The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 19, 1906, Page SIX, Image 6
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A IWOP T ON
T 002NA'0
Sout Sould a Pirm tt
4 tion Calls Upon Farmers,
chants and Bankers to
I Xold Their Advantage.
Hi-. E. D. Smith, president of t
South Carolina division, Souther
Cotton association, whio was here a
the offices of the association yeste
day, gave out the following intervie
last night:
"In view of the fact that such
number of planters and merchani
throughout the South are selling the
cotton for next fall delivery at I
cents per pound, there are certai
facts which I deem it duty of mysel
and others who are posted, to give t
the members of the Sonthern Cotto
association and those interested i
the continued high price of cotto
and the consequent prosperity of th
South.
''In 1.904 we made practically 14,
000,000 bales of cot ton: in 1905 w
made approximately 10,500,000. Thes
two items make an averag-e of abou
12,250,000 bales for the two yearF
'1904 and 1905. Notwithstanding thi
enormous yield of cotton, (niormo1
in comparsiol with what we have heel
led to believe was necessary for th;
world's supply, hear wliat the officer
of the British Cotton Growing asso
ciation have to say in reference to ti
cotton situation published May 19t]
in the official journal of the Manchies
ter cotton association. This journa
says:
'''On last Thursday what the primo
minister described wliat the prim
most influential deputations that ha!
ever waited upon-the head of the gov
erment of this country, met togethel
in the forign office, London. Accom
paying Sir H. Campbell Bannermai
.were the Earl of Elgin, colonial secre
tary; Mr. John Morley, secretary fol
Tndia; Mr. Winston Churchill, unde
colonial secretary, and Mr. Georgo
Whitley, chief ministerial whip. Thi
deputation which repesented th
British Cotton association, some o
the principal chambers of commere
of Great Britain, the various associa
tions of labor and capital, some of th
chief magistrates of Lancashire, an
other towns outside of Lancashir
was introduced by Lord Derby, th
lord-lieutenant of Lancashire. H
was followed by the Dilke of Marl
borough, who in a few pithly reiaIk
associated himself with the movement
Mi. .1. A. lut ton, vice chairman o
tihe conlil of the association, statei
tihe case for tile deputation. le stat
ed that the annual value of the p'o
dieliomi of' the cotton trade anotmite,
to over' 100t,000.00)0 pounditis sterlini;
t$500t.000).000) amid thait thle caipita
di rectly (1iL(I ena et representeId o've
400.000.00,0tI oumiuis sterl ing, or $2,
000,000.)000. Thiere was no ineed, hi
said, to labour the pouiint thait a Irad
of sneh'l imiiportae vliC~ it ally affectec
the wel fare of thle couttry, and thai
any disaster to it might he sid to b
a disaster to the whole countiy. Th
cotton trade, lie wenit oii to say, wa
in a very do lgeirons posit ion. Th~
dangeirs were t wo-fold. Ini the firs
place, they got 75 pier cent of thei'
rawv material from one couiitry, am
that they we're conisequently at. thi
meircy of the weather' in one pai't :
the world. It was therefore quiti
evident that they ought to aim a
broadening the base of supply, and i:
possible to (10 so within the Britisl
Empire. Thle second dlanger' to whiel
lie called attention was that conisump~
tion was more or less oveitaking pro
duction. It was calculated that con
suimption in thme British Empire wa:
increasing at the rate of 400,000 bale:
per annum, and Lancasire alone ha,
in the last yeair or s0 added someht in;
like 6,000,000 spindles t.o her spinin
capacity which represe'nted an ini
crease in consumption in Lancashiir
alone of hal f a million bales; that thIi
Unmited States had iincreasedl thi
consumption fi'om 2,500,000 bales 11
years ago to 4,000,000 bales at th
present. It was therefore clear tha
ini a comp)arat ively short time thb
United States would requirec the greal
er part of their own hproduct.ioi
WVhether they would get it was c
cour'se another thing. For the cotto
.would go to those who paid the bet
price for it; that,.a scramble wvas e:s
J)eeted, nobody wvouhd deny. Til
present position gate great enxiet
to those who were deeply intereste
in the cotton trade.
