The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, November 12, 1919, Image 8
"WHAT DOBS OOTTOX
MEAN TO THE SOUTH?"
BY B. F. McLEOD
State Manager South Carolina Cotton
Association.
The question, "What does cotton
mean to the South?" is subceptible to
two answers. If cotton was selling
anywhere near .pre-war prices, it
would mean semi-starvation and a
mere existence, not a living for a
large per cent of the producers. It
would be a continuance of illiteracy,
a on/? o ^onrft^ifltioTi in land
Uau i vauc^ aixu A uv^/* vvw..?? values.
It would mean an exodus of
the white tenant farmers to the cotton
mills and other industries and an
increase in the immigration of the colored
farm laborers to the North and
West. (It is estimated that 750,000
colored laborers immigrated to the
North and West in 2915 and 1917.
It would mean that the purchasing
power of the cotton farmer would be
reduced to such an extent that all
manufacturers, a part of whose
product is consumed in the South,
would pile up a surplus to be dumped
at a loss. Ninety per cent of the
manufactured goods that are consumed
by the cotton farmers in the South
' are manufactured north of the Mason
and Dixon line.
The money received for cotton is
the only money paid for a farm product
that reaches every nook and corner
of the United States. Therefore,
it is to the interest of all manufacturers,
including the cotton manufacturers,
to cooperate with the cotton farmer,
mefc-hant, banker and professional
man of the South in their efforts to
organize the three elements that constitute
our economic structure?the !
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farmer, merchant and banker, for
the purpose of insuring to the cotton
farmer a living price for his product.
If cotton"continues to sell at present ;
prices, it would mean#the blotting out I
I of illiteracy and a great improvement j
in the living conditions. It would j
mean a higher moral standard. It
would mean a "Back to the Farm"
movement and good roads. It would
mean a great improvement in our
common schools, and our colleges
/ would have to be enlarged to accommodate
the increased number of stu'
dents applying for admission. It would
bean a large per cent of the farm
bouses would be equipped with mod{
ern conveniences and better sanitary
arrangements. It would mean commercial
freedom and a happier people.
If the farmers, merchants and
bankers organize for mutual benefit
and act as a unit the cotton producer
will continue to receive cost of production
plus a reasonable profit on his
investment and a fair renumeration
for his labor. *
. - When the purchasing power of the
producers is increased the merchants I
and bankers' business is increased in !
the same proportion. Therefore jit i
means as much to the business man
as it does to the farmer.
The efforts of the American Cotton
Association to bring the three ele^
ments together in one great and powerful
organization should be supported
by every man and woman in the
cotton belt. It is believed by many
thinking men that, due to the unrest
and that hundreds of thousands
of working men are cn a strike, with'
a milion or more threatening to strike
throughout the world, and the enormous
rate of exchange, cotton would
be selling for not much more than 20
cents a pound, if the American Cotton
Association was not in the making.
The only way the bears can force
the price of cotton dcwn is to sell it.
They know that it is a dangerous
proposition to sell cotton down much
We have just
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HARDWARE
LEXINGTON, S. C.
P. W. BUGYE TO BUILD
BUNGALOW
Mr. P. W. Buoye has lumber on the
ground for the erection of a handsome
residence of the bungalo type on his
lot on the Augusta Highway just on
the edge of town. The construction
of this home will greatly improve and
enhance the value of the property in
that section of the city.
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ALFALFA PASTURE
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Clemson College, November 2.?
A story of value to South Carolina
farmers and hog growers is found in
a report of experiments in Nebraska
in feeding pigs on alfalfa pasture.
"During the summer of 1916,
three lots of 20 pigs each were fed
corn and 00 per cent protein tankage
in self-feeders while running in fields
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N METHODS APPEAL.
I will examine your
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or next 15 Days,
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BRIDGE Specialist
Columbia, S. C.
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llinery shop now showing
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Phone 2272
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of alfalfa. Three similar lots of pigs
were fed the same ration but were
kept in a dry lot where there was no
green feed. Two lots of pigs were on
trial 56 days, two lots on trial 42 days,
and two lots on trial 7 0 days. The average
weight of the pigs in the various
lots ranged from 37 to '47. pounds
wnen xne xesrs Degan axiu irum * t iu
115 pounds when the tests ended.
"The pigs in the dry lots ate 4.18
pounds of tankage per 100 pounds of
corn and tankage, while those on pasture
ate 3.85 pounds of tankage for
each 100 pounds of corn and tankage.
The pigs on alfalfa gained at the rate
of .87 pound per day, while those in
the dry lot gained at the rate of .32
pound per day. The pigs in the dry
lot ate 596 pounds of corn and 23
pounds of tankage to produce 100
pounds gain, while those on alfalfa
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LEXINGTON, S. C.
pasture ate 297 pounds of corn and
14 pounds of tankage to produce 100 ?
pounds gain. Access to alfalfa pas- <
ture reduced the grain eaten to pro- .
duce 100 pounds of gain nearly one- .
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823 West Gervais Street
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and the more conservative f
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Hand Bags and Suit Cases.
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W. E. HUMPHRIES, Sales Manager
Repair Work a Specialty
bushel or $50.00 per ton and tank- . ..
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3orn and tankage for 100 pounds of
;rain in the alfalfa field was $8.12 as
against $15.47 in the dry lot. Al*
falfa pasture reduced the cost of
?ains nearly one-half.' \ A
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in the face of the work that is being
done to organize the Southern cotton
farmers, merchants, bankers and
manufacturers. The fall of 1914 was
dark and gloomy, but it was the
"darkest hour just before the dawn,"
the dawn of a new and prosperous
South. The prosperity of the South
can be maintained by cooperation
through a membership organization.
But it is necessary for every man in
every township in every county of the
cotton producing states to join the association
to reach the maximum of its
usefulness.
The county branches of the Cotton
Association cannot be stronger than
the weakest township organization,
neither can the State organization be
stronger than the weakest county organization.
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