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THE COST OF COTTON TO THE SOUTH MR. J. 8, WANNAMAKER GIVE* 8URPRI8ING FACTS. STATEMENTS OF FARMERS South Realises Its Futurs Is at 8t*ks and Must Act Accordingly. Mr. J, Skuttowe . Wannumaker, chairman of the South Carolina Cot ton Association, upon the request of a well known magazine that he fur nish them with a statement "showing the cost of ootton to the South," sent them the following article; Cost of Cotton to the 8outh, First, as to the oost of cottoa to the South, I have estimated the cost of cotton to the South includes the following: 1. The production of cotton cost the South slavery. 2. It,, caused the War Between the 8tates. 8. The production of cotton has brought slave labor. Regardless of the fact that cotton is a band-madd prod uct, a price has been established on cotton on the basis of slave-labor, from which price it has never been removed. 4. It caused the South to become cotton slaves. 6. it caused the South to merely ex ist; denying to the producers the ne coHHjtleH and comforts of life, C>. To produce cotton and exist at tho. prlco paid for it by the manipu lator necessitated* the establishment of starvation wages In the South, which exist oven unto today. ?7. It has caused the illiteracy of the South, through the manipulations of the cotton bears. 8. It has caused the impoverishment find pauperism of tho South. 9. The production of cotton fcni caused the bad roads of the 8e th, through the Impoverishment of producer by the manipulator. 10. It ha? driven from the r communities the white man, wh no longer contented to eke out an istence; to deny to himself and family the comforts and necesnitio iife; to work without a fair remun tion. 11. It Is oven drirlng . the negro uway; he has received a new vision; he is no longer nati*Jlod with his un comfortable surroundings; he is insuf ficiently clothed. Has Made Other Sections Prosperous. 12. It has mado other sections ol the country prosperous; it has fat toned the bears and manipulators of the North; it has blessed mapkind in every spot of the globe whore the sun shines except in the South, where it has proved a curse. 13. The production of cotton In the South today has caused tho descend ants of the peoplo who fought to break the chains of physical slavery from the black man to flRht for the purpose of forging the chains of slavery. of poverty, of. illiteracy on tho women and children working in (he cotton fields, both white and black, still tighter. 14. It has Ailed the grave-yards of the South with men. women and lit tle children who existed and passed away without necessities, comforts and education. 15. It has created one of the great est gambling hell* on this globe, the New York Cotton*- Rxchango, extend ing its damnable and blighting ma nipulations and schemes throughout our nation; fattening and prospering tho Ramblers and manipulators on the life-blood of tho toiler. lfi. Tho production of cotton in tho South has caused the producer to be come a commercial cannibal, this bo in-R nbfmlrutcly necessary to enable hiin to A x 1st. He has destroyed his forestry, fleeced his soil of Its fer tility; existed on hi* natural assets; denying to himself and his family reasonable hours of work and proper working renditions; a decent home; the opportunity to play and to learn. 17. Tt has caused child labor in the South It has caused the women and children of the South, both white and black, to perform not only labor, re gardless of hours hut; t>vcn lo per form the manual labor of tilling the soil with the plow. (White women and colored" women c air- be?seen plow- | in>: the cotton fields of the South. 1 with little barefooted children plod- j ding along behind them, scattering I compost, and perform In c their work! from the, break of dav to the twilight j ? underfed, impoverished, half c loth { ed. worn and weary ) Tt has caused the producer of cotton to ko without tho necessary cotton clothing ? the white man sol dom having enough to moot the re quirements of health and hv^iene; the negro being seldom blessed with more j than four cotton undersuits ? one for life use. one when he Joins the church one when he marries the first tinv. and one when he is buried (This he! ing In excess of the avcntt:?? \ A? to the Cost of Production of Cotton | In the South. 