton crop has been made by the middlemen who have purchased it at distress prices in the fall and have sold it in the spring at an enormous profit. In looking over a table of prices for the past ten years I find Cat only during one year, 1908, has the price in the fall exceeded the price in the spring. In 1911 I was offered six and a quarter cents for a lot of cotton in my home town. I refused to accept it, and sold the same cotton the next June for 13 cents a pound?more than 100 per cent difference in value for the same cotton. They talk about Wall street gamblers; I don't know any gambling whose risks f:.ave been so great as that of the cotton planter battling with adverse financial conditions, weather etc. Stabilizing the Price. "Every legitimate interest in cotton should desire to see stable prices. This can never be done if credit is freelj extended in the spring to produce a sufficient crop and then rudely with I drawn at ti e marketing period. Here : is where a proper warehouse system I performs its function of transforming cotton into a liquid asset, enabling the i producer to carry his product over the 12 months, instead of dumping it on the market in October or November. "The lien law is largely responsible ' for this condition, and has been an j unmitigated curse to tne ooum, luajv! ing of us a one-crop, credit country, i TLis law was useful after the wai, but was continued long after the necessity for its existence had ended. It j is responsible for so many large land ' | owners living in the towns on their - rents and leaving the negro tenant and j lien merchant to skin the land. Cot| ton is our money crop, and the tenant j is forced to the 'all cotton plan' to pay his rent and lien account. If he has money in ti e fall it is consumed during the winter in buying feed for his, stock and provisions for his family, and my experience is that we have j been traveling in a circle and getting ! nowhere. 'The landlord can not allow | - , i i the tenant to i:oia nis cotton oecause j he must meet his own obligations. j "The warehouse receipt has only! been good at the local bank, because! of the various liens by the landlord and others casting a cloud on the title? of the cotton, and any warehouse system that does not provide a receipt which carries title to the cotton can not meet the situation when outside money is needed. "In South Carolina we have met this difficulty by the State declaring that 0 e warehouse receipt carries absolute title to the cotton, which is to be delivered only on the presentation of the receipt. The lender of money in New York or Boston must know absolutely when he makes a cotton loan that no landlord's lien, or perhaps a trumped-up claim by collusion between creditors, can prevent him from selling tf:e cotton when he calls for it to satisfy his evidence of indebtedness. The warehouse is placed in charge of a bonded State official, under the supervision of the State warehouse commissioner. Preventing Substitution. "In addition to this, it is essential that the receipt guarantee that the identical cotton upon \tf-ich the money is loaned be delivered, thus preventing substitution of inferior grades, which has been frequently done. "Further, the weights and grades of the cotton should be guaranteed in favor of the party who loans the moneiv; A+i-orwico if lnnnin? 80 ner cent of VW-?VA "iWV, 1* x the value on the supposition that it is middling cotton, a small decline in the market might entail loss. "iA. warehouse system, in order to be a success, must proceed upon the idea of facilitating, not obstructing, business. * Its object should be to enable the producer to get the benefit of the i oueration of the laws of supply and demand throughout the 12 months, and not force him to bear all the lose of the temporary decline sure to come when the current needs of the market fail to absorb the offerings." CONDITION OF THE CROP SHOE'S A 6REA2T CHANGE i j Texas Cotton Crop Has Fallen to 67 Per Cent of Normal and Entire South 69.2 of 5-Year Average. ? Washington, Ang. 30.?The condition j of the growing cotton crop on August 25 was 69.2 per cent of a normal, it was announced today by the department of agriculture. Washington, Aug. 30.?The condition of the growing cotton crop of the t'nitArt s.tates on Auerust 25 was 69.2 per cent of a normal, the United States department