The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-25
WARNING TO TIE COTTON FARMERS.
DO NOT INCREASE THE ACRE.
AGE

Ihc Cotton Goods Trade ExcccdinnIy
Duil--t Food and Forage Crops
should he Amptc- Make Cotton Il
Surplus Crop.
lhc following letter in reference TO
! decreasing the production Of cotton
and increasing the production Of food
| supplies is sent ont for the information
OF cotton planters. Coming from an
expert statisti,iHn on the production
and consumption OF cotton, it cmpha-
sizes the conclusions and justiiics the
iction taken by the American Cotton
Growers Protective Association, which
met in Augusta ON the l1lh inst.
New York, March -, 1897.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, Editor Augusta
| Chronicle.
My Dear Sir: Though our present
cotton crop will probably not exceed
| S,3oo,OOo bales and the stocks in the
worlds markets and mills at the end
ol the season may be even below the
moderate figures at It's commencement,
the fact remains that cotton is half a
cent per pound lower than IL year ago.
Ihc cotton goods trade is cXcccding-
~ duIi ana prices at about tho lowest.
| Many American mills are running on
short time. My friend Mr.. Thomas
| Ellison, OF Liverpool, thinks the Euro
pcan mills will consume no more co,lon
| the present season than ,Iurinr I,.t
season. In Wow OF the injury to
British trade from the plague and
famine IN lnula ii is, in my opinion,
even doubtful if last seasons ronsumu-
ton will be actually maintained. IN
BOmba :, the cotton mills are urur,ir,I
IL. closed. thus rrlcasiur more cntt0r
fOrcXport to Eurour thnn had neon rs,i,
mated. II i, to he .dlrd tLn, ,nnn,,,'',
crop IN India viii he Iur"',', tS,n ','U'' ,,'''
! estimates: If sew, RAJ mn,,fn. ,".m &c..
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do not rnrirnI ,In .s",,.,,' ''''
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are lhr condi,inr. uhirh ,,,,I.,,, I,,
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p!nutjun time ,hi, !,r;n1 !, .,.,m..
10 mo thrv iudir..,r wilh :, ni.ornnt,
which admits of un,urstion ,h,,nvn,r
farmer SnbDiB Iir., I,ul;n ,,.,ri. ion, {,
ample food and fnr,mr ,rn,,. h,fn,'
consjdcrinr thr m,t,r, rf rnfinn .,',,',,
are. y
In JuIv last, when the cron ,rns,ont,
were so favorable that mnnv nroni,
predicted a Weld OF 10, GOO. 600 baIrs thl
price for N0vrmbcr drIivprv IrcIinnd
TO nearly & is cents, while middlinD
cotton on the spot sold at ! rs cc1tF'
Had not the severe drought occurred
the crop might easily have reached
$500, 900 to 10000, 900 bales and this I'D.
ditiOn to the supply would probably
have resulted in lower prices by fully
one and hall cents per pound than
arc current today. think middling
cotton would have sold at five and Il
nan l' ~ cents in New York and
inns would have been disastrous 10
o"nlhcrh farmers and serious injury
10 thc ch'Irc country on account OF the
disturbance IN foreign exchanges,
"hIch would have been caused by so
great shrlnkagc in the valuc Of our