Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, September 22, 1910, Image 3
FARMERS' UNION
The Recent Meetiag ia Charlotte Wat
a Bif Saccett All Kaond.
FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT
*o? Farntm, As Education Along
All Line* Is Making Wonderful
.Progress, and the L'nion Gathers
strength,, Wisdom and Experience
As It Grows Older.
President Barrett, of the National
yarnwrs' Union, says the meeting
just concluded at Charlotte was the
most successful in the history of the
order. Among other .things he said:
"largest in point of attendance,
most representative from geographi cal
standpoint and most significant
^ "for the serious and determined air
of business methods under which it
was conducted, the national convention
of the Farmers' union just clos-ed
in Charlotte, N. C., is unquestionably
the most successful of the national
gatherings in the history of
our order.
"From year to year I have wafeh ed
the organization develop into
greater proportions a? reflected in
these national conventions. It has
remained for the one just held to
record new progress in those directions
meaning most of permanent
good both to the actual membership
f ? and to the farmers generally of
America.
"All organized state were represented
and the personal of the representation
was of the highest possible
order. We have had sore heads and
a trouble makers in previous conven1
rtlons. There were few or none in the
A convention that has just reached its
nel 11 clnn A onirit of Krnth
^ and of unity which prophesies splen?&.
did things for the future governed
the deliberations of the organized far.mere
of America.
"One of the most significant fea;;
tures of the convention was the absence
of "foot" resolutions that used
jgg? to cause me misgivings in previous
conventions. Sometimes members,
with the best of intentions but
wrongheadedly, would introduce rea?'nt^onB
looking to extravagant expendttures,
or chimerical scheme or
-altruistic and impossible ventures.
The fact that thjese phases were con||$B
epiciously missing from the recent
convention, is conclusive evidence
that the membership is purgiug itself
or of unprofitable dreaming und directing
its driving force instead at
practical endq of practical means.
WM "The legislative program framed
W by the convention largely parallels
the issues and measures heretofore
advanced by myself and by your
board of directors and legislative
committees, though amendments and
additions will cause a slight revision
of policies. It is our Intention to
prosecute this winter at Washington
the most aggressive fight in our history
for legislative measures and reforms
of interest to the membership
and of the American farmer without
regard to locator.
Q promise you that my utmost influence
and energies will be employed
in giving execution to the mandate
handed down by the convention,
to the end that the national govern
ment shall take more aclual cognizance
of the needs and the rights ol
the American farmers and it is fighting
the devil with fire. Only to the
-extent we make politicians appreciate
the power of our ballots, irrespective
of partisan alignment, will we
succeed In securing iegislatlve redress
along the lines most helpful to
our cause.
"A notable feature of tho convention
Is the fact that your official
family there selected comes from
overy part of the country. He did noi
set out by design to have geographical
representation as to a basis for
the national officials, but it happened
that the choice of the convention fell
on men drawn from every portion ol
the country, bordering on the twc
oceans and from the great inland.
It would have been impossible for
the convention to choose a liner body
of officials and the particular personnel
this year indicate the organization
has become national in fact as
In name. This departure was given
special emphasis by the fact that
never in the history of the order
has the representation of the delegates
also been more of a national
character.
"Throughout the deliberations, the
spirit of mutual understanding and
of mutual tolerance was strong and
dominating. The farmers of thin
country are learning each other better,
learning hotter how to trust each
other, how to waive small personal
rights and pool them for the general
good. That Is an important lessor
of th ?% prtnvnntlAn
"Business methods and sentiment
ruled strongly. There was little
shouting. little purposeless euthusIsm,
but calm, logical dtseusion ol
business plans, and of approved and
tried means to forward the welfare
Of the orgnniratlon.
"In this connection. It will he ol
Interest to the membership to learr
that we took a thorough census ai
the convention of congressional can
41datee defeated by the elTorts ol
AGAIN IN GOOD SHAPE
I'RE8II>KNT FINIiTY OF SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY TALKS.
About the Condition of the South*
eastern States, Which He Finds In
Fine Condition.
