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PAOB SIX THE COST OF COTTON TO THEJOUTH 'MR. J. 8. WANNAMAKER GIVES SURPRISING FACTS. STATEMENTS OF FARMERS South Realize* Its Future Is at Stake and Must Act Accordingly. T V* 7 1 mii , onwivunw yy turnrtniiiivvr, ^chairman of the South Carolina Col,ton Association, upon the request of a well known magazine that he furnish 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 of cotton to the South includes the following: 1. The production of cotton coRt the South slavery. 2. It caused the War Iletween th? States. 3. The production of cotton ha'; brought slave labor. Regardless of th fact that cotton is a hand-made prod uot. a price has been established on cotton on the basis of slave-labor. irom wiucn price u naf* never neei removed. | 4. It cruised the South to become cotton slaver;. 5. It carded the South to merely exist; denying to the producers the ne eosr.'ties and comforts of life. H. To produce cotton and exist at the price paid for it hv the manipulator no.- essita ml the establishment of stun'* 'ion wages in the South, which ex'st oven unto todmv 7. It has enured th" illiteracy of tkn St''' t'-r uuh th.e manipulations of the c >tton hoprn. S tj u-.r. pMuced the impoverishment r r'^m of tho South. 0. Th? production of cotton has rmr ed t>~e had roads of the South through t'*e ira.novrris.hinept 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 existence: to dmv to himself and his family tb? comforts and necessities of life; to work without a fair remuneration. 11. It is even driving the negro away; he has received a new vision; he is no longer satisfied with his un.comfortable surroundings; he is insufficiently clothed. 'Has Made Other Sections Prosperous. 12. It has made other sections ol the country prosperous; it has fattened 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. 13. The production of cotton in tho South today has mused the descendants of the people who fought to break the chains of physical slavery from the black man to fight 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 little children who existed and passed away without necessities, comforts :and education. 15. It has created one of the greatest gambling hells on this globe, the New York Cotton Exchange, extend Ing its damnable and blighting ma nipulations and schemes throughout our nation; fattening and prospering the gamblerR 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 beta* absolutely n*cessaxv to enable him to exist. He has destroyed his forestry, fleeced his soil of its fertility; 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 learn. 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, regardless of hours, but even to per form the manual labor of tilling the oil with the plow. (White women and colored women can be seen plowing the cotton fields of the South, fat. 1IAA1. J .1 ^ J Willi unit) nuiRiuw'nu cniiurru yi (Miding along behind them, scattering compost, and performing their work from the break of day to the twilight ?underfed, Impoverished, half-clothfed. worn and weary.) 18. It has caused the producer of >cotton to go without the necessary cotton clothing?the white man seldom having enough to meet the requirements of health and hygiene; the negro being seldom blessed with more 'than four cotton underRuits?one for 'life use. one when he Joins the church, lone when he marrieR the first time, and one when he iR buried. (ThiR beitng in excesR of the average.) As to the Cost of Production of Cotton In the South. T requested the Hon. I). TT. Houston. Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish ho with a detailed statement showing t?>e cop* of umduetion of cotton in the South for the vear 191<*. He has just telegraphed me as follows: "Itemized estimate of total cost of production of cotton for 1918 not yet completed. Work now being done will provide basis for estimate in few weeks. Would bo glad for your association to select committee of three, to be in Washington April 21, for * special conference on factors to be * considered in estimating cost of producing cotton." f For the purpose of estimating the cost of production by the producer, I by the experienced business man and by the experienced banker, ! have 1 selected various men from our State. The result is aptly furnished by the f following statements, which are in ^ line with the* various statements reeehod. These statements are from three men of unquestioned veracity, fine business judgment, long business experience and men who have been "i actively engaged in farming for ovex 2 quarter of a century; men who world not purposely make a misleading statement, even though they felt s-ifsfed it would result in assisting \ us to win this campaign, regardless of t the deep interest they feel in the sue co s of this movement for the com- * nu'ivial freedom of rio South C^st of Production Illustrated on a ij One-Horse Farm of Fifteen Acres, Planted by J. M. Molman. I. The production of rhis farm Is bused r m a ton-year average production of C ilhoin county. 