Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It has been suggested that an em-| bargo be placed on the/exportation j of wheat and corn from this country: j this would be unjust to the pro- j ducers, and they would not permit | congress to pass such a bill. That would deprive them of the' right to sell their produce to any i country or anybody that wished to; pay the price. The grain growers; would no more submit to an embargo on wheat and corn, than the cotton grower would be willing to an em- j bargo on cotton. I do not believe that congress | would give a minute's consideration! to a bill of this kind. We should entirely dismiss from our minds the idea of an embargo on grain being exported from this country, and face the conditions as they exist. The grain crop of this country is about five hundred millon bushels less than the crop of the precedng year, (the wheat crop). The estimate by the government is 607,000,000 bushels for 1916, as compared with 1,011,000,000 bushels for 1915, a decrease of more than 400,000,000 bushels, and the weieht of the croD is less than last year, as the large flour mills claim that it takes about 30 pounds more wheat to make a barrel of flour this year than last, on account of the lightness of the wheat berry, and on this account the estimate is reduced to around 550,000,000 bushels for the wheat crop of the United States, against 1,011,000,000 bushels for 1915. This alone will justify an advance in flour from $6.50 per barrel in 1915 to $12.50 per barrel before the holidays. The wheat crop of Canada is placed at 159,000,000 bushels for 1916 as compared with 370,000,000 bushels j in 1915, and a considerable part ofj ^ RL I fCT The Bamberg Realty C Vlain Streets, in eastern secti rears have opened two (2) m lell on EMB1 This nronertv is snlendi x x ?/ ^ traded School. It's perfectl It's a notorious fact tl unity to buy a lot and build f< ng site at your price, in the be Thomas 1 XINT FORGET r V V V V V V V V V V V V V this crop, from reports, may not have been threshed on account of the scarcity of labor. The total wheat crop for the United States and Canada last year was 1,381,000,000 bushels, and this year's estimate is only 709,000,000. This year's grain crop, including wheat, corn, oats, is 1,100,000,000 less than last year. Showing a decline in the wheat crop of 675,000,000 bushels. Europe's demand on this country and Canada for wheat will take a I large proportion of tnis. crop ana ai advancing prices, and the business conditions of this country being so very active makes a greater demand for foodstuffs, than in times of depression. It is very probable before the next wheat crop is harvested this country; will have very limited supply of I wheat, corn or other grain, therefore the prices for next season's crop, would naturally, be very high, even though we make a bumper crop,! greater than the crop of 1915, we cannot hope for any decline in the I cost of wheat and corn to the con- j sumer, as the cost of grain governs! the cost of foodstuffs. However, if! the farmers fail to sow for a big crop' of wheat, or by reason of unreason-; able weather conditions in the wheat! belt, we should have another short crop,- the country would face a food famine, which could not be relieved| for several years. This is of vital I importance, and the situation has a ' vital relation to the food supply of this country and. the welfare of the nation. The whole country is disturbed by the advancing cost of living, especially is this true of food stuns, ine peopie can Duy iewer necessities when forced to do so, but life depends upon a sufficient supply j of food. Under such conditions thei farmers should be induced to increase the acreage to wheat in order to meet these conditions, for they exist. It is useless to say that the South should give their attention more to the producton of food supply, and not be tempted by the high price of cotton. There is more* money in producing a minimum cotton crop and getting maximum prices, than growing a maximum crop and getting a minimum price. Let the farmers take these matters under consideration and act. Sow the best land you have to grain. The conditions are not likely to change for the better for some time to come. The spring wheat crop of SUE 101 nmmnv ha.vinir rmrnhased tl on of Bamberg, from T. A. sw streets through the prop e: BR 121 dly located, being very close y high and dry. Most of il iaf fViprp,Q Tint. a. Vinnsp fnr AUTU VAAV* V M MW V w MW www w )r investment or for a home, st business town in Eastern S iros., of Gi THE DATE, D Dividing Profits of an Office. Is it legal for a candidate to agree to divide the profits of an office? It is in West Virginia in certain cases. The code of that State forbids the sale or "letting to farm" (farming out) of public office. The purpose evidently is to keep a man from getting an office and then letting olhers hold it at less salary than the man elected receives. f Two brothers of West Virginia named Shinn, farmed in partnership. They worked together and divided profits equally. J. O. Shinn got to hankering for public office. He be- j came a candidate for sheriff and was elected. Before he entered the campaign he made a contract with his brother, R. P., by the terms of which the latter was to keep on running j i the farm while J. O. was to pertorm the duties of sheriff. The profits of both the farm and the sheriff's office j were to be divided equally between j the two brothers. Then R. P. took a notion to run for: office. He succeeded J. 0. as sheriff, i while J. 0. was elected State Senator, j The agreeriient already made by thej brothers provided that campaign ex-j penses should come out of their com-, mon fund and office profits should go | into a common fund. Fraternal affection did not hold out . to the end. As sheriff R. P. paid j about $800 to a school and road dis-i trict, and by error no account of this was made in the settlement and distribution of profits. R. P. had paid J. O. too much and he asked J. 0. to return one-half of the $800. J. O. i refused, and his lawyers said it wasj a violation of the Code of the State to farm an office out. J. O. had been a party to the contract, but his attorneys tried to save him from paying what was due by showing the whole arrangement was illegal. The West Virginia Court of Ap-1 peals held the arrangement legal, j "We can see no wrong in this," said the court. Hence the brother who had been overpaid in the division of the profits of sheriff's office, Senators office and farm was required to turn over to the other brother $400. the country probably controls the price of flour and this crop does not came on the market until about the first of September of each year, so the South's wheat is ready for the mills three or four months prior to this, and to some extent will relieve the situation here. Think of these conditions, Mr. Farmer.?R. E. Burriss. HEIGHTS" | ! ========= | | \ SALEir Ai hat splendid tract of land lying between Carlisle and / <! Green (a former citizen, who has owned same for 3d Y rty and sub-divided into about 30 lots, which they will X | i I 1 _ A ? T IV T ? in, aiAut i iui> | - JL { V v. to business section, also to Carlisle School and Bamberg. ^ ; has eastern exposure on the front. ? v i rent in Bamberg. 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