Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOLD PRESENT CROP REDUCE THE NEXT, Slogan of Southern Cotton Raisers. SOUTHERN GOVERNORS SETTLE ON POLICY They Derided tlint the Best Way to Fight the Northern Bears will Im? to Hold Two Million Bales and Reduce the Acreage Next Year at Least Twenty Five Per Cent. New Orleans, Oct. 31.?The fanners of the South must withold from the market every remaining bale of the l> < sent season's crop of cotton and follow this with a concerted and bind ing agreement to reduce next season's cotton acreage at least 2"i per cent, if they hope to restore the South's great money staple to a normal price level and retrieve the losses sustained by reason of the present low price. This is the plan which the conference of Southern governors adopted at its concluding session today to secure ini mcdiate relief from the depression in t! e price of the staple. As a means of securing permanent relief from such conditions and of tranteelng the cotton farmer in the future against the necessity of glut ting the market with Iiis supplies at the opening of the season, the confer ence adopted resolutions favoring the establishment in every cotton-growing State of State-controlled warehouses and the collection and periodical pub lication of statistics bearing upon the demand for and consumption of American cotton. Committee to Decide. The proposal of foreign banking interests to finance a holding move ment covering 2,000,00 bales of the present crop was referred to special committee for future action. The recommendations of the con fi . nee follow: "We earnestly recommend to the planters of the Southern States to follow th.' example of Louisiana and solidify their crop as to producing for ^onsutuptiou ou the farm and let cot ton be the surplus crop: even the quantity raised shall be 2.1 per cent. I? s than the present crop, as then they will get just as much money In return for less labor than this year's crop will yield nt present prices; they ?will soon free themselves from debt and be In condition, without any finan cial aid, to sell their crops gradually, as the demand shall exist and not market the work of a year In 60 or 90 days as they have been accus tomed to do. Want Better Statistics. "We call upon our representatives in congress to have the present crop reporting system so amended to re? port the periodical publication of re liable statistics of cotton growing, manufacturing and trade condition, and we recommend also, and for our selves agree, that the commissioners of agriculture in the cotton States gather and publish like Information, and we suggest the legislators of cot ton states make adequate appropria tions to this end and uniform legisla tion, enabling the agricultural com missioners to act in concert and to constitute a bureau of cotton manu facturing, cotton trade and cotton con suming information, to the end that, with the estimates of production which are now furnished b the fed eral government, there may also be estimates of demand, and thus put the planter In position to tlx a fair price for his product. Would Indict Bears. "The members of the conference have been reliably informed that bulls on the cotton exchanges have been indicted In the United States courts under the Sherman act for conspiring to buy cotton and advance the price, and if this be In accordance with the provisions of that act, then we re spectfully insist that the bears In the exchanges, who conspire to sell cot ton which they do not possess with the expectation of a decline in price or for the purpose of affecting a de cline, be likewise prosecuted. "A fair and comprehensive system of future trading is accepted by the commercial world as essential to the proper and advantageous movement and distribution of the crop, but it is urgently recommended that congress shall pass such laws as will abate abuses and regulato future, contract trading in exchanges and to the end thai ? discharge its function as a trade utility, fair alike to both buyer and seller. and to the commodity Which is the subject or the future transact ions. For Warehouse Scheme. "It is earnestly recommended that the several state governments shall take appropriate action to bring about such warehousing system or systems, as will best serve the Interests of the producer of cotton. "In view of the apparent demand for cotton during the next IS months, we recommend that the unsold cotton of the present crop be withdrawn from the market and disposed of by a sys tem of gradual marketing. We urgo bankers and business men to coop erate with farmers In this undertak ing. "We represent to the cotton farm ers that tentative and attractive prop ositions have been made by British financial Interests for 2,000.000 bales of the present crop. The negotiation 1 is referred for development In prac tical form to a committee. ?dmnhi Reduce Acreage. "Reduction of acreage in 1912 is urged as a necessary part of any plan of holding or financing the present crop. We recommend, and, for our selves agree, that the government of each cotton State proceed to appoint a representative in each county, who in turn will appoint a representative in each school district or voting pre cinct to secure from every farmer a binding written pledge to reduce his Cotton acreage in 1912, 2"> per cent, below his acreage In 1011. "Without discussing the merits of pending proposals for monetary re form, we recommend that in any leg islation which Congress enact for emergency currency based upon com mercial paper underwritten by banks or associations of banks, provision be made for including in these acts for emergency currency commercial pa per representing transaction in cot ton as well as transactions in cotton goods and other manufactured pro ducts. Can Save Present Crop. "It is our firm opinion that by prompt and aggressive action under cooperation and organization the cot ton farmers and business men of the Southern states can speedily rescue the present crop from impending sacrifice and can restore the fair price which demonstrated demand war rants and can insure stable values from year to year." It was decided to hold similar con ferences in the future on the call of the chairman. The committee which is to consldor the proposed financing of 2,000,000 bales of the present crop is composed of Oov. Colqultl of Texas and Gov. Senders of Louisiana, Gov. O'Neal of Alabama, GoV. Noel - of Mississippi and four citizens of business life to be appointed by the governors named. Sick Kidneys Act Fine and Backache Simply Vanishes. The most effective and harmless' way to cure backache and regulate out-of-ordar kidneys, or end bladder trouble Is to take' Several doses o' Bloodine Hlood and Kidney Tablets. You. will distinctly feel that your kidneys and urinary organ* ftro be ing cleaned, healed and vitalized, and all the miserable symptoms such as backache, headache, nervousness, rheumatism and darting pains. In flamed or swollen eyelids, Irrtability. sleeplessness, or suppressed, painful or frequent urination (especially at night) and other distress, leaving af ter taking the llrst few doses. The moment you suspect any kid ney or unitary disorder, or rheuma tism, begin taking this harmless pre paration as directed, with the knowl edge that there is no other medicine, at any price, made anywhere else in the world which will effect so thor ough and prompt a cure as a iifty cenl box of Bloodine Hlood and Kidney Tablets, which any druggist can supply you with. Don't be miserable or worried an other moment with a lame hack or clogged. Inactive kidneys or bladder misery. All this goes after you start; taking Bloodine Hlood and Kidney Tab lets, and in a few days you feel and know that your kidneys, liver and urinary system are healthy, clean and normal and all danger passed. Ac cept only Bloodine Hlood and Kidney Tablets --fifty-cent treatment?from 1 any drug Store -anywhere in the world II your druggist will not supply you. the Bloodine Corp.. Boston, Mass.. will on receipt of price. Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, s. C. Splendid stock Wall Paper, prices from live cents per single roll up. S. M. <v B. II. Wilkes & Co. Sale of Personal Property. Notice is hereby given thai on Wed nesday, November 15, 1911, commenc ing at lit o'clock, a. 111. at the late res idence of J. Warren Hlakoly, deceased, we will sell the personal estate of the deceased consisting of mules, COWS, and one buggy, farm Implements, household and kitchen furniture and other articles. Terms cd' sale: cash. B. w. Blakely, T. w. Blakely, Nov. I, inn?2t. Asthma! Asthma! 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