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BY C. H. COOPERATIVE COTTON MARKET ING. Jn a few days the farmers of ou cunty will have the opportunity t join the Cotton Growers Marketing Association, the object of which the will be told is the obtaining of bette prices for their product. Now as better pricers is what w< all desire, and as some of our farm ers seem so positive that this organ ization will accomplish its .purpose let us endeavour to find out for our selves if they are right, and if they are then join with them so that wE too may be benofitted. In Texas they began marketing cotton through their association sev eral months ago, and they state tha ,members are getting about ten dol lars per bale more than outsiders Yet what the actual profit will be can only be told at the end of the season 'hen final settlement will be made Z heir statement of what results s< fr have been is interesting. But mucji more conclusive evidence of what we may expect is furnishe< by an investigation begun by the Bu reau of Markets of the Departmen of Agriculture in 1916. Ample tim< was taken, and nothing was left un done to make the investigatioi thorough. The object was done t< .,determine the difference between the price the farmer got for his cotton and the price the mill paid tb th, cotton factor. After more than twc years of study a bulletin was issued and we would be glad if all our farm ers would send for it. Arrangements were made witl a number of large and small mill: to furnish the, bureau with sample from bales they purchased, togethe: with the date when bought and the price paid. The samples were al carefully classed. Over 15000 sam ples were thus obtained. During the same period covered it securing samples for mills, county classers in the state classed abou1 120,000 bales for producers and ob tained information as to the date an< place of sale and price received foi a large part of this cotton. Now as to the results. We quot< from the Bulletin, "A comparison o1 all coinciding sales as to grade, stapl< and date selected from the sale o: ap:roximately 200,00 bales sold it North Carolina, South Carolina an< 'Georgia, showed that the mills pail an average of 232 points, or $11.61 per bale, more than the average price received by the farmer on the sam date for cotton of the same grad and staple." So we see that th results so far claimed by the Texa association seems to be reasonable A difference of ten dollars a bal is enough to make a farmer begin t think, and his first thought is no very coplimentary to the mills. Bu if we farmers are going to turn ove a newv leaf and become business met we must not let our feelings ru away with us; but must look at th - atter from a business standpoint. Some yeas back a bill was introdu -ced 'in our state senate that refere to cotton, As it was of interest t the mills the president of a chain c mills appeared before the committe in charge of the bill. In the cours of his argument he said that he pr< ferred to buy his cotton from a facd or rather than from the farmer ...W HF The home merc your needs BUY IN G you want. Firms anc Nearly Forty Years In I STRADLEX r TRUST WORTH ,GOOD STORE E A Share of Your att THEE JUST A A SENS4 'Made by W. C. Durant, forme: $999.0 F. S. Bar, 20W CARPENTER This declaration ,brought out a vig orous protest from some of the farm ers present-Josh Ashley exclaiming, r "Colonepl, I thought you were the farmers friend; I am surprised to hear you say that." The committee paid no attention to the interuption, nor did the president of the mill. But we knew he had reason for tak ing the stand he did, and we soon had an opportunity to ask him whet his reasons were. Expressing the I pleasure, it gave him to explain his position, he said that their exper ience was this: Wishing to buy a large number of bales of cotton it was an easy matter to place the o der with a factor. Its staple, grade - and general character could be stipu lated. Now in such a large number of bales some will be found which do not come up to the contract. That it will be so is well known to both i parties. So these bales, when found . by workers handling them at the mill, are set- aside, and representa tives of each of the contracting par i ties meet and adjust the differences. I There is no feeling whatever-it is - simply a matter of business. But he said when the mills buy direct from the farmers these same defec - tive- bales will get into the mill, but how will it ever be adjusted? Of course if it appears that fraud has been attempted we could punish the guilty party but that is not business, i and as to the minor losses, there I would be no pleasure in trying to collect from the farmer. - Again he said a mill is organized to manufacture, and not to speculate in cotton. When we get an order for cloth we place with a factor an order for the number of bales of just the kind we need. We know what we will get for our goods, and I what we can pay for cotton out of which the goods will be made. All this is a simple business transaction. But suppose we are buying from the farmers, a large part of the cotton they furnish is not suitable for us. and we must turn around and sell it. Of course we can't take risks as to price, and so like any other business we must look out for our safety. The losses from damaged cotton is enormous, we must take that into consideration and as we are never certain which bales may contain such we must make allow ance by fixing a low price for all. I So it appears we suffer all this loss year after year, and blame every body but ourselves. The remedy is in our own hands. Let us study a the plan that has already been adopt ed by six states, and if we wish to s be ben, 'ited let us, too, adopt it. And let us bear this in mind e Only those who cooperate will be y benenitted. Any one can see that t those who refuse to come in will be t just as helpless as they now are. C. TO CORRESPONDENTS i We have stated probably a hun *s dred times that wve cannot publish an article of any kind in The senti - nel unless we know who the author I is, yet every week we r'eceive letters S for publication with nothing to tell f us who wrote them. Unsigned let e ters go to the waste basket. e We will not publish a correspon -dent's name if requested not to do - so, but The Sentinel must know who -. sends in every article we publish. dant is entitled to y our trade I REENVILLE, our big sister c individuals whose names app susiness In GREENVILLE DRY GOODS ~QLadies and Children's K) Ready-to-Wear Y MERCHANDISE ER VICE onage Will Be Appreciated >URANT REAL GOOD CAR. (TIoN EVERYWHERE head of General Motors. ~Delivered ies Motor Co. North St. Gre.ll,. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY, OF PICKENS By N.. A. Christopher, Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas, L. J. Jewell - and J. E. Jewell made suit to me to grant them Letters of Administration of the Es tate of and Effects of Samuel Jewell deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Samuel Jewell deceased, that they be and ap pear before me, in the Court of Pro bate, to be held at Pickens Court House, S. C., on the 27th day of Jan. 1922, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 17th day of Jan. 1922, in the 146th year of our Independence. N. A. Christopher, .audge of Probate, Pickens Co. S. C. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED ITORS All persons holding claims against the estate of the late J. H. Durham f must present the same, duly proven, on or before the 10th day of February, ] 1922 or be debarred payment; and all persons indebted to said estate must make payment on or before the above date to J. W. M. Durham. J. W. M. Durham, Administrator. MARTIN & EARLE Attorneys-at-Law. Pratice in all Courts. Pickens Office in Court House. Greenvlle Office opposite Postoffice, Phone 404. C. '. CH!RISTOPHER Attorney-at-Law. Pratice in all Courts. Office over Pickens Bank. Pickens, S. C. B. F. Martin, Sam B. Craig E. M. Blythe O. C. 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