The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 17, 1908, Page 2, Image 2
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Agricultural V
^ Department
Ths Cotton Situation
Shall the South Surrender
$150,000,000 in Gold!? ,
That's "What will be Done
if the Crop Goes at Present
Prices.
precodented prosperiiv duo osi- t
tirciy to the good prices reoeiv- (
ed f1 r the c > 1 ton crop It -eems c
tint the ' ot'on Lu\ >ng world h is j
decreed tint this age of Southern c
prosperity shall not longer con c
tii tie. As evidence ol this there t
was during the summer a report >ent
to the coitonpactorv centers
of the world staling tlie SHither
d cotton crop would approximate
1 <>,000. 00 bales ail I
the prediction m*de that the
price wouh! go to eight and po^sibly
as low .n 0 cents per p uind
Such a report very na'uraUv demoralised
the cott n ' ra ie end
every manutaenrer wm'itig to
get in on the groin d ll or wa
unwilling to 1 ?y up :tock, and so
curlail d produc'iu : and hough'
cotton from han i t > mouth, c n
iiuually looking f?r h \v pric ?.
Another I net <? '* in Impressing theprice
or cotton is tin c'o ing < f
the Lancashire units in Kngland.
Tin se mills arc said to repie-cut
halt the spindle cap t it- of that
country; eons- rpiently < li ir < lo
ing will v ry ina'er'ah all' c'
the prices nt coin n.
Such briefly is the situation.
vVhat are iie rcmedie A > y
(jno-tion t> ns'r, but a f.?r mo o
difficult one to answer.
In my opinion, the li st thing
neces-ary is lor the cotton far
mers themselves to determine in
ad ttieir might and m inhnod
that tiny will no' SPii a bale o
cotton at present prices i xcept
to satis'.v existing obligations;
and then first endeavor to rto.e
Ilio entfmi unit tnt ,ii]iioh/i.s
- v ?? *? f. v/v '? ? v (ull/1 3 u ' 1
it to meet tho nere-sity of the
occasion. Ah long as sufficient
cotton to meet the requirements
T. It. Parker in tlio Progressive Parmer.
The flippant way in which
some people speak ot the present
price of cot ion argues that they
do not lully appreciate the gray- <
ity of the situation. This is in- I
tensified when they say that .the '
farmers have put the pries of 1
cotton too high and that it is <
now seeking its natural level. |
Such people leave the impression ?
that they are not looking beyond '
their personal interests an 1 '
therefore tail to see the stream I1
of gold that annually comes tojl
the South from foreign countriesj1
in exchange lor her cotton ciop 1
?i ms amounting 10 Hundreds ot '
millions of dollars, which is the *
mainspring to all business lite *
and activity in tlia Smth. Cur-I
lail this inflow of gold and we at j
once cripple every industry in
the South. Augment i* a id at
once the electric efleet is seen
and felt in every line of industry.
The price of cotton is today
2k cents per pound le-s than it
was one year ago. If this depression
in price is to continue
throughout the season it will
mean a loss to the South ou , a
12,000,000 bale crop, c f $150,- j
000,000, a sum equal to more
than half of the capital invested |
in the cotton mills of the entire j
South; likewise a much grea'er
sum than will be spent in the
South this year for public education.
These illustrations are g ven
to more forcibly illustrate the
enormity ot the loss to the South
caused by the present depression
iu prices, and to endeavor to
arouse a determination among
our people, irrespec ive ol v >c ition,
that it shall not be so.
WIIAT CAUSES THE DEPRESSION.
For the past few years the c
South'ha* been enjoying an un- r
THE Lt
o the mills is offered there w
be no need fm them to aivat
prices. Therefore hold the c
ton off the market until the pi
plus is worked off. If the cott
mill meu can not sell their go
they can not be expected to b
co'ton at. its full value, so I
thing to do is to not offer a
cotton for sale until the tra
wants it at a price that will j:
i ft? I lwi fnamca r? cnl I
VII * i no iai iii^i tu con.
At present prices the pur<
colt >11 farmer is making no nan
money on his cotton than he v
leu yeira ago when cotton w
soiling at 6 cents per pound,
that time corn, meat, labor, a
other things that the cotton If
mer buys was selling at t
little over halt of the prices th
ure now bringing. Six-cent ct
on at that time multiplied mo
Sages 011 the cotton farms of t
South. Notwithstanding t
ew years of good prices we ha
lad have enabled most ft
liers to pay oil' the mo
rages then incurred, con i
lotion of present pric
ind conditions will bring abo
i repetition of those days. F
hat reason the manhood ol t
30'itli should he against 1<
iriced c ?tton. It is not yet tii
or the South to assume the rr
if a philanthropist and sell c<
on lor a puce less than the cm
>1 production so as to fi
iish the world with cheap cott
mods.
Do we want farm values
ncrease instead ot decrease? ]
ve want factories of vatic
iinds to multiply and enlarge
he South? Do we want to ed
ate our children and beauti
>ur homes? Di we want an ;
>1 prosperity all over this Soul
and o! ours, with new lite, vis
iiici activity into every line
jiii-iness, vocation and proh
ion? If so. let us without i
rard io vocation be a unit, loj
o the South and her every i
erest, and save to her this $15
)00,000 aunually by maintai
ng the price of cotton at a i
nunerative figure so that pri
jerity may continue to smile
>ur people.