1 have heen farming for thivt.y-flvr !| v vrs. >nd hnv" also boon actively on- ; r r 4d n cotton for the past ten years, j; 1 p isf years must ho loft out. of any cili lation in finding the cost of tin* I i! 19 crop, for tho rcoson that nil vol- * oos h wo advanced out .if all recoil. I T.. bor and fertilizers cost thro^? timer. !' ; much as they did at the beginning |( ' of tlm war. "'ho lcnlatIons heroin are made with 'ho actual cotton planted on this on horse farm, and the expenses are ; fit tired only for the actual working ! porlc d. my only object being to tind i or.i what it will actually cost to pro- | dure a pound of cotton. The owner of til f .mi gets nothing for himself out of 'his farm except his profit of $0(1.50 ; and he will not got this profit if his | cotton is damaged by storm or otherwise and is reduced in grade, also pro- ! vided ho gets thirty cents for his cotton and $60 for his sood. I have not i charged this farm with any expense j ! for hoeing. T expect the plowman to have time to do this work. Expenses. 15 bushels planting seed . . . . $ 15.00 3 tons high grade fertilizers lS0.no 750 pounds rent paid, at 30o.. 225.00 Ginning, bagging and ties, 7 hales cotton 35.00 Wages one man, eight months | at $40 320.00 i Feed of mule eight months... 120.00 i Rent of mule 30.00 | Picking 0.000 pounds of cotton at $1 90.00 Hauling to gin and market... 21.00 Expense handling seed 15.00 i 1 A A 1 _ * e wt'iir ami ii'ht Kims ana nx| tureH 15.00 | $1.006.00 I Income. 3.375 pounds cotton at 30c... $1,012.50 ( 5.000 pounds seed at $00 150.00 I | Cross inconup $1,102.50 Expense 1,060.00 rrcTflt $ 96.50 ! j ! 'Cost per pound. 31.58. I certify that the above statement is correct and true. J. M. Holman. I Cost of cotton production illustrat- i edon one-horse farm of thirty acres (twenty acres cotton and ten acre3 food) by J. A. Banks. Fertilizer. 8 tons 8-4-0 at $50 $ 400 00 1 ton soda 83.50 , i 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 90.00 j 20 bu. planting seed at $1 bu. 20.00 10 per cent depreciation on I $500 equipment 50.00 j Current cost farm equipment 30.00 Ginning and bagging and ties, 12 B-C at $5 60.00 1 $1,302.50 Income. 270 bu. cotton seed at $1 bu..$ 276.00 j 3.000 lbs. cotton at 28 Vie lb.. 1,026.00 $1,302.00 This farm should produce under average conditions in thin county of Calhoun, S. C.. food sufficient to feed the horse that plows It and twelve 400-pound bales of cotton (three bales of which shaft ba taken for rent of land) and 276 bushels of cotton seed. This makes a balance and leaves the farmer nothing for his time and I attention. I have been fanning for the p?Rt forty vearfl and I am thoroughly familiar with cotton production, hare nlflo had many years* experience in general merchandise business, supplying fertilizers and supplies to farmers. also have had twenty-five to thirty years' experience as a hanker. ! being engaged during this period in farming, merchandising, operating sales stables and furnishing live i stork. The above is a correct statement illustrating the cost of production of! cotton. ,T. A. Ranks. t Cost of Cotton Production Illustrated on a One-Horse Farm of Twentyseven Acres (18 Acres Cotton and 9 Acres Corn and J I THE HORRY HERALD, CONW Hay). By T. A. Amaker. Fertilizer. i tons fertilizer 8-3-2 at 3 $58 $ 381.50 t 1 tor. Tilt rate soda 80.00 i Labor. * 1 plow hand 12 months, at $40 480.00 I \ 1 loe labor, 18 acres at $2.25 40.50 \ Oxtra labor, gathering corn, , hay, etc 50.00 . icking 10 bales cotton at $1 per hundred weight 120.00 8 bushels planting seed at $2 I a bushel 30.00 1 0 per cent depreciation on $600 equipment 60.00 ncidental expenses 30.00 linning and bag and ties 10 b. c 50.00 $1,348.00 . Income. * ' b. c. 400 lbs. each at 30c.. $ 840.00 !41) bushels cotton seed at $1 240.00 $1,080.00 The above farm should produce 10 >. c. and tenant must pay thn*e bales *ent. After paying entire proceeds of sale of cotton and seed on his year's ^ expenses, lie owes a balance of $268. i Land planted in corn and hay will | produce enough to feed horse. | j. I have boon engaged in farming 'or the past thirty years and am horoughly familiar with the cost of 11 iroductlon being now extensively en- * taged in farming, and also thoroughly c 'amiliar with same as a merchant r selling fertilizers and supplies, hav- ii ng been extensively engaged in the (| mercantile business for the past thirty (1 rears. s The above is a correct statement 11m-.