1 requested the Hon D H Houston, j Secretary of Agriculture to furnish : mo with a detailed statement showing ( the cost of production of cotton in ' .the South for the year 19H He has j Mist fele/raphed me as follows "Ttemlzod estimate of t%Jal cost of of cotton for 191H no4 ret j completed Work now being don# will provide basis for estimate la few week*. Weuld be glad for your *? *ociation to select committee of three, to be in Washington April II. for ttpecUl conference on factor* to be considered in estimating coet of pro ducing cotton." for the purpose of estimating ctie> coet of production by the producer, by the experienced business man and hv the experienced banker, J have ?elected various men from our .State. The result Is Aptly furnished by the following statements, which are in line with the various fetatement* r? ceived These statements are from three men of unquestioned veracity, fine business Judgment, long business experience and men who have been actively engaged In farming for over a quarter of a , century; men who would not purposely meke a mislead* fp.K statement, even though they felt HitlHflod it would r?Miiit in assisting us to win this campaign, regardless of the deep Interest they feel in the suc cess of this movement for the com mctrclal freedom of the South Cost of Production Illustrated en a One Horse Farm of Fifteen Acres, Planted by J. M. Molman. The production of this firm Is L?sed on a ten>year average production of Calhoun county, I have been farming for thirty-five years, apd have also been actively en Raged In cotton for the past ten yearn. All pant year* must be left out of any calculation In finding the cost of tho 1919 crop, for the roason that all .Tal lies have advanced out of all reason. Labor and fertilisers cost three times as much as they did at the bsginning of the war. The calculations herein are made with the actual cotton- planted on this '>ne-horne farm, and thn expenses are figured only for the actual working period, my only object being to And nut what It will actually cost to pro duce a pound of ctftton. The ownsr of this farm gets nothing for himself out of this farm except his profit of $96.50 and he will not get this profit if his cotton Is damaged by storm or other wise and is reduced in grade, also pro vided he gets thirty cents for his cot ton and ><50 for his seed. I have not charged this ferm with anv expense for hoeing. I expect the plowman to have time to do this work. Expenses. 15 bushels planting seed.... | 15.00 3 tons high grade fertilisers 180.00 750 pounds rent paid, at 30c.. 836.00 Ginning, bagging and ties, 7 bales cotton 35.00 Wages ono man, eight months at $40 330.00 Feed of mnle eight months... 120.00 Rent of mule 30.00 Picking 9.000 pounds of cot ton at $1 90.00 Hauling to gin and market... 21. 00 Rxpense handling seed *15.00 Wear and tear tools and fix tures 15.00 $1,066.00 Income. 3.375 pounds cotton at 30c ... $1,012.50 5.000 pounds seed at $60 150.00 Gross income $1,162.50 Expense 1.066.00 Profit $ 56.50 ??Cost per pound. 31.53. I certify that tho above statement is correct and true. J. M. Holman. Cost of cotton production llluotrst edon one-horse farm of thirty acres (twenty acres cotton and ten acres food) by J. A. Banks. Fertilizer. 8 tons 8-4-0 at $50 $ 400.00 1 ton soda 83.50 Labor. 1 plowman at $40 per month. . 480.00 Hoe labor' 40.00 Extra labor 40.00 Picking 12 B-O at 75c per hundred 99.00 20 bu. planting seed ?t $1 bu. 20.00 10 per cent depreciation on $500 equipment . . . 50.00 Current coat farm equipment 30.00 Ginning and bagging and tlee, 12 at $5. . 60.00 $1,802.50 Income. 276 bu. cotton seed at fl bu ..$ 276 00 3.600 lbs. cotton at 2Sl?c lb.. 1.026 00 $1,302.00 This farm should produce under averape conditions in this county of Calhoun. 