W. W. Flnley, president of the
Southern Railway company, who haa
been looking into business conditions
in the Southern State, the other
day said:
"On the whole, the conditions are
encouraging. in agriculture the
present outlook is particularly good.
The cotton crop is later than usual,
and is. therefore, more subject to
future weather conditions than is
usual at this time of the year. However,
the condition rt$>ort of the
United States agricultural department,
issued on the 2nd instant,
showed a better average condition
of the growing cotton crop in the
States south of the Potomac and
Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi
than on the corresponding date
laBt year, and the area planted was
reported in June as 140,000 acres
greater than last year.
"With ordinary favorable weather
conditions until the crop Is harvested.
the Southeastern States will
have the largest corn crop on record
for that section. The area planted
is more than a million and a half
acres greater than last year, and the
condition report on September 8
showed a better condition in Mississippi
than in any other State in the
United StateB. with Alabama a close
second and with enrvd condition ro
ported from each of the other Southeastern
States. The increased coi n
crop of the South will have an important
bearing on general trade coiditions.
for localities which have
formerly bought considerable corn
from other parts of the country are
growing in some cases all, and in
other cases the greater part of what
they will require this year, and will
be in a position to buy other commodities
on a larger scale.
"Coal is moving in larger volume
than I. t year, and lumber is in more
active demand.
"The cotton mill industry of the
world has been passing through a
prolonged period of depression due
to the inability of manufacturers
to market tbeir products at prices
'commensurate w ith the price of their
raw material. This has resulted in
a material curtailment of production
in the South as well as in other cotton
mill centres. In the meantime,
the consumption of cotton goods
throughout the world is continuing.
Stocks in the hands of merchants
are being reduced, and there is every
reason to believe that, as soon as
the size of this year's crop can be
more accurately estimated, there
will he an active demand for cotton
goods of all kinds at prices hearing I
such a relation to the price of the
raw material as to stimulate the mill
industry.
"Taking all factors of the situation
into consideration. 1 am eni
couraged to believe that, with average
weather conditions and in the
alienee of an unusually early killing
frost, we may look forward to
an active fall aiul winter hnniiieue iii
the Southeastern States." *
Schooner* Wrecked.
Rigolets, La., on the gulf of Mexico,
reports that the tramp schooners
Farewell and Henry M. were wreck!
tn a severe storm of about an hour's
> duration there Friday afternoon.
The crews were rescued by a fishing
' vessel.
1 Charleston gave Hlease 2,7ir? majority
and Columbia gave him 1,027.
These two counties gave him about
I two-thirds of his majority.
i
the Farmer's Union-?I refer to the
congressmen who were indifferent to
" our request for aid until they came
I up for re-election and who then went
I down on their knees to us. We have
observed the policy of helping those
1 who help us and I assure jou the
list of aspiring politicians whom we
were instrumental in defeating tor
their indifference or treachery was
truly formidable. Our work along
this line has. moreover merely bei
gun I have always and will always
decry and denounce partisan politics
within the order. Hut this Is not
partis >n politics: it is sell preservation
of the highest order.
Reports brought in bv delegates
the nation over, .indicates thai the
past yenr has been phenomenal from
I a standpoint of educational progress.
The :ncinl?ershlp Is learning the real
i alms of the organisation with a splen
did unanimity and they are following
our agricultural propanda as well as
1 our fraternal principles.
I "Co-operation also is beginning to
i have a new significance and is becoming
transriited from a mere meaningless
word to Intensive, persiste.it
> application.
"As indicating the hich water mark
T of achievement in the history of the
I organized farmer and as holding d-?s
finite promise of more progress in
the future, the convention Just rlosf
ed Is a mngnifleant earnest of adi
vaneement of our people, of that unlt
verssl betterment in behalf of our
selves and the nation's prosperity and
f welfare to come."
A*
HOLD THE CROP
This is the Advice ef Seaater Smith !
the Southern Farmer.
COTTON CROP IS SHORT
South Carolina Senator Says Keport*
Indicate I*reacnt Crop Will
not <in'a(ly *C\cecd that of Last
Year and That Staple In Worth
Twenty Cents the Pound.
