The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 03, 1920, Section One Pages 1 to 16, Image 12
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A)Y18[8 FARMERS
NOT T0 ROCK BOAT
Sit Steady and Hold C otton, Say H.I
Harris, C ommnissioner of
Agriculture.
"The growers of cotton," says Comn
mnissione r H-a rris, "long sIice have
solved t he problem of production. ThIis
hats bieen prov'ed by the fact that ample
supplies of the staple have been bar
ves ted' e'ach yearlI to meet thbe retquire
mints ot the 'tive spindles of the
wor'~ ~ld c onig Amrericana cotton.
T~his has been dlone under conditions
:f ii.ationi poiverty and illiteracy.
'The (condlitions fully emphasi'ze the
'it that. duing the past. half century
the growers have failed utterly to
give piropier attention to the market..
neof "' titen. It is 'if mo'r' vital
iportanoce to solve the piroble m of
Pr"h!e n'arketing than it is to win
out in the field of staple productin.
'The fa rmer whio deCvotes h is capi
tl n brain and woirks his wife and
(Ihibtren to nuake a great staple crop
to clothe thie world and through had
: Only a Few
. arnd Ranges L
Advance of
WAill Have t
Sand D)istribu.tors.
12A h nd. S;OIC ~PeIl
~ILedbetter PlIan te1
SPlowden Harc
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Mond
One of
Ma
Admission, $1.
marketing sees his crop sold at co.
of production, and even below. 11
would have been better off if he ha
nevvj planted and cultivated such
crop. Every man who produces
valued commodity is entitlod to a fa:
and reasonable profit for his lab(
and his capital ,in producing it. An
right here I am proud to say th,
the A merican Cotton association o'
fers the remedy that wvill make tIl
producer master of the eotton mark<
ing situation.
"if someC of these wise editors<
the mietropolitani newvspapers were
get into the fields and .stay Ion
enough to watch the pr'ocess of grov
ing andl gathering cotton, they coul
v~ rie more intelligently as to why tl'
farmers, are seeking to get a bett(
price for the staple. Some o'(f thos
wise' ones who never saw a cotton fiel
eetp from a car wvindlow seem to 1:
Iluttedl hieeause the Sou thern'f farn
e rs arIe planninog to with hold the coi
ton 'a suffering world needs' in ord<
tprofiteer! These writers have abot
as muc id1 ea of the justice of givin
a fair pricet to the producer as a ja3
hirdl has of how to observe the Sal
bath.
Vapor Stoves
e~ft Before an
20 Per Cent.
o Be Mak~de.
to buty Planters
A\ full lineC on
ts for Cole and
Iware Comp'y
IMEMRE-Bom
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ay Nig
PA C I
the Besi
the I
nning Graded
and 50c.
t "I see by the newspaper reports
el that staple cotton has been selling in
(I the last few (lays for $1 per pound. I
a toMl some of my good friends last No
a vember when they were selling for 58
r cents that staple cotton would sell for
r $1 before another crop was gathered
d in 1920, so now that it has come I
t wish to say that there was a cause
.. for it. The world needed it. Staple
e cotton was kept off the market until
t the demand forced it out.
"Now, that is; just what has to be
d-,[nc with the short staple the farmers
have on hand todlay. Withhold it
from the market until the bear specu
lators have to have it to supply their
(I contracts that they have sold to the
I mills. The hrokers are going to be
r called to fill their contracts and noth
e. ing but spot cotton can fill them~ and
aj they will be glad to give your price.
e "Now, let's see. At this time last
.year c'otton) was selling for from 38
.to 40 cents and they said there was
r jno demand for it. .Just what the~
t' speculatLois are saying new about
short cotton. All that y',u have to
do farmers is to s't stea'dy in the boat
andl t he demand will ':ome just as it
has come in long staple. D~on't sell a
hale below 50 cents a pound and then
sellI sparingly. If long staple is sell
Iing for $1 a piundl, shot t staple is
c he'ap at 75 ((ents. Tlhere has never
uip to now heen miore thanat 15 cnts
margin hretween the two..
cot ton you have below cost of pro -
duct i on just to make a nother crop to
sell at cost or be'low. .Just sit steadly
in the ol boat. She will carrIy the
p farmers to victory if they don't jump
out to (soon01.