'In 1001 and 1902 a good manl
mills had run short time; in 1903 t.l
bulk of thiem had to run short tin
for four' months. The climax we
reached in 1904.when the gireater' nun
her of mills ran short time cigh
-monithis. He did not tink it wer
.eplized outside of Lancashire ho,
much 4ffering this entailed. Perhaps
.he couW not indicate it better than by
gpying.that ii maiy cases two famil
ies ha4 to be 4 wded Jn,to one house
Se loig as th6 had fh'ts4ations qf
B th#t sot, so long'nust'they Abi#W'lp
the unhappy position they were1
Pn1. What was the crop goink i661
If it was anything less than 12,000
000 bales, they would hAve specula
tion again and short time. The con
sequences of short time WOre very
serious. According to Mr. Macara,
who was generally recogized, he said,
e As 'the greatest authority on cottod
n statistics, three-quarter time meant a
t total loss to capital and labor.of 150,
7- 000 pounds a week ($750,000) to
v Lancashire alone, and $20,000,000. a
week to the whole country (England).
a ' 'The association had made inl
s quiries all over the world in their
r search for new sources of supplies,
0 and they had come to the conclision
n that they must. have a country cal)
f able of prodicing millions of bales to
0 take the place of or supplement the
n American supplies. And that North
n Nigeria alone was the only possible
1 salvation for tihe cotton trade. But
e here they are brought up against tle
fact that North Nigeria was for all
- practical purposes inaccessible.
. '''Sir Alfred Jones urged the Eng
2 lish government to take a hand in
t helping the British cottongrowing as
sociation. Sir Alfred Jones is presi
d dent of the British Cotton Growers'
association. Sir W. H. Holland, pres
ident of the association Chambers of
Commerce, said at their meeting they
hla( passed strong resolutions to the
same effect. He said that any who
paid a visit to the cotton manufae
turing district of Lancashire and saw
the large number of new mills which
Were springing up in every direction
almost like mushrooms, would be con
vinced that the question of new
sources of supplies of raw cotton was
more acute today than ever before.
The prime minister's reply was, ''I
doubt if ever deputation came to a
government so important, so almost
i pretentious, and so impressive as
-this, and then went on to review
the situation in full.'
The South's Chance.
''Now, in view of these facts, does it
not seem the height of folly that the
South, owning a monopoly of the
world's supply of raw cotton, and
having,the possibilities of an unlimit
ed increase in cotton production,
should be so indifferent to this, her
traand opportunity for fixing 'and
maintaining a price commensurate
with thie world's demand for raw cot
ton ! It is a very painful contrast be
tween tle at(itulde of the English
overnment. to the English cot ton
trade and our government to the
Almerican cott0n trade. England is
not hal1 so indebted to her cotton inl
<hisry for her financial welfare as
Almerica is. to say anything of tile
South. it is a mark of the grossest
ignor.an, noQ 10~t to say stuipidity, onl
thle part of thle Southlern business'5
mni not to take t he proper 01 vie w of
t heir relaltion to the coto(n) inidustry
in lfixing and1( maintaining a remuner
atlive)price. Tho sell ou r cot ton at 10
('(nts1 a pounid for niext fall delivery'
is to f'orest all thle work of thle South
('rn1 Cot lonu assoiciationl and( 1)lace the
'onIsumilers or purchasers of ouri cot
tonu in a posit ion to (dictate the price.
'' At amtigo h xctv
sociition held ini Jac'ksoni,Msispi
.nMa 11, thle following resolution
was assed: 'Rlesolved, That wve call
upon01 our members and the producers
of cot ton at large not to sell their
aet ual cotton for future delivery; as
we have every reason to believe and
feel conifidenit that the price of cot
tonl must. advance~ materially beyond
the present fall qulotations.'
