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% A / • TO THE SOUTH MR* J- 8. WANNAMAKER GIVES SURPRISING FACTS. STATEMENTS OF FARMERS aoirth , RmTImb E^iturt la n Stake and Must Act Accordingly. Mr. J. Skottows Wannamaksr, chairman of tb« South Carolina Cot ton Association, upon the request ol a well known magasine that he fur nish them with a sUtement "showing the cost of ootton to the South," sent them the following article: Cost of Cotton to the South. ‘ First, as to this cost of cotton to the South, I have estimated the cost of cotton to the South includes the following: . 1. The production of cotton cost the South slarery. 2. It caused the War Between' the States. 3. The production of cotton has brought slave labor. Regardless of the fact that cotton is a band-made prod uct, a price has been established on cotton on the basis of slave-labor, from which price it has never been removed. 4. 1 It caused the South to become cotton slaves. 5. It caused the South to merely ex ist; denying-to tha producers- the ne cessities and comforts of life. 6. To produce cotton and exist at the price paid for it by the menipu- lator • necessitated the establishment of starvation wages in thp South, which exist even unto today. 7. It has caused the illiteracy of the South, through the manipulations of the cotton bears. 8. It has caused the impoverishment and pauperism of the South. 9. The production of cotton has caused the bad roads of the South, through the impoverishment of the producer by the manipulator. 10. It has driven from the rural communities the white man. who is no longer contented to eke out an ex istence; to deny to himself and his family the comforts a^d necessities of life; to work without a fair remunera tion. 11. It is even driving the negro awav; he has received a new vision; he is no longer satisfied with his un comfortable surroundings; he is insuf ficiently clothed. Has Made Other Sections Prosperous. 12. It has made other sections of the country prosperous; it has fat tened the bears and manipulators of the North; it has blessed mankind in every spot of the globe where the sun shines except in the South, where it has proved a curse. 18. The production of Cotton in the South today has caused the descend ants of - the people who fought to break the chains of physical slavery from the black man to light for the purpose of forging the chains of slavery, of poverty, of illiteracy on the women and children working in the cotton fields, both white and black, still tighter. 14. It has filled the grave-yards of the South with men, women and lit tle children who existed and passed away without necessities, comforts and education. - 15. It has created one of the great est gambling hells on this globe, the New Tort Cotton Exchange, extend ing its damnable and blighting ma nipulations and schemes throughout our nation; fattening and prospering the gamblers_and manipulators on the life-blood of the toiler. 16. The production of cotton in the South has caused the producer to be come a commercial cannibal, this be- fe»g ebeotutely necessary to enable him to exist. He has destroyed his forestry, fleeced his soil of its fer tility; existed on his natural assets; defying to himself and his family reasonable hours of work and proper working conditions; a decent home; the opportunity to play and to learn. 17. It fry caused child labor in the South. It has caused the women and children of the South, both white and black, to perform not only labor, re gardless of hours, but even to peY- form the manual labor of tilling the soil with the plow. (White women and colored women can be seen plow ing the cotton Helds of the South, with little barefooted children pled ging along behind them, scattering compost, and performing their work from the break of day to the twilight —underfed. Impoverished, half-cloth- ad, worn and weary.) 18. ft has caused, the producer of cotton to go without the necessary cotton clothing—the white man sel dom having enough to meet the re quirements of health and hygiene, the negro being seldom blessed with more than four cotton undersuits—one for life use, one when he Joins the church, ‘one when he marries the first time, and one when he is buried. (This be ing in excess ef the average.) As to the Cost of Production of Cotton In the South. I requested the Hon. D. H. .Houston* Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish rne with a detailed statement showing the cost of production of cotton in the South for the year 1918. He has • Just telegraphed me as follows: "Itemised estimate of total cost of prodneftoh of cotton for lt!8 not yot completed. Work now being done will provide