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ENGLAND WOULD AID GROWERS OF COTTON WATSON ARGUMENT IMPRESSES LEADER. British Ambassador Thinks His Gov eminent Should Help Maintain Planters' Profits. The Public Ledger, Philadelphia, deTotes two columns of the first page in its issue of Tuesday to a special article from its London correspondent. Robert Sloss, quoting Lord Milner's views on an open letter addressed to the British government by E. J. Watson of Columbia, president of the Southern Cotton congress. The Pub lie Ledger also discusses the matter editorially. Writing from London under date of Occober 31, Mr. Sloss said: "E. J. Watson's open letter to the British government in the Public Ledger of September 27 has aroused muc j interest here and may perhaps be the beginning of valuable discussion on a question hitherto somewhat obscured. J promptly brought it to trie attention of Lord Milner, who wrote me on the 14th instant: " 'I also am -very much interested in this question and should be very glad I if I could be in any way instrumental j in helping you to get things put j straight.' i "He suggested that I come and discuss the subject informally with him. Tho rtnv nrpreriino' that on Which I saw him Lord Milner had addressed to the house of lords an utterance with | the momentous significance of which the world is already familiar, and as his tall, powerful figure confronted me I in greeting it carried out to the full1 the impression of the vigorous advocate he is in any cause he might feel to &ave a claim upon his interest. Our nny-1 rcrco ti An r>An Tin na/1 ma VUUTVlvianvu vwu<mvvu ?V that the cotton question, as it presents itself during the present war or thereafter, is one over which Lord Milner has thought very carefully and one to which he is sincerely anxious to see applied some practical solution showing a touch of international statesmanship, rather than of mere politics." Lord Miner's Statement At the close of the interview, Mr. Sloss says, Lord Milner dictated and signed the following statement: "So many interesting questions in regard to this important subject are raised by Mr. Y'atson's letter that it seems to me to require something in the nature of a composite reply from several sources. Of course, I can not undertake to speak in any sense for the government in this matter. I don't know what the official view is. But, speaking as an individual Englishman. I may say that I agree with Mr. Watson that it is a matter of great importance to Great Britain that the cotton growers of America should be able to make a reasonable profit by their industry. We regard them as our friends. (They are indispensable to us. There was danger of a scarcity c, of raw cotton before the war. That position may be reproduced and even intensified after the war. It is clearly not to our interest that American cotton growers should curtail their crops - A * * "l? "\/T \i7 ft AT* T\l? A xo tne eiieiiL which .m. ?taisuu dicts. "The question for this country, J therefore, seems to reduce itself to the consideration of practical ways and means of preventing such an outcome. At the present moment the problem is not urgent. The price of cotton is taking very good care of itself. But assuming .that this satisfactory state of things did not continue, is there any tiling to oe done : Mr. waisuu, m ma very frank and interesting letter, suggests that the British government should stabilize the price of cotton by entering the market as a purchaser whenever the price falls below a certain minimum. "I should want to know a great deal more than I do about the mechanism of the cotton market and about the i modus operandi of these 'manipulat they did, they would defeat the verv fore I could pass judgment on this proposal. It is certainly worthy of! close examination from the technical point of >\iew. One obvious difficulty is that the British government coul-1 hardly enter the cotton market open ly. At least, I should fear that, if j they did, they wolud defeat the very i end which Mr. XVatscn ftas in view, in-; asni'.ich as the speculative interests would be fully prepared to take advantage of such intervention. On the other haiit;. 'or the British government to attempt ?o steady the market by mea?1?. of :-'-crcr agents might lc;ad :o unfortunate com plications and misun-| derMandingSu And here again I should j he afrai l of playing into the hands oil the 'mini: ::latc:?.* It is clearly a mat ter of interest to us in this country tnar ine prc''!>.c**rs ui couun miuuiu enjoy a reasonable prosperity. But we have less than no interest in swelling the profit-? of speculators. ".At the same time, I don't want to take too critical an attitude. 