The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1894-11-16

coming quite prominent. Some think il the
| very 'h'ng: and some doubt ii; whether the
people could be held together for the pur-
| pose or not Still all admit that sometbiny
| necessary, anu must be done. People
are getting in n lad fx Some contr,ctod
debts under eight aud ten cent cotton anJ
| now have to ray them off with five cent co,
! .on' when 1t is strongly denied that il can
DC maze nj that at al. And the CONSEQUENCE
Is, they can't pny it in one year and live.
,hcy are making sacrifices now, to their
lc'r,ment.
Mr.. Roddey says that all Of the factories.
'orIh and l. St, a-e combined against tbe
ID 'n'er OF raw material and he might
nav fcen safe in adding South For i, il
cer'hi money is made out of cotton some
"he' Lah'r is cheap, away below us
wor h am told, aud cotton is chcap. nwav
oe'ow S W rh, AMI then inferior cotton
goois are up, away above their worth
, ine'G are S'"d' on the market now at not
'1Ss 'h'h hVc cents rcr yarJ, that would
aiiuost answer milk STEAMERS, and il So
inferior ;hat il cannot answer for n wort ;,r
man shirt, as II cannot last long. and is
t'o expen'ivc. OF such cloth, ono oound of
co'ion WI make not less than eight yarls
anu the fac'o,i"S must he more than doub-
ing the'r no"ey. If farmer could make
cierr OF oil expenses. three cents n pound
Oh MS cotton he could make money and
spend 1t IN icviving trade. The Question
Is, What must be done ?" | think what
mouid DC better than trusts, would be neigh.
oorhood factories on n small scale. If tho
FARMERS OF nrishhorhood would get to-
ge'her' hnu out how many cords and spin-
"''s " required to keep one loom running,
anu now i"any bales of cotton a loom could
n'ahe up In y'nr, end put up factory,
n chnu oro
ure-work up their cotton and sell tho
cloth, they might DO better than irving 70
ior'n trusts. as TO the cxycnse, let each
man s 6e in proportion to The amount Of
cotton he had to work up. set of opera
lVcs could be employed, aud employment
% gwen all OF the year. As some planters
wouid have to await some time before their
e'o'n "as put on the market, no doubt their
cred,tors would te lrnient with them. know
ing mat they were meaning wei. There |
woula oe no danger OF not selling goods, for |
thcse big factories sometime. run on double |
Tine u supply the demand, and are brazcn |
enough to tell you at the same time thnt |
there Is no overp- oduc'ion. Now why cant |
Just as good cloth be made where lust from
1--WE 10 ten looms are run, aS where five hum
ureu. onc inom in house hy itse'f would
not DO any more work than f it had n hun
ore' companions. 1t might he n better plan
LOT lie" VINO are able or c'uld get the
money TO put up small factories, and work
up the cotton Of n oommuri,y, and CHARGE
the patrons a toll, and run them under the
same principle that gin ry or mill is run.
That pan would not require 50 much money
TO run 1t, rs the owner would not have 70
Duy the material nor pay man to do il
lhen 'here would not be such n good chance
TO monop"lize the thing. as there seems to
oe now, Tor there are strong suspicious Of n
trust formed TO the awful hurt of the pro-
duciug classes
may have put this in a very bad share
to bring il out, as would like, but hone
some of the older and better informed men.
not only farmers, but al who know that
agriculture is the source of all wealth."
mi Is III sympathy, would take it up AMI
ilscuss fully, and you may do great gool, as
ms IS progressive age, AM | firmly
,eIieve ii can be done, and will be for better
nan SO much concentration ms concentrations
generally hint things.
Mr. ); NJ: Jeter, the new elected Dispenser.
vent to Union to-day TO fill his position.
Our farmers are pretty well fortified with
rovlsions for next year, and under the same
xisting circumstances as now, another year,
re' re ginning and making Faces om7"ly
hough, but trying to endure IT. But the
cry first opportunity they get, they will I
reak for better times. They urc sure there
, something wrong with the financial =
ystem, and they want that bettercd. They
re nearly all free silver" men and will
on,inue to work for it. When We get it, we ,
Iill be in clover igurativeiy, if not the kind
hos. H. Gore speaks Of. But there have
cen some talk oftryi2g clover in this section.
nd that NAV prOye TO be a part CT free ,