(rating the cost of production of otton. T. A. Amnker. t Referring Back to the Cost of Cotton , to the South. Cotton production hv.s cost the South all that I have said and a vast ( mount more. The cost is so great i that it would require the judgment of * Clod Almighty to render a decision n a to what cotton has actually cost a ilie South. No mortal man can make j the estimate. \ llmiry Grady nufl'e than thirty-one c. years ago delivered a speech* in New s Hngland, which nvude a more lasting ^ impression possibly on the country ^ than any one speech ever delivered by any human being. The production 1 of cotton in the South has prevented ; 1 his prediction from coming time. He i said in part: "When every farmer in the South ) shall eat bread from his own fields t and meat from his own pastures and disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming ^ gardens, and orchards and vineyards, and dairies and barnyards, pitching his crop in his wisdom and growing I them in independence, making cotton f his clean surplus, and selling it in his t own time, and in his chosen market, ana not at a masters bid dins?pet- i ting his pay in cash and not in a roceipted mortgage that discharges his debt, but does r?>t restore his freedom?then shall be breaking the full- ( ness of our day." * The cost of production of cotton In ' the South has made the lovad Ameri- ' I can citizen realize that it is abso- < lutely necessary for him in carrying ; out his pledge to help make the world ( safe for democracy, to help in every way possrble, using every ounce of N energy at his command to help im-1 ^ prove conditions in the South, so 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 it is bis duty in justice to t G(xl and man. He realizes: , | 'Once to everv man and nation I t I I Comes the moment to decide; lc In the strife of truth with falsehood, j Cor the good or evil side. "Then to sidowith tnith is noble. When we share our wretched crust; 1 Kre her cause bring fame and profit, ( And 'tis prosperous to be just. 1 "Then it is the bravo man chooses, ( While the coward stands aside. 2 Doubting in his abject spirit. i Till his Lord is crucified." i South's Future at Stake. The South realizes that its future existence is at stake, and that it i* absolutely necessary to market, bank ^ and finance its cotton crop and that if this is not done, the cotton produo ( tion of the South will follow the in- 1 digo production, and ttiat the cotton production will he referred to on-ly a* t something that once existed in ths ) South. 1 For this reason the farmor. iner ( diant and hanker have absloutely determined to arrange to market oo4# ton. They are forming a $200,000,00(1 corporation for this purpose known as ( the Marketing. Exporting and FlPano- i ing Corporation, The manipulators | ( and gamblers who have fed on thtj( life blood of the South will, of course, I ( Violently protest!. We realise that ( commercial freedom of the South 12 absolutely necessary to the future progress and prosperity of the South. The hanking interests of the South ^ iwill Increase their capital and su?N ) plus by at least. f>0 per cent, and will j accept liberty loan bonds in payment ( for additional stock issued. Oppor- ( tunity only knocks once. The Smith realizes that it is knocking today and the door will be opened. Are You Helping. Are you helping in the fight fot I commercial freedom of the South? If * not. you are not a loyal Hon of either J America or the South. Not only this j 1 AY, S. 0., MAY 15, 1910 **i55^SSi5i ?yon do not realise that America, ol which the South is a part, is your own I rour native land; you do not realize hat God Almighty made all men free ind equal; you do not believe on 'Peace on Barth good vrttl to men." sio loyal American will so far forgot lis duty as an American citizen; no oya! American will so for forget hie pledge to make the world safe for | lemocracy. MEXICAN CONGRESS CLOSELY WATCHED, Washington Keeps Eye on Work of Body that Will not ( Pay Debts. Washington. ? Financial legislaioti which President Carranza has .sked tlio Mexican congress to conider at the extra session now being ^ icld is being watched closely by offi- 1 ials here, it was learned. This is * mdorstood to bo due to American in- ' ciests being involved and to the re- ( ent statement of Louis Cabrera, sec- 1 r>( fU'Vr of finn?i/>n in I hn ??