Senator E. D. Smith, iu an interview,
Saturday gave out the following
statement, with reference to
the South's cotton crop, as compared
with a like period a year ago:
"Reports from every cottou State
of importance indicate that the present
crop will not very greatly exceed
last year's crop.
"In view of the fact that last year
was an unprecedented short crop, the
demand for the staple increases year
by year, -the outlook for an adequate
supply to meet the demands of the
world is poor, indeed.
"The farmers of the South and
the business men whose property depends
upou the farmors. have the
situation fully in hand. Everything
depends u|>on whether they will market
the crop judiciously. The South
is not a section in which the doctrine
of protection tlnds many honest
adherents.
Wo do not ask laws enacted to
protect ns from competition; we simply
ask an open field and a free
fight?that there shall not be national
legislation which will discriminate
against us. Wo are content to let
the law of supply and demand?honestly
enforced?determine the price
of our commodity.
"1 wish the cotton growers of the
South to remember that last year
the I'ayne-Aldrich tariff bill was
enacted to give a prollt to the manufacturer.
This year, during the
latter half of the session. the Attorney
General of the United State.]
through information given him by
certain parties who seem to have
been short on cotton, indicated certain
ones who were attempting to
get an approximately legitimate price
for cotton.
"Now to state the case clearly:
I The whole machinery of the Government
was set in motion to pass sucn
law as would guarantee the manufacturer
a profit, and theu to invoke
the law to prohibit the producer
of the raw material from getting
| the price that the simple law of
nature?the law of supply and demand?entitled
him to.
"The so-ealled bull eiiciue were to
l?e haled into Court to answer to
the charge of an illegal combination
in the restraint of trade, while the
saute body that passed the Sherman
Act were busy passing the Payne-Aldrich
bill to legalize an artificial profit
to the manufacturers of America.
"I asked the question of a leading
Republican Protectionist if he would
not vote to exempt labor and industrial
organizations from the operations
of the Sherman Act. Ills reply
was that he believed that all should
stand on the same footing before Unlaw.
He knew then that the dis- |
crimination, under the law, was op-1
pressing those who labor for wages,
and who produce the raw material,
in favor of those who r-iin
and own the manufacturing interests
of America.
i shall not attempt to dictate to
the fanners of the South what they
shall do. Hut under the circumstances.
I would be delighted to see them
combine and hold their cotton from
the market, wherever it is possible
for them to do so, until it shall
bring such price as shall measure the
artificial price placed upon manufactured
articles by virtue of th*
tariff.
"Mv honest conviction is that i!0
cents a pound for the present crop ts
none too high, in view of the supply,
| the cost of production, the comp.tr
alive value of cotton with other texI
tiles and the artificial price that now
obtains on manufactured goods.
"Last year, when the AttorneyGcmer.il
of the United States was
setting the machinery of the law m
motion to investigate the bulls. 1
introduced a resolution in the Senate.
which was unanimously pa-sed,
that he should. In common decency. I
Investigate the hears also.
"I shall do all in my power, whilst
a member of the United States Senate.
to see to it that those who produce
the raw material shall get a
square deal.
"It sconiB that the tide is turning
our way; and if the people will only
he faithful to their own interests
and demand what is .legitimately
theirs, there is no power under heaven
to keep us from getting it.
"I shall from now on. as occasion
demands, and the press will permit,
give such advice and such information
as seem to nte the circumstances
demand.
"The decline in price at present,
in my opinion, is but an attempt to
take advantage of the necessity of
the case and get i.s much cotton as
possible during the time, when the
unfortunate ones have got to meet
j their guano bills, supply bills and
notes in the bank.
%
COTTON BOOL WEEVIL
WHICH HAS CAU8KD SO MUCH
WORRY AND AXXIKTY.
Ls Now Claimed to Be Under Control
by the National Agricultural Department,
?
The Augusta Chronicle says news
that should gladden the hearts of
Southern farmers comes out of Washington
to the efTect that the boll weevil
is on the road to the past. This
pernicious Insect, small, mysterious
and insidious, has threatened the
cotton growing ludustry of the South
for a decade.
