The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-02

[ have DOlD1S1 OUT Wuftt VIC o1ANo'N Wv
at home, but what about the other:
, This is a big country. Vast Interests
are involved; diversified and conflict
ing interests. The agricultural inter
est. by reason of lack Of organization,
and on account Of ignorance, IS being
Systematically robbed through the tariff
in the the interest Of Wall street.
THE ALLIANCE TO THE RESCUE.
"The Alliance sprang into the arena
like giant, and spread over the State
like fire through a sedge field. If 1t
, does not 90 too far aud ask unreaSon-
able things; if it does not demand a pa
ternaI government, as some c:aim II
does: if it does not demand centrailZa-
ton, as some claim il does; ii Us de
mands are not unreasonable, ana there
is the danger, great and lasting Ueue-
fits will follow. I am afraid, however,
that this bow Of promise will depart.
If we are reasonable and suoeldiZe the
newspapers with the truth, !; we do
not get all We ask we will at least get
something. We must not quarrel
about the means; bat we Must get
there.
THE CONDITION IN WASHINGTON.
"Look at the condition Of affairs
Washington. The Democrats with
large majority are split into factions.
There comes in your diversified inter
ests. What suits the Democrats Of
Massachusetts does not salt til" Demo-
Gratis of South Carolina.
SHALL THERE BE SPLIT?
"Whether there shall be split from
the old parties or not l canuot say; but
certainly the trend Of things IS in that
direction. Until it does happen, we,
who are to-day confronted by the Re
publicane with their force bill and ne
gro domination, have have got to stand
6v the Democratic party OF the North
east, who have helped US to prevent
these things. There should beand can
be no lust antagonisin between the
farmers and any other class. Unless
the farmers are prosperous every other
interest must suffer There may be a
dispute as TO how we are to reach certain
points, but for Gods sake don't let us
Quarrel about reaching that point"
no THIRD PARTY FOR Us.
Speaking about the st. Louis Con-
vention and the Third Party he said
that he did not believe we would have
auv Third Party in South Carolina yet;
but he did not know what might come.
Self-interest might force US to go with
the Northwest; but unLil that time dld
come we had to stand together for God,
for home and for native land.
The governor spoke for thirty five
minutes. Only once during the dellv-
ery of his speech was be Interrupted
by applause. His speech was we'll re-
ceived.
Mr.. sLIGH'S RESOLUTIONS.
President Sigh presented some reso-
lutions on the cotton acreage question.
Resolved, That in mass meeting as
sembled, on the 9th day Of February,
1892. we, the citizens of the eastern
portions of townships Nos. 8 and ~, OF
Newberry County, do adopt the follow
ing views and principles, believing that
if they were properly carried out they
would prove an effective remedy TOR
the conditions of those evils which
have brought upon our southland such
widespread disaster and financial ruin.
l. The acreage of cotton should be re-
duced not so much with view of de-
creasing the crop that higher prices
might be obtained, for we do not be-
lieVe that the very low price of cotton
at the present time can be accounted
for on the ground of overproduction,
but more with view Of giving the
cotton farmer more time, more land,
more labor. more fertilizers and better
attention to the raising Of the cereals
adopted to our soil, realizing as we DO
that grain, with the roughness that 1t
brings with it, means more and better
live stock, more and better manure,
better land, more meat, more milk and
butter, more poultry and eggs. All OF
which are needed on the farm and
which cannot be purchased by the
farmer with low cotton without being
met by financial ruin.
:. Rentals of land and credits eX-
tended should not be based exclusively
upon cotton. BY such course hum
dreds of thousands Of bales OF cotton
are raised by thousands Of farmers,
who, instead Of producing anything
like a sutficiency OF farm products ne
cessary for man and beast, produce lit
lie else than cotton. Such a system rs
not only ruinous and detrimental to
the interests of this class OF farmers, but
its different effects are felt, as general
thing, by all other farmers and citizens
of this country. The most effective
way Of reducing the acreage or cotton
would be TO change this system.
3. The times and the condition Of the
country demand the practice Of ec0no-
my on the part Of every farmer to en-
able him to pay his debts to bring him
TO that much desired position in life
when he eau pay cash as he soes, thus
enabling him TO buy cheaper: TO hold
and control to a measure his cotton
crop and other products Of the farm,
keeping him ont Of the hands Of Specu-
lators and doing away with the neces-
sity Of borrowing money at high rate
of interest, or, what is still worse, Of
obtaining credit on mortgage for food
products that should be raised on his
own farm. fthe price of cotton ever did
Justify this, the Southern cotton grower,
in borrowing or obtaining credit at
QlEQSE Fdlt VI lllLeISSI W ella dOIC III III w
make cotton, certainly that time mas
passed aud it now should be apparent
to all that the farmer can not stand for
any length of time a high rate OF in
terest or dear credit.
4. A judicious use Of commercial
fertilizers connected with a judi
cious purchasing Of the same is
a question that has 10 negative to
it, but there eau be no such purchas-
ing of commercial fertilizers when the
farmer neglects the making OF stable
and barn yard manure, the growing up
on the soil and turning under Of reget-
able matter with judicious system of
farming and the proper care OF his
land.
). Money is scarce and tight, and
labor is poorly rewarded. Under exist
ing conditions few ii any can buy and
pay for farm out of the net earnings
of the same, aud those farmers not
very greatly 10 debt must ecoromize as
they have never before done to enable
them to pay their debts. Now we knew
that there is cause for all this, and
we firmly believe that it does not al
together come from mismanagenent
on the mart of the farmers but that