The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-08
TO COTTON GKOWlIitS.
n Warming Against Estimates OF IL
Large CrOp-HlantcrS Advised TO
Hold Back the Cotton.

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Large Crop-.plantcrs Advised TO
Hold Back the Cotton.
Hon. Hector y. Lane OF Montgomery.
a Ia, is the president OF the American
Cotton Growers Protective Associa
tion, and upon being asked recently as
TO the condition nl the cotton crop, the
market, etc, MIR. Lane made the fol-
lowing reply:
am very glad that you suggested
this subject. 1t is one OF intense IN
tcrcst To the South, anu in which |
am exceedingly Interested, especially
so occupying the position that do as
president uf the CoIton Growers
Protective Association. have just
read with great urai Oi interest, not
unmiXcd wiCh some surprise. MIR. II. NJ.
Neill's letter OF July 20, to The Times
Democrat. This has been looked for lOr
some days, as il is well known that MIR.
Ncill periodically pcrp"tratcs just
such about the opening Of the cotton
making every Year. MIR. Ncill Is Il
bear, the pet bear of II cOtcrtc OF
speculative gamblers and English
manufacturers and his gyratlons are
| annually costing Impoverished South
ern planters miiiiuns OF dollars o. their
| hard earnings. He is now paviu;r the
way with all the astutcncss OF The
professional TO frightcn farmers by
using between 5000, 900 aud 5000. 900
| crop "Dugabuo' into marketing LnGll
| whole crop III the early months, re-
! ceiving then what they can get from
| the hands OF their masters, Dut later
when the practical dumonaJrajlon
comes OF the production, and the crop
Is safely in the hands Of the spucula-
tor and manufacturers, to sec values
rise cent and Onc-half, or two cents.
"Mr. Ncill nuively remarks in his
letter in reference to decreased aero
age, that there was SO much noiso
made that spectators took hOld of the
market and ran it up, and thus in
duccd the planter to reconsider and
pant more
"Tns coming from MIR. NciH should
certainly be warming To cotton grow
crs Of the cunning and the methods
practiccd by spectators. | called this
turn on these gentlemen last spring
and addressed Il letter 10 the cotton
growers Of the south, advising them
that this was Il trick ana Il device 10
4ircumvent decrease OF the acreage,
and as Mr. Neill now frankly admits
that such va, true, coming as 1t docs
fl ON their fricnu ltr enemy, | hope
III future they II h"rd sucti warn
ngS.
MIR. Ncill advises The, world thai
Texas has only decreased hcr acreage
> per cent. The Spccul;ttors were lust
IL little late in their efforts to prevent
Il decrease as far as rcIaJcS To Texas,
for they had substantially planted
their crop when values commenced TO
rise, | have spent five weeks in Texas
since the planting season commenced,
and state without fear of honest con
Lradiction that the decrease in thai
-
MIR. Neil accepts TeXu, rs IL criterion.
in view of this fact, | shall make Il
trip TO Texas in the next icw days,
and shall investigate tho conditions 10
my own personal satisfaction.
ITO my mind To make an 5000, 600
crop superior weather to last years
phenomenal conditions must prevail
hereafter. Killing iro>ts must nc two
weeks to one month lalc. and without
such conditions the crop may be easily
under 100. 600. il not I,0Oo,O0u.
" Europe Will take tnis past year
G,S0O,0OO Americas cotton, while
North and South Amcrica, Canada and
Mexico will take 3,lO0,O 900 bales. and
with improving trade America win
surely take 3,300, 600 bales, which
would leave only i,7JO.OOO nalcs for
export even if S,OOO,OuO was raised,
which is practically impossible. II
tie cfop is only ,.21U,UOO then less
than .I.0OO,OOO wuuId be available for
export.
y scramble for cotton would set in
such as has not been seen since 1870,
as Europe IS entirely dependent on the
South ior her supplies OF raw cotton,
as statistics show that her impOrtu-
tions this year from India, Egypt,
Brazil, etc, is only equal TO 900, 900
bales OF American coILOn.
"Thc manufacturers OF Europe arc
selling their goods months ana months
ahead without protecting themselves
| by the purchase Of raw cotton, expect
! ing that the necessities Of the planter
will force him 60 sell at any price that
the mill owners and spectators choose
to pay.
Nov, | advise q ri sincerely hope
! that cotton 4rowcls Will move their
crop on the market just rs slowly as
| they can possibly afford. and not allow
| themselves to be tnrrOrIhru INTO rash
ing it, all on the market during the
early months, but to nold back - tC
30 per cent. Of what they usually mar
kct, and thus by II judiclous distribu
ton wc will realize handsome returns.
80 zspA----------
The Prince and Princess OF Vale
have publicly expressed their distaSt'
of cmbalming tho dead and in faVO
of royalty and all other people hcln'
buried, underground, 80 that ashc
NAV indeed 90 speedily to ashes an