The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 26, 1908, Page 2, Image 2
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To Cotton Producers!
Why is it that cotton has not
reached the minimum price set,
15 cents? Is it too late? I answer,
No. What, then, is the
cause of its being down? The
producer alone i9 to blame. He
is ready at all times to listen
to all he hears about the bear
side of cotton, but fails to look
into the true situation and the
condition of the crop. He doe9
not realize that cotton is now
scarcer than it has been in twenty-five
years, while the demand
is just as great, when we consider
the supply of raw material. It
must be remembered that last
year's crop wis short more than
four million bales. In view of
this we can reach no other conclusion
but that the producer
himself is to blame for our not
leaching the minimum before
this. He has become frightened
at the bluffs of the bear element,
the 9pinuer and speculator, and
has taken their assertions as
facts.
Their first bluff was the mills
running on short time. It was
necessary for them to do this, as
it was impossible tor them to secure
sufficient raw material to
sumed operations last Monday.
From this we assume that trade
con litionp must he tret tinn better.
I hear from authority that a 11 the
mills in this section will noon hegin
operating on full time It is
understood (hat a number of mills
ruu on. Last year's short crop
forced them to curtail, not their
production but their consumption.
Cotton was not to be had.
They next bluffed you in making
you believe that they could not
sell their goods, and frightened
you again. While they have
goods stored in their warehouses,
the commission houses in New
York and other centers have less
goods than they have had in
years Not until the entire surplus
is consumed in these centers
will the goods be taken from
the local ware houses.
On August 1st the mills fouud
it necessary to close down for
teu days, but this was not from
choice. It was for the want of
cotton. I know it to be a fact'
that most of the mills which
were closed down were out ot
cotton to spin. They knew that
there was not enough cotton to
run them until the new crop
comes in. They must have old
cotton to work with the new
when it first comes in. It is the
old cotton that they want to get
hold of now.
I want to impress upon the far
mers that now is the time to hold
your old cotton, as well as your
new. If cotton is held of! of the
market throughout the South tor
the next sixty days the Brokers
and Speculators will be compelled
to give the price in order to
fill contracts sold to the spinner?
ahead. You can do this by putting
your cotton in bonded waiehouses
and borrowing money on
it. Money is now plentiful for
legitimate purposes.
The continental mills are short
of cotton and there is a demand
for actual cotton from this
source, while the offerings are
small. It is getting harder every
day to buy cotton for prompt
shipment. The supply in the
American mills is not sufficient
for twenty days, if that long.
The New England mills will soon
have to buy cotton or closedown.
They have been buying from
hand to mouth for the last three!
months. I know of one hundred
bales of cotton lold last week by
one mill. Fifty bales of this went
to a mill that was closed down,
while the other fifty went to another
mill. These two mills had
to have cotton to begin work wit It
on t be 17th ins'. All the mil'which
have b n closed down re
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THE LANCA
have sold their output ahead for Nort
several mouths. All together
the situation in milling circles is
not as bad as it i9 reported to be. ^
Generally throughout the couu wa8
try the mills would be runuing ^bse:
on full time it they could get cot- e(* ^3
ton to spin. color
Now, as to the condition of
the growing crop. We hear it 8hiftl
stated from the bear side that rec^'
we will make fourteen million Cwmn
bales this year, and that cotton
will decline to eight cents. This an<*
is another great big bluff, and it Peac'
will frighten some producers It race8
is ray honest belief, based upou
the inforraatioii at my hand, that raen(
the crop of last year will not l'ce8
more than be duplicated. An- f?uni
other shortage like last year will 8Ur?8
produce one of the biggest panics ment
that the world has ever known, ^
and the tails of our shirts will a,,d
have to be made ehorter to give Proir
every man a shirt. assut
Crop conditions in South Car- OWI1
olitia are not what they wero ta,n
two weeks ago The crop i6 ,or
fully 25 per cent. off. This is
due tc too much rain in June 9e've
and early in July, followed by t0 a(
excessive heat. It is impossible diffei
now for the plant ever to recup- we,
erate and make a top crop.
In Texas reports say that the re
crop has been damaged in sec- co'or
tion9 by too much rain, while in wa^
other sections the crop has been
cut oil considerably by drought I)eftC(
and the devastation of the boll co'1)r
weevil. Texas cannot produce w^'c
anything approaching what is body
considered a lull crop. serve
Alabama and Mississippi both
report too much rain, followed
bv excessively hot weather, pro- Eve
ducing rust, black rot and shed \
ding. he owi
Georgia reports thirty coun- ^ewtr'
ties affectedjwith black rot which eVitah
is damaging the crop no little. l>i*co<
Other sections report caterpil- kTh'io
lars, too much rain, followed by throat
excessive heat. Cotton has deteriorated
wonderfully in the tee at
last ten days. free
Then other cotton belt States
report conditions just about as
bad. In view of this informa
tion, it is the height of folly for
the producer and holder of spot? C<
to become frightened and sell, lanti
The Farmers' Union is in a pos- elecl
ition to get a correct estimate of in tl
the crop, and it is wisdom in the noor
farmer listening to the Union, wen
whoso interest is identical with Tho
hi?, rather than to listen to the loss
speculator, whose interest it is to with
get your cotton just as cheap as U. >
possible. ed a
The National Convention of lati<
the Farmers' Union will convene the
September 1st lor the purpose of as tl
fixing the price on cotton. At an a
that time the Union will know hote
t K /\ rv v n /J i ( ? f 4 U /> ? /*v a-v t ItA
1 ilCJ CAttV/V Lwuun I'MI y*i l/UW 11 U j; , v,,v
and will fix a price in keeping buili
with those conditions.
