The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-15
ke!!o1l. Building.

My Dear SIR: am IN recsipt Of
yours o. the % ! instant. II is very
much to be regretted that q large
nuDbec Gf men tn c lGhoui tle south
Dc Got pursue such 3 course IS YOU &ra
adopting aGG contribute, Il IN ever so
small a deGrse, 10 the eU&n iGatinn CT
cotton raiSerS, from the state q IL Ecajl-
dom ia which tEev voluntarily place
themselves InveiaGing asaia&. Wall
Street sGecuiatoTs' and Tevi!i0g every
man who handles Gotten ef:er i passes
out Of the hands O. tbs producers,
viii 10; mend matters. Those whc
are the iouGes: n their deGUnciations
ofspeculstors you'd speculate ;Eem-
selves il they had the opportunity.
The oil Y way 20 beat the sp5caia-
tors, dealers in futures, is to make Our.
selves absolutely Independent OF them
This caI cnjy be done BY becomirg
self.sustaining On he farm. Debt IS
one form CT slavery, ard Nc 2naD can
control what be earns or produces SO
lorg as another has claim on il. but
let this slave OF deba once get s y2ar'S
supply Of food FOR biEsaif and fzroily
We thereby break toe fist III k CT MS
chaiDs ana enanciva;ioa IS IL sight
Now | know now difficult it is to gat
men engaged IN farming 10 cooperate
about any thing, men accustomed to
living to themselves, thinking aGd
acring Tor themselves, acquire habit
OF independence and self relianc9 net
found il any other calling, besides
Gaey live far sp2rt as ? rule, acd i is
always difficult to get them to turn
cut and meet for consultation They
may for awhile, but interest scor Tags
and finally nothing short Of 8 fte,
famine or epidemic can get them to-
geIher. We all admit the truth OF
this; We eli deplore il. We all see the
necessity for unity and concert oi sc
ton, and yet it is not done.
The original idea and purpose of the
Alliance was to bring about this very
concert of seton. but the politicians
got hold of it and made it the iacdar
by which they could climb into CT.
fee.
Mr.. John T. Roddey, formerly of
Rock Hill. S. c., now in the cotton
exchange of New York, proposes to
effect an organization Of cotton raisers,
and insists he is going to do it wheth.
er we help him or not. ] do not
know what his plan is, but I DO know
he can have my assistance on what
ever line he may adopt.
Every trust in the United States the
sugar trust, the tobacco trust, the beet
trust, each aud every one OF them
have the best business talent IN the
world employe in their organizations
and management
What we want is an organization,
call it what you will, Trust, Plant,
er's Uaion,' or what not, OF the best
business talent we can get to handle
this c5ttcn question. They can organ
iz> something that we can support aud
play one class Of business men against
the others. The first step IS to try and
limit the acreage and production.
Next is 10 get control OF million and
q half Or two million bales Of cotton
and corner them SO the speculator can't
reach them Without paying for then.
This W3uld not be trus. Ia the legal
acceptation of the term, il you'd rot
be IN restraint Of trade OR commerce,
and therefore, not obnoxious 10 the
rule which denounces whatever does
restrain trade Or competition.
Suppose for instance every man
who makes four bales or upwards
agrees to withhold from market every
fourth baie, and pIec3 tin the hands OF
a body of sh-ewd fai!hful bushes: men
backed by sufficient capital 10 be he'd
until reuunerative prices could DC
realized. This would secure two or
three million bales. Hon c0u:a the
bears deliver Il they sold short. The
visible suoo!y would De in or hands
and Mr. Bear would b2ye to pay fc:
his cotton CT go 10 the vail. he
would 90 10 The wall and stop ham
merirg dom the market. The tears
are the fellows that depress the market
when g full crop IS made. They can
sell shcrs City or hundred million
bales and by havinI; an understanding
with the spinners, who want to buy
sno+ cotton chaan Keen the market
Gogn the nrcducsr is me yic1ir1
Rnf # the prodDcer taroucb an
orosn;za.i0n Ct his oGn cregtioa, caa
noid hack The visible suoolv, the sc;a
nor I'D soocnIstor