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mers* U ?AI tl Thoughts ?? BJ B. W. l?HhK TT* Ool tIMloiil TlM'Ugllt*. is ParvA? does not get hl? Ire." At tH rUk of being tiresome ??<l tnt* wf flbroduce from the t?ro graeolve Fej H*> ?.h* abo 'e article. The State oi 1 'olurcbla ha? taken up the cause of eloeer relation* between producer and consumer that has ?>oen the border of \hese "Random Thoughts" tor two wars. Poeelbtiiy saany of our readers* are weary of aeeiag these thoughts i;rom week to kit, and clothed In the words of versatile editor of The State may ho they will start some others to work?or gain consideration that our Writings do not commend. it does a*>t nahe any difference to the writer how l* cornea about. Just so some jhfrny practical Is done to secure prop? er com sensation for the products ef the fam er's labor. We preoict annual meeting of the stockholders >f the Union Bro? kerage Company w 111 be the best Far? mers Cnlon meeting since the or gan:-*a.ton meetl*jg on the 18th of last Januai . V? i.. re our money Is. there our interest will be rr.sr.lfested. t.' vr. d. Farmer I**ee n ?t <ict Ills Share. We have heard much 1st sty about she "Increased cost of living.' It has Stayed Its eart In the political am? paltin throu?h which we have )>. t sstsseo* and tlie unuauslly high prices of farm prod icte?to thoee who have them to buy?have led a lot of city aamsjpapera Into painting the fi rmer tas a man rolling la wealth and hold an* ths rest of ths world at his mercy. A eery pretty picture, no doubt, but aeje aaarcely Justified by facta ' Wf* *? fortunately true that furmnrM Pia claes ar* proe*y ous, but not un? duly eo: and It la unfo cunately true a great many Southern farmers, they have been Lnyers rather than sellers of nearly alt farm pro? ducts, have failed to^rive any groat benefit from the hlgflj&lcei with " Wl * 1 \ or Practical Farmers Ideal Famier*** I'nton of Samter bats.) rapid rate. The price of what the farmer has to buy, aa well as of what he has to sell, has increased, and MOTe than this, the increase in the price of farm products has t ut ul. been going into the farmer's pocket -not by a great deal. On this point there are some inter? esting figures in the Annual Report of the Secrtary of Agriculture Just is? sued. June last an investigation Was made in 78 eitle? as to the difference between the price receivd for milk by the producer and that paid by the consumer. In the cities investigated in the North Central States, the pro? ducers get Just 44 per cent of what the consumers pay; in the North At? lantic States. oS per cent; In the South Atlantic States, 57 per cent; in the South Central Mates, 5.> per cent. Tak? ing the country as a whole the pro doer gets about 60 ptr cent of the Anal market price. the railroads about V per cent, the retailers about 48 per ccs/. '? Investigations made some time ago, tut which Secretary Wilson thinks applicable today, because, as he says, "It t*ems probatdo that the farmer is not no a receiving a larger share of the consumer's pr.ee than he received ten years aar?, and he many be receiving a smaller,' show that the farmer gets o6.1 pei uaal of what the consumer pays for p^uiiry, 69 par "err of what he pays for eggs, 56.46 per cent of apples when sold by the bushel, 4S.9 per cent of strawberries. He fares bettm with staple crops, getting 03 |>?r sent of the cotton money, 72.9 per cent on wheat, 73.6 per cent on oats, 91 per cent on cattle when bought by packers, 93 per cent on hogs and sq on. It will be seen at once th_aL fewer hands a product paas< on Its way from producj er, the larger the mate price reosl*g One would, also hi payi over throe times as much. In either case there is too much difference between the Bret prlee and the last. The middleman and the transportation companies are. of course, necessuty and are certainly entitled to fair pay for tin ir work, but we are, jr< t to be conv inced that It Is worth as much to distribute tht farmer's milk to the consutiers as it is to produce iv->< milk W< feel cer? tain that when the railroads and the merchants get si muoh, oul "f aa ap de crop as do< s the man who eared for the orchard and picked the fruit and barreb d It and delivered it to the station, that there Is something wrong. In short there ore too many middle? men end their profits' are too large. Here Is a problem, to the solution of whih our wisest men may well give their best thought. It is inconceivable that such a wasteful and unjust "sys? tem of distribution should be per? mitted to continue much longer, but it is one thing to recognize its evils and another thing to cure them. We have no panacea to offer for t ils :tate of affairs, but It sems to us that one remedy, in many individual cases, must at once suggest Itself: When over and wherever he can, the farmer should sell his products directly to the consumer. He can thus get more for them, and the consumer can get them for less cost. In many cases can do th's directly?by securing regu? lar ustomers for his butter or eggs or vegetables, but this necessarily means that he must have a regular supply of these products and be prepared to guarantee their quality. In other cases, notably in the case of truckers, fruit grower and dairymen, co-oper ? l\o assointlons,, which will deal di i\ ?tly with the comumer, at least with tht retail'r. will help wonderfully. It !? a big problem and one which must be solved, if the farmer Is ever to profit as he should Ifr the higher prices the consumers hav.e to pay for farm product*.?Progressive Farmer. PAS MA ST Kit'S SALE. By virtue of a decree of the Court ?>f Common Pleas lor Sumter County, in the State of South Carolina, In the ease of J. M. BrOgdOS and Com? pany, Incorporated, against Sarah J. McFaddin and J. J. Brltton, Jr., 1 will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder at the Court House, In the City of Sumter, In the County and State aforesaid, on Sales day In Jan? uary, 1911, being the second day of said month, during the usual hour? of sale, the following described real estate, to wit. "That tract of land situate in Con? cord Township, in said County and State, containing ten acres, more or less, bounded on the North by land formerly of A. J. Moses, East by land of Riahard Brogdon, lot No. 1 of the Estate of Cuff Brogdon, South by land of C. F. Brogdon, Jr., and West by land, of Rachel Hammett, lot No. 3 of the estate of Cuff Brogdon, the said lot being Sarah J. McFaddln's portion of her Father's estate, Cuff Brogdon, whose heirs made a private partition, said lot being lot No. 2 as shown on a plat made by I: M: Nich? olson, Surveyor, on November 10th, 1897. Also all of that undivided right, title and interest of Sarah J. McFad? din of, in and to twenty-five acres of land, in said County and State, ad? joining lands of Reuben Bowen, Cuff Brogdon, Jr., W. J. Jennings, Richard Brogdon and others, being the land belonging to Amelia Brogdon, the mother of said Sarah J. McFaddin." Terms of tale, cash, purchaser to pay for papers.., E. C. HATNSWORTH, Master for Sumter County. Dec. 9-4t-W. Notice of Stockholders Meeting. The annual meeting of the stock? holders of the Union Brokerage Com? pany will be held at the County Court House, Wednesday, January 4th, 1011, at 12 o'clock. L. I. Parrott, President. 12-30-lt. . . HUNT'S . . . 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Great for cleaning | out under brush. Prices as to size and quality. Sold out of sheep skins. B. W. Dabbs, Mayecvlll*. S. C. U-.f-I-Itaw-tf-W-tf FOR SALE:?Several sows and gilts, some with pigs and some due to have pigs soon. Several pure brsd Berkshire pigs, both *xes. Some? thing r- 1 E. W. Dab! - MONEYMAKER?We can s limited quantity of selected proved pure "Moneyraak seed, raised on our there has never been Small lots, $1.25 per bi price on large lots. Co., Sumter. S. C. SEED CORN?The commit Boys' Corn Club has reL hand about fifteen hush selected corn entered for ?mm Each bushel w re and Is the best in Sumter Co1. ? t * per /