Let not the farmers be fool
mother year by tho siren sor
>t tho-e who toll them the woi
viil take as good prices all t
otion they can produce; b
a her lit 'hem first see Mi
heir crops are so diversified
o insure to each f .rmer a su
io'.cc ot corn, meat, and oth
?roduct8 nocey ary tor his hoi
on ump'.ion. Do lhat and t
o'.\ n crop will no longer pro
o be a mill "tone dragging
Bra*.; oil font liolrls 4 rjuar
islic d in iapan and ni< kol. I
1 The.R&yb Lair
^5| winlrt
?S brilliant litdit to read, sew c
bra??, nickel plated, late?t in
burner. F.very lamp warranto
??| not supply Perfection Oil I I
write our nearest agency fc
STANDAHI) Oil.
llnrorpora
, w~. - m\-rmm-' ' i n "i?L1?'irr""
?NCASTER NEWS. OCTOBER
ii) Making Good.
i0e There l?s no v .iy of making lasftng
friends like 'Milking tiood;" and Doctor ; ' '
Ot Pleree's medicines well exemplify this.
ljr_ and tlieir friends after more than two . ,
decades <.f popularity. are numliered hy
nn the hundreds of thousands. They liavo
,? "made good" and they have not made &.V
><** drunkards. >"? ; J
Uy A good. honest, square-deal medicine of
. J known composition is Dr. Pierce's Golden
H6 Medical Discovery. It still enjoys an lmHY
mensc sa|?>, while most of the preparu- ' '
tions that have eome into prominence in
id J the earlier period of its popularity have
is. "tone hv the board " ami are never more
heard of. There must be some reason for
this long-time popularity and that is to
? be found In Its superior merits. When
3'y once given a fair trial for weak stomach,
.or for liver And 1.1...^1 .. i?. -
pie woukl enter into the liiiht for
ed better pi ices lor coll on with only j
i?s one-fourth the enthusiasm they
rid are giving to the politic* of the! ij
he country it would be but a short
ill while before prices would be far
[ ?t above those ot today,
as J The Farmers' Alliance, the
tl'-j Farmers' Union, the Southern
or j Cotton Association should all
no join their lorces in ondeavoring
he t ) wit! h >ld c ttoa f o 11 the mar.
ve.kefs un'il a much better pi ice is
u- ollerei. Let those organizations
,[ Turn I
wfAe Wickl
as high as you can?there's no B| ^
'J?! danger?as low as you please H ISttS!
n ?there's no smell. That's HB
because the smokeless device
&>S3| prevents smoke or smell ? Kg
' vfl that means a steady flow of j 1
v plowing heat for every ounce
f PERFECTION 1
05] Heater f
(Equipped iIh Smol.rlrss Dfvice) jSfc
I care f >r it jn-t as easily as a lamp. ,5,,
ts burning 9 hours. I i.mdsomely fin-very
li?at. r warranted. V*
. adds < b? enness r*-^S j!
i t o t h e I o n g J*-?
'.proved mitral draft r?t r* ' Kf*
d. If your dealer can(
iter or Isayo I..amp ^ ^
r descriptive circular. y ?33
COMPANY ^ ^ Jitr
" ? rior curative Qualities urn soon manifest; >5 ; .
ras hence it has survived :ind grown in pop- ' ,
ular favor, while scores of less meritorious
articles have suddenly. Hashed into favor
At for a lirief period and then been as soon
, forgotten,
titl l<'or a torpid liver with its attendant
Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, perhaps
dizziness, foul breath, nasty coated
)llt tonguo. with bitter taste, loss of appetite.
ov with distress after eating, nervousness
y and debilitv. nothing is so r??> I
)t- Pierce's Guidon Medical Discovery. It's
. an honest, square-deal medicine with all
ri* its ingredients printed on botlle-wrHnper
?no secret, no hocus-pocus humniig,
. therefore tfon'f accept <t suhstiiuli that .
he the dealer may possibly make n little hip- '
pa per profit. Insist on your right to have
v what you call for. '
ir- Don't buy Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrlption
expecting it to prove n "cure-all." It
1Is only advised for woman's special allII.
m?nts. It makes weak women strong and
sick women well. Less advertised than
PS some preparations sold for like purposes,
its sterling curative virtues still maintain
, Its position In the front ranks, where t*
or stood over two docadcs ago. As an iu*
t vigorating tonic and strengthening norvIU
Ino it is unequaled. It won't satisfy those
)\V who want "boo/o." for there is not a drop
of alcohol in it. >
M? Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the ortyi
)lo Little Diver Pills, although the tif--l
pill of their kind in the market still lead
)t? and when once tried are ever afterwards
In favor. Kasy to take as candy ono tr.
three a dose. Much imiUilcd but never
jr. equaled.
O' t
down into penury and want. Too
to prosperity of all is involved ?
[)o In this endeavor for better
his prices lot the merchant, I ho
in banker, the manufacturer an 1
a- the profession ?1 man strike hands
fv with the farmer; for they, too,
ur are^nnwilling to see the South
h- deprived of the millions of do cor
lars so necessary lor iter growth
o' ami development. The liev.spais.
per men. too. these giants of m
o fluence and moulders of pt.bltc
ral opinion, can do the farmers of
in- the South a world of good if
0,- they will wage a battle for bet
in. ter pricjs for cotton, encourag
ie- ing the farmers to hold cot'on. fap
Hold Cottonl HOLD COTTON!! iP
on for better prices. If ihese peo- ||
| ACTUAL i
OUR MOTTO:
satisfied mon<
funded.
wTlliamshligi
CRESCENT RESTAI
(Up-stairs in Moore B'ld., Cor. M;
A Nice
Meal is
a Nice
FISH. flfl
We furnish tin- ti?11 iunl ynu the appetite
nieo the appetite ean't help heing r< ady lot
Large airy <|iinrters with Iteailini; Koom
let ns serve you.
.1. w. KI.MOT, ]
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uitimu
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Coffee, i 1-2 lb cans for 25c,
vey's leading brands of T
ural Leaf, Rich and 1
Coon and Ripe Pc;
Lot of fine hame made Molass<
Goods of all kinds. Also count
Yours to serve
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