of agriculture's crop report in its fourth condition report of tl:e season. That condition compares with 75.3 per cent on July 25 this year, 78.0 per cent on August 25 last! year, v 68.2 per cent in 1913 and 72.8 per cent, the average on August 25 ; during the last ten years. A crop slightly under 12,000,000 i bales was forecast by the crop report' ing board from the July 25 condition, i The bureau of crop estimates an; nounces that a Condition of 100 on Aui guste 25 would be equivalent to a yield . ! of 258.9 pounds to the acre. The area i j planted this year /:as been officially ;; reported at 31,535,000 acres. ; J Weather conditions for the crop , | had not been very favorable during ; the month. Hot and generally continued dry weather greatly retarded 1 growth over many portions of the belt I during the first week and but little ; progress was possible except over the northern portion wl:ere local rains and moderate warmth favored satisfactory ; | growth. During the early part of the :, month drought continued very gener | ally in Texas and was "becoming se, vere over large areas. i 0 Continued dry weather over the i greater part of the more important .; producing States prevented satisfac;' torv growth during the second week ' | of tK: e month and the crop very gen. erally deteriorated. Shedding was re ported in many sections and holls were KKIHWiT (iF S!TKPVis( MONTH OF . 1089. C. T. Cromer 1090. M. M. Livingstone 1091. G. L. Davenport H. C. HOLLO WAY, Clerk. Statement Showing Exact Financia - IX 1 J Xl l ear as n Appeared ai me i Items. 1. Salaries county officers 2. Salaries magistrates, constables, 3. County home, paupers, pensioner 4. Roads, bridges, ferries.' 5. Chaingang 6. Repairs public buildings 7. Books, stationery, printing. ... . 8. Contingent expenses for public bu county offices i - - . , y. county pnysicians 10. County board of education. . . . 11. Court expenses 12. Board of assessors,etc 13. Sheriff?incidentals and dieting. 14. Post mortems and lunatics. . . . i _ - j 15. insurance puDiic* ouiicnngs. . . 16. Interest on loans 3 7. Contingent and miscellaneous . 3S. Commutation tax H. C. HOLLOWAY, Clerk. Approved: J. B. HALFACRE, County Audi opening prematurely in districts where the drought prevailed. Insect pests were reported generally less active ixiau usua-i. Deterioration due to adverse weather during the early weeks of the month was arrested by good rains over much of the central and eastern portions of the belt during t):e latter part of the month and the crop reSDonded to the more favorable condi- I tion. Rain was still neded in a greater part of Mississippi and in some portions of Alabama. In the eastern part of the belt good growing conditions prevailed except in Texas, where the drought continued over much of the State until tJ. e close of the week, when the West Indian storm brought considerable rain over the easter.i and coast districts.Tn thA States. i Comparisons of conditions by States follow: Aug. 25.July 25. 1 1915. 1915. Virginia 85 79 North Carolina 76 78 South Carolir-\ 71 72 Georgia 69 76 Florida 70 78 Alabama bo <1 Mississippi 69 76 Louisiana 65 75 Texas 67 76 'Arkansas 72 80 ^Tennessee 82 85 Missouri 81 83 Oklahoma 71 69 California 93 96 I United States 69.2 75.3 Comparisons of Conditions by States. ?August 25.? 10-yr 1914. 1913. * av. Virginia 86 80 71 North Carolina.. 82 78 76 South Carolina.. 77 77 75 Georgia 81 76 75 Florida .'.83 81 78 Alabama 77 72 74 Mississippi 75 69 72 Louisiana . 66 67 65 Texas 79 64 70 Arkansas 75 72 74 Tennessee 76 80 81 Missouri 72 72 81 Oklahoma 80 45 72 California 98 96 *97 ! Average 78.0 * 68.2 72.8 *?Five-year average. The next report will show the condi^ ~ ~ r O/vrvf AmKnr 9 ~ O n ^ I HUH Ul CUllim Kjn oc^ituiuti iu uu! will- "be issued at noon, Eastern time, Saturday, October 2nd. SHORT 4,300,000 BALES BELOW THE LAST CROP Washington, Aug. $0.?Drouth, follov ed by excessive rains in the cotton belt during August, caused deterioration slightly more than the August average to the growing cotton crop. The department of agriculture today announced the condition at 69.2 per cent of a normal. 'That is 6 1 per cent below the July condition. I T'nnffinio! -oalroilatinrtc: hiised On STOV ; v-uumwa, erament averages for yield, condition and acreage, place the crop at 11,817,I3"< err.,f"" i?