8. C.. food sufficient to feed the horse thnt plow? it and twelve inn jioui>d hales of cotton (throe baler <.f which /shall he taken for rent of land i and 276 bushels of cotton ? *eed This makes a balance and leave? thr> farmer nothlne for his time and attention. I have been farminp for the p.isf forty years and I am thorouKhly familiar with cotton production, have alsM hud many years' experience (n general merchandise business supplv inc fertilizers and supplies to farm ers also have had twenfy-flve to thirty years' experience as a banker heinr engaged during thhs period In fanning, mere handising. operating sales stables and fr.ml^b-ln^r llvo stork The above is n cprroct o'nteeient 'Tin itratlnpc ttie cost of prodtvetion of cotton .T A n.tnKs Cost of Cotton Production Illustrated on a One-Hone Farm of Twenty seven Acres (18 Acres Cotton and 9 Acres Corn and Hay). By T. A. Amaker. Fertilizer. r,\ fors fertilizer S-3-2 at $r.S _. $ *31.50 1 t^a : legate soda 90 00 Labor. 1 p'ow hand It month*, at $40 4t0 00 met*# - a tabor, iath?ri*|| cor?. ??? ?<? >:kiug 10 bale* cotton at II par hundred weight ! 130.00 18 bushels planting need at 42 a bushel 3G.0# 10 per cent depreciation on $600 equipment 60.00 Incidental expenses ........ 30.00 Ginning and bag and tie* 10 b. e. 60.00 fl.318.00 Inceme. 7 b. e. 400 lbs. each at 30c.. $ 840.00 249 bushel# cotton seed at fl 240.00 11.080.00 The abore farm should produce 10 b. e. and tenant must pay three bales rent After paying entire proceeds of sale of cotton and seed on his year's expenses, he owes a balance of |S68. Land planted In corn and hay will produce enough to feed horse. 1 have been engaged in fanning for the past thirty years and am thoroughly familiar with the cost of production being now extensively en gaged In farming, and also thoroughly familiar with same as a merchant selling fertilisers and supplies, hav ing beed extensively engaged in the mercantile business for the past thirty years. The above Is a correct statement Illustrating the cost of production ot cotton. T. A. Amaxar. Referring Back to the Cost of Cotton to the South. Cotton production has cost the South all tha^ I have said and a vaBt amount more. The cost Is so great that it would require the judgmeht of God Almighty to render a decision a to what cotton has actually cost the South. No mortal man can make th^ estimate. Henry tfrady more than thirty-one years ago delivered a speech in New England, which made a more lasting impression possibly on the country than any one speech ever delivered by any hjuraan being. The production of cotton in the South has prevented his. prediction from coming true. He said in part: "When every fanner In i ho South shall eat bread from his own flelds' and meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no oreditor, and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens, and orchards and vineyards, and dairies and barnyards, pitching his crop in his wisdom and growlnp them in independence, making cotton his clean surplus, and selling it in hts own time, and in his chosen market, and not at a master's bidding ? get ting his pay in cash and not in a re ceipted mortgage that discharges his debt, but does not restore his free dom ? then shall be breaking the full ness of our day." The cost of production of cotton in th% South has made the k>yad Ameri can citizen realize ThSt It is a boo lately necoeeary for him In carrying out his pledge to help make the world safe for democracy, to help in every way possible, uaing every ounce o< energy at hts command to help im prove conditions in the South, so that it will be a fit place for people to live in. Ho has made Chis decision be cause he realises, fivwt, that it is his duty as a loyal American citlzeiT and because ft is hie duty in Justice to God and man. ?He realizes: 'Onoe to every man and nation -Ootnes the moment to decide; In the strife of truth with falsehood. For the good or evil side. "Then to sidefwlMt truth is noble, When we share our wretched crust; Eire her cauee bring fame and profit, Amd 'tis prosperous to be Just. "Then it is the brave man chooses, _ While the coward stands aside, . Doubting in his abject spirit, * Till his Lord ti crucified." ? South'? Future at 8take. The South realises that its future existence is at stake, and that it is absolutely necessary to market, bank and finance its cotton crop and that If this is not done, the cotton produc tion of the South will follow the in digo production, and that the cotton production will be referred to only as something that once existed in the Sou tli. For this reason the farmer, mer