The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-30

| u1 LOU tningS roll along AS they
are? Many continue to work for DO
cents per day; strong, bodied,
sensible. good white farmers, for $12
por month. Will you take no inter
est whatever in your future condi-
tion and thus give renewed energy
to those that are injuring you? You
are, in my honest opinion, being sys-
tematioally robbed, wrecked and
ruined. have watched the system,
and studied it closely, and have been
in position, for seven years, to SEQ
how it is done, and I trust 1 have
the courage to state openly what
consider the cause of your depres-
sion, why that, though naturally
blessed, you cannot improve your
condition.
Our constitution says that neither
slavery nor involuntary servltude
shall exist within the United States,
yet under the present conditions you
are absolutely slaves. If you make
large crop, you will receive u bare
living, and if you make small crop
you may receive little moro in
price, but still bare living You
will not bo entirely crushed out,
simply because your cotton is neces-
sary. If you permit other sections
and other countries, through their
representatives to dictate the price
of your labor when you have a prao-
tical monopoly Of a product that is
absolutely necessary to all sections
and countries, your deserve no better
fate. No; you have the the greatest
organizations in the world against
you, with the most perfect systom,
and you will be allowed to be in a
position to help yourselves, if you
can be prevented.
have received great many en-
couraging letters from all parts of
the south, urging the necessity Of
forming the Southern Cotton Plant
ers' Union, and stating that all Glasses
are eager and willing to work for the
south's welfare.
Within q short time tho charter
will be granted for the Southern Cot
ton Planters Union, and no man or
set of men will undertake to hereaf-
ter dictate the price Of our great sta
pie, if we stick together.
I ask the good wishes, influence
and cooperation Of all Interested in
the south's welfare, and justice to all
mon. Do nothing, expect sympathy,
and God pity us; but wake up, work
and God pity those who attempt to
wreck our lives and our country.
Full details of the play for our
protection will be given later. 1t is
not necessary for the wreckers to
have anything but an inkling Of it
just yet.
John II. Roddey.
Hero is what the New York World
says:
"Membors Of the Cotton exchange
! here and in other cities are some
what excited over the proposition to
form a a.gigantic trust of all the cot
ton raisers Of the south which is be-
ing advocated by John r. Roddy, a
prominent broker of this CITY The
exchanges are opposed to the scheme.
If such trust is formed he brokers
say their business will be ruined, so
far as exercising any control Of the
market is concerned. The trust
would be able to practically dictate
the price Of cotton in open market"
The Mercantile and Financial
Times, New York, says this:
"It has long beon notrious fact
that the original producers of cotton
in this country get far smaller
share than anybody else of the pro-
fits which it yields before it reaches
the mill. Spectators, brokers, spin
ners and capitalists manage to SO.
crue bulk Of the rich returns which
the magnificent cotton fields of the
south render possible. The trouble
is that the cotton grower as a rule
has not capital enough to enable him
to handle his product as he would
like to. To large extent he has
gone in debt for it before 1t was