1 have I I ???l I ??? Mil mm been much impressed by what Mr. Watson has said, and it seems to me his letter indicates a most farorable i angle of approach to the whole subject. I should like to see it thorougii! Iy discussed by those on both sides of the Atlantic whose technical knowledge would enable them to throw the fullest light upon it, eo as to enable j us, should the need arise, to tackle the problem in the most practical manner." For Price Maintenance. On September 26, through the medium of the Public Ledger, a plea to the British government was made by I President E. J. Watson of the Southern j Cotton congress, for the establishment ' of a minimum price on cotton for the ^protection of the grower. iMr. Waison 'then pointed out that the Southern farmer had been manipulated out of his just profits on the commodity and was turning to the raising of foodstuffs and cattle in a hope of getting a stable return from his lands. He held that only the fixing of a minimum level on the Xew York and Liverpool cotton exchanges could -save the situation. "So far cotton has taken care of itself fairly well this season," stated Mr. Watson in his open letter to ihe British government. "If the British government or the British spinners want to do something that would be <,ound and yet wouid not even ap1 roach the cost of the * proposition Lord Milner properly discards, they should arrange through responsible agents to watch the cotton market in both New fork and Liverpool, with a view to insuring the grower at least a margin of profit on his cotton; in other words, aet^-riuine that when the price falls below Lfi or better, 10.5 cents per pjund?making that a minimum beyon.1 which iLe price would not be allowed to fal1 they enter the market to sr.ch an extent as may be neces sary to stabilize it. and carry it back to the minimum suggestion. Such a plan is simple, sound and not costly, and it would not prevent speculation at levels above the minimum." Cotton as Credit Basis. "American cotton is now an annual $1,000,000,000 proposition, heretofore regarded by our government as a commodity, but now, because of its indeA Ano??Qrtfar of* 1 Do c t T OPA P' ib ti UV/^Iyic a,\sLVI j cl^ xv?UI?Jw * vwQ nized as a basis of credit upon which the national banking system may 1 make loans. Cotton is unquestionably America's greatest asset in world trade and finance. It is virtually the sole dependence of the population of the 1-1 Southern States in which it is grown It is the thing that clothes the world.' Mr. Watson further stated that cot ton growing in the Southern States was the thing upon which were based VLSt industries in other nations, and that the grower had become so disheartened through the manipulation of prices by the speculator that it took only the present great war crisis-to drive him to despair. He said that so discouraged had the cotton farmer become that he now looked to extensively cutting his cotton acreage in the fu ture. Referring to a previous statement o: Lord Milner in England that "any scheme that can possibly be devised to stabilize cotton prices must necessarily appeal very strongly to the British government." Mr. Watson discussed in his letter some of the ways and means suggested, and added: "I do not myself think that the pro- \ posal that we should buy up all cotton which would otherwise go to Germany and Austria is either practicable or economically sound. It seems to be calculated to completely upset the market and to insure e-vil effects in both directions?an excessively high : ? V>T7 nn/looirohlo I price, CLViVUiU^atllcU uj uuuv.kmuu>v speculation in the first instance, followed very likely by a ruinous fall of prices later on." Public Ledgers' Editorial. Editorially, the Public Ledger in its issue of Tuesday discusses the matte: as follows: "When President Watson of the Southern Cotton congress addressed, through the Public Ledger in September last, his open letter to the Britisn government, there was a greater need than exists at present for extraordinary efforts to sustain the price of raw cotton and thus prevent a disastrous curtailment of production in our own Southern States. Nevertheless, so long as the war drags on. with the serious interference with the foreign markets for American cotton resulting from the British blockading opera-1 dons, the subject is one for the exercise of the wisest statesmanship, both 011 the part of governments and plant- j ers. It is from this point of view that j the subject is considered by Lord Mil-; ner, for. while tlii- distinguisned i>rit! ish statesman and administrator doo[ I i not assume to speak for the British J j government, in the signed statement, | dictated for the Public Ledger and j printed in another part of this issue, i ne gives irii reco^iuuuii iu mc gmvuv | of the situation, so far as it affects the j welfare of the growers in America an-1 his own nation's industries