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THE COST OF COTTON ; TO THE SOUTH i MR. J. S. WANNAMAKER GIVES SURPRISING FACTS. t ? i STATEMENTS GF FARMERS * : South Realizes Its Future Is a1 Stake and Must Act Accordingly. i _______ Mr. J. Skottcwe Wannamaker, chairman of the South Carolina Cot ton Association, upon the request ol a well known magazine that he fur nish them with a statement "showing the cost of cotton to the South," sent ' them the following article: Cost of Cotton to the South. 00 frt the rnst. of COttOn tC r 11 OVy UO WV VMV Ae South, I have estimated the cos! dt cotton to the South includes the following: 1. The production of cotton cost the South slavery. , 2. It caused the War Between the States. 3. The production of cotton ha* arought slave labor. Regardless of th< !act that cotton is a hand-made prod act, a price has been estaonsnea uj cotton on the basis of slave-labor from which price it has never beei removed. 4. It caused the South to becomi s sotton slaves. 5. It caused the South to merely es 1st; denying to the producers the nc sessities and comforts of life. 6. To produce cotton and exist a the price paid for it by the manipi] iator necessitated the establishmen ' of starvation wages in the Soutt f which exist even unto today. 7. It has caused the illiteracy c * the .South, through the manipulation of the cotton bears. -?* imnnverishmen O. it uaa v>auovu vuv ._r. and pauperism of the South. 9. The production of cotton ha caused the bad roads of the Soutl through the Impoverishment of th producer by the manipulator. 10. It 6as driven from the run communities the white man, who i (: no longer contented to eke out an e: istence; to deny to himself and hi family the comforts and necessity* c life; to work without a fair remuners tioo. 11. It is even driving the negr r. away; he has received a new vision !> lie is no longer satisfied with his ni comfortahle surroundings; he is insu flciently clothed. I Has Made Other Sections Prosoerou 12. It has made other sections the country prosperous; it has fa tened the bears and manipulators < the North; it has blessed mankind i ?? - . every spot of the globe where tt A sun shines except in the South, whei SSl'~ ' it has proved a cu~se. ? 13. The production of cotton in tr I South today has caused the descen 'r ants of the people who fought 1 $: < t>reak the chains cf physical slavei ;*?rom the black man to fight for tt i j purpose of forging the chains < slavery, of poverty, of illiteracy c the women and children working j the cotton fields, both white ac black, still tighter. ~ 14. It has filled the grave-yards < the South with men. women and li on/? nocco tic tuiiuicil IV UU CAiotuu auu pwonv away without necessities, comforl and education. it ; . 15. It has created one of the grea est gambling hells on this globe, th New York Cotton Exchange. extern 1ng its damnable and blighting 6k [; nipulations and schemes througfedt <_our nation; fattening and prosperln fc ihe gamblers and nanipttlatofs on th Ml life-blood of the toiler. " 16. The production of cotton fa th H. South has caused the producer td H, come a commercial cannibal, this b? in4? fthaoliitAlv nwpusarv tr? An?hl H him to exist. He has destroyed hi forestry, fleeced his soil of its fei tllity; existed on his natural assets denying to himself and his famil: 1^1 reasonable hours of work and prope: K, - working'conditions; a decent home the opportunity to play and to learn 17. It has caused child labor in thf South. It has caused the women anr children of the South, both white an<: black, to perform not only labor, re gardless of hours, but even to per form thp manual labor of tilllnsr thf soil with the plow. (White women > and colored women can be seen plow ing the cotton fields of the South, with little barefooted children ploddins? along behind them, scattering compost, and performing their -work from the break of dav to the twilight ?underfed, impoverished, half-elothed, worn and wearv.) 18. It has caus the producer of eotton to go without the necessary If cotton clothing?the white man seldom having enough to meet the requirements of health and hygiene; the negro being seldom blessed with more four cotton undersuits?one lor lift use, one when he joins the church, one when he marries the first time, tad one when he is buried. (This beiig in excess of the average.) As to the Cott of Production of Cotton in the South. I requested the Hon. D. H. