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if Jw iTn The Barnwell Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C. MW OF WON TO THE 111 J. t. WANNAMAKER GIVES SURPRISING FACTS. m & TT- SHIEHirS IF FtBMERS South Realists Its Futuri' Is Stake and Must Act Accordingly. at Mr. J. Skottowe Waonamaker, 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 cotton to the South.” sent tham the following article: ... Cost of Cotton to the South. •* First, as to the cost of cotton to the South. I have estimated the cost SI cotton to the South includes the following: 1. The production of cotton coat the Sooth slavery. 2. It caused the War Between the States. 3. The production of cotton has kreoght slave labor. Regardless of the fact that cotton is a hand-made prod- set, a price has been established on rotton on the basis of slave-labor, from which price it has never been removed. i. It caused the South to become cotton slaves. S. It caused the South to merely ex- at, denying to the producers the ne cessities and comforts of life. ft To produce rotton and exist at priee paid for It by the manlpu- kitor necessitated the establishment of starvation wages in the South, irhkb exist even unto today. . completed. Work sow being done will provide baste for estimate in few weeks. Would be glad for your as sociatioa to select committee of three, to be to Washington April Sti - tor special ooaferonce oa factors . to be considered to estimating ooet of pro ducing cotton." r ' For the purpose of estimating the cost of production by the producer, by the experienced 1 business man and by the experienced banker, ! have selected various men from our State. The result , is apUy furnished by the following statements, which are to line with the various statements re ceived. These statements are from three men of unquestioned veracity, fine business judgment, long business experience and mea who have been actively engaged in farming for ove* a quarter of a century; men who would not purpeaely make a mislead ing statement, even though they felt satisfied it would result in assisting us to win this campaign, regnrdless of the deep interest they feel in the suc cess of this movement for the cdfjF mcrcial freedom of I'le South Cost of Production Illustrated on a One-Horse Farm of Fifteen Acres, Planted by J. M. Holman. The production of this firm is based’ on a ten-year average production of Calhoun county* • I have been farming for, thirty-five years, and hav* also been actively en gaged in cotton for the past ten years. All past ye*re must be left out of any calculation In finding the cost of the 1919 crop, for the reason that all val ues have advanced out of all reason. Labor and fertilizers cost three rimes as much as they did at the b°ginniny of the war. The calculations herein are made with the actual cotton .planted on this one-horse farm, and tb* expenses are figured only for the actual working period, my only object being to find out what it will actually cost to pro duce a pound of cotton. The owner of this farm gets nothing for himself out of this farm except his profit of 196.50 and be will not get this profit if hi* cotton is damaged by storm or other- wine and is reduced in grade, also pro- 7. ft has caused the illiteracy of the South, through the manipulations ! T,dwl he gets thirty cents for bis cot •f rhe cotton bear* . 1 ton ® nd for *»i» **«*. I have not 6 It has caused the impoverishment rharged this farm with any expense Hoe labor, II aorta at |U» ■xtra labor, gathering com, bay, oka. Ptokimg 19 baits cotton at $1 por hundred weight It bushels planting seed at |S a I II por cent depreciation $40# equipment /. 'nctdental expenses 3Itning and hag and ties 19 1 b. c. • •eeeeeeee * • >»eeepeeeeeeeeeeee< 10.99 120,00 19.0# 60.09 19.00 C 50.00 —$1,341.00 Income. f bile. 400 lbs. each at 30c..| 840.00 149 bushels cotton seed at fl 240.00 *»d pauperism of th# South. 9 The production of cotton has ect/seri the had roads of the South, fhntugh the Impoverishment of the producer by the manipulator. for hoeing. 1 expert the plowman to have time to do this work. Expenses- 15 bushels planting seed... $ 3 tons high grade fertilizers i t 10. ft haw driven from the rural communities the white man. who is so longer contented to eke out an ex- *-fenre; to deny to himself and his *:ruily the comfort* and necessities of flfr; to work without a fair remunera tion 11. ft is #ven driving the negro • way; ho bas received a new vision; V- is no longer satisfied with his un comfortable surroundings; he is ioauf- IHently clothed. ^ Mss Made Other lections Prosperous. 1?. It has made other sections of rhe rotintrv prosperous; it has fat- | •coed the besrspaod manipulators of ihe North; it has blessed mankind in •very spot of the globe where the •on shines except in the South, where M has proved a curse. . 13. The production of cotton in the Sooth today has cansed the descend ants of the people who fought to Inrak the chains of physical slavery from the black man to fight for the purpose of forgiog the chains of slavery. of poverty, of illiteracy on the women and children working in the cotton fields, both white and ilark. still tighter. 