basis for estimate in few weeks. Would be glad for your as- sociatfon to select committee of three, to be in Washington April 21, for special conference on factors to be considered in estimating cost of pro ducing cotton.” For the purpose of estimating the cost of production by the .producer, by the experienced business man and by the experienced banker, I have idiected various man from our state. The result is aptly furnished by the following statements, which are in linp with the various statements re ceived. These statements are from three men of unquestioned veracity, fine business judgment, long business cxperteoce And. ma whu-M™ been actively engaged in farming for over a quarter of a century; men who would not purposely make a mislead ing statement, even though they felt satisfied it would result in assisting us to win this campaign, regardless of the deep interest they feel in the suc cess of this movement for the com mercial freedom of the South Coat of Production Illustrated on a One-Homo Farm of Flftson Acres, Planted by J. M. Holman.* The production of tbia farm is based on a ten-year average production of Calhoun county. I have been fanning for thirty-five years, and have also been actively en gaged in cotton for the past ten years. All past years must be left out of any calculation In finding the cost,of the 1919 crop, for the reason that all val ues have advanced cut of all reason. Labor and fertilisers cost three times as piTich as they did at the beginning of the war. ^The calculations herein are made with the actual cotton planted on ^his one-horse farm, and the expenses are figured only for the actual working period, my only object being to find out what it win' actually .cost to pro- ►duce a pound of cotton. The owner of this farm gets nothing for himself out of this farm except his profit of |96.50 and he will not get this profit if his cotton is damaged by storm or other wise and Is reduced in grade, also pro vided he gets thirty cents for his cot ton and 860 for his seed. I have not charged this farm with any expense for hoeing. I expect the plowmam to have time to do this work. Expenses. 15 bushels planting seed 8 1-5.00 3 tons high grade fertilisers 180.00 f50 pounds rent paid, at 30c.. 226.00 winning, bagging and ties, 7 bales cotton 36.00 Wages one man, eight month! at 840 320.00 ^eed of mule eight months... 120.00 Hunt of mule 30.00 kicking 9,000 pounds of cot ton at 81 90.00 Tauling to gin and market... 21.00 Expense handling seed 15.0C Wear and tear tools and fix- Trcr- 40.60 floe labor, 18 acres at 82JK Extra labor, gathering corn, hay, etc pur hundred weight. • 120.00 18 bushels planting seed at 82 * a bushel. 10 per cent depreciation on 8600 equipment Incidental expenses Ginning and bag and ties 10 b. c. 80.00 36.00 60.00 80.00 50.00 81,348.00 Income. 7 b. c. 400 lbs. each at 30c..8 840.00 249 bushels cotton seed at 81 240.00 SHOES Bailey’s Good Shoes turns >••••• 15.00 81,066.00 Income. 1,376 pounds cotton at 30c.. .81.012.50 5,000 pounds seed at 860 160.00 Gross income 81.162.50 Expense 1,066.00 .Profit .8 90.50 ••Cost per pound. 31.58. I certify that the above statement is correct and true. J. M. Holman. Coat oTLc® tton production lllustrat- eddiT ene-horae farm of thirty acres (twenty acree cotton and ten acres food) by J. A. Banks. Fertilizer. 8 tons 8-4-0 at 850 8 400.00 1 ton soda 83.50 • Labor. 1 plowman at $40 per month.. 480.00 Hoe labor 40.00 Extra labor 40.00 Picking 12 B-C at 75c per hundred 99.00 20 bu. planting seed at $1 bu. 20.00 10 _ per cunt depruclatica on — $800 equipment Current cost farm equipment 30.00 Ginning and bagging and ties, 12 B-C at $5 60.00 ' $1,302.50 Income. 276 bn. cotton seed at $1 bu..$ 276.00 3,600 lbs. cotton at 28Vic lb.. 1.026.00 $1,302.00 This farm should produce under average conditions in this county of Calhoun, B. C., food sufficient to feed the horse that plows it and twelve 400-pound bales of cotton (three bales of which shall be taken' for rent of land) and 276 bushels of-cotton seed. This makes a balance and leaver the farmer nothing for his time and attention. I have bqen farming fc^r the past forty years and I am thoroughly familiar with cotton production, h^ve also had many years’ experience in general merchandise bnainess. supply ing fertilisers And supplies to farm ers, also have had twenty-five to thirty years' experience as a banker, being engaged during this period in fanning, merchandising, operating salei stables and furnishing live stock. I The above is a correct 'statement illustrating the cost of production oi cotton. J- A. Banks. Cost of Cotton Production Illustrated on < One-HorSe Farm of Twenty- seven