''In view of the article quoted
from the Lancashire paper, all that
we have to (10 in order to fix and
mnaintaini a fair price is simply to re-.
l'nse to take less. And this may not
be done, except. lby and wvith' the full
(ooperat ion of all Soulthern business
interests.
'cor'dinig to Mv. Hutton, the
w~or'ld will nieed 12,000,000 hales or
more, it has practically consumed
12,000,000) bales in each of the years
S1904 aind.105. With only a partial
organization we 'have bJeen able to
maintain a price of slightly over 10
-1-2 cents average. At least 2 1-2
cents above wvhat wve probably would
have obtained without an organiza
t ion.
- Hold Ootton.
e ''I hope every business manl in the
y State will read this article and study
'a it carefully and then decide as to
whether or not lie can 11011 in the
y great opportunity now presented to
e the South of reaping abundant
e wealth from this, her great staple
q cerop in such pressing demand by the
l. orld a large,
S 'Stop selling cotton for fall de
s ,h'ivery organize in every community
,for the erection of proper wvarehouses
and the, proper financing of theI crop,
so that we may. be in a position to
supply the world with cotton as it
needs it at a price satisfactory to us."
CONOESSIONTO MILLWORKARS
A ViWgidia Paper's View Of a Step
Aieently Taken by Carolina
Mils.
Richmond News-Leader.
Cotton mill owners in the Caro
lita have formed an organization
and the fi'rst act of the newly creht
ed body was to provide for reduction
of the hours of labor from 66 hours
a week to 60. There is no reduction
of wages and the time will be cut,
gradually, two hours a year for four
years. Eleven hours average- day
seems severe work to those aceus
tomed the eight and nine hour svs
ten. In the cotton mills the rile
really has been eleven amid a half
for five days and eight and a- lialft
on Saturday, bringing the total to
the 66 hours per week, )ermitted by
law. The workers, however, have
m11ade little protest. The truth is
pwactically all of them are from thie
farms. where the accepted rule of
work is fron si to sti.
Labor orga,nizations never have
gainled substantial foothold in the
Carolina mills. One reason for this
is that the mill villages are owned
by the complanies and being private
prolerty uider the immediate con
trol of company officers, labor% or
ganizations are forbidden to work in
them and labor organizations are not
allowed to exist. Aside from that
the villagers are in a stone's throw
of farms and whenever a mill worker
becomes dissatisfied lie or she can
find a tract of land or employment
at farm labor within a mile or two.
There is no need to strike because
everybody can fluit, and go at some
thing else within a day. It is a fact,
however, that whatever may be the
permanent, effect of cotton mill em
ployment on the race, the immediate
comfort and pleasure of the life of
the workers is- very much improved
when lie leaves the fa'rmn and goes to
the mill. The hours are long and the
work is confining, but work under
shelter in warmed and ventilated
buildings is easier after all than fol
lowing a plow under a July sun or
picking cotton in the nipping winds
of November. The mill village house
is not a palace, but in most instances
it is much more comfortable thah a
log cabin. Man is a social animal
amd constant contact with people is
a1 delight after the solitary life of
tihe momitaineer or the comparative
solitude of the low countrv tenant'
farmer or farm laborer whose near
est neighbors are half a mile or so
away. Church every Sunday, a
sc.hool everV day, stores just across
the street. doctors within call and all
lie a muisement s and comupainionshmip
of village society makes a welcomet
change from the isolationi of the
armt. TlherefCore, the mill worker
does not4 worryi' hiniiself ve thU le pros
l)eet t hat five or six igenerat ions of
sedent ary Ii fe will result in the
)hiysical stimmiting and moral decad
enee of his descendants. HeI prefers
the mill to the farm heeaumse it is
more comfort aile and attractive and1
offers him more cash every month
than lie has been accustomed to hand
le in the whole course of a year and
puts him on a .satisfactory basis of
knowledge from day to day how he
stands with thme wvorld.