During a short period of time,
when It was new and unknown, ,lt
caused a fear that spread and had its
effect in the marts of cotton trade
far from the glistening tields of
white. It bid fair at one time to levy
tribute upon whole sections, aud
none knew but what it would some
day change the destines of an agricultqral
empire.
It has been quite evident for many
years that many, if not most, of the
fears with reference to the invasion
of the weevil were groundless. Communities
in Texas and Louisiana,
which, were laid bare, so far as the
production of cotton was concerned,
recovered quickly from its effects,
w hen heroic steps were taken to obliterate
It.
Estimates based on the rule of progression
by which the weevil has
seemingly been governed have indidicated
that it might be expected in
Ceorgia about the year 1914. However
now that means of complete
control and even obliteration have
been discovered?and are being
scientifically applied?the farmers
oi mm state may feel secure, so far,
at least, as any general or material
dun^er is concerned.
Credit is due to the agricultural
department of the federal government
for the greater part of the beneficial
work done in removing the
greatest apparent enemy King Cotton
has ever faced. Kxperts have
been given almost unlimited means to
make experiments and apply curatives.
All the producers have been asked
to do was to follow the instructions
of the*-e agents. Demonstrations
have taught the farmers in threatened
areas to take advantake of the
discoveries and apply them without
expert aid.
The method pursued is in the
main, a simple one. Farmers are
taught to gnther from the ground
the cotton bolls which have been attacked
and have withered and fallen
to .he ground. These are burned.
Added to this deep plowing and
other precautions in cultivation nre
urged, and have been applied, with
the result that the agricultural de;
partment announces that the pest is
j now tinder control. .
The federal agricultural department
has received material aid from
state entomological departments and
the farmers' schools and colleges of
the South.
.M GGLIN'b Til K CKNSl'S.
For the Dniictit of the Republicans
ill DUDir MUIH'*.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says few people
around Washington who know
Director of the Census Durand and
are acquainted with his high official
position and record, helleve the stories
that have been current there tor
some time to the effect that census
figures in some instances are being
jucgled and will be held back for
political reasons.
It has been hinted here fore some
time that in those sections where the
Democrats are likely to make gains
in ihe next House, figures may not
be given until after the next legislature
in those States have been elected.
so that wherever possible .the
Republicans may have a better opp
rt unity of getting men in the Legislatures.
hence restricting the redistricting
measures which will come before
them.
It is almost certain that in Texas
there will be eight new metnl?erB of
Congress when the redisricting is
completed; in Oklahoma there will
be more members, and elsewhere
throughout the country the Democrats
are expected to add materially
to their present numbers in Congress.
It is to itnn tliiu it l? ?1-? '?- -
. ....?. ?. III lllill census
figures are to l>e "fixed" in such
a way that the Legislatures are 10
be controlled, in some cases, by the
Republicans.
Of coure. no one in Washington
believes this nor that Mr. Duranri
would be a party to such a scheme,
but it is nevertheless true that in
some cases complete figures couid
ave been mane public sometime back
but foe some mysterious reason have
not. Whatever may be in the matter
there is much undisguised dissatisfaction
with the way the present
statistics are being handled. *
"1 plead with every Southerner, regardless
of his profession, vocation
rfr avocation to stand by and lend all
I possible aid to that long-suffering,
much abused, but glorious producer
of all the South's currency?the l
cotton farmer! *
WHY THEY WON
Congressmai Webb Girts His Views
Democratic Victories.
BELIEVES THE REVOLT
Against Republican Tarty Itcmilt of
"Urok.cn Tariff Promlm**, IJotuiLsni,
CaunonKm and Standpattam" and
Predict* llcmocratic Victory in
.iviriiiinT UJIU A WO 1 OATS llenCO.
The Wsahington correspondent of
The News and Courier says when
Congressman Edward Y. Webb, of
the 9th North Carolina district, was
In Washington a day or two ago. he
said: "Broken promises with reference
to revising the tariff, bossisiu.