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish me with a detailed statement showing the cost of production of cotton in the South for the year 1918. He has just telejrraphpd as follows: "Itemized estimate of total cost of production of cotton for IfllS not ret . CJo :ompleted. Work now being done will ' provide basis for estimate in few * weeks. Would be glad for your asj sociation to select committee of three, u r.o be in Washington April 21. for 1 I special conference on factors to be ! considered in estimating cost of pro- ' j iucing cotton." ( j For the purpose of estimating t'ae i ?ost of production by $e producer, i by the experienced business man ana , ~" ! oy the experienced banker, I have < J selected various men from our ?State. The result is aptly furnished by1 the i following statements, which are in w i J line with the various statements re- ' I * 94, reived. These statements are from , I three men of unquestioned veracity,! i 3ne business judgment, long business ! : experience and men who have been ' actively engaged in farming for over ba quarter of a century; men who j would not purposely make a mislead- sa j ing statement, even though they felt ex . | satisfied it would .result in assisting ( ; us to win this campaign, regardless of pr . the deep interest they feel in the sue- j x r | cess of this movement ior me cum-; f0 r mercial freedom of the South th Cost of Production Illustrated on a! pr One-Horse Farm of Fifteen Acres, j , Planted by J. M. Hoi mar. j fa t The production of this firm is tased ! ge ; on a ten-year average production of j Calhoun county. j m > I have been farming for thirty-five | years, and have also been actively en-: } gaged in cotton for the past ten years, j j All past years must be left out of any i A -J 4.U 31 calculation in Snding tne?cosi 01 m-r ? 1919 crop, for the reason that all val- R . ues have advanced out of all reason. 2 Labor and fertilizers cost three rimes >f as much as they did at the beginning S i of the war. * j a: The calculations herein are made! tt g with the actual cotton planted on this 3 one-horse farm, and the expenses are! a figured only for the actual working tl >. period, my only object being to find tl out what it will actually cost to pro-j t duce a pound of cotton. The owner of y i. this farm gets nothing for himself out e of this farm excepf his profit of $96.50 v ? lt and he will not get this profit if his tl cotton is damaged by storm or other- 5 ,f wise and is reduced in grade, also pro- ] 0 8 Tided he gets thirty cents for his cot- h ton and $60 for his seed. I have not' s [t charged this farm with any expense j for hoeing. I expect the plowman to a have time to do this work. ? 0 1 a i. Expense*. ^ d e 15 bushels planting seed $ 15.00 b 3 tons high grade fertilizers 180.00 ? i! 750 pounds rent paid, at 30c.. 225.00 * g Ginning, bagging and ties, 7 ! c. bales cotton 36.00 t is Wages one man, eight months j. >( at $40 .... 320.00, ' i. Feed of mule eight months... 120.00 a Rent of mule 30.00 t >0 Picking 9.?A00 pounds of cott. ton a* ' 90.00 t a' Hauling tc 5in and market... 21.00 ( Expense handling seed 15.01 ? * -? *?i- fir. i Wear ana iear twu? ?,uu , e tures 15.00 ? t f $1.066.00' < t- I ! 1 >f ' t in fncome. ie 3.375 poundsi cotton at 30c.. .$1,012.50 8 .A 5.000 pounds seed at $60 150.00 1 e < ,e Gross income ...$1,162.50 j Expense 1,066.00 j 1 Profit $ 96.50 * "V ? ( le . . i 'Cost per pound, 31.53. j >n I certify that the above statement , in is correct and trUe. J. M. Holman. id Cost of cotton production iMustrat-. edofl one-horse farm of acreij] (twenty acres cotton and ten acre*: t- food) by J. A. Banks. ' id Fertilizer. ' ' * " * i A A A/1 I ts 8 tons 8-4-0 at *w.w 1 ton soda 83.jf0 1 t. Labor. ie 1 plowman it $40 per month. < 480.00 ( I- Hoe labor 40.00 Extra labor 40.00-J ft , Picking 12 B-C at per j g kindred ? 4 * ^9,0(1 e 20 btf. fifs&rting seed at $1 20.01 10 per cen? depreciation on I ^ $.r?00 equipment 22' < ^ Current cost farm equipment ZQW ? inning and bagging and ties, i J J 12- B^C at $5..,,, 60.00?! ! i ;; $1,302.50 < ; I 1 f 276 lm. c'dttOil seed at fi 276.00 r r 3,600 lbs. co&ott at 28!?c fb.. r?26.00 j? $1,3** ' 00 * r^t t , -*** OT - i ms larm snouio . produce ut* ' j average conditions ixi' this county' fc 11 Calhoun, S. C., food sa/Ficient to fev^ j the horse that plows it *nd twelv j 400-pound bales of cotton ftivree bale=? ^ 'I "?f which shall be taken foi rent of <*' 1 land) and 276 bushels of cotton seed, lii This makes a balance and leaves vi the farmer nothing for his time a'ad cc attention. ai I have been farming for the past pr forty years and I am thoroughly * T3 familiar with cotton production, havr wi also had many years' experience in pli I general merchandise business, supply- ac j ing fertilizers and supplies to farm- <fo] ers, also have . h*d twenty-five to tu: thirty years' pxnerience as a banker \ rei being engaged during this period in th< fanning, merchandising, operating! sales