Acres (18 Acres Cotton and 9 Acres Com and - Hay). By T. A. Amaker. " Fertilizer. „ 6% tons fertilizer 8-3-2 at $68 1 391.50 1 ton nitrate soda 90.00 Labor. \ , 1 flow hind 12 month*, at $40 A80.08 $1,080.00 The above farm should produce 10 b. c. and tenant must pay three bales rent After paying entire proceeds of sale of cotton and seed on his year's expenses, he owes a balance of $268. Land planted in corn and hay will produce enough to feed horse. " I have been engaged In farming for the past thirty yean and am thoroughly familiar with the cost of production being now extensively en gaged in farming, and also thoroughly familiar with same as a merchant selling fertilisen and supplies, hav ing been extensively engaged in the mercantile business for the past thirty yean. The above is a correct statement illustrating the Cost of production of cotton. T. A. Amaker. . Referring- Back to the Cast of Cotton to the South. • Cotton production has cost the South all that I have said and a vast amount more. The cost is so great that it would require the judgment of God Almighty to render a decision a to what cotton has actually cost the South. No mortal man can make the estimate. Henry Grady more than thirty-one years ago delivered a speech in New England, which made a more lasting impression possibly on the country than any one speech ever delivered by any human being. The production of cotton in the South has prevented his prediction from coming true. He said In part: "When every farmer in the South shall eat bread 4rom his own fields and meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid hit teeming gardens, and orchards and vineyards, and dairies and barnyards, pitching his crop in his wisdom and growing them in independence, making cotton hia clean surplus, and selling it in hia own time, and in his chosen market, and not at a master’s bidding—get ting his pay In cash and not in a re ceipted mortgage that discharges his debt, but does not restore his free dom—then shall be breaking the full ness of our day.” The cost of production of cotton in the South baa made the loyad Ameri can citizen realize that it is abso lutely neceeeary for him in carrying out his pledge to help make the world safe for democracy, to help in every way possible, using every ounce of energy at his command to help im prove conditions in the South, *o that it will be a fit place for people to live in. He has made this decision be cause he realizes, first, that it is his duty as a loyal American citizen and because H is hie duty in justice to God i.nd man. He realizes: .‘Once to every man and nation * Comes the moment to*decide; In the strife of truth with falsehood, •Fe^r the'good of evil side. "Then to sidewith truth is noble. When we share our -wretched crust; Eire her cause bring fame and profit. And ’tis prosperous to be just. Then it is the .brave man chooses. While the coward etands aside. Doubting in hia abject spirit. Till his Lord is crucified.” South's Future at Stake. -The South realizes that its future existence la at at&^e. and that it 1« absolutely necessary to market, bank and finance its cotton crop and that if this is not done, the cotton produc- tkm of the South will follow the in digo production, and that the cotton production will be referred to only as something that once existed in the South. j For this reason the farmer, mer chant and banker have abeloutely de termined to arrange to market cot ton. They are forming a $200,000,000 corporation for this purpose known as the Marketing. Exporting and Finano- ing Corporation. The manipulators and gamblers who have fed on the life blood of the South will, of course, Violently protest We realise that commercial freedom of the South is absolutely necessary to the future progress and prosperity of the South. The banking interests of the South will ’increase their capital and sur plus by at least 50 per cent, and will accept Hberty loan bonds in payment for additi^al stock issued. Oppor tunity only knocks Pnce. The South realizes that it is knocking today and the door will be opened.. Are You Helping. Are you helping in the fight for commercial freedom of the South- If not, you are not a loyal son of either America or the South. Not only this —you do not realize that America, of which the South is a. part, Is your own, your native land: you do not realize that God Almighty made all men free and equal; you do not believe on “Peace on Earth good will to men.” No loyal American will so far forget his duty as an American citizen; no loyal American will ao far forget his Ptadg* to make the world sals tat democracy. 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