>'> ^ not, that Mexico would not pay its lebts at present, even if it had the ( noney, preferring to await the re- ' ults ol the peace conference to see 1 what the world in general will do 1 vith its obligations, how many na- 1 ions \ ill repudiate their debts and < w many will trim their obligations ' <> figures compatible with their in- 1 ome." Figures recently received from Mexico City through official chanlels give the deficit for 1918, as ,v mnounccd by Cabrera, as 7,( 00,000 ! >esos, or about $8,500,000. Put an nvestigation of the Mexican finanial situation by T. W. Osterheld, pecialist and consulting expert in 4 ?I( xienn values for a prominent * Vail Street firm, show that Cabrera, 1 n making the report of the deficit.. * ailed to take into account the follow ' ng items, amounts being in pesos: National external bond interest for 1 918, unpaid, 10,100,000; national in- ^ crnal bond interest for 1918, unpaid, 1.800,000; interest on unpaid nation- 1 il bond interest, 1,098,000; guaran- ' eed railway bond interest, 20,780,- 1 )00; interest on unpaid interest on ^receding bonds 1,020,000, and bond 1 guaranteed by government other ; ,han railway bonds, 15,075,000. Other figures compiled recently )y officials from authoritative sourcshow that the Mexican governnent received extraordinary revenue luring 1918 by the sale of stoCc in ;ho Hawaiian-American Steamship [.ire, 7,000.000 pesos, and the abrogation of the Tchuantepec Railway oncession 12,000,000 pesos, which ire classed as ordinary revenue in Cabrera's report. In addition the national railways, vhich were confiscated by the Cav anza government, yielded during he year 8,000,000 pesos; private inlustrial plants, mines, etc., confiscated and not yet reotumed to the owners, gave another 8,000,000 pesos ;o the public treasury; and the Wells?argo and Mexican Express Com- 1 lanies contributed 12,000,000 pesos, ' me-half of the income of the com>anies . No reports have been made on the >peration of revenue of the Mexican ailways, the tramsways of Mexico Dity or the Mexican Telephone Com- ] zany's properties since they were onfiscatcd, but the official statement of Cabrera includes all the amounts received from the various sources given above as parts of the icrmal revenue incomes of the govn*nmen t. It is said that if the confiscated jroperties had been restored to ;heir owners the annual bond interest debts paid and the extraordinary evenue from the sale of the steam- 1 illi p stocks and the abrogation of the ' 'ailway concessions eliminated, the ! *eal deficit for the year would have 1 >een approximately 9(1,000,000 pesos >r $48,000,000. 1 < n Plans for the fonnation of a big cotton export corporation with a captal stock of $100,000,000 or $200,- J )00,000 are rapidly being worked >ut says the statement issued recently by th*. South Carolina Cotton Association. I . Sheriff Sanders and his deputies, < vith the assistance of city police- ^ nen, raided Lyles Pharmacy, a drug , dore located in West Anderson, S. . ,..^^1 i r 1 no ?li _/ , inrtv w v ? r\ anu IUUIIU ?4 j >f com whiskey. , o 1 habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days LAX-yoS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially- 1 )repared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual ( Constipation. It relieves promptly but i should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days . o induce regular action. It Stimulate and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. bOc )er Iwttle. ^ I PRESIDENT WANTS \ ALL MEN RETURNED Early Return of Troops After Peace Signed Will Be Accomplished 3EBARKATION FACILITIES FOR 450,000 A MONTH )cn. March Hopes 48-Hour Period for Discharges is Maintained. Washington. ? Determination of President Wilson, indicated in press ulvices from Paris, that no American rcops shall continue on German soil 'or a longer period after the signing >f the peace treaty than may be necessary to bring them home is borne mi by plans ol the War Department. j 'PI w. ..I ' ' .in |iuin:s contemplate the return j >C the entire American Exp ditionury 'orcos by September. because of his, Gen. .March, Chief of Staff, is ni-kimv every effort to speed up dovu hilization in this country. An oi' ieial announcement issued oday as to the accumulation of surill!:* clothing for the troops stated hat the timates were based on 'troop withdrawal to he completed n September." The statement also >aid that "if an army of cccnpation s maintained after Soptenv In . a por ion of this surplus will be needed." 150,000 a .Month Returned. The September date represents c. .imates by embarkation officials as 0 the maximum spee<l in withdrawal the entire force, including trepos tohling the Coblenz bridgehead xec:o' on the Rhine. If anything, officers anticipate that the movement will be accelerated rather than retarded. The schedule has been exceeded recently and in increasing measure from week to week with an indicated "Monthly movement of 450,000 men. Gen. March returned today from 1 personal inspection of demobiliza PERU] and MANALIN < Mrs. E. M. Harris, R. R. No. 3, Ashland, Wis., sends a message of cheer to tke sick: "After following your advice and n.sinK Peruna and Manulin, I wild cured of cntarrh of the none, tliront nnd stomach, from which 1 had suffered for several years. Wlien I commenced taking I'eruna I could not make my bod without stopping; to rest. Now I GOVERNMENT SEKS TO FOIL MURDER PLANS 4 " Warning Sent to Watch for What Authorities Believe is Plot to Spread Terror. 