alike. | "Lord Milner's statement may be re garded, therefore, as the opening of I that wider discussion of the problem which must take place before anv | practical solution can be found. Both : Lord Milner and President lA'atson are ! agreed that it ie of ivital importance tVi.it thp nrirp of ootton ouirht not td be subject to the selfish manipulation ! of speculators, but the former is not yet prepared to accept tne suggestion i of Mr. Watson that the British govj ernment and the British spinners should embark upon a sort o f | valorization scheme to prevent a minj imum price too low to enable the cot I ton planters to make a living. That he ; is willing to consider the proposal as I the basis for argument is a great gain and should open the way for that wider discussion, that study of the prob! lem fro mevery angle of approach, | co-operation for the attainment of an end so desirable. The possibility of a scarcity of raw cotton after the war is much more than an American question, hence the significance of tht discussion to which. Lord Milner has so frankly contributed." Twa Poems on Opportunity. Editor Herald and News: As some of your readers probably nave not seen the inclosed poems, I shall be glad for you to reproduce them in your excellent journal. I think Mr. Malone's idea is the true one of the much discussed subject of opportunity. His is true twentieth century optimism. What do the readers of 'The Herald and 'News think? O. M. B. (By John J. Ingaiis of Kansas.) .Master of human destinies am I, Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and field I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote and passing by Hovel and mart and palace soon or late I knock, unbidden, once at every gate. If sleeping, wake! If feasting, rise before I turn away! It is the hour of fate And those who follow me reach every state mortals desire; and conquer every foe Save death. But those who doubt, or besitate Condemned to failure, penury and woe Seek me in vain and uselessly implore, T o-'ct.'" T T?ph?rn rn mrvrrv (By Walter Malone of Memphis.) They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door, And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win. i Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for gplden ages on the wane! Each night I burn the records of the | day, 1 At sunrise every soul is born again, j Laugh like a boy at splendors that' have sped; To vanished joys be blind and deal I and dumb; My judgments seal the dead past with : its dead, But never bind a moment yet to come. \ Though deep in mire, wring not your j .hand and weep; I lend an arm to all who say ' I! cct n " Xo shamefaced outcast ever- sank so j deep But yet might rise and he again a i m-n! j Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous retribution's blow? Then turn from blotted archives of J the past And find the future's pages white as snow? Art thou a mourner? Rouse then from thy spell; Art tbou a sinner? Sins may be! forgiven; Each morning gives thee wings to flee ! from hell. Each night a star to guide thy feet j to heaven. MOVES TO WINSSKORO I Key. (?. G\ JFayes Accepts Call to Zion Church. J i | !he State. Winnsboro, Nov. 12.?The Rev. G. G. Mayo- of Groenville has recently ac jcepted the call tendered by Zion Pros-! ; byterian church here to become its. ! pastor ana will probably come here; j shortly. Tt is with much pleasure that: j this congregation and the community! j welcome Mr. and Mrs. IMayes and famj i'y. This church has been without a ) pasior 5?JIlL'e lilt* ill SI l?cii i tri miitr iicii , the Rev. .T. M. Holladay. I). D., resignj ed the pastorate to become pastor at ' Waterford, Va. i XOTTCE. I Of Special Meeting of the Shareholders of the Columbia, Newberry and Lanrtus Railroad Company." "To the Stockholders of the Columbia, Xewbeiry and Laurens Railroad Company: I Take notice that, in accordance wit a | Section 11 of the By-laws of the Co| lumoia, Newberry and Laurens Rail! road Ccmpan /, and under the authorj itv of Section 2SS3 of Volume 1 of the , Code of South Carolina, 1912. a special I mflo.'inff nf tVm cTr>r?lrVtpre too Pn Imv- ~ ? I iumbia Newberry and Laurens Rail1 road Company has been called by the Board of Directors, and by a majority of the stockholders of the said company at their regular annual meeting, to be held at the office of the comi pany in the City of Columbia, South i Carolina, op Tuesday, the 28rd day j of AO'.-ember, iyio. at twelve o ciock, i noon, for the purpose of taking action with respect to having the charter of tiie company amended so as to extend i its life in perpetuity and in such other J respects as the stockholders may deI termine. COLUMBIA, NEWBERRY AND LAUREN? RAILROAD COMPANY, By John F. Livingston .President." 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