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1 % r- ' i f woFooniii 101 m r< wi) M,t •• WANNAMAKER GIVES SURPRISING FACTS. m -■ — ; - ‘ STITEMENTS OF FIBMEOS South Realizes Its Future Is at Stake and Must Act > Accordingly. If . Mr. J. ' Skottowe Wannamaker, chairman of the Sojjth Carolina Cot ton Association, upon the request of 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. First, as to the cost of cotton to the South, I have estimated the cost Df 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 has brought slave‘labor. Regardless of the fact that cotton is a hand-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. It caused the Sout^i to become cotton slaves. 5. It caused t^e Sooth to merely ex ist; denying to the i>roducers the ne cessities and comforts of life. 4. To produce cotton and exist at the price paid for It by the msntpn- Utnr necessitated the establishment starvation wages In the Sooth, which exist even onto today. 7. It has caused the Illiteracy of the Sooth, through the manipulations of the cotton bears l^ft has caused the Impoverishment and peeperiem of the ><mlh TCTTMlflNBV'M UUIl i ni Mis * F7 a •• •• f “eased the bed roads of the South, through the Impoverishment of the producer by the maatpulator It ft has driven from the rural eemsauaitiea the white man who la no looser contented to eke out an el- ieteare. to deny to hlmeelf and hie family the comforts and oereaettlee of life, to work without n hair retnnnem basis for estimate in few weeks. Would he find for ypur a» eociattoo to select committee of three, to be In Washington April II, foe special conference on factors to * be considered In estimating ©oat of pro duclng cotton. 1 * For the pnrpone of estimating the cost of production by the producer, by the experienced business men anf by the experienced banker, I hav« •elected various men from our State The result is aptly furnished by th< following statements, which are it line with the various statements re ceived.. These statements are fron three men of unquestioned veracity fine business judgment long businest experience and men whe bare beez actively engaged in faVming for ovei a quarter of a century; men whe 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 o! the South, Cost of Production Illustrated on a One-Horae Farm of Fifteen Acres, Planted by J. M. Holman. The production of^this 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 out of all reason. Labor and fertilizers cost three rimes as much as they did at the beginning of the war.' - . The calculations herein are made with the actual cotton planted on this one-horse farm, and the expenses are figured only for the actual working period, my only object being to find out what It will actually cost to pro duce s pound of cotton. The owner of this farm gets nothing for himself out of this farm except his profit of $94 SO and he will not get this profit If his cotton Is damaged by storm or other wise and Is reduced la grade, also pro vided he gets thirty cents for his cot ton and 140 for his seed I hare not charged this farm with any expenee for hoeing. I expert the plowman to ■apeoeees IS hnshels planting need .. 9 Rot labor. U acres at 9US Extra labor, gathering corn, hsTf ete. Picking 19 bales cotton at 91 pdr hundred weight II hnshels planting seed at 99 a bushel 10 per cent depreciation on $600 equipment Incidental expenses Ginning and bag and ties 10 b. a 60.00 90.00 SO.OO $1,348.00 Income. 7 b. c. 40(1 lbs. each at 30c..$ 840.00 249 bushels cotton seed at $1 240.00 4 II ft is even driving the negro sway, he has received a aew vtakoa; ha Is no km gar sattaged with hie ea comfortable sormoadings; he la taewf irlenity clothed Hee Mode Other g*ette*e Preensrses 11 ft has made ether sort loos el the fen a try proepereoe. It hoe fal toned the fevers end manlpwietors of the North; it fees felvened saanhtod In I every spot of the gftehe whom the Chinee earept In the gonth. where It hoe proved n mrae IS The prwdnet loo of cotton in the gonth today hoe reooed the deer and sole of the people who fooght to svenk the chains of physical slavery the felark man to fight for the of forging the chelae of slavery, of poverty, of Itineracy on *he women and children working to he cotton da Ida both wbHe and atork at ill t ightor 14 ft kaa ‘filled the gvave-vards of the Sooth with men. women and lit- j# childrea who ax lot ad and poased tway without aeceoaltlea. comf orts and edwratioo 15 It baa created one of the greet- Hrt gamhttnx hafts on thia globe the — ‘’mill rinto— MiMi 9 tone high grade fertilisers 7S4 pounds rent paid, at $dc.. Gtanlag baggtag aad Uea. 9 bales cottoe Wages one mas eight m at |44 y Peed of melt eight months Rent of mnte Picking IMi pounds of ton at II Heeling to gm and market IS fit IfiPM 99 94 774 44 194 44 >4 44 and fia- enengnnwene#ennnnn< ft 44 ISM 1SJ4 91.444 M vm • f W at 144 9141914 lid M 91.19914 . 1 444 94 . fl.OSfcOO 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 years 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 fertilizers and supplies, hav ing been extensively engaged in the mercantile business for the paat thirty years. The above is a correct statement illustrating the cost of production of cotton. T. A. Amaker. Referring Back to the Cost 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 coat the South. No mortal man can make the estimate. Henry Grady more than thirty-one years ago delivered a speech la New England, which made a more lasting impression possibly on the country than any one speech ever delivered oy any human being The production of cotton la the South hae prevented hie prediction from coming tme. He •aid In part: "When every farmer In the Sonth a puKipe I m*.t frnm I * juulM meat from hie own pasture* sad Itsturfe*d fey no creditor, and eaftaved Py no dobt shall eft amid his teem lag tardeaa aad orchards and vtneyardn. and dnines and bnmynrda. pitching fell crop la hm wind am and growing m tndepnndenoo. staking cot inn surpina. and sailing II In hia at a mas tor • bidding—get ling hla pay ta raafe and not In a re seiptod mortgage that dierbargee bin debt, feet dees not restore hla free dom-then shall fee hmafilag the fnlt- anae af ear da# * TVs amt af oflwteflttn gf «Mog In FraCt 9 M 14 ■SWii X & *wv Its damnable and blighting mS- oipulatlons and schemes throughout ynr nation; fattening and prospering the gamblers and manipulators on the life blood of the toller. * 16. The production of cotton fn the South has caused the producer to be come a commercial cannibal, thia be ing absolutely necessary. U> enable him to exist. He has destroyed his forestry, fleeced his soil of Its fer tility; existed on his natural assets; denying to himself and his family ^ reasonable hours of work and proper working conditions; a decent home; the opportunity to play and to Tdfirh. 