'Washington.?Discovery in New York of 16 bombs, each put together by experts, resulted in a general warning to government employees to be on watch for what authorities here believe to be an anarchist plot to spread terror throughout the country. While steps were taken immediately to deal with the situation already developed, postoffice department officials frankly admitted that there was absolutely no means of telling exactly how many bombs might have been deposited in the mails. The 16 picked up in New York were regarded as a catch find, having been held for lack of postage. Coming on the heels of the damage caused by an infernal machine mailed to former Senator Hardwick of Georgia, and in the same sort of package, with the Mime department store label led to prompt confiscation by the government and quick search for similar weapons of destruction moving through the mails. Because of the character of the men to whom the packages were adIressed the one thought of the authorities centered in the motive. In [i general way the attempt on the ives of cabinet members, a justice of the supreme court of the United i ii.iyjiiupyi \ % KEEP STRONG As an aid to robustness, thousands upon thousands use Salt's Emulsion as regular as clock-work the year around. A rich tonic, Scoff's? abounds in elements that^iitribute to the up-building of strength. Be sure that you buy Scoff's Emulsion Scott & Uownc, llloomfield, N. J, 19-3 tion centres in the Southeastern Department, completing the personal survey he began 'with Secretary Baker before the latter sailed for France. At each camp the Chief of Staff went over the demobilization machinery with the camp commander in detail, insisting that the forty-eight-hour period for tin* passage of troops from camps to^ civil life be maintained. It is believed that he will able to give newspaper correspondent now figures showing the speed with^B which the breaking up of the army at home is being accomplished. Men Back on Job in 21 Days. Officers recently returned from France say the "two bottle nccksjjt through which practically the onti?o\ movement must pass, the embarkation camp at Brest and the debarka- I tion station at Hoboken, arc now operating at a remarkable speed. An instance of tbo rapidity with which the machine is wiii'l^' was shown by the fact that awi^ the | officers reporting to CJon. .March on his return were some who started I from their sectors on the Rhine with their command twenty-one days ago. ?1,? A Mirage. (from the Lamar (Mo.) Democrat.) A man from a bone-dry Arkansas community went to a wet Missouri town and was invited by an acquaintance to have a drink. In the saloon the friend asked: "What are you going to have?" "Have?" dreamily routined the visitor, blinking at the glorious array of barrelled and bottled goods. "I ain't going to have nuth'n'." "What do you mean, (Jabe? You j won't have a drink after coming all I this distance?" "Nope!" answered the Arkansaw n ri' i * * yc r, i nere nain't no such place as ! this. I'll wake up in a minute." Zured Me do nil my work and am In pood health. I rocoinmciid tlilm vnlunhle remedy to nil suffering from any diucase of the stomach." Perunn In Sold Kverywbfr l.iquld or Tnblet Form 1 I Stales, a governor, a mayor and othwas linked up with recent agi~ 1 tation and discussion of the question of after the war immigration, but the authorities could not altogeth- ' or agree on this as the reason behind the wholesale attempts t>f deistruction of life. Word re Sed in- I vostigators here that Gimbel Bros.,. New York department store owners, whose mailing tags were on each package, including that sent to Former Senator Hardwick, had declared the tag a forgery. Authorities Take Steps. No effort was made to disguise the fact that this information was disquieting for it meant, officials said, in the event of a wholesale mailing of bombs that manv would reach their destinations bearing the jl mark of other firms which would I make the work of preventing deliv- y ery all the more difficult. Although |j the public was cautioned as to the 1 opening of strange packaffe, the i department's detective forcP realized that if all of the infernal machidpe* pui in the mails have not. been recovered, it is the department's job to get them before delivery. Persons who may be planning to make liquor in their own homes af- J ter national prohibition hwnmnu. fective July 1 are to be wamed^fcy revenue authorities as to the penal- J tics to which they will he subjected, fl Fifteen German newspaper men ,1 accompanied the German representa- *1 tives to the peace congress.. f\ WWWWW ? ? ? ? % f ? www s 6f>(> has more imitations than any -1 other Chill and Fever Tonic on the jl| market, but no one wants imitations, dfl They are dangerous things in the J [medicine line?adv. 4-24-19 20t. |