The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, March 07, 1918, Page Page Two, Image 2
Ikwto Agaost Price Frio*
Your correspondent called on Senator
McLaurln to day to see If be had
anjr political announcement to make.
Ho said no, that his position was
"made clear by his recent public
statement and he had nothing to add
to or subtract from them." I asked
him to give me an interview on the
cotton situation, as he probably comes
as near voicing the sentiments of the
planters as any man in the South.
Tho establishment of the State warehouse
system and his knowledge of
nance makes him a recognized authority
in the cotton world. As to cot
ton he said:
"If you could tell me when the war
will end, I could answer you deAnitely.
I am sure that the end of the
war will find the world facing a .cotton
famine, and that for several years
eotton will be reatlvey much higher
to p ice than food, for the reason that
food is of world wide production and
eotton is restricted by soil and climate
to certain limited ureas. Cotton
has increased about 100 per cent
in price, while iron, steel, wheat and
other standard products have increased
around 200 per cent. It is
evident that cotton must go higher in
order to maintain its DroDer commer
te other articles."
bout price fixing?"
ins are determined
e the government
ng this natural ef- j
cotton. They even
telow 20 . cents a
an absurdity, bent
conditions, cotwui
wai ufci -0 cents to produce
in 1918. The cost of merely feeding
mules hase nearly doubled since this
war, and where we paid 50 cents per
hundred for picking, it is now $1.
Fertiliser is practically double in
price and of inferior grade. I do not
think this price fixing movement is
engineered by the spinners, but by
speculators who former a pool in
September to put the price of cotton
back to 10 cents, buy it up and reap a
huge profit as they did in 1915. I was
in Chicago in September with W. D.
Crist and we were in one of the largest
brokerage houses in the United
States. I talked very bearish to draw
them out, and the head of the firm
told us that they expected cotton to
go down to 8 cents a pound. What uu i
you think of that? A most determined
effort was made. Millions of bales
were sold short and huge crop estimates
broadcasted all over the land.
The mills bought their cotton ahead,
ud these greedy gamblers are now
begging the government to fix the
price and let them out of the hole '
that their avarice dug for them. It '
makes my blood boil to hear the 1
sanctimonious whine some of their <
papers put up about the 'patriotism of <
the South.' I am glad the mills bought 1
their cotton from the greedy gam- <
biers who confiscated our crop of 1
1914. The high price is not affecting 1
mills, which bought ahead, nor the f
public. It is being paid largely from 1
the 111 gotten gains of 1915. We went 1
to Washington in 1914 to beg the gov- '
eminent for help, and what a how '
these men raised. The government let '
us alone then and we want them to '
treat cotton gamblers the same way !
they did cotton planters in 1914. This '
crowd estimated last October that 1
this crop would total 14,000,000 bales 1
end sold millions of bales knowing 1
their statement was a lie. The purpose
was to gobble UP the spots. Our
people refused to be stampeded, and
when the mill call for cotton these
kmblers have to pay the losses. Cotis
not as high as the other artl|p.
It is the cry of the busted
mbler seeking to evade the result
Of his Own ennlditv nn^ pwlrloaono,.. ?'
I asked him what he wanted the
government to do. He replied:
"It let cotton alone in 1914, and we
lost $400,000,000. I want it let aloen
now. I want this $400,000,000 back j
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High Soap Prices Arouse i
Interest in Home Made Scap c j
Women all over the country uro j
saving money by making their own j i
soap. Try this.
First, set a large can or jar in your ji j
kitchen; throw into it ail meat skin, 1 j
waste grease, bones and other ki'- 5
chen scrap that has any grease in ! .
it or on it. ?
When the can or jar is full, render I
it (by boiling) and >ou will obtain 8
enough clear grease io make a big I
batch of dandy soap, cheaper and l
pnrer than any you can buy. t
With Grease and Red Devil Lye j
You will find home soap-making
so easy and economical that it will
be a genuine pleasure. Cn the
label of every can of Red Devil
Lye are complete directions for
making soap by the cold process
or by boiling.
Anybody can~MaaC CCS?
if they have Red Devil Lye and
grease. Furthermore, soap making
at home pays big because you buy
nothing but Red Devil Lye ? the
other ingredients are actually saved
out of the waste that you have
been throwing away. You will thank
us every time you use Red Devil
Home Made Soap.
Gmtltmtn:- Pirate Hen,I me your free booklet
cm peeling peaches, sprayi ig fruit trees, making
compost, etc, 1 cannot begin to toll you l?iw
pleased I am with Ked Devil l.y> (,nt great
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with compound Interest. I alao want
some 'mental anguish* damages, and
th? financial scalp of every one of the
buccaneers of 1914."
