The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 16, 1915, Page TWO, Image 2
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."
I
I Lutheran Writer Bead.
| Philadelphia, Nov. 6.?The Rev. Sylvanus
Stall, 68, editor of the Lutheran
Observer, and author of a number of '
books, died in Atlantic City today.
i
Honor Roll Mellohon Mill School. ,
Second Grade?Lossie Mae 'Tew,
j George Brown.
Third Grade?Hattie Tew, Mamie
Lee Arnold.
Fifth Grade?Rois Mitchell.
Sixth Grade?Nellie Brown, Ella Mae
Longshore; Edna Stilwell.
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| or before the 15th day of November,
I 1915, to the undersigned at Prosperity,
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neutral ground for peace to prey on. ,
in China
ouses a perfect
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