The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-08

tenn robbery. "1hey seC ''se'ue'
and "sen thousands q raies OF
mythical cotton to ruduce 'he price
and then buy 'spct, or actual cotton
at plice so low that a tlrmer can
barely live. The assertion that only
about 100000 bales OF Egyptian
cotton imported into this county
may be true. 1t is certainly MOTTO our
interest to contradict it. We were
not discussing the purifying re-
mains of the dead past, but pointing
to the probabilities of the futare.
This 100000 bales Of pauper raised
cotton is just the beginning OF al
influx that unless checked by a h'9n
tariff, will completely revolutlOnlze
,he cotton industry of this country
to the injury and less of the South.
It. was not so very long ago that Mr..
Howell. of Greepville, in this State,
was employed by the Egyptian gov
ernment to teach the half starved
and half naked natives Of that over
populous country how to raise cot
ton. The soil and climate are adapted
to its cultivation, and sufficient IN
tlucement and encouragement are
given them to enlarge their opera
licus and increase their acreage. All
these influences sin ngly or combined
when in active operation will event
u lily force American cotton out OF
American mills unless there be a
taliff at least to correspond with the
cost of production. Besides that
country there are others which are
tuning their attention to the cultl'
vation Of cotton and which at no dis
tant date will have their influence tor
evil upon the financial condition of
the Southern planter.
As to the amount OF Southern COT
ton exported and used by Northern
mills we nave no fellaOle STATISTICS
at our command at 'his "f'''ns TO
give III h5ures the lac's' out "n'V -
better and more conVihclhS' we nave
occular proofs which uhmlS'ahaoiy
demonstrate the correctness oi our
position. In The hrst place. accord
ing to tue Nash'll'e 'oun' "ne'nei
correct or 0lher"ise ~ ni"''e'' no''
England uses - per cent o' !ne
cotton raised III the WoIld ali" inns
country produces a fraction oV'r one
half OF the cotton raised ou' oi
this amount She supplies the Mills ol
the South and some to those OF the
North. Now let our contemporary
first ascertain the actual number Of
bales of "spot' cotton raised; then the
number of mills in the South, the
daily consumption Of each mill, add
this tooether and then deduct the
total from the amount of; cotton
and the remainder will convince
cur contemporary that we are
not far wrong. Some wears ago
buvers for exportino houses were To-
Gated in nearly every town and ham
LET in The South now thew have been
entirely snnnlapted bv BUYERS for
Southern mills. Just the other day
q Marty Of Nmthern mill men came
ea,+h - .:s,vo,+ tho s;te." 70, the
loo.4;on IF tbe;r ,,}onts the reason
90, ;,,oa ,r,s 4,,ot t,o, oo,,1 rot cor
,ate with ,ha Southern mills in the
r,,nssctu,o os ,ba coarscr Grades
of Goods Ill of which ooes 10 nrove
orr contention and from which we
argue that the doctrine of protection
will become an absolute necessity
in the near future or ruin will over
take the Southern planter. LIT Us
have protection on every pound Of
pauper raised cotton, and in addition
let US have an export duty on every
pound Of cotton shipped from this
countrv the bonntv 70 oo +, thc pro-
ducer and not to the exporter. and
hence, from the stupendous arrav Of