The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 15, 1904, Image 4
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UNION, 8. C., APRIL 15, 1904.
A New England manufacturer is
quoted as saying: "The South knows
well enough what we propose to do if
she persists in short cotton crops. In
the first place we will stop the machinery
in New England and make cotton a
drug ou the market. In the second
place, in collusion v.itli Parliament, we
will rear up competitors who will dtp ire
the Southern States of their supremacy
as cotton growing areas "
Seems rafher queer that any sane person
would give voice to such sentiments,
especially so at a time when the South is
doiug some pretty tall figuring for
cotton, even iroine to India for a few
bales, with which to operate upon
Experiments in the manufacture of
white psp-r, from the stalks of the cotton
plaut, have successfully demonstrated
that a better quality of p;tper can be produced
from them than from wood pulp,
and at considerable less cost. This looks
like the moat feaeable method of disposing
of the much dreaded boll weevil.
Especially does it look so when comhiued
with the tempting offer that is taring addressed
to the cotton growers in this
State by Biologist Gerald McCarty, iu
which he agrees to And a sale in Northern
markets, at 12 to 20 cents per pound,
for all the cotton root bark that is sent
to him. Surely, with the profitable disposition
of every particle of every season's
cotton crop, Mr. Weevil will beeverlasU
ingly exterminated
adds new laurels to his crown at every
turn, and if the present additional demands
upon him are maintained, who
knows but that the whole order of cotton
p'cking may not be revolutionized?
Who can doubt ths possibility that the
planter will begin at the roots when
gathering his future cotton crop?
Stranger things things this have already
been witnessed in connection with the
cotton plant.?Textile Fxcelsior.
THE^POTENTIAL PRESIDENT.
So intent are the two great leading
political parties of the United States
upon the trying to get their respective
leaders together and unite upon
a man for the presidential nomina
tion, that these political magnates
seem to have forgotten or ignored
the naming of a man for vice-president.
In our humble judgment the
choice of a vice-president should be
made with as much caution with
reference to his fitness in all respect#
including his political creed as that
of president. The delegates whose
duty it is to adopt a platform and
nominate a candidate for president
and vice-president, know that if the
president should die any time during
his term of office, that the vice-president
would then become president.
It behooves the delegates to make
the choice of the two men as nearly
equal in all respects as possible and
practicable. This is a duty the conventions
of both owe to the country,
to select no man for the vice-presidency
who is unwoithv to fill that
of president. The delegates in these
conventions seem to regard the nomination
of a vice-presidont as a second
consideration a mere form, and the
individual so nominated a mere
figure head.
As many as three times, we think,
-- the party who carried the elections
havfel had cause to regret their choice
of a Vice-president, doubtless there
has been more, but wo go no further '
back than the death of Abraham Lin- 1
coin. I
At this day and time, with the I
vast influx of foreign Immigrants, the ]
life of do president is safe, as the as- J
sasslns of presidents have been for- f
signers with one exception, therefore <
with such an experience with vice- 1
presidents as this country has had to 1
endure, the choice of a vice-president t
should be made with the same dis- fc
crimination as that of president. t
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ilGANTIC SCHEME TO DEFEAT
THE BEAK SPECULATORS.
In this issue of Thk Timks we
bi
jrint an extract from the Mantifac- jj
l>ures Record, and though it may w
teem long to some of our readers wo o
hopo all lovers of fair play and the ^
v
friends of legitimate deals in cotton
will read and study it. j|
The South since the opening of the a
New York Cotton Exchange has been c
in the hands of the ootton market
I
Bears sod her commercial enemies, i
The Bear speculator, controlled by f
English cotton mills,# have hammered 1
the price of cottou (consequently the <
price of farm lands) down to the bare
point of existence for the farmer.
The Bear game heretofore has been
to hammer vvhe price of cotton until
all the cotton was out of the hands
of the farmer and then turn Bull and
force up the speculative market, and
consequently put up the price of
of cotton goods.
D. J. Sully <fc Co. began early in
the season to Bull the market and as
a result the farmer got a fair price
for his cotton and all over the town and
county can bo seen the new life given
to the people by hearing the ring of
silver in their pockets. There is
hardly a settlement in which tne saw
and hammer are not at work and
everybody seems to have taken on
new life. But the Bears growl at
such prosperity and the decree went
forth that it should not happen again.
Sully was the cause, and with him
out of tho way the old game could go
merrily on again. They went gunning
and got the leader, but have not
counted on the "reserve force" of the
South, so little understood by outsiders,
and a power which has never
yet failed when putin motion. Whj
can't the farmer do for the Bears
what they did for the bagging trust
in 1888-89? Why can't they put Sully
on his feet again? If Mr. Sully or
the Manufacturer's Record would
open books of subscription for a r.ew
company of say 5,000,000 shares of
$1.00 each, Southern farmers, business
men, cotton mills and othors
interested would absorb it in a short
time.