14. U. has filled the grave yards of the South with men. women end lit tle children who existed and passed 4**vy without necessities, comforts and education. M. It has created one of the great est gambling hells on this globe, the New Tork Cotton Exchange, extend- fhg Iti damnable and blighting ma nipulations and schemes throughout ewr nation; fattening and prospering the gamblers and manipulators on the Bfh-blood of the teller. _ 15. TTtar production of cotton In the loath has caused the producer to be- tome a commercial cannibal, this be ing absolutely necessary to enable him to exipt. He has destroyed his fonestry,. fleeced »9il of Its fsr- tnfty; existed on his natural assets;., toying to himself and hie family Teasonabfo hours of work and proper working conditions; a decent home; tte opportunity to play and to learn. 17.. U hag caused child labor in the 4outfi. ft lias caused the women and children of the South, both white and &ack. to perform not only labor, re* gandleas of hours, but even to per form the manual labor of tilling the •oft wrrth the plow. (White women and entered women can be seem plow- toe the cotton fields ef the South, with TWm barefoot dl children plod ding along fteftitaf them, seat taring compost, and peribnaing their work the break of dky to the twilight Impoverished, half-cloth ed worn and weary.) . LL to %pe rawed the producer of ^ rotten‘to go without the necessary ention. sMMing—the white man eel- v dom ku-atoc enough to meet the re fs of health aad hygiene; the beta* seldom blessed with more ^ (,- a r rpttou andersuita—oae tor |( i> ime when he Jolas the church. .u n he marries the frit time. ^4 mlkH V* i» buried. (TkUb*. kg to exresa rf the average.) Aa to ttif feat c? ProdUciloe of Cottsni In tfn fetitfi. I rvwnewted the Hon. D. H. Houston of Agrvcnarsu to fsmiah showing 759 pounds rent paid, at 39c.. Ginning, bagging and ties, 7 bales rotton Wage* one man. eight months nt |49 F##<! of mule eight months... : Rent of mole ....... Picking 9.909 pounds of cot ton at $1 Hauling to gin and market... Expense handling seed Wear and tear tools and fix lures ....... r.,-.»r>T.-..... 1599 1*9.99 525 09 35 09 129 09 ise 90 39 09 99 99 21 00 1591 1590 ” 11.064 99 Incoms. 3.375 pounds cottos at 39c,. .$1,913 SO S.900 pounds seed at $60 150.00 Gross Income Expense ...8MC2.30 ... 1.066.90 Profit .8 96 50 •Tost per pound. 31.58. I certify that the above statement is correct and true. J. M Holman. Coat ef cotton nroduction lllustrat- •don one-horse farm of thirty acres (twenty acres cotton and ten acres food) by J. A. Banes. Fsrtillxer. 8 tons 8-4 0 at $50......... J 490.00 1 ton sods ....’! 83.50 Labor. 1 plowman at $40 per month.. - 480.00 Hoe labor 40.00 Extra labor 1 40.00 Picking 12 B-C at 75c per hundred 99.09 2t) bu. planting seed at $1 bu. 20.09 10 per cent depreciation on $500 equipment 50.00 Current coat farm equipment 30.09 Ginning and bagging and tiee. 12 B-C at $6 99.09 • $1,080.00 The above farm should prodpee 10 b. c. and tenant must pay three bales rent After paying entire proceeds of sale of cotton and seed on his year’s expenses, be owes a balance of $268. Land planted in corn and hay will produce enough (p feed horse. . beea engaged in farming 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 fertilizers and supplies, hav ings been extensively engaged in the mercantile business for the past thirty years. The above is a correct statement illustrating the cost of production of cotton. t. A. Amaker. Referring Back to the Cost of Cotton _ to the South. Cotton production has cost the South all that'I have said and a vast amount more. The cost is so great that it would require t(ie judgment of God- Almighty to render a decision a to what cotton has actually cost the South. No mortal man can make the estimate. Henry Grady more than thirty-one yotfs 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 human being. The production of cotton in the South bas prevented his prediction from coming true. He •aid in part:' “When every farmer In th' South shell eat bread from his own flelds and meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no creditor, and enslavod by no debt, sball sit amid bis teeming gardens, and orchards and vineyards, and dairies and barnyards, pitching hit crop in hit wisdom and growing them in independence, making rotton liia clean surplus, and selling it in Ms cwn time, and in his chosen market, and not at a master's bidding—get Cog his pay in cash and not in a re ceipted mortgage that discharges his debt, hut does not restore bis free dom-then shall be breaking tbe full ness of our day.” The covt of production of cotton 1 • tbe South haa made tbe loyad Ameri can citizen realize that It la abso lutely neceanary for him in carrying out hi* pledge to help make the world safe for itomocra.'y, to help in every way p >ssR>le, using every ounce of energy ah his command to help im prove conditions in the South, so that it will be a lit place for people to live in. He has mads this decision be cause he realises, first, that it is his duty as a loyal American citizeu and because it is law duty in justice to God and man. He realises; ‘Once to every man and nation Tomes the moment to decide; In the strife of truth with falsehood, For the good or evtf side. r*ri- Wanted 1000 liberty Savings Depositors LIBERTY BELL HOME SAVINGS BANK .