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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
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or Practical Farmers
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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.
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35 Doses ^JCentS
Kxact Copy of Wrapper.
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Yeers
CUSTOM
tmi osntawb mmniit, mcw to?k CITY.
FOR 8AU3?-Sheep and goats, la I
pairs or two's. 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.
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