D. J. Sully, Southern Farmer ?fc Co.
would be bigger than anything in the
world and the South would soon occupy
the position she did years ago.
The scheme is feasible If evervbodv
interested will put their shoulder to
the wheel.
THE R OSS IAN-JA P A N E S E WAR.
The desultory maneuvers movements,
skirmishes, small lights, 15
minute bombardments, etc., by the
two powers now at war, as reported
by the war correspondents through
the associated press has prevented us
from giving to our readers any definite
information as to what has occurred
since the opening of hostilities.
The manner in which this war
has been conducted if we are to
credit the reports we read, we draw
the conclusion that both of the powers
at war have one ear and eye
watching and listening to the others
movements, while with the other ear
and eye they are listening, watching
and waiting to hear and see what
steps other powers are preparing or
proposing to take with a view to putting
an end to the struggle by diplomatic
interference, recognition or
substantial aid.
Last Monday's State says: A
noteworthy feature of the present
war in the east is that it has been
condncted largely by the war correspondents.
To them has been left
tire burden of blowing up the ships,
of transporting immense bodies of
troops across the Corean frontier, of
fighting the batths, of foretelling the
plans of campaign?these and many
other performances, usually the portion
of the combatants, havo laid
bloody responsibilities upon the heads
of the devoted correspondents. But
it is left to the scribes to do more
than fight the war; they have determineu
to end it. A correspondent
has figured from, historical analogy i
that a hyphen furnishes the key.
That the custom to designate wars
by hyphenated expressions, thus for (
Instance the Russo-Japanese war, in <
the same manner there was a FrancoPrussian,
Ghir.o-Japanese, Austro- 1
Prussian and a Tdrko-Russlan war J
ihowed that the first of the Siamese (
touplet had lost every time, there- i
'ore as Russia came first in this war, 1
Russia was bound to lose according (
o the historical analogy?so it would ^
?e folly for Russia to further resist i
he Inevitable, c
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Only a few weeks ago severe? Hies of
lanufactured cotton uoods veqVflpped
y one of our leading Soutl era mills
illed direct to India. Tlut'sOi tlie?
ne of progress. During the present
reek a large mill in .South Carolina reeived
a big c msigmnent of Iudi* cotou,
shipped from a point in Iudfi* near '
rhere the goods were shipped to| ghat's |
nore progress. The cotton in' question
9 of the ordinary Indian qualil r, short
tripled and compares favorably ' "Kb our
>wu of the same variety. It j ?st the
uill importiug it just 11$ ? its per
x>und, at a time when our own was tellng
at approximately 15 cents, and the ?
freight was about $3 25 pier bale; or to le
nore exact., 80 cents per luiudiecFpuiw.ds f|
SULLY EXPLAINS HIS j
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. I
Not to Promote Speculation, but to
Insure Fair Play and Stability
In .Cotton Values. C
I have just had a talk with Daniel
J. Sully, whom I had not sein since
that, ill-starred day in March when ^
his firm suspended. He looks a lit- c
tie more sedate, but as self-reliant
and as resolute and cheerful as ever, j
The newspapers nowadays ?re wont,
to refer to him as "the dethroned
cotton king," bub he has not a de- ^
throned look. " The traditional
"hears" of the cotton market, hope ?
and pray that they have put him down J
and out for good and all. Some of
these manifest a sort of fiendish joy ^
over his temporary embarrassment,
but though they may laugh and
dance never so merrily, their outward 1
hilarity masks an inward fear. In
their hearts they know that a man .
standing for so sound a cause and '
with such resourcefulness is" liable
any day to regain his power. ?
Therefore, quite naturally the undercurrent
of opposition to his reinstatement
on the Exchange, pr, for I
that matter, to his having aiiy sort
m vnuuva iu fiirciBB inn puwem, s*
ruthlessly relentless. But no sort of
opposition can finally prevail against
the force of that public sentiment,
which is on his side, and which constitutes
an asset in measuring the
value of which the almighty dollar is
utterly inadequate. Sully was very
much more than "tho bull leader"
on the Cotton Exchange. From the
outset he has steed for fair play between
tho grower and the spinner of
cotton. As this has come to be better
understood, moral support has
c >me to him from both ends of the
lino. Representing the Southern
point of view, tho Manufacturers'
Record, which had unhesitatingly
criticized him when he seemed to be
in error, declared that his failure was
"aserieus loss to the whole South."
And when, after warning its constituency
against speculation, the same
SulTy
is practically a necessity to the I
South," it voiced the public sentiment
of that section. And tho public
sentiment of the South is a power ]
to bo reckoned with. In so far as 1
cotton is concerned it is a "world- i
power." No man or sot of men, no
clique or combination can wrest from
the so-called "dethroned king" this i
immeasurable "reserve force." <
Attacked ond misrepresented as he |
has been by his enemies, 1). J. Sully <
has till today scrupulously refrained ]
from talking for publication since the
ISth of March, when, through a com- |
bination of things unforaeeable, such
as the deity in tho official ginners'
report and the alleged defection of
his allies, his firm hud to suspend.
