The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 28, 1919, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 1919.
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J4"et at least what it cost \<>u.
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S Ordinarily it is bad policy to advise tarniers to
production to maintain a price. Theoretically
f] the millions of people who are the concumers.
] the many are greater than the rights of the fev
4* ton farmer of the South until recently has n
Shis rights. (And remember that while the >
most commodities it was not the cause of the a
price of cotton?in fact, it held down the pr
which, with the acute shortage of four years
S**" gone as high as 70c to 80c a pound under norm?
However this may be, the world has no mora
j. or demand any people or group of people to
C : than a living wage. This is what the world t
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I j Join th<
J j Everybody knows that small crop years
J i more money. This sixteen-million-bale
J I season of 1911-12 brought the Southern f
| j only $810,000,000, whereas the eleven-r
J | nine hundred thousand bale crop of the sea
} ] 1917-18 brought a total of $1,667,000,0(
: I cording to Secretary Hester's figures. T1
I | gan for 1919 should be: "Make a Small Cr<
1 1 Sell It for More Than It Cost to Raise."
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I i Here is the "Inf a
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I 1. Hold Last ^
I l)o not soil your cotton holdings ;?t a pi ic
spinners pay yon ;it least what your < <
"hoar" speculators who are croakinn tl
sending out pessunist ic stories in order t
make a profit. I)<> not ho soared l?ooaus(
hiuft* that every hu\ or knows of holding <
price. The world needs your cotton and
price il' you insi1 on it. It takes nerve t
11 old your cot t on.
YOl' ARE ENTITLED TO COST PRICE.
You are entit'ed to get back the money
|j3 you paid out to raise your cotton, aside
| * from the Tightness of holding your cotton
| * until you get what you think it is worth.
S ' facts all go to show that you will get it if
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U_ tVUl 1 Ill/Ill It. II lilt" U?UCin III lUllUII
Q" to all the rumors and bearish "dope" of
|f the spinners who are trying to scare the
If* weak cotton holders and shake out enough
uj cotton to give them a supply at cheap
Qj prices, of course cotton will go down. But
EfJ if they sit tight in the boat and hold their
UJ cotton they wiii gei their money.
if] iiostrictiniis on foreign trade are now I
fP have been ent and are almost normal. K
n- France and Italy will soon take off rest)
U America is the only country that has the
#! tions will he closed by March, some think
?f
J 3 Because of conditions brought about by
I 3 money than ever before. For the first tii
Shad received anywhere near an adequate :
time Southern farmers and farming peop
; ^ than a bare existence. In 1^18 the saving
K crease of 45 per cent over 1914, all th > no
l3 tributions and Liberty Loan subscript ons
K The reason is for the first time in years t
S price for his cofeion which gave him in so
?e for his labor, time and his investment. 1
made to lower the price of cotton to the o
K business men, Southern bankers, mercha
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fHB LANCASTER NEWS,
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the Soul
the war in 1917 the South had more
ne in generations her cotton planters
return for their labor. For the first
le realized what it was to have more
,s accounts in the South showed an intv/ithstanding
the various war conin
all of which the South did her part,
he Southern farmer has been paid a
me measure a more adeauate return
But recently concerted effort has been
Id starvation prices. Will Southern
aits and farmers stand for it? Will
llible Plan" to G
'ear's Crop.
c below cost. Hold thoni until the
>ttou cost. Do not be frightened by
uit cotton will go down and who are
o depress the market that they niav
' tlie spinners arc u<mu the worn! <>hl
ft" Imping that the seller will cut hi>
has m?t to have it. It will pay ymir
o hold, hut nerve wins in the end.
FOREIGN DEMAND IS OPENING UP.
Col ton is worth at least 30c a pound basis
middling or more. The logic of the facts
prove it. Before the war the world was
taking from fourteen to fifteen million
bales of American cotton. For the last
four years the South produced from eleven
to twelve million bales annually, or a
shortage of about three million bales a
year. This shortage, of course, was offset
by lessened demand from Europe.
icing fast removed. Freight rates
ngland lias removed her embargo,
ietions. And Europe is bare of cotton,
cotton. Furthermore, peace ncgutia,
and (lermnn and Austrian mills will
on can he produced until next Fall.
I<?tlies. Hold your 1!HS crop until you
sed to This Plai
restrict thejr of the Southern Cotton Farm*
it is bad for the world the great blessing of
The rights of has rewarded it by keeping itf
r. But the cot- The world can still get its clo
ever received time pay the Southern farmer <
var advanced cent living. The world has cril
dvance in the it for illiteracy and backwardn
ice of cotton, to allow the Southern farmer t
, might have ton except a mere pittance,
d conditions.) West, producers of wheat, cori
1 right to ask in their automobiles, improvi
work for less building better roads and scho
las demanded comforts and pleasures of life.