stables and furnishinsr livp! I *to<*. i coj The above is a correct statement; illustrating the coat of production 01, ' cotton. J. A. Banks. I Cost of Cotton Production Illustrated j ^ I on a One-Horse Farm of Twentyseven Aeres (18 Acres Cotton | ^ j and 9 Acres Corn and j Hay). By T. A. Amaker. ! Fertilizer. .. GK tons fertilizer 8-3-2 at J.0 $58 S 391.50 J118 1 ton n^rate soda 90.00 Lnbor. ' ! P|e 1 1 plow hand 12 month", at $40 480.00 eri 1 e labor, 18 acres at ?2.25 40.50 tra labor, gathering corn, lay, etc 50.00 jking 10 bales cotton at $1 )er hundred weight 120.00 bushels planting seed at $2 l bushel 3G.00 per cent depreciation on 5600 equipment 00.00 iidental expenses 30.00 nning and bag and ties 10 ~ " 50.00 - J. V. $1,348.00 Income. b. c. 400 lbs. each at 30c..$ S40.00 9 bushels cotton soed at $1 210.00 $1,080.00 The above farm should produce 10 c. and tenant must pay three bales nt. After paying entire proceeds of le of cotton and seed on his year'?; penses, lie owes a balance of $2G8. Land planted in corn and hay will oduce enough to feed horse. I have been engaged in farming r the past thirty years and am oroughly familiar with the cost of oduction being now extensively entged in farming, and also thoroughly miliar with same as a merchant .Iling fertilizers and supplies, liavg been extensively engaged in the ercantile business for the past thirtyjars. The above is a correct statement lustrating tfce cost of production of )tton. T. A. Amaker. eferring Back to the Cost of Cotton . to the South. Cotton production has cost the outh all that I have said and a vast mount more. The cost is so great lat it would require the judgment of od Almighty to render a decision to what cotton has actually cost le South. Nfe mortal man can make le estimate. He iry Grady more than thirty-one ears ago delivered a speech in New Ingland, which made a more lasting npression possibly on the coir* try Ian any one speech ever delivered y any human being. The production f cotton in the South has prevented is prediction from coming true. He - -j t? . aid lu p?n. "When every farmer in the South hall eat bread from his owh fields nd meat from his own pastures and isturbed by no creditor, and enslaved >v no debt, shall sit amid his teeming ;ardens, and orchards and vineyards Ad dairies and barnyards, pitching lis crop in his wisdom and growing hem in independence, making cottor lis clean surplus, and selling it -in hi? iwn time, and in his chosen market md not at a master's bidding?get ing his pay in cash and not in a tp :eipted mortgage that discharges his lebt, but does not restore his free lom?then shall be breaking the full less of our day." The cost of production of cotton ii he South has made the loyad Ameri jan citizen realize that it is absc utely nectary for him in carr.. >ut his pledge to help make the wju j A haln A' r laie IUI UeUUUiai,;, w H?.r ... . w*y possible, using every ouflce c ?nergy at his command to help in >it>ve conditions 1n the South, so tha t will be a fit place for people t ive in. He has made this decision be ?ause he realizes, first, that it is hi iuty as a loyal American citizen an because it is his duty in justice t jod and man. He realizes: Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide; [n the strife of truth with falsshocc For the good or evil side. "Th6fl id ?fd?*ith troth is noble. Wheii we *hatre our wretched crusr Sre her ca?se bring fame and profit And 'tfcs ptfsperotte to be just. 'Then it is the brive' tnan chooses, While the cowal-rf sfafcds aside, Doubting in his abject spirit. Till his Lord is crucified." South's Future at ?t*ke. The ?Sou1th realiies that its futur jxistenne is at stake, and that it i absolutely necessary to market, ban Mid finance its cotton crop and ths this is not done, the cotton produ< :ioii ci the South will follow the i: iigo production, and that the eotto production will be referred to only a something that once existed in tli South. For this reason the farmer, me chant and banker have absloutelv d termined to arrange to market co ton. They are forming a $200,000.01 for this purpose known ; V^V/1 yw* 'he Marketing. Exerting and Fimn T Corporation. The manipuhit" I' ' gamblers who have fed cr> r] tjS '"?lood of the South will, of eor.r"V tlv protest. We realize th "01 *cial freedom of the South 'v necessary to the futu >soju nrwsneritv of the Cout . UU 1'* ogress" \ >g interests of the Sep h. banVli , their capital and fci II iucnViiik st 50 per cent, and a, lis by at ^oan bonds in payme cent liberty' * ->ck issued. Opp< r additional aft. s once. The Sou Qity only'knoCV. nocking today a alizes that it-ilr'V ned. ; door will I ping. 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