+~J \uh. VA vVV" Vf\ •/ jpil <' f How Your Savings Grow at 4% Compound Tnterest WEEKLY SAVINGS ONE YEAR THREE YEARS */oo 549®, 1751? 3161.3 769 7 J rive YEARS 5399 9P j 16 2” 25 52825 84855 2209*) TEN YEARS 1 S59P j 2 701-0 87719 1158m 13648*? I $1QQ9 f540891175525 3063*°j 769727 LET'LIBERTY"R1NG OUT EVERY DAY IN YOUR HOME MAKE THIS HOME SAVINGS BANK YOUR SYMBOL OP INDEPENDENCE 4HR HAPPINESS START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TODAY Join Our Liberty Bell Christmas ^Savings Party. Come and secure one of those Darling Miniature Liberty Ceil Sa*. ing Banks and save your money for Christmas, when it will all be returned to you with interest. The it embers are to bring the Bell the first of each month for deposit, • , — and secure a Bank B ok. Home Bank of Barnwell. , - _ - i $1,808.50 ; ,.-——^ Incoma. 276 bu. cotton seed at $1 bu..$ 276.90 3.609 lhi. cotton at 28Vic lb-. 1.926190 $1,303.90 This farm should produce unddr average conditions in thin county of Calhoun, 8. C., food suificiant to toed the horse that plows 4t aad twolve 409-pound bales of cottos (throe bales of which shall be taken tor rent of land) aad 276 busheto-of coHoc seed. This makes a balance and loaves the fanner aothing for hie time and aitenfioti: I have been fanning .for the past forty years and ! am thoroughly familiar wHh cotton production, have also had maay years’ experience in general merchandise bns'^eai. suppl ing fertilisers and supplies to farm ers. also bays had twenty-five thlrtv years’ experience as a ban being engaged during this period to farming, merchandising, operating sales stables and famishing live stock. The above is s correct -’♦ater'eot illustrating the oost of production of cotton. «r . J. A. Banks. : Cost ef Cette* Fredact!on Itlutreted on a One-Horse Fan* of Twenty- . seven Acres (ft Ac**# rotten and t. Acrot Cor* and Hay* T. A. Arraker. Fertiliser arm- 1 1° jbtr, “Then to sidnwith truth is noble. When w« share our wretohsd crust; Rre her cause bring feme and profit. And ‘tie prosperous to be just. “Then it le the brave man ohooses. While the coward stands aside. Doubting in his abject spirit, Till his Lord is crucified.” South’s Future gt Stake. The South realises that its future existence is at stake, aad that It. to ■ r absolutely necessary to market, bank and finance its cotton crop and that if this is not donfe, the cotton-produc tion of tbe South will follow tbe to- Jigo production, and that the cotton production will be referred to only as •omethlag that ence existed in the South. For this reason the farmer, mer chant. and banker hard abeleuteiy de termined to arrang* to market cot ton. They are forming a $100,909,900 corporation for this purpose known ae the Marketing, Exporting and Financ ing Corporation. The manipulators and gamblers who hare-fed on the life blood of the South wilt, ef course, Violently protest. * We reAHze that commercial freedom of- the Soath hi absolutely necessary to the future progress and prosperity of the South, The banking interests of the South will increase their Capital and sur plus by at least 19 por cent, and will accept liberty . Hmn bonds in payment for additional stock ioopod.. Oppor tunity only knocks oaoe. The South realises that it is knocking today and the door will be opened. Are You Helping. Are you helping in the fight for commercial freedom of the South? If not. you arb not a loyal son of either Arteries or the South. Not only this —yon do rsal.ze that America, ft wh. *i the.Sonth is a pari, is your own vocr native land; yon do not realise that God Almighty made all uen free nd equal; ym do not believe on t ith good wHI to 1,300 Government HORSES AND MULES AT AUCTION , If you need fine and well-conditioned farm and draft u your opportunity to get bargains. These animals Have been care fully selected by government experts, and are well fed. Sales At The Following Camps: \ - r‘ CAMP GORDON Atlanta, Ga. k * /*• May 5 177 Artillery Horses, 330Cavalry Horses/160 Draft Mules. For information write Lieut L. L. ^ Evans, Q. M. \C^ Remount Depot No. 316, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, tta* EMBARKATION DEPOT •t ~~ Charleston, S. C. . May 7 30 Cavalry Her»es, 350 Artillery Horses, 250 Draft Mules. . For information write Major Al bert Kalb, Q. M. C~ Embark ation Depot, No. Charli ? ton, S. C. ... *L, * ar« all prime, fat and in good condition. They are exceptien- elly fine famine stock. Sales will be held always at REMOUNT DEPOTS, rain or shine—under cover, if necessary, and to Highest Bidder. Lunch on grounds. TERMS: CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK Sold singly, in pairs, or car lots, to suit purchaser. Halter with each Rif!road Agents will be on the grounds. Come! It's ypur last and best chance!