Canuonism and standputism are the
chief causes of the nation-wide revolt
against the Republican party at
the present time. Champ Clark will
be the next Speaker."
Analyzed closely the statement of
Mr. Webb will be found to be the
keynote of the causes that are fast
leading to a IXuuocratlc victory ?n
the next Congress and to a national
victory in 1912.
Continuing, Mr. Webb said: "Think
of it, the last Democratic Senator in
Maine was elected in 1847, just slx'vthree
years ago. He was James W.
Bradbury. Maine has not elected a
Democratic Representative since 1 8??
I more that half a century ago. She
hasn't elected a Democratic Governor
in thirty years, but now she is to
have a I>emocratic Governor, a Democratic
I'nited States Senator and two
of her Representatives will be Democratic.
Maine has 16 counties and the
Democrats carried thirteen ot these
erstwhile Republican stronghold and
won a Democratic Legislature by a
big majority. This news pressages
a tremendous Democratic victorry in
the next House and the election of a
Democratic President in 1912. The
Republican party in the nation is
worn out. scattered, routed and
beaten. The bottom has dropped out.
"The same influences that are causing
voters in other States to turn to
wards Democracy are at work in
North Carolina. The State Democracy
is in fine shape and we will poll
a much bigger vote in November than
we did two years ago. The Republicans
are on the defensive and are
spending most of their time apologising
for having made boodle, booze
and bonds the party enemies. We
will redeem the three districts that
went Republican three years ago and
North Carolina again will have a
solid Democratic delegation in Congress."
Viewed from a Washington standpoint.
and there is none hotter anywhere
from which to fix the political
level, the G. O. P. is rotten to the
core, as Mr. Webb says. The sacred
elephant which has marched triumphantly
to the White House for many
years is grievously sick and even Dr.
Roosevelt and other well-known party
specialists are unable to effect a
cure. None of them are willing to
diagnose the case, though most strenl
uous efforts are being made to remedy
the situation.
The truth of the matter is the Republican
party, with a record of
years of greed and selfishness is
choking itself to death. It has become
so fat with the etlect of spoils
gotten at the peoples' expense that it
is about to pay the penalty and forfeit
hs life. The result of such a
condition is that everywhere throughout
the country the Democrats are
preparing for a triumphant entry into
the 6'Jd '"'ongress with the possibility
also of eantiirln* ihn
Houtic two years later. *
HXTIRKIiY TOO SKNNITIVK.
I Killed Himself Iterative He Was
Short Small Sum.
At Flora, Indiana, when Mrs. Jno.
K. Ixidd, wife of the superintendent
and treasurer of the schools of the
city, read to her husband from a
news-paper Thursday night the report
of the examiners of the State
hoard of accounts that the funds in
his care had been discovered to be
short $20., he made no comment, j
but Friday she found his dead body i
in hJs bedroom and a bottle that had |
contained carbolic acid in his hand j
The schools and moat of the business i
houses were closed out of respect >f
him during the funeral.
( foiKiu Mayor killed.
The Georgia and Florida pnasen- j
gor from Valdosta collided with the
automobile of T. S. Price, in Itoug-'
lass., (Ja... Friday, killing Mayor F.
L. Sweat, of Douglass, wounding
Mr. Price and completely demolishing
the automobile. The machine i
was caught on the cowcatcher and
carried 1<>0 yards.
Will Stretch Hemp.
For the murder of Officer Waldrop
at Piedmont about two months ago,
Hunk Sherard, a young negro. ?m
Friday sentenced at Greenville by
Judge Gary to hang ou tho first Friday
In October. ;
SHOWSUP TEDDY
HIS HYPROCRICY EXPOSED B*
NEW YORK WORLD.
Wants Campaign Fuod? Made Public
But Hide* His Own,?On Most
x - . %
FVleoillf Terms With Hearst.
Under the caption of "Still a Practical
Man." the Augusta Chronicle
says Col. Theodore Uoosevelt pleads
in the West for political honesty and
threatenB aJl public evil doers; yet
he declinee to publiBh the details of
his 1P04 campaign fund. He nailed
the accusations of Judge Parker with
the "short and uiriv wirit"
be nailed himself later by the stolen
Harrimun letters.