17. It has 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 per form the manual labor of tilling the soil with the plow. (White women and colored women can be seen plow ing the cotton fields of the South, with little barefooted children plod ding along behind them, scattering compost, and performing their work from the break of day to the twilight —underfed, impoverished, half-cloth- ed. worn and weary.) 18. It 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 underauits—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 of the average.) As to the Cost of Production of Cotton in thfi South. . i requested the Hon. D. H. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish me with a detailed atatempnt showing the cost of production of cotton in tie South for the rear 1919. He has Just tele^hiphed me as follows "Tteaalsed estimate of total cost of ••Cost per poood. II M f serufy (hot the above atatemeat Is corrset aad trws J M Hohaaa of settee predwettev UtusWet ee feer— fane ef thirty (tweety aeeee settee aed tee, feed) by A A. 9 tons 9-44 at 944 9 44 1 toa sods 99 94 ft wUi fee a 4t pi ere f live is He fee# aede ** -eeee be rwaiiaes firet that It Is bis laty ss a loyal Awanaas nttasn and Sinsoss ft m hie doty la Jastlss ki God aad mao He realise# Dose to every moa aod aattaa Come# the momeot la decide; ta tbs strife of troth with For the good or evil aide at |44 per 494 44 40 44 mMM. Picking 19 R-C at 79c per hundred 99 04 94 bo plan ting need at $1 bu 90 04 19 per ceat depreciation on < 9900 equipment 90 00 Current cost tam equipment SO 00 Ginning and bagging and ties. 19 B-C at 99 «0 09 $1,309.50 Income. 276 bu. cotton seed at $1 bu..$ 276.00 3.600 lbs. cotton at 28He lb.. 1.026.00 11,302.00 This farm should produce under average conditions In this county of Calhqun, S. C. t food sufficient to feed the horse that plows it and twelve 400-pound bales o7 cotton (three bales of which shall be taken for rent of land) and 276 bushels of cotton seed. This makes a balance and leaves the farmer nothing for his time and attention. I have been farming for the past forty years and I am thoroughly familiar with cotton production, have also had manyLFtars* experience in genera] merchandise business, supply ing fertilisers and supplies to farm- ars, also have had twenty-five to thirty years' experience as a banker, being engaged during this period in farming, merchandising, operating sales stables and furnishing lire stock. The above 14 a correct statement ITlnstrattng the woet of production of cotton. ~ J. A. Banks. Cost of Cotton Production Illustrated on a One-Horae Farm of Twenty- seven Acrea (19 Acres Cotton and 9 Acres Com and Hay). By T. A. Amaktr. Fertiliser. 6% tons fertiliser 944 at $6$ •..•.•••••9 991.94 9094 tea la sidwetth troth la Wbea wo Ere her caaee bring And Tie pnoepero** to he ^hea It ta the brave maa While the coward aUads TRBWfflU WF WRH HURL toa altnte a04a e e e e e e TUI his Lord la crucified ” South's Future at Stake. The South reel tana that tta future existence la at staka. and that it Is absolutely necessary to market, bank and finance its cotton crop and that If thia la not done, the cotton produc tion of the South will follow the in digo production, and that the cotton production will be referred to only aa something that once existed in the South. 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 Financ 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 pibaperity of the South. The banking interests of the South will increase thehr capital and sur plus by at least 50 per cent, and will accept liberty loan bonds In payment for additional stock Issued. Oppor tunity only knocks once. The South realizes that it is knocking today and the door will he 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 realise 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 ea “Peace on Earth good wHl to adn.** No loyal American will so Car forget his duty aa an American citiseu; no Joyai AgMricaa wdl so far ♦* n ‘ Your Busin ■ -# f i - kT - * L J"* ' J’’ 1 tV -rr—- Business The following points are of vital interest to the people of this nation, and will be discussed in greater detail in separate advertisements appearing in this paper at intervals until the start of the Victory Liberty Loan: . 1. This nation—your country and mine—owes approximately $10,000,000,000 in unpaid war bills—for a Victory that we are now enjoying. u- i 2. The nation must pay this debt—if it is to continue to exist as a nation among the nations, af the, world. . ., 3. There are only two ways that the nation can r secure the money—by bonds and by taxes. 4. Taxes are already high and yet insufficient ^ to meet our outstanding war obligations. 5. Therefore bonds must be sold. 6. Again, there are only two ways that several billions of dollars ot bonds can be sold—to the banks or to the people. m % 7. If they are placed with the banks, industry, commerce, your business will suffer. The banks would be unable to purchase several •—billien dollars of Liberty Bonds and con- tinue to loan money in sufficient quantities and at a fair rate to the business man. . You i cannot have your piffiding and eat it, toa 8. It is, therefore, your business and my busi ness to prepare for the Victory liberty Loan, that we may then invest as largely as each of us individually can—for America’s welfare and for our own. “ N2 • —• ..We Victory Libbrty Loan Committee TAi/ space amtributtd if W.H. /M