The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-10
OUR BIG CORN CROP.
The Law P.ics OF Gotten May Prove s.
Blessing in Disguise.

Blessing In Disguise.
The Manufactured Record believes
that one of the greatest blessings that
has ever befallen the South is tho loW
pr:cs of cotton duriog the last two
years. CONTRARY to the opinion of those
wac think that the Soush's prosperity
would be enhanced By higher prices for
cotton this season, the Manufacturers
Record believes that nine or ten ee lts
for cotton would ultimately p:ove a
disaster to the whols S ,l.h. T 70 l>W
prices Of recent year, have forced the
farmers of ,hs Sou.h into dlVsrsii d sgci.
culture, tcrced them to ablndon cotton
as their only crop, aud to raiss tneif corn
and f,ods!rfs a: homs. Tie next result
of such policy SIS this Is to vastly en-
hance the permanent prosperity of the
Sou!h although for the time being it
NAV decrease the amount OF money ex.
peuced by Southern planters. Cotton
at ten cents for the present crop would
mesn great activity in mercantile circles,
and f,r the nsXt twelve months an ap-
parent remarkable prosperity; but 10
cent cotton would mean that next year
the farmers would abandon their efforts
To ra,ss corn and give their whole atten-
ton to cotton. Without regard to the
fact that the S,u!h must, By VIrsure o;
foreign competition, sbandon all expec
tatiops ofever selling cotton for high
prices again, except in occasional per-
iods of short crops. NJ greater disaster
could befs.l the South than 10 have the
present tend:ncy 10 diversified e5ric II.
ture charged o9fors it has bscome firmly
stsnlished oD the part OF all Sou.hscn
farmers.
At the recent anru,l meeting OF the
Young M5n's Business League OF Au
sussa, President LANAI made some
statements on this subjacs which should
be studied by every msn having the Eel
fare of lie South ct heart. "a bot
TOM" said Mr.. Lamar, ''the p-obian
which re CT the South have tc solve is
to live at home. II is no lass the Cu.y
of those who i've in cities taau those
who live in the country. Those OF US
in cities cannot do it in what ne raise
cut Of the gcouod, bu. like the farmer,
We ere to look for Ultimate prosperity IN
making more than We spsod. II ma1
spends more than he makes be draws Oh
capital until bankruptcy results. Ii a
city or section spends more than ii
makes, the same result follows. Get.
ton at twenty cents pouad would orlug
less prosperity to the people who con.
sumo more than it sells for, in buying
corn and bacon which ere destroyed IN
their use, than cotton st six cents BY
people who have no meat or corn to
bug. If the cotton money were used to
buy articles that added TO wealth, the
disaster would not be 80 sudden and so
inevitable; but at the cad OF twelve
months we have not pound OF bacon
or grain of corr or ton CT hay to
show tor all the cotton We have sold.
This is reretition," said Mr.. Lamar,
''but it is important enough to bear ltera'
ton and reitetation until We are alar med
into the necessity OF a cnange. Augusta
sells over s1,900,000 worth OF bacon 8
wear, 1t handles between $4,000. 900 aud
Sc 100000 worth OF cotton every year.
Ole fifth of the money paid tor cotton
goes out for bacon alone. II we could
save our meat bill one year money would
be plentiful; but if we add to bacon the
money spent for corn, flour hay, oats, and
thoushand things produced elsewhere,
the marvel is that we are able to Stand
the drain ct all. AoY country that
can stand such drlan must have marvel
Gus resources. We have stood 1t with.
out fully realizing how much 1t has sap
ped our prosperity, but if we keap The
millions here that are now paid for these
outside products it would only be
period Of two or three years b.rfore We
should have prosperity beyond anything
that We have ever known. Oar meat
bill for one year would double the actual
CRSQ III LulS CItys Ooo JOol SAW Va
our foreign b Ought cora, hay, oats End
meat would make nonsy q drug in our
markets."
The facts 80 forcib;Y stated by Mr..
Lamar have often been commended upon
by the Manufacturers Record. Taey
cannot be too often pressed upon TIE st.
tention OF every man concerned as to
the South's progress and prosperity.
Fortunately the South has this year been
blessed with an abund ant corn crop. It's
corn will do more to Increase the solid
growth of the South than even cotton at
twenty cents pouod would GO. The
South and its agricultural interests are
on solid ground. Bright, indeed, vii!
be the future if its farmers can only be
the future if its farmers can only be IA,
duced to continue the policy Of the las
two years of raising their own food sup
plies. High priced cotton would almost
inevltably bring about change, aud 80
the Manufactures Record believes that
the South is really to be congratulated
that it's cotton IS nos commanding high
prices.