<>rt "CVpciind hales against " 6,134,930 - ales last year. Although r."> official statement explanatory of li e cotton figures was ?rrnm Tiio rip?:artment of ! r.z k-ulture. !.eor> Ea?tabrook, chief o: the burca-; of crop estimates, announced unofficially that the report inriir*atpfi s viflfl this season of approxi matelv 11,800,000 bales of cotton, as compared with an actual production of 16,135,930 last season. "The condition of 69.2 estimated today, as compared with 75.3 on July 25, IK OX CLAIMS PAID M RIN(; THE vrtu sT. m:>. $ 6.00 71.99 6.00 J. C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor. I Condition of Appropriations of the i End of tiie Month of August, 1915, Appropriations. Allowed. Balance. $ S665.00 $5000.83 $3664.17 fees. . . . 2500.00 1283.35 1216.65 s. . . . . 3000.00 1679.00 1321.00 10000.00 6926.79 3073.21 7000.00 5045.68 1954.32 750.00 243.76 506.24 750.00 292.11 457.S9 ildings and 2000.00 1039.60 960.40 200.00 57.00 143.00 45.00 45.00 2500.00 1025.55 1474.45 450.00 433.30 16.70 1S00.00 1259.97 540.03 400.00 430.00 .... 450.00 182.75 267.25 2250.00- 1 $33.69 416.31 2500.00 1757.09 742.91 1944.00 1012.19 931.81 J. C. SAMPLE, County Supervisor. itor. 'a month ago,"Mr. Estabrook explained, "is a trifle more of a decline than is normal. If ti.e figures had been the ^ ^ J same m todays estimate as on juiv * 25, there would be an actual increase. There is aiways a decline between the July and August estimates. The fig- < | ures toda/y indicate a yield of approx- I imately 11,800,000 bales, which is I slightly less than the forecast of last month. The actual outturn for the 1914 season, as si own by the census figures, was 16,135,290. "There is an estimated decrease in , acreage of 15 per cent due to the collapse of the market in the abnormal conditions respecting condition during the past year. The drop in condition percentage from 75 per cent in July to 69 per cent in August is due to the unfavorable weather during the past month and the reduction of about 40 j per cent in the amount of fertilizer used in tl.e cotton fields." TO FIX MINIMUM FOR COTTOX Growers, Bankers and Warehousemen Invited to Meet in Atlanta on September 21. :Cotton growers, bankers and warehousemen of the Southern States are invited to confer with officials of the | National Farmers' union in Atlanta jj September 21, by a call issued by the j I president of the union, Charles S. Barrett, and the president of the union for Georgia, J. J. Brown. Copies of the call were received in Columbia the first of the week. Following is the letter: "To the Officers and Member of the j Farmers' Union and All Farmers and ' Business Men Who Are in Favor of i il e South Receiving a Fair Price For | Her Staple Crop, Cotton: "We hereby call a meeting to be j held in the citiy of Atlanta Tuesday, t September 21, at 10 a. m., at the State f capitol, for the purpose of discussing I the warehousing and financing of the 1915 cotton crop. A system of ware-ji houses will be advocated. "While tJlis is a meeting of the real J farmers and producers of the cotton crop, we cordially invite and earnestly request every business interest in the ) State of Georgia who is interested in * Georgia's welfare to attend this meeting. We realize that the cotton belt f is now facing a situation that is more j serious tnan possimy any tuuer ume f for the past century, and our only hope < of averting a crisis is by close co- operation on tf:e part of all concerned. "'Tfais meeting will take place just after the convention of the 'National Farmers' union at Lincoln, Xeb. A minimum price will be fixed at which we propose to sell the 1915 cotton crop. Respectfully; "Charles S. Barrett, "President National Farmers' Union; "J. J. Brown, "President Georgia Division." WHEAT CHOP GONE; TOO MAM RAINS Topeka, Kans., Aug. 30.?J. C. Mohler, secretary of the State "board of agriculture, in his report issued today estimated the Kansas wheat yield for this year at 98.690,000 as against an j estimate of 11 ">.700,000 in July and 13S,7u0,000 in June. Continued rains were held responsible for the big loss in the State's ? ?./->/?nr>H#-vn ATilHrmc; nf bushels , L I up JJ1 VUUVvH./", w were lost because of the weather that j would not permit threshing. Corn conditions are unchanged, the report estimating the yield at 149,482,- i 000. 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