The reduction of hours is brought
abtout, doubtless, partly by the lion
est desirie of the mill owvners to im
prove the condition of their people
and partly by the chronic scareity of
labor. Competition among th.e owvn
ers for desirable working people has
become so eager that thme bidding in
the wvay of higher wages and shorter
hours threatens to demoralize the
conditions and cause general confu
si on and irregularity. Therefore, the
mills have come together and made
their concessions uniform anid b)y
agreement. In addition to shorten
ing thme hours the mill owners adopt
ed resolutions urging the legislature
to enact a compulsory edncation law
and to fix the age limit for wotrking
in mills at 12 years.
Indications are that wit hout labor
omrganization or agitation, or even de
finite domnanid, the mill people in the
Carolinas presently will have gained
all that the most aggressive forces of
organized labor require. The pro
cess of improvement is slow, but is
the inevitable result of natural caus
es. As the mills have increased in
number they have drained the labor
of that section until all are short of
hands and anxious for miore people.
Concessions and inducements of all
kinds are granted b)eause they' are
necessary to secure and to hold a
desirable class of labor.
Some people save a hot of time by
telling the Arinthin
Acted in Self-Defence.
With lacerated hands and disjoint-'
ed knuckles James Neary rushed into
the central' polide station vepoirted
that he had beten a md':who had
"jumped on him" in th# street so
severely that he feared for the other {
fellow's life.
Neaiy, who admitted inb1bing free
ly, had, he said, 'unintentionally .run
into the man, Who then bit him in
the face, despite his apology.
Neary got angry and gave his an
tagonist a punch,and the latter lurch
ed against him, both going to the
2round, with the other fellow on top.
Neary said he saw stars for a mo
ient and then, recovering himself,
dealt his antagonist a terrific blow,
which turned him over, landing him
in a doorway.
''He took the court,'' Neary add
ed.
He was much worried and beggedr
policemen to look after the other I
fellow. Several policemen hurried Y
m)t and found Neary's opponent a
alone in a doorway. He was a big I
wooden Indian.-Baltimnore corre- g
wondence New York Herald. a
ro Our Yisitors and Citizens
I-low could Newberry College be .
inything else, but. one of the best
ristitutiois of learning in the South
xith Dr. J. A. B. Scherer President
Md his able assistants? How could
ve have a better town government,
vitli A. T. Brown as Mayor?
The Newberry Cotton Mill with
!7104 spindles, 900 looms, Z. F.
ATright President, J. M. Davis Sup
'rintendent, is already a success.
The Mollohon Mfg. Co. with 30000
3pindles, 736 Looms, Geo. W. Sum
ner President, E. B. Wilbur Supt.,
tands right at the top of the ladder.
3oth of these mills have the very
lest of help.
There are also two successful Cot
on seed Oil Mills in operation in
Zewberry.
We have thirteen churches- a
ine Graded School System, two of
lie best County papers, four strong
3anks, practically four Railroads,
wo new Knitting Mills, and number
,ontractors-all kept busy.
How could Newberry be anything
mt a healthy town, with two artes
an wells 300 feet deep-almost the
mtire dept through solid granite
-supplying the very best water for
ier citizens. Water that needs no
)oiling like (some of our neighbo-ing
ities.) Why do some of our Column
ia friends send to Newberry daily e
'or drinking water? Answer-Why
How could you miss it by investing
in Real Estate of any kind or a
iome at this place. Conic and edi- (
mate your children or go in business
if sonic kind. We already have more
lew buildings than any place of its
'iZe. h'llis is what people away fromi I
ere say.(
1
Charley, you s.aid a few (lays ago
hat I didni't have a bileck store on(
M(ain street for sale at $2200.00. Now,
[ have five brick stores on Main St.
for sale-yes on Main street as fol
ows-$2300, $2200, $2100, $2000,
1900.
This sounds cheap-but, I w'ant to
<ell them. Next year these will be
sonsidecrably higher and you will be
lorry you did not get one.
