The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17


csr 10 reahza this, tae market sra6u-
s;Iv advanced $2G per bale, ard has re,
NAMED st 5 comparatively fair price,
until wi1hio the lsst few months ara
tie professionals have been get;lag il
their work.
Had The price remsioed a. a figure
where there wss any chance foryou TO
make S living should no. have men
,ioDed the plan of 3 trust aaains! them,
but believe if YOU DO noI orssn}z
and form a com mbioation as is formed
s9ainS. you, that you will foreva7 re.
nair in the depths OF poverty. EaelT
Interest is diametricaify opposed 10
high prices or full value for your Get
ton, they are orean;Ze ana work upon
business principles, they combine and
force the price OF your cotton to 9
point where ycp can barely live IN or
der to allow them 10 make their p-ohts
euG 10 keep you in dependentcondl,
ton, they want 10 keep you fron organ,
iziur, 10 make you distrust and have nc
confidence IN each other, and torldl
cule in every wav the idea taa: you
have the ability 20 orgarlz9.
If you realized they were opposed
to ycu, you would expect no asSlstance
fron them. Has Neill, the E)glish.
mar, ever failed to make an estimate
tkst he did not enGeavor 10 drive prices
lower. and is it not natural that other
sections aud countries that hsv7 you
in lheir power should try to keep you
there and get our cotton for as little
as possible ard the under present sys'
ten, they will keep You there unless
ycu wske up aud decide that you Will
not tamely submit to al imposluon. l
want every farmer to speak 10 bis
ueighoor and urge the necessity OF
fo7mation Many may say that this
IS scheme Of mine TO tieSce the far
mers, but I am southern man with
southern instincts and southern 10.
clinations, aud il is the dearest wish OF
my heart 10 pronote the welfare CT
The south.
The c9ttor market has dscllaed
SLIGO per bale during the last tgo days
aud every farnuer tha. owns a bale OF
cotton is ou: 81 90 on accoun! Q! two
days trading IL tae tu.ure market. l.
is your duty to your chlldtea aud
your wives, that they do not have 10
csfry such q burden all thalc lives
which you have not attempted 70 pat
down. You nigh. fight the devil with
IRE. II auy one has no: seen tae plan
it will be forwarded TO hin on ap2llca
ton:
In the past twenty years the &C:
producers have created ever one.halt
the wealth OF the whole country aod
vet the assessed vs;Uation OF al tue
proparty OF the cotton States: IS MOI as
great aS that in the Stste oi New YORK
alone.
is there any reason for this, is there
any sense in this, IS there any lsilce
in this? say to you IN all earnostnesS
tha. if you dc not organiz, or perfect
sons arrangement, you will, although
you are blessed by Providence as oe.
ing the finest section "a the world,
become absolutely slaves. as 2oa are
pay.ly nov. Viii you allow the
price of fy5ur labor to De fixed oy a
people II othsr sections aad u other
countries who have no interest what
ever in your welfare. but rather the
countrary, or viii you wake up and
show to me world thai Goa has blessed
you and that you will benefit by it2
Il should like every nsSwQap9r IN
the south that has the south'S welfare
at heart to publish this letter and 10
CO operate with me in endeavorlog to
bring about an organization tn,t VIII
work and strive for tbs future pcoS
perity OF the south and resls! al the
snaras laid by shrewd tricksIers. l.
csn be done, II will be done, eli that
is necessary is for the Intelligent ana
thinking peopls to act together. NJ
ether class or section Of country on Inc
iacs OF the earth that has a practical
monopoly CT the N IS! valuable pro
duct tha! is produced, would 81! Idly
by and allow other sections and other
countries that NUT absolutely have
your producE fix the price aod keep
you in q position where you caa never
nope to improve.
Let US join together and fight the
schemers who make tea times as much
as you do in trading on your labor
and yet save our country snd our
homes.
IF something is not done you must
inevitably go from bsd to worse, 1t is
undoubtedly in your hands"
The Convention was then perna-
nently organized By the election OF J.
G. Wilborn as President, r B. Wat
son, Eice-PresIdent and D. P. Duncan
as Secretary.
Mr.. VIM. McGowan, o. Union, said
business was to be considered and
nothing else 1t was pure cold
bloo6ed proposition. He as lawyer
looked at It that way. He wrote 70
.hr. Roddey for information as he was
on the field and proposed that MIR.
John T. Roddey be heard from as he
knew what was going on.
Mr. RODDEY SPEAKS.
Mr.. Roodey sAla ne studied the
question for seven years and felt salts
ned the farmers We're manipulated out
of living. Large spinners d. 70.
worry ABOUT their supplies as they can
com 5ire as to prices. The profession
a! operator generally took the bear OF
The market. The lower the price OF
cotton the stronger the preSsare on
the creditor. Wnen al operator with
100000 0can sell the entire country'S
product it is putting small value on
Lne farm LABOR. Cotton, not yet
planted sold Yesterday for cents
mere, next October cotton sold for
IS yesterday. Tna: is fine out
look The southern farmers, strange
TO say, let other classes regulate the
price OF their products. He proposed
10 organize s trust ii he went it alone.
He could not see his companions work
for Sl2. ! trust viii cost money and
he would organic ike the Standard
Oil company; they are orgnlz9d
against US and why not organic. He
was going 10 organ;ze q million dollar
company and wouio make a s2ccess
of II. Cotton was $l2 baie less 10
DAY than the same day last year. Ye!