chant and banker have absloutely de termined to arrange to market cot ton. They are forming a $200,000,000 corporation for thi? purposo known as th* Marketing. Exporting ajid Financ ing Corporation. The manipulators and gamblers who have fed on the life blood of the South will, of co'urse, Violently protest. "We realize tbnt eommerclal freedom o< the South la absolutely necessary to the future progress and prosperity of th? South. The banking interests of the South rwlll increase thetr capital and sur plus by at l?aat 50 per cent, and will accept liberty loan bonds In payment for additional stock issued. Oppor? tunity only knocks once. The South realizes that It is knocking today and the door will be opened. Are You Helping Are helping in the fight Jtor commercial freedom of the South? If trot-, you- a re not a loyal son of either America or the South. Not only thia ? you do not realize that America, of which the South Is a part, la your own. your native land; you do not realii# that Ood Almighty made all men free and equal; you do not believe on "Peace on Earth good will U> men." No loyal American will eo far forget his duty as an American citizen; no k>yaJ .American will so far fcwget hk pledge to make the world *afe tor democracy. r W?l?r?e Mm-Mwrl' , , : ? . IVuuteu. H. C.. April 30. About forty 2irl? mud boy. tuy*ym I ? *>Hy eveuinf in the .Club Hovhii* iatat Friday. All kinds ?>f game* Wfr.t played, th?-r? w|p music ami heart? Hiugiug of popular aira ami at tbv end a pootf <*h?1 drluk of lc<*d Uhih? iia<l?<. ?' ^ A uuniber ->f uew famili*** have come to the Wateree villas. We are glad to weioene the Hrigma??, Haucocka, \Vorteyi?. Kvamt, UoUias, I^eggett#*^!** I.iaaie 1'Utrk and other friemla who have recently tVeooine a part of the village and 1)1 ill life. The children*', gardeu eluh under the guidance of Miss Cornwall i* doing ex cellent work. Flowers have been plaut ed. much attentiuu given to keeping the lawn* aud grounds neat and a special campaign b?<gun agaiiiHt scribbling ou the trail* ?' houtaa. This club i ft Work log t<> nfake ami keep the village beau-i tlful <and 1 1 < i > i - - for ?the oK?i?eratloii of all the grown-ups, The three teacher^ Mis# Wilkes, Miaa A I ford and Mis? Simpson are working faithfully 'to etwourago regular attend ance at echool. lit iH hoped that next year there wHl be a larger per cent of regularity among all the children as ouly in this Wgy can >they progress and be come 'the kind of citlseua our country most needs. Tim Ht?itc Superintendent of Mill Schools Shealy visited the school this week. On Sunday evening there was a largo aiitemlance at the village church. Hev. J. H, Spaulding, manager of -the Econ omy Home for Motherless Children at ?? ? '? ? * ? ? ? ? ????? ? ? ???? "?????" - At Last! There are few cyclists who, when compelled to execute repairs to Inner tubes by the roadside, have not longed for unpuncturable tires. This desid eratum now seems to have become an accomplished fact In Sweden, where the shortago of rubber hns causcd great efforts to be made to find a sat isfactory substitute for the pneumatic tire. The new device consists of a thin strip of hardened steel supported on the rlra by springs, the combination being said to give results comparable \ylth those obtained by the use of rub ber. Skidding is prevented by the shnrp edge of the steel tread, while such tlroa are, of course, quite un puncturable. Whether the new device will survlvq when rubber again be comes plentiful Is perhaps doubtful, but ns a war-time measure It has proved very useful.? From Chambers* Journal. The Sugar Shortage.. Colonel House at a Paris reception was talking about the French sugar short nge. ? " "The French sugar ration Is a pound a month ? If you get it," he said, -"tonally you? don't get it, and ? theu you buy your sugar clandestinely. The price Is 80 or 90 cents a pound. "After enduring tho French sugar short nge for a month or two," the colonel ended, "you think very long ingly of the pence-time plenty soon to come, and you appreciate as never be fore the wonderful beauty of the dear old hymn. 'In the sweet by-and-by,'.'