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‘ 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
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“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
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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
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$1,348.00
Income.
7 b. c. 40(1 lbs. each at 30c..$ 840.00
249 bushels cotton seed at $1 240.00
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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
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9 tone high grade fertilisers
7S4 pounds rent paid, at $dc..
Gtanlag baggtag aad Uea. 9
bales cottoe
Wages one mas eight m
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Peed of melt eight months
Rent of mnte
Picking IMi pounds of
ton at II
Heeling to gm and market
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Victory Libbrty Loan Committee
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