This will bo the first public utterance
since that day, and is a clear state
ment of the principle and tho cause
for which he !\#? houn otsii I
uuu oixu JO 1
so energetically contending.
"I had won a skirmish or Swo," '
said he, "and on the 18th of March I
lost a skirmish; but the cause is not
lost. The decisive battle is yet to bo i
fought." 1
"You will remember" he contln- <
ued, "that I told you while ore of '
the first skirmishes was going on that 1
the putting up of tho price of cotton
this season was but a first move in a <
systematic plan of campaign; that j
after several years of earnest study i
and investigation I had come to the <
conclusion that things wero out of ;
joint?'at sixes and at sevens'?in 5
the cotton world, and that 1 had sol- 1
elmnly resolved to make the cause of 1
the cotton-growers of the South my '
causo, and to devote to it the ener- <
gies of my life. Hut at the same 1
time I said to you that the principles t
underlying the correction of existing 1
abuses and the maintenance of the \
South's supremacy involved mutual- 1
ity of interest between grower and f
spinner. The planter and the Atner- \
lean manufacturer of cotton are, in e
the final analysis, natural allies, and r
not antagonists. Stability in prices t
is a condition precedent to tho per- V
manent prosperity of each, and is as t
essential to one as to the other. Hut
there can be no such thing as stable
prices unless prices be fair and just.
To get prices on a fair basis was the
first step. The planter was getting
too little. In order to get for him
what he deserved a 'bull campaign'
was necessary. a
Ana no me nrst right was to Be- a
jure for the grower a fair recompense, r
which he had not been receiving, o
rhat hus been accoinpli?hed. Now a
that the grower has come into his r
)wn, no matter what may be the K
lemporary difficulties that I am now
sontending with, you can rely upon 0
t that ways and means will be found *
;o prevent his being robbed of it In "
loming seasons. ?
"With fair prices insured to those a
vho raise the cotton, the next move
vill be toward an adjustment based
in supply and demand that will be
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MUTUALD
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fair to both grower and spinner.
Heretofore some of the spinners have
been slow to see that a fair living
price to the planter would inure to
their interest by promoting stability,
and without stability cotton manufacturing
is a hazardous venture.
But spinners will before long, one
and all, come over into the fair-play
camp and make common cause in
gaining and maintaining what is indispensable
to the permanent prosperity
of all concerned."
I asked him if the details of the negotiations
for a settlement and the
proceedings that have been taken to
secure for his creditors what, under
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an me circumstances, 18 fair and
right, had not so absorbed his time
find attention as to prevent consideration
of his general plan of campaign.
"All that," said he, "is in the
liands of the receiver and the lawyers.
I have done all that I could do to assist
in giving them information.
They will work it out as it ought to
bo worked out. But I am now just
as busy as ever I was when engaged
on the iloor of thu Exchange in efforts
outside of the market in behalf of
the cause to which my life-work has
been devoted.
"In order to carry forward the general
plan of campaign to maintain
just and fair prices for cotton, there
is much to be done outside the Kxjhange.
You will recall that in what
vou termed 'Sully's Message to the
South,' and which you transmitted
hrough the Manufacturers' Record,
he watchword was 'raise more cotton
ind better cotton,' to the end that
\mericon supremucy might be maintained.
Better cotton involes bettor
teed and better culture, and likewise
letter handling of the staple all the
vay from the field to the mill. There
s right here an immense opportunity
or the real friends of those who
V.,- ?I I " ?
tuuiu uc uriirnnru iiy UtJtiHT UOtUJIl,
iccompanied by stubility in prices,
tamely, the grower, the splnuer and
he consumer?in short, all mankind."?Written
for the Manufacurers'
Record by Thos. P. Grusty.
Card to the Public.
BY UBKLE, THE BAKER,
I beg to call attention to the fact that
II of my good*?and especially Cakes?
re always fresh, and my prices very
easonahle. 1 have no stock-worn goods
r goods which have been in transit a
week or so and labelled "fresh" on arival.
My regular trade appreciates a
ood thing aud continues with nrie. My
uslncss increases every day. Good
jaterial and gooil work speak for themelves
and it is unnecessary for me to
lake misrepresentations. I thank Uie
ood people of Union city and county
jr their valued patronage in the past
nd hope to remain in their good esteem.
Yours for fresh cakes and low prices,
li. Ubblk.
March ftS, 1904. ]
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>r gents we can show you very snappy shapes
$3, $3.50, $4
>rds for ladies, make many new fiiends every
$2.50 and 93.00
trap Sandal at : $2.00
pntent kid $2.00
l\1 with patent tip 92.00
It
lal is very popular, just 1 $2.00
king easy try a pair of extension sole Oxfords 92.00
d and patent tip Oxfords that we show you for $1.50
ip 1.50
old stand-by $1.15, $1.25
0
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} stock of Shoes and
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