e "Safe and Sai
yield W armer
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E. M. CROXTON, Chairim
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rajiinirariLnijgmEJH;an ifaaaaagfafi
Cotton
th Prospe
they allow their people to go b??ck to pov
not keep up the building of more good roai
fortable and better houses? There is no
not be worth $150 to $250 an acre. The So
country and there is untold wealth in its
ture depends on the spirit and the determir
Sane" cotton policy for the South to ado
kp.PTi it.st nrncsnPfitTr nnrl folro nHvinton'o
v I 1 J ?<"? WUYH.IUagU
us refuse to sell our 1918 cotton crop beli
of a remunerative price for the 1919 cro
prosperity of the South
iet What Y our Cc
2. Plant Less Cottc
It' Smithcm farms raise a lary;e crop of
to the Smith's prosperity. October ? ? ?t t??ii
Cotton K.\ehanj?o at about nineteen eei
eannot l?e produced at sneli a price. and it
for t lie S< nit hern fanner to huy future eoi
the inarjL'hi requirements) and put his lan
pay more remunerative prices. It', as the
bale crop should brum twenty cents <?r lc
tliird and raise only nine million bales of baelc
the cost of nri id net ii in in>wi<1i?c cret
I o ?
oil 11; 111 cl.
PLANT OTHER FOOD AND FEED I
CROPS. Do not put all your eggs in one v
basket. Plant other crops besides cotton. f
Putting everything into cotton has been \
one of the mistakes that the old South al- t
ways made. Diversification is the salva- n
tion of the South. It gets back to the prin- t
ciple that if one crop fails, you have the i
others to fall back on. Like a fire insur- i
ance company, you distribute your risks.
RAISE MORE HOGS AND CATTLE.
into livestock. In Mississippi, for install)
creased during litis thirty-one million dol
>... I'l.jiji) i?> J;1! i 1! all'.! t We! 11 V-*-'' v i x"' <"
percent increase in number. The average
teen dollars?a nadvance of almost seven
I logs will continue to be worth money, t
long time before pork gets so cheap that i
At present the price of scventcell-fifty |i
will probably remain in effect several in<
land in corn t)? feed your hogs, and you w
ing the cotton market by tmt much cottoi
stuffs and foodstuffs, then you will ho liel
world, and you will make a reasonable p
i Is Not a Frienc
er. Tho South has given to same thing. The
cheap clothes, yet the world hoys and girls. 1
* people in economic slavery, something more tl
thes cheap and at the same than a streak of r
enough for him to have a de- three "R's" for its
ticised the South and blamed the South cannot
ess, and yet it does not want ton is too high; ar
;o have anything for his cot- ern farmer to faj
The farmers of the Middle e . e
i and cattle, have hen riding n a 1 len" ? *
ng their farms and homes, 1018 cotton. Cut
ols, and getting some of the so the world will
The South now demands the ton is worth.
ie" Cotton Mov<
m Because
i^ounty spot cotto,
tion in sell
would adv
?sociation
cotton bee
I . n r> tract marlin,
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ds, and better schools, more com- ri|
reason why Southern lands should ? 3
utli is the "Garden Spot" of the [J
agricultural opportunities. Its fu
lation of its people. A "Safe and
pt. There is a way for the South to J j
of its magnificent opportunity. Let \ J
aw its cost and insure the obtaining * ]
p. Let us maintain the continued r 1
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)tton Is Worth jl
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I to the South ; 1
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South now demands opportunities for its [ '
The South now demands a living wage, [3
han a shack for a house, something better [ ]
nud for a road, something better than the b J
i school children. Any man who says that J ?
have these; any man who says that cot- I
\y man who denies the right of the South- C .
r remuneration for his time and labor, is I .
he South. Southern farmers, hold your t Z
down your 1919 cotton acreage one-third, I
come to you and pay vou what your cot- E ^
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there is such a wide difference between I
i and future cotton there is no protec- r ]
ing futures at prevailing discounts. We [ j
ise all producing interests not to use j 1
cotton market as a hedge against spot I 3
uuse in the present position of the con- [ j
let it is not a legitimate hedge. I |
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>n This Year |
cot t on iu 1!)10 there is uravc danger | J
i is n<?\v quoted at the Now Orleans
its. It is well Known that cotton [would
he much cheaper and easier [
it pacts (if he is ahle to coinnly with ?,
<1 into feed and food crops that wilt [
i "Hears" tell u<. a twelve million
ss. let us cut our cotton accca . e one- Ef
cotton, and then w w'l! a least net L ?
tinii a fair pi'ice for the lhlS crop Cj
a
tut above all you have this economic ad- r ]
vantage. that you can raise your meat and p ]
ood and feedstuffs for your own use on r 1
*our own farm cheaper than you can buy p 3
hem from somebody else who has to make p 3
i profit. Plant other crops?Cut your cot- * }
on acreage by one-third, you can sell your J j
bod and feed crops at prices that will be ? j
emunerative. I j
More and inure the South is "niim p3
e. tiie value of farm animals has in- [
lars. Milch cows increased hv eiirht Of
lit tit juatU UI I f'hoW tWC'UtV fjgjj
farm price per head at present is six- ]
per cent over January a year ago. rl
' IIrope is short of fats and it will be a [ '
l will be unprofitable for the raiser.
cr 100 pounds for ho??s, ('Ideaii'o basis [ 1
nths. Itaise more boj>s. IMant more [J
ill make more money than by flood- [J
i. Plant some of your laud in feed- ?*
Ipinj; to both feed and clothe the M
rotit for yourself.