The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 06, 1919, Image 15
I Guarding he Crop Reports v
I How the crop reports of the de '
partment of agriculture are kept from
K "leaking out," o that they may not ^
| he used for speculative purposes, is
M told by Irving Chandler in "The Fore1
cast" (New York). Mr. Chandler .
p bells amusingly of the precautions
a that are taker: to ensure that the *
newspaper mer shall have access to
the reports at precisely the same inslant,
and tfrat one shall not see them *
f a. second before the others. If the .
L jpvernment ha- not yet reached the ir
i point of prohibiting speculation in ^
I foodstuffs, says Mr. Chandler, it at '
^ * least provides scrupulously for "a fair
field and no favor." The reports re- I p'
veal to those buying and selling grain, ^
cotton, tobacco, etc., the probable futore
supplies and the consequent
Ifrend of prices. Bribes too enormous p'
\ %o seem probable surely would be of;
fered for 'inside" information at 01
1 times, if there were any laxity in the ^
handling of crop reports. But there pi
v is not We read further:
"The government carries to the extreme
its protection of those figures tc
which may seem to the average householder
rather dry misteries, but which
are written in letters of gold and
aad have the magic of guiding voices
to the food speculators. ? b:
"It locks the Crop Report Board n
into a room with guards stationed at n
the doors and telephones disconnect- tl
ed until the very minute when the re- nr
port is issued. Each member of the
hoard prepares his own individual si
W? and independent estimate for each A
crop and State. Then all are com- d<
pared, discussed and explained, and aj
final figures adopted. Then the fun g
regins. al
"In an outer room is a group of ti
newspaper men each with a telephone ai
near by, already connected with bis jT
office. Shortly before the mpment u
appointed for the release of the crop
report, copies of it are placed, face ti
downward, on a table, and each man e<
gets his hand on one, like a runner jr
ret on his mart:. They point for their n:
telephones like dogs indicating game. ai
A signal is given by a high official of ir
the department and the men make for d<
the telephones as if their lives de- tl
pended upon it?as indeed their live- f(
Uhoods may. t>
"Then all over the country the news
is posted, printed, read almost with b
almost with bated breath by some,, tl
but passed over for the score of the t<
.^test ball game by others whom it n
"nevertheless affects most acutely. &
"Even before the reporters began
thier lively sprint, before the board r
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-as locked in their isolated room, of
ne department was watching over be
re inviolability of its own crop news, re!
here are ten crop specialists for the St
liferent leading crops, and about qu
75,000 voluntary crop reporters, ne
ome of these are farmers or farm Ri
bservers, while others are buyers so*
nd handlers of grain and livestock, lai
he returns for each class of reporter to
re tabulated and averaged separate- coi
- for a check on the rest. So much wi
>r inclusiveness and accuracy: To ini
isure secrecy, even the tabulators and be
>mputers who make up the totals Gr
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0 not. Know to which otate mc) j;ci- gn
tin. And the final telegraphic re- th<
Di-ts and comments of the field agent th<
re kept locked up in the office of wl
le Secretary of Agriculture until oc
ley are turned over to the Crop Reorting
Board in its guarded room.
"Members of the board and all other m<
lembers of the department concerned TI
ith crop estimating are under heavy
enalties not to speculate in any proacts
of the soil, not to give out adance
information, and not knowingly
> compile or issue false information.'
THE COMING CIRCUS j
Sparks World Famous Shows are ]
illed to exhibit at Lake City Wed- ]
esday, November 12, and from the "
ewspaper reports proceeding them
leir exhibition will be worth going
lany miles to witness.
Of the many features carried by the
low this season, some of the Animal j
cts are without doubt the most won- j J
erful and thrilling ever presented to | /
ti American audience. The big it
roup of fighting forest-bred lions,
II full grown males, give an exhibion
that is full of thrills, and the |
udience is left with a positive feellg
of awe at man's wonderful mas;ry
over the brute creature.
Another extraordinary feature with
le show is Capt. Tiebor's troupe of
jucated Seals and Sea Lions. These
iteresting sea animals perform the
tost seemingly impossible feats; balncing
chairs, umbrellas and whirlig
brands of fire while climbing laders,
walking tight ropes and riding
le backs of galloping horses. This
mature baffles description and must
a <K*?n to be auDreciated.
Many other wonderful things are to B
e seen with this mammoth show, and B
le main performance beneath the big H
;nts will present a number of the n
lost marvelous foreign acts of the
juntry. 1
The menagerie of wild animals car-;
ied with the show is complete in ev-1
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3E GALL ON US FOR P]
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YOU MAY BE SURE T<
OUR NEEDS.
YOUR INQUIRIES SOI
R, WHETHER LARGE (
[JST ARRIVED |
r of Cypress Shin- I
Selling at $8.50 Per !
sand. I
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the people in any areas which may
freed from Bolsheviki control as a sgg
snlt of current military operations, ag (ores
of food estimated to be ade- ggg
ate for the relief of Petrograd for g
arly one month were delivered to j?
tssians by the American Relief As- ! &
ciation and are now at Viborg, Fin- |s
id, whence they can be transported j ||
Petrogr&d whenever that city may , g I
me under the control of authorities ^ j
th whom it is possible to deal. Def- i
ite arrangements have, moreover, I
en made with the United States |g j
ain Corporation to pixivlde further gl I
ipments of flour for thfs region, in ; j
e event of its noerauon, ana ior i ?*? j
e people in the north of Russia, j gjw |
lich is under the control of a Dem- ||g j
ratic government" Eg '
Lap robes for Buggies and Auto- |?? I
)biles at PEOPLE'S MERCAN-!?? j
LE COMPANY, Kingstree. ,
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Evening Post to call I || j
at our store and see I j
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display. -f 8 ~
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