"watto urige every farmiler in
Sot Crlinao to be surec this year
to planut all the food andi feed cropls
t hat will matuke your farm self-sus..
taininig with a little to sell, for the
world needs it att a gorod price. I can
ntse any Prospects for food cropls
to get checapter. The farmiler has the
lsitnoat ion in his ownt hands, ie mluist
tnot protfi te(er or be extoirtionate he
cause he has been treated that way
ini the 'a st--hutt he imunst demand the
right to live an4 to mak( a profit on
R his lanbor atnd his capital.''
R Was~hingtont, Mat'eh I .- -Right of the
Staite(s to impose0'' incotme taxes on non-h
r esidtsll , provided they are ill har
mony with those imposedl on residenti,
INC
ht, Mai
A ttract
toad.
School Buildi
Under auspices I
was upheld and defined today by the
supreme court in two decisions.
In a case from Oklahoma the court
held that a state unquestionably has
authority to levy income taxes against
non-residents on incomes derived from
property within the state.
In a New York case, however, the
court declared that such taxes against
non-residents must not be discrimina
tory.
The Oklahoma income tax law was
sustained andl the New York law was
dleclared voidl in so far as it dlenies to
non-residents exemptions which are
given Newv York citizens. Both opin
ions5 were given by Just ice Pitney wvith
.Justie McReynoIls dlissenlting in the
New kj ease. In bo0th suits were
inll~Oved the exemptions, similar to
the federal income tax lawv, provided
for married andl single persons.
Distinction between the Oklahoma
and( New York la ws, it appears, was
that ti., Okhahoma law gives non
re:,idlents and citizens the same ex
emptions, wvhile the New York dlenies
to non- residents exemptions 'granted
its own citizens.
ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES
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HARDING SEES
BREAK IN SOUTH n
Kansas City, March 1.-Signal poli- 11
tical change in the South the break
ink up of the solid Democratic control a
in Texas, Louisiana andother South
ern States are visible. United States i
Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, i
candidate for the Republican nomina- o
tion for president, dleclared in an adl- k
dress here tonight.
"It is gratifying" he said, "to feel r
a full fellowship in a great political
party which has left such an impress r
of helpfulness that all of the United o
States are turning to the Repuhlicans t
for the restoration hoped for in every
A merican heart. So striking is this
truth that there is a confident belief
tha tthe sectional lines which hereto
fore have marked the limits of Repub
lical majority are certain to be broken
and the solid South, D~emocratic for
two generations, henceforth wvill be no
mfore tha la polit ical inory. h
"Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia a
and Louisiana are encouraging Repub
lican hopes. Texas, if not pr~omisin'g,
is dlemandling the reorganization of the v
D~emoeratic party, wvith restored Jef
DbOF OF
CEDAR SHIN~4
Vla terial Needed in
& McLE(
Sumter, S. C.
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:rsonianisn, and while it is at it, it
iay go the whole route to redemption
nd turn to Republicanism for the
ailization of its higher aspirations."
Touching the Mexican situation, Sen
tor Harding said:
"Why meddle and mess up things in
urope, 4,000 miles away, when there
plenty to attract our attention on
ur own borders? Mexico affronts us;
idlnap~s our citizens and murders those
homi we do not ransom. I would
ather make Mexico safe and set it
glow with the light of new wog~cd
ighteousnes sthnn menace the health
f the republic in the old world con
igion.
FOR TlRADE! CAMP!rAI(;N ,
Washington, Mar. 2.-P~y a voteo
10 to 39 the house todayreudt
tand by the action of the' subcoih
ttee* on appropriations in eli midnat'
ig from the legislative appropeia tion
ill provision for continuing the t radle
ttache service. Representativ~ Si.sen
lemocrat took care of the commit'*e
Llpse by offering ani amenidment pro
idling for expenditure of $165,000 for
le service. It was ruled out on a point
f ordler.
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