In view of these facts, I urge forwi
every man owning a bale of cot- Core,
ton to store it in a bonded warehouse,
borrow money to meet Dr.
your obligations, and hold on
till the price set is reached. It
is suicidal in us to work hard and Rep
make a crop and then let the
gambler and speculator have it
at less than it cost us to make it.
Stand by your guns and make a va
1 good fight and victory is ours. t(,' "
B. IJarris. Piesident,
8. C. Farmers1 Union.
this
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Lucas County 1 ' 1
1 ratik !. Cheney makes oath that hp is lev '
Senior partner ol the tirin <>l F. J. Cheney Jly ]
A < o .doing business in the city of Toledo,
enunty and state don-said, an 1 that sai I :,t n
tirni will pay the s im <?1 ON F 111'NDKFD nigli
DO FLAILS i'or eaeh an 1 every ease of Ca- j
tarrh tbat cannot bo cured by the quo <it ? to
Hall's t atarrli Cure I r -in .1. Cheiiov
.Sworn to la-fore tne ari l subscribed in j
a v pri sonct, tliis r'.ili ilny of Ducrnilicr,
A. I'. A. W, (lleiisou, Mr
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and acts directly on the hlood an I mucous Jy, |.
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SXER NEWS, AUOl
;h Carolina Negroe
opt Sensible Resolutions
arlot'e Observer: Tbei
published in yesterday1
rver these resolutions adop
t the Iiowan Association,
ed organization:
tesolved, That we deplor
e9sness and the rash acts c
ess individuals. We re
end industry and economj
protection of womanhoo
every means of securin
9 and harmony between th
solved, That we recoil
1 the teachings and prai
of piety and the graces *
1 in the Word of God as th
t means of the accomplist
of peace and prosperity,
e denounce wrong whereve
whenever found and w
lise whatever aid we can t
e law and order and by oi
conduct secure and mair
the friendship so necessar
je good of the races.
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soiveu, iiihi we any uu
s with everything that tenc
Ivance the interests of til
rent coramuniiies iii whic
e.
ese resolutions deserve t
ad from the pulpit of ever
ed church. They blaze tb
to good relations betwee
as and blacks and to tb
a and prosperity of tl
ed race. The committt
h reported them and tb
which adopted them d
) all commendation.
Why James Lee 6ot Well
iybody in Zanesville, O., knows M
Let. of rural route 8. she writi
ltisband, James Lee, firmly believes
bia life to the use of Dr. KiU|
Mscovery. His lungs were so sevei
cted that consumption seemed i
le, when a friend recommended N'i
very. We tried it. and its use 1:
ed him to perfect health," 1
s New Discovery is the King
and lung remedies. For cong
)lds it has no equal. The first dc
relief. Try it* Sold under guar*
J. T. Mackey a Co. and Funderbn
jacy. 50c and $1 00 Trial hot
ns Destroyed by L?igh
ning in Georgia.
srdele, Ga., special in A
a Journal : During a eeve
:ric storm which prevail
lis section yesterday afte
i and last night, two bar
s burned bv lightnin
mas J. Little suffered a hea1
in his entire crop of on
i but $150 insurance. Jud
rT. Whipple's barn was bur
t 10 o'clock last night. T]
?r lire creallv endanger
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business section of the cit
ie structure was located i
Hey just back of the Suwan
1, the Harmon building a]
new American National bai
ding.
women should rend my "Book N<
omen.'' It tells of Dr. Shoop's ni|
Tells how these soothing, heali
Bptio suppositories, bring quick n
n help. The book is free, Addr
Shoop' Racine, Wis. Funderbi
uiacy. w
rieved on Way to Gs
lows.
aeon, Ga., Aug. 21.?Ni
Is, colored, under senter
e hanged to-day at Baxb
lor rape, held in Bibbcouc
for safety, received a reprie
morning while wailing I
train to lake him to Baxb
ill Branch arrived from Bt
with notice ol the repriet
left a mob waiting for llvi
H.valy and he returned I
t to Bibb jail. The reprio
i September 11th.
Excellent Health Advice.
s. M M. Davison, of No. :I71> Gitl
San ?Joho, fal. -ays I lio worth
ric Hitters a- a perioral family ret
>r hotulnclie. biliousness anil tori
? liver an?l bowels is no pronoun*
1 am prompted to say a word ill
, lor tho benefit of those seeking
rem sneh alllietions There is ui
h for the digestive organs in a bo
i trie Ititteis than in any other rei
know of." Sold under tfnarantei
Mac key A Co. and l'undeiburk I'll
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Pat Leather Oxfords 75 cents.
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First National Hank.
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Good Brogan 98c.
worth 1.25, at 88c.
Inserting, sold at
at 8 1-3 cents yard,
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