The Post Office building as' I have
said before, is a splendid pilace for
i Bank. This is really the best
place for a Bank here. You know
peop)le as a usual thing do not wvant
3verybody to see them going to the
B~ank, so you could stop on your way
:o and from the large newv Post Of
Bice and atten~d to your Bank busi
less. This is next door to our sky
icraper.
I have 'six lots in front of the
[4ut heran Clhuirch and Graded schools
that would be the very place for
Dierks. Why? Because they are
no very convenient.
I have 6I lots, formerly knowvn as
the Wheeler property. Ydu will not
nieed to be at the expenise of keeping
a horse, byeiele or automobile. If
you should buy one of these. Direct
ly on the water and sewverage.
Charlie one of these lots would suit
you. You know you like to wvalk
hoine and hack three of four times
each day. Buy one of these and be
a neighbor to Alex Browvn and Tenc.h
Pool.
I sold a lot very neaor these to one
of our good friends Saturday.
.If you are fond of keeping a horse,
Byelele or automobile, I have other
lots would just suit you.
Come and see me, write or call me
over the 'Phoneo, No. 57.
If I hav'nt what you want, I will
do my best to get it for you.
I have some good 'stocks for sale.
My' ambition is to please my ens
tonmers.
J. A. BURTON,
"The Man Between."
2Otl
Makhr TWO TI
HOICE TENNES1
md While it Lasts
Best Patent $
Best hWlf Pat.
Best Meal. 854
Best Orits $1.1
Don't psy any more, don'i
Iong,, save money and buy fr
Our immense stock of sprin
les and fancy goods and stap
ng novelties in millinery. C
ight thing in prices, style, q
ly cannot beat us, we don'
ou up on balance, people
nd looking out more'for No.
Porty years experience coun
on't you forget it,
PROSI
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AT $4.00
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)f the condition of the Ex
he close of business M
-RESOURCES.
,oans and discounts.. . $127,771
)verdrafts .. . . ......3.801
'Lurniture and Fixtures . . 3,36%
)ue from Banks & bankers 10,88:
urrency .. .. .. ....4,21'
~ilver, Nickles and pennies 1,741
~hecks anld cash items . .6,03)
$156,82
Before me came M. L. Speai
eaing duly sworn says that the ab<
dge and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed before
Correct attest:
J. D. Davenport,
Edw. R. Hlpp, Directors
Geo. B. Cromer,
We Mei
lest Stoues
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Werts
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Which we use are wit
We believe in PUR~
We constantly prea
We always practice
I clies.
' PURITY counts, ari
S Ask ybur doctor.
MAYES']i
C AR,'
HOU AND Barrels of that
EE -LOUR Just Received
toOb at
5.00 Every bbl. 4
$4.40 gparanteed.
3. hushel.
r5 Sack.
be switched off by argument, come right
om us..
g goods arriving embracing all the novel.
les,'our Mrs. Moseley in the North select.
ome and see us, we are prepared to do the
inlity, &c., for an all round bill you sim
t make.a cut price on one thing and burn
getting educated and opening their eyes
1. Come and see us and be convinced,
.ts something, we will treat you right and
"ERITY, S. C.
cial
lext Ten Dais
E OFFER
arre1s
:F::
1ht Flour
PER BARREL.
lirge Co.
TEMENT.
change Bank of Newberry, S. C., at
ay 4th, 1906.
LIABILITIES.
).52 Capital stock Paid in . . . $i0,0.00-o
3 Undivided profits less 'ex- $0000
p$enses and taxes paid 4,60589
-.4 Individual deposits subject
00 to checks. -. . . . . 71,441.87
3.34 Cashier's checks. .. .....76.00
L.85 Bills payable.-.-..-.-.....30,000.00
!.27 $156,822.27
eman Cashier of The Exchange Bank, who
>ve statement is correct to the best of his knowl
M. L. Spearman, Cashier.
me this the 12th day of May, 1906.
W. B. Wallace,
N. P. for S. C.
w Business!
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EST PRICES'
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ioq MVaterials:
hout exception the purest grade
:h PURITY.
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