The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-01-14
PLANT E.ECSS sr0VvS'0N.

y ""'Nu 10 W CC-OlCTatc anu aSSlSG lne al |
lianCcmcn in formulating some effective
plan to curtail the cotton acreage" This
We think is very important matter and if
any scheme or plan can be devised where
ny the farmers can reduce their expenses
and Increase their profit it is worth little
thought ard attention. Is this not properly
the cause Of tie wEo,c trouble now? Is it
not an over production Of cotton shat
makes the price SO low? We Gont :hinG
that this proposition can be denied. Col.
i. L. Branch, of Georgia, states the status
and condition OF things in the proper
light when he says:
"ln my opinion it is useless to attempt to
lessen Tie production of cotton by rcsolu-
'l"NS or planters Alliances or cotton cX-
changes. The thing for each factor to do
IS TO determine for himself that he will
not advance for the year 1892 10 any plan
Ter more than onc-halG what he did in 1891
lhat at once CompCls the planter to use his
ia'or ana mules tor other crops, or for 9TH
cr purposes. That will turn loose onc-haf
the money that would have been tied uD
IN advances to planters, and make it avail
! abe TO other industries and cntcrDrisrs
In snort instead OF the cotton exchange
Trying I" remedy the present system of
ta,Sc-fnrmil!g, they should apply them
selves to correcting thc false system u cot
ION ,nctoraGr, and in that way the product
OF cotton will be l%Ssrncd and profitable
! enterprises be fn&tcrcl and nulliplicd
o' course as it will occur TO anyone the at
;;Inl!nn nr tn" planter should and will be
turned I" other crops.
"ln ny opinion The present low price Of
c"""n Will prove great blessing to our
l,,tH lts
drncc III It's Ciimu,c uud sci, VIII Sl;p-
port in ihc future as ii has in the past the
h"n'r%t, haprirSt and highest type of un
agricultural people. TO attain this It is
only necessary for the South 10 confirm to
lhr ro,nm"nN%t dictate of prudence and
political rr0ncmy."
1t Is useless though for the farmers oral
iian'rmcn Of one section to pass rcsolu-
iionS and try to bind each other To
p'an! less cotton unless all the cotton PLAN
'rrS o! the whole sculh will ,io the same
1hIn&. In other words it is like stream
lhit Is blocked by rats and tinhrrg and
oyeriowS iii times Of fycShcts and causes
rc"pl" who own land along the stream ia
lose their crops. 1t is useless for one man
on the stream TO rriEUSc the debris and the
Diners n"i. Hu; if every man who raises
cotton would rc,iUCc The acreage one hal;
We ''Iiovc hc would realize ns much for
what he would lruGUcr aS hC does now
What VIC Hrc'l in this country is systematic
farming; plant mere grain and less cotton.
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.,, "'''' '''' '"'" '''ice II
"'"'' ""' DC 'oh% "h'll th"y would he
happy once more.
Since the above has been put in type, we
see that the cotton growers have already
held a convention at Memphis, Tcnn., and
passed long string of resolutions, the ylst
| Of which arc: First. That the cotton
growers lave an "tsanzuinn kunwn as
! "thc tW;"r Growers ";Hl Merchants AS
/ s@|iatipn, and t)ut there hc i0cal orranj.
%''"nN Of The ZANE linl III every State.
r"Nutr "H,! toWM in the cl,t'rH GROWING ic.
gi"n "lh t!lE' Y'hcr" nr"rl;r,,',;" Tie ory:n,i.
Za'l"n shall c0-"pcrNtc with any oyganza-
ton I'll" tanners may row haze.
The !pur!h arA :if;!t resolutions are:
Fourth We recommend that the acre
o oGt p!aIl,ca IA cn'"n for the year 1852 be
..E;f,hWn ,i f,,r,har a,'''' ,'','.,,eu III lS'l.
| t'ttil ana every farmer NiNEInr IyilLin
sand cotton growing States do plant more
on s,,!ou crops ana rSi H'la'ly take extra
shnii ,rn,m,.n ~, ,'! ~ ','" .,,'' '.," 'hcy
hay, oats and such other nrcrs.arics IGr his
! own ana his tHI.ilrS %llDIlirS and yvc here
"nlr", 'n n,.I i,'>' wy M" 5ifl@I!% lHai
ncnt d. ernl Ids rid and ;niic,,c" T., t,,r
her lhis cH}.1
If thc l..>,as' vii 20 i.:,G hi, .o..v ..,rt
with !?": '!@!crnaiN%;j@:l - ca!ry cut wly,
L. rc"Co@!m"Hlyd IN tie scctjnn, al.,ye
quoted, we believe that they would soon
find the pAnccta for all their financial ills
1t is as clear TO us "a the neonday sun
That thc ovcclroduclion Of cotton is tho
source Of the most Of ol,r troul,rs
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