The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-01

| the lover his salary can % hGDt tuS
! less chance he has 10 improve his con
dition il any manner Now, it is lst
this way with the farmer. He IS al
lowed price for his labor which en-
abies hin to barely exist; but how IS II
! possible FOR him ever to improve2 In
case he should receive g legitimate
price for ais labor for few years, ne
would be IN position to have some
thing to say as regards his future Ia
Dor, aud would rot allow price to be
fixed By people who know nothing
aDd care less for his labor. Will anv
class OF laborers, except ths farmer,
allow their LABOR 10 be b0u and
sold for year in advance? No, the
farmers are considered as being the
mosI i'm portant class. and .neSe sarewd
operators would not attemp! i on any
other clas: OF labor. Yet, at the same
time, in ruinirg the farmer, they are
running every other class OF people
with whom the farmer comes IN con
tact. Nearly every class and race o.
people must have Jour cotton, bat II
we think that foreign countries, aud
even other sections of his coU2try will
not force US to take as little as posi-
Die f,r our product, then we had bet
ter realiz, il at oace. Don's let US
look for sympathy.
| Toe balance Of the world IS depend.
ent upon the south, whereas the south
should be and could De absolutely 10
dependent CT any section. Waat IS
the south going to do about Ii? Let
things roll along as they are2 Many
| continue to work for j cents per day;
strong, able.bodied, sensible, good
| white farmers, for $l2 per mouth.
VIII you take 60 interest whatever II
your future condition and taus give
| rene energy to those that sre II
j1ring yoG2 You are, in my honest
| opinion, being Systematically robbed,
wrecked and ruined. have watched
the system, ana studied it closely, and
| have been in position, for seven
years, to see now It is GJne, ans trust
have the courage to STATE openly
what I consider the Cause OF your de
| preston, why that, though naturally
| blessed, you caano. improve you:con-
Gition.
Oar constitution says neither slavery
nor involuctary servituae snail exist
withing the United States, yet uader
the present conditions you are aoso-
lutely slaves. If you make a large
crop, you will receive a bare living,
and if you make 8 sm!ll crop, you
may receive littls more in price, bat
still bare living. y u will not be
entirsly crushed out. simply because
your cotton Is necessary. II you
permit other sections and Other coln,
tries, through their representatives, to
| dictate the price Of your labor waeayon
have practical monopoly OF pro
duct that is absolutely necessary TO al
sections and countries, you deserve 60
| better fate. NJ; you have the great
es. organizations in t5e world against
you, with the most p9rfecr system, and
you will De allowed living, no mat
ter whether you raise large Or snal
crop, but you will never o5 allowed 10
be IN position to help. yo1rsel, II
you caa be prevented.
hEva received great many en-
couragiag letters from all parts OF the
south, urging the necessity OF forming
; the Southern Cotton Planters I MON,
and stating that all classes are eagsr
/ and willing to work fer the souths
welfare.
Within short tine the charter
vii: be granted for the Southern Cot
| ten Planters Union, and no man or
or set OF men will undertake to
hereafter dictate the price Of our
great staple, if we stick togethHr.
ask the good wishes, influence and
cooperation OF all interested in ths
south's welfare. and justice to all
men. Do nothing, expect sympathy
aud God pity us; bu. wake up, WORK
sod God pity those who attempt to
wreck our lives and our country.
Full details OF the plan for our pro,
lection will be given later. l. is not
necessary for the wrecsers to have
anything bu: "a insling OF it Isl get.
] JOHN Z. RoDDEY.