When in need of funds, he dealt
with llarriman as a "practical man,'
and some $200,000 vested interest
money was contributed to the coffer*
of his party managers.
Now the colonel is treating with
William Randolph Hearst, whom he
held up to the public gaze on several
occasions as the chief Instigator
of McKinley's murder.
We are indebted to the New York
World for the following specimens of
strong language:
From Mr. Roosevelt's first message
to Congress, Dec. 3, 1901:
"This criminal (President McKinley's
murderer) was a professed
Anarchist, inflamed hy the teachings
of professed anarchists, and probably
also by the reckless utterances of
thoj^e who. on the stump, and In the
public press, appeal to the dark and
evil spirits of justice and greed, envy
and hatred. The wind is sowed by
the men who preach such doctrines,
and they cannot escape their share
of responsibility for the whirlwind
that is reaped. This applies alike to
deliberate demagogue, to the exploitel
of sensationalism and to the crude
and foolish visionary who, for whatever
reason, apologizes for crime or
excites aimless discontent."
From Kllhu Root's speech at Utlca,
November. I, 1906:
"I say by the President's authority.
that in penning these words, with
the horror of President McKinley's
murder fresh before him. he had Mr.
Hearst specifically in his mind.
'And I say, by his authority, that
what he thought of '.Mr. Hearst then
he thinks of Mr. Hearst now."
From Washington dispatches of
November 16. 1908:
"W. R. Hearst, of New York, made
a call of courtesy at the White House
this evening.
"He said that no significance was
to be attached to his visit; that he
merely took the earlie?t opportunity
upon his arrival here to pay his
respects to the President."
From an appeal to Mr. Roosevelt
issued by Mr. Hearst, Sept. 7. 1910:
"Come home to New York, Mr.
Roosevelt ?iwl hnmvtfv ?K.. .......
?.. x. . i? ?\ buc ?Ul*
path against the bosses. "We in dependants
are whetting our tomahaws
for the fray. There la no jealousy
in our ranks. We do not rare
who leads If he only leads aright.
"We do not rare who gains the
glory as long as the people gain the
victory.
"Drive the HepuT>1 loan bosses out
of the Republican party, Mr. Roosevelt.
and if one of them deserts to
the Democratic party f>0.000 Independents
will take hiH place."
From Mr. Roosevelt's reply to Mr.
Hearst. Sept. 8, 1810:
"I am going hack to New York
state, as mentioned by Mr. Hearst, to
fight the bosses. I will welcome the
support of any man who wishes to
aid in that tight."
Quite aptly, The World uses the
alK>ve quotations under the head line
"The History of a Great Moral Alliance."
STKADY I.VCHKASN IN OHOIJCRA.
Many New Caws and Deaths Reported
Ln IIuhkIu.
The cholera epidemic, which originating
ln southern Russia has claimed
upwards of 100,000 victims, >*?
stretching its way across Asiatic R ?s
mil n 11 u r riuay was omcially declared
to ho in tho province of Amur in
Southeast Siberia and separated hv
tho Amur rivor from Manchuria. Thoreports
now in tho posossion of the
sanitary bureau show a total for tho
season of 182.1127 oasoa with K.l.tl.li
deaths. These include the early returns
lor the week ending September
10 and the revised figures for the
preceding week. The statistics show
a steady decrease In the number of
cases and fatalities. *
WILI HKKIHT IHSKAKK.
I'rof. !>el/Ottch, of <<eorgiu, Finds
New Odtoii Siwl.
Prof. I>el/Oach. along with the other
members of the staff of the (?eorI'lO
V
of whom have been working to develop
a cotton need that can resist
the fata! nnthraenose. ha* practically
I succeeded in securing the desired
! tpve of seed. It is calculated that
ithis discovery will save the Houth
ruJ.'.jons of dollars annually, providI
lug the seed can be placed in jtrscri
al use. Experiments have been con
| ducted for some time by many exi
pert.-. along this line *
t