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The Barnwell Sentinel, Barnwell, S. C.
MW OF WON
TO THE 111
J. t. WANNAMAKER GIVES
SURPRISING FACTS.
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SHIEHirS IF FtBMERS
South Realists Its Futuri' Is
Stake and Must Act
Accordingly.
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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.
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10.99
120,00
19.0#
60.09
19.00
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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
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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.
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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
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“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
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May 5
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