"What?do you think of the price
fixing next fall?" He said:
"Here is the situation. The big
spot houses are buying on every decline
at constautly advancing prices'
They are doing this because they see (
in 1917 on the largest acreage ever{
planted a crop of 3,250.000 bales un^
der the average for the five year t
preceeding the war. They correctly
interpret this to mean that, until nor.
mal conditions return, the cotton
crop must steadily grow smaller. The
consumption of cotton is les in Europe
than before the war, but it is not
because of the price. They cannot
' get the raw material on acocunt of
| was conditions. This is at the expense
of stocks and good. The cen
(tral powers, were the war to end at
once would consume 10,000,000 bales
in the next year if they could get it,
! regardless of price. Consumption In
France and Belgium. England is
account of mills and the removal of
machinery. This machinery, however,
is in Germany and the German
and English mills will consume
enought to atone for the decrease in
France and eBlgium. England is
bare of raw material and the goods
are consumed as fast as they can be
made. 1 regard the statement in cer|
tain Wall street journals about the
J decrease of consumption to come
from the stoppage of war orders as
rot, emanating from the same source
that was giving out 14,000,000 males
crops estimate last fall.
"From this small crop a considerable
amount of cotton, which is
mare than half rotten, is jiow in the
fields. Labor and fertilizer conditions
will further curtail the crop in 1918.
The necessity for food crops is the
most important factor in production.
Unntlnoc \f ? ? ? m
?*v?v*eoo muuuuj O <110 cl poweriui
object lesson and have made us realize
the seriousness of the situation.
The restrictions about purchases of
flour and other food is giving the all
cotton farmers a real shock. There
are better educators than tons of literature.
In 1918 the South will be
more nearly self-supporting thau e*-l
er in her history.
"I feel that I dare not d'_pend on
Western meat, flour, hay and corS. I <
am planting wheat, hay, corn and
tation. It is the first time that I
have ever do- 3 thi.3. It will take at
least one-h " my cotton land, but
I am afraiu -v to do so. This feeling
Is growing and if the government
takes another turn of the screws it
would not surprise me by 1920, instead
of food campaigns to see one
urging us to plant cotton. I feel responsible
for the ignorant people on
my land and it is my duty to see that
they are fed. When you can't buy
food of what use is money? Increas3d
food production is necessarily at
he expense of cotton production.
vhich is now dangerously low. I regard
the Manufacturers Record of .
Baltimore as the ablest and most con.ervative
publication of its character
n the United States and I would like
o read you an extract front it. A relent
issue loudly calls attention to
Lhe fact that We are confronted with
x cotton famine. It says: 'While everything
that can be done to increase
food production must be done, we
should not lose sight of the fact that
cotton is essential to civilization. It
is absolutely necessary for clothing, j
for tenting, and a thousand and one
things for which there is no substitute
available. Another small crop
would be a world's disaster and yet
it will be very difficult for the South
to plant, cultivate and pick a large
crop than the average of the last two'
years." "
"Senator, what would be the effect!
of fixing the price of cotton?" He i
replied:
"Well, that depends on what price!
is fixed. If the maximum price was,
too low as compared with other',
standard articles it would defeat the;
very object it had in view and precipi-,
tate a cotton famine and within i
five years cotton would go higher than 1
it will ever go naturally. I think that
cotton, considering the small crop
and the expense attached, ought to be,
iu cents a pound now. If we are:
forced to go into food production I
believe that we can beat the West in
raising bogs and corn. I want to say ,
this in conclusion, that I have no use
for any man who in an effort to force
price fixing sneers at the patriotism
of the South.' It is nothing but justice
that we should make enough1
profit to reimburse us for the losses
between 1911 and 1916. The cotton
planters were practically bankrupt at
the heginnig of 1916. I have as good
land as there is in the world and 11
lost money every year during the period
named. It would take five years
at the present profit for me to get
even. It is natural that I shouldn't
want to stop the gravy until my jaws
are greasy. I have been smelling
the gravy seven years while others j
111(ii inn iiu puri in trying out the fat;
revelled in its richness. I think
jHis is about the way the South feels."'
?News .wid Courier.
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Government Control of liailroads
Director General McAdoo has announced
that while the railroads are
under the control of the Government
it is futile to impose fines upon them |
for violations of the law and of the.
orders of the Interstate Commerce;
Commission, and it therefore becomes i
the duty of the Director Gener^^^j
i the enforcement of the
orders to impose punb^^^^^^^H
I willful
1 thereof upon
It is also anonunced that whoa tho
prompt public transportation service
requires it, employees will bo required
to work a reasonable amouat of
overtime, but excessive hours of employment
will not be required.
Pending a disposition of the question
of wages and hours, all requeit
of employees involving revisions of
schedules or general changes affecting
wages and hours will be held in
ubeyance. The question of wages
when determined will be made retroactive
to Janhary 1, 1918.
The Director General elates thai
It he is notified or the location of
specific supplies for transport to Europe
and the port or ports in the
United States to which such supplies
should be sent he will guarantee the
necessary transportation subject ,
alone to interruptions from blissards i
and floods. ? i
A11 officers and employees of the '
railroads, says the Director General, ,
now serve the Government and the
public interest only. He asks the*"to
get the spirit of this new er. s ^
supreme devotion to country anc
invincible determination to perfuun
the imperative duties of the hour,
cooperation, not antagonism; confidence,
not suspicion; mutual helpfulness,
not gruding performance;
just consideration, not arbitrary disregard
of each other's rights and
feelings; and an earnest desire to
serve the great public faithfully and
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