* Reading by Ear. new Invention for the blind en ables thein to rend with their ears! It lfc a machine called an octophone, ,by menns of which flashes of light from the letters as they are prlnfeddnmcr certain sounds, easily distinguishable by the Initiated. 01 The sounds vary with the shapes of the letters, and very high resistance telephones trusmlt these to the ears the blind person, "reading" with hlghl3* satisfactory results. ? Early Rising. "Do you remember how wo used to scold .To*h . nbout oversleeping before he wont Into the army?" snld Mrs. Corntossel. "Yes." replied the farmer; "that's why Ti'O nru't say m word when lie gets Op at daybreak und accompanies the rooat <>ru on Ms cornet." KtngV Creek delivered <be addrra ? and n*uk?e of ike ueed? of tfel? child reua home. He it hovini fur ? liberal -GOfttrtlMttNl from the church member*. Mr*. Florence Bradley married Mr, A. C. HedMi last week, both of wlium live t?t Waterec. | The following ftuuillM have moved into . I ht; village : Urn. I>, T. Hancock and family, of Cli. iuw; Mix. S. R, Bvtttf It4 famHy of Oheraw; Mm. H. \V. Worley . of Mr. Wad* W?*t ami wlf? of < VhuufeFa ; Mr. A. H, Lcweilya, Itohfon, 1 2nd Coaat Antillery ; Mr. Andrew Crowley ' of Ctataoablt { Mr. L. L. Ahwinr of la?x i union, ?. C, J Mr. Oofoun Driiserv and wife of Cheraw ; Mr. C, 0. Hrigmau ami family of I*>xinjcton ; Mr. H. T, ? Md'askill of Carattt. Mr. C. Cf llrigmaii and family and Mr; Ii. h. Alewine were visitors at Lex iniptoii for the week end. Mr. J. K. Robinson npcut Sunday in Cnflumbla. ' . , .. . * To Return To l'rlv?te Ownership. ' WtlhiOftOB, April 2N.? ' The govern mmt is i?repar1ng to reHmpdsh control : next imiuth of American cable lint* and t<> restore telef^aph ami telephone) systems to private ownership immediate ly after enactment by congress* of laws nweaaaryv to safeguard the properties. | I 'oat master General Hurletfon, aa .dl- J recting head of the extensive wire conir imiuieatfon service taken over aa a war measure, announced today he had aeut to President Wilson a recommendation tlia(t the <ihblea be returned back twrth- j Wktth, probably not later than May 10. | An hour later the postmaster general ' gave out a (ytafteraent saying he \yould recommend ttu*t the telegraph and tele phone aervice be returned to private own ership, contingent, however, on financial protection, to be obtained from congress. The Colonial building, combined apart ineirt house and theatre formerly the old Chicora (Allege at Greenville, was burn-, ?mI early Saturday morning, The build ing wa* erected about 85 years ago and who formerly the property of the I*rcs- ' byteriaua of South Carolina. Frames swept actons tlje street and ul*>o doitioy- , | ed the Coco-Cola bottling works garage 1 in Greenville. The property was owned i ' by C. C. Goode and S. S. Plexico. ? , J A divorce ease in Judge Brothers court came to a dramatic close mt Chicago, I Friday when Mrs. Elmer S. Simpson shot her husband, who was on the wit j hess stand, through flic mouth, inflict-"' | iug a probable fatal wound. GARDEN SEED ' ? * 1 Tr*--^-?:^;-?^vr.? ?v?r I We have a fresh supply of all kinds of Garden Seed on hand. 'I':-?!"] ? ..^ ? , ,-?* 1 ,tr^ ,*J ". v ? , r.v v- ? I ? ? 1 1 ' ' 1 i "?= Zemp & DePass Call or Pboot No. Id /?? .: ,ii? ... . *??? f-.-.-v"-' COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. ? II II ?PW(? ^ ? MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER i PLAIN & HUGER STS.' Phone 71 COLUMBIA, 3. C. Collins Brothers ? ? ? 1 ' " ^ Undertakers for Colored People ? ? ' - 'n ' Telephone 41 714 W. 'DeKalb St. DR. R. E. STEVENSON DENTIST Crocker Building 'Camden, S. C. Attractive Cottage Six rooms, practically new, with good.; lot; -all modern con veniencs, and in a desirable location. Must be sold within the next thirty days. ? Price $3,3^0.00 * SEE ME AT ONCE IF INTERESTED 2. L. A. McDOWELL, Agent TELEPHONE 139 ? Before the Fire? THERE'S ONLY ONE TIME TO INSURE YOUR PROPERTY? THAT'S BEFORE THE FIRE. TODAY IS BEFORE THE FIRE TOMORROW MAY BE AFTE IT. YOU NEVER CAN TELL. ' , ; _ ONE OF OUR LIBERAL POLICIES PLACED ON YOUR PROPERTY TODAY MAY MEAN BUSINESS SALVATION FOR YOU BEFORE TOMORROW'S SUN RISES. , ... .v?. ' ' ' " OLD PROCRASTINATION NEVER GOT ANYWHERE NOR DID ANYTHING. he never Insures, don't you be like him. C. P. DuBOSE $ COMPANY REAL ESTATE INSURANCE .