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SOME COTT That the Price of raw cotton is a negligible factor in the ultimate' cost of cotton cloth to the consumer and has little bearing on the high cost of clothes was Indicated in testimony be fore the sub-committee of Congress for the 1)istriet of Columbia having hearings on the <iuestion of* the high cost of living in Washington. The testimony was given 'by Mr. N. F. Cal Vin, representing Uw 'Cotton States Advisorv Board, and followed hie tes timony on food Prices, as follows: I bring this point out, as I said at the beginning, for the purpose of showing that it is not What the farnk er Is getting for his various products and commodities that is 'hurting the consuming public. It is the cost of 'distrIbution, our impierfect system of distribution, which seems to be re sponsible for the situation that con fronts us at this time. I 'want to' talk for a little while about colton. because we have got to wear Clothes as well as eat, and I want to tell you somnething aboit cot ton, and cotton. farrubig and then I will be through. Here are six yards of gingham. Alr. Chairman, that I 'bought this morn ing at one of the leading dry go(s stores of, the city. I paild 75 cents a yard for it; here 10. the check (indi cating). It weighs 15 ounces, Pre cisely. It cost me $4.50 in cash. The farmer got 25.r ents for the cotton in that $4.50 worth of gingham. The average price cotton last year was 27 cents. Sixteen ounces to the pound makes 1.7 cents per ounce. Multiply 15 ounces by 1.7 cents, and you have 25.5 cents. .Ir. Cotton Farmer got 25.5 cents. 'As I said in the beginning I am not going to tell you 'who got the differ ence betiween the 25.6 cents and $4.50. Somdbody got It. Senator Capper: How much a yard did you say you paid for it? tir. Calvin: Seventy-flve cents. Af ter I bought it, I looked around and the store was pretty full of folks. I said, "Is there a sale on?" And I was told, "Yes; you would not get It for that if there had not been a sale on today." Just being a mere man I was not supposed to know that. I do not know what I would have paid for it if there had not been a sale on. Senator Capper: All these goods are still going upl)? Yes, Senator; and every now and DN FIGURES then somebody raises a lot of sand about the cotton farmer profiteering and gotting rich. I want -to tell you that the price of cotton today is cut ting absolutely no figure In the price of cotton goods. It Is not even consid cred, Ihere is a piece of what the ladies call voile, I believe. Here is the ticket (exhibiting same-$3.48, or 58 cents a yard. Ax-yards anI it cost In $3.48. It Weighs 11 ounces precisely. The farmer got for the cotton iII this piece of goods 18.7 cents, the goods that I paid $3.48 for this morning. I (Iid not overlook the men when I ;was remembering the ladies, and 1.got some sockgs. I bought two pairs of cotton socks. They weigh 2 1-2 ounc es. I paid 40 cents a pair-80 cents for the two pair. The farmer got 4.25 cents for the cotton in these two pairs of socks. I paid 80 cents for them. I have some handkerchiefs here, Sena tor. I saw tliem in at window oil the way up and I asked Ae price. They looked like good handkerchiefs an( 1 was told that the price was 25 cents apiece. Tiey 1weigh 4 1-4 ounces. Tn Other words, they weigh -a little less than an ounce each. The farmer got less than 1 1-2 cents for tile cotton in each one of tihose andkerciefs-less lan i 1-2 cents; and I paid 25 cents for each. Senator fall, I will give you one of them to rememiber the cotton farmer hy. That is a 25-cent handkerchief for 'which the farmer (who grew the cotton received less than 1.5 cents. Thel farmer got less than 1 1-2 cents for the cotton in each one of those handkerchiefs, and I paid 25 cents apiece for them. III this connection I want to say this as applied to the cotton farmers, that. many people do not seem to ap precIate the situation they are in. The Census Bureau shows hat there are 2,000,00 'aimilies in the South engaged In cotton production, The average is a fraction over five to a family. Last year the production was a little less than 12,000,000 Lales, making six bales to the family as the average produc tion. Assume that they got 30 cents a pound for it, which they did not get. According to government figures they received an acerage of 27 cents per pound. Six bales of cotton at 30 cents per pound would be $900 -to the fam l)y. 1Mverybody that. knows anything ahout cotton knows that It is an all the year round crop, from January to December, and there Is about an av erage of three out of a family who work inl .te cotton fields and they work for $900 a year to produce six bales of cotton, when cotton Is 30 cents a pound. I do not think anyope would want them to work for less than that. SIxty-two per cent of cot ton producers are tenants, and they pay one-fourth of all they make to the landlord. That leaves them ap proximately $650 a year for a family of five and three of them work .in the field on the average. I only say theso things here because there are a whole lot of fQlks that come from different parts of the United States that do not seem to under stand the situation In the South. -1r. Chairman, if the average northern mman could go south and travel through (eorgla, Alabama, Alississippi, Louis lana and 'Texas and see the hovels that the average cotton farmer lives in, he would never comiplain any more abott the cotton farmer getting more han lie ought to have for his cotton. I have t,veled over the Pennsyl van ia system from here to Clicago aind to St. Louis and I wait to tell you th1v It is like traveling through Paradise front the standpoint of tihe homes as co mpared with travel in the Soti; beeatise the cotton farmer has aways been a sa'-, utintil recently a slave of cotton. he is doing bet ter now. The troubile is hat we are afflicted with tlhe tenant system down South. It. is an evil system. A man who has his land worked exclusive ly by tenants canl prodice cotton Jtust as cheaply when labor is $10 a day as when it is 50 cents a day, because lie does not supply any of the labor. Therefore, wvlen cot.ton is high, as i1 is now, he makes good money; but it. never has gone high enotigh yet and probably never will for the average tenant to make money raksing cotton. The landlord can make money on this basis; there is no questioning that fact. 'mr. Miller: Mr. Calvin, as you kiow, linters went up in price. Where (id the )roflt made out of those linfers go? It did not go to the prodtcer of cotton, did it?, Mr. Calvin: Well, no, sIr. The price of linters was not pernitted to go up Il ike the price of commodities. That is where the South got stung a little .bit. The irice of linter's fixed 1) ylhe War Trade Board iwas 4.67 cents a pound, When cotton was 8 and 9 cents a pound linters were 3 and I cents a )(ound. So wvhen cotton went ul to 25 and 30 cents a pound, linters ought to have gone up to a.bout 10 cents. But the War Trade Board coi mandeered all the linters on the mar ket and took them at $4.67 a hundred. 'Mr. Miller: Before the war you could get linters at 4 1-2 cents :Mr. Calvin: That was very low grade linters. I have seen it before the war selling for 5 to 6 cents. There are tio cuttings; one is a very low grade and is not worth anythinig, scarcely, but the higher grades have always been worth something. 'Chairman Ball: This woti( have been a very Interesting matter carried down to the consumer, in order to find out how much of this cost went. to the illanifactirer atid how much to the re tailer. -Ar. Calvinl: It would be very inter esting indeed. I thought, Air. Chair ian, that perhaps if I could start a little agiation along this line and let I! be known, let the coiintry know just, what is going on. Jst how m1ilch more the consilmer is having to pay thlali tile farimer gols, somebody woild have to come across and state -who is get ting tlie lion's shiare of the profits. A ea I load of Cro ckery and China to arrive this week. S. M. & 1:. I[. WlI KI-:s & (O. NOIC' OF EILET"ION. inite of Souh Citrolini,,, County of Laurens. Whereas, Petiliolns signed by a legal number of the (ualified electors and free-holders residing in I au rens school distilet No. 2, Iaurens county, South Carolina, asking for an election upomn the qunestion of voting an addli tional -l mill tax upon tile property iil said school distriet to be used for school purposes, have been flied with the county board of education, an election is hereby ordered up1)on said (luestion, said election to be held on the 2nd day of October, 1919, at Pros pect school building in said district, under the management of the trustees of said school district. Only such electors as return real or pelsonal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and reg istratIon certificates as required in the general election shall be allowed to vote. Those favoring the 4 mill additional tax shall vote a ballot. containing the word "YES" written orm printed there on. Those against the -1 mill addi tional tax shall vote a ballot contain ing the word "NO" written or printed thereon. Polls shall open at the hour of 8 o'clock in the forenoon and shall remain open until the hour of -1 o'clock in the afternoon when they shall 1)e closed, and the h allots counted. The trustees shall report the result of the election to the colity aIditolr and county superintendent of educa tioi within ten days thereafter. R. TP. WILFON, 9-2t 11y order of County Board. RED CEDAR SHINGLES Just received carload Red Cedar Shingles. Place your order bpfore t y are all gone. Herb L. Roper Phone 31 PLANT GRAIN and COVER CROP NOW 11 is .oil duly to sow cover crops and grain for the benieit of your land an d frI feed iext sprilng. A few l( in-es ilIte(d in, gol seed low will be worth hundli(ieds of dollars Iext sill ing to 'Our lantd in the forii' of vegetable matter. You can'I afford o bu y any hut Ihe higliest. seed. W\e have nothing but tested, re-eleanied seed. huy now and sow vith the first rains. Per b . 10h-b. lots Leap's Prolific W heat ....... .... .... .... ....$2.75 $2.75 Appler Oats (home grown) . ................. . .140 1.35 F'uIlghum Oats (some grown) ........ ........ 1.90 1.85 Texas Oats, from best seedmen in Texas . ......1.20 1.15 Abruzzi Rye -. -... -.... .... .... .... .... .... 3.40 3.30 Turf Oats (very best for grazing) . .;0 1.60 Winter Barley .... .... ........... . 2.60 2.50 Alfalfa .... .... .... ......- . .... .... .. per lb.- .35 .32 Crimson Clover in chaff .... .... .... ....per lb. .17% .17% Crimson. Clover, clean .............. ....per lb. .25 .22 Burr Clver .... .... ........ .... .. ....per lb. .12% .10 Augusta Vetch .... .... ... . .... ,.... .. ..lb. .15 .13 Hairy Vetch -... .... . ....Ask R a e v .- - . . - - . . - - .. . . . . . . . . p e r .2 0 .1 3 R1-ed Clover -. - ..-- --.. .... ... .... .... Ask Lawn Orass --.... -................. ...Ask TERJIS ASH. Reference-Nat ional L in & Eixchange Bank. FARIS SEED COMPANY Headquarters For High Grade Seed GREENWOOD, S. C. BIG ACIN ISi L Fifty Head of Mares and Horses to be sold at Auction Friday, October 10th, 191 AT 11 O'CLOCK A. M. At Laurens Court House, S. C. Fifty head of Mares and Horses from 3 to 5 years old. All the above stock are the good kind and will take the place of high-priced mules. They are the work kind and will please any one. Also some ood saddle horses and mares. In this lot we have some speedy ones that will surprise you to see them go. Remember the place and date, Laurens, S. C., Friday, October 10th, 1919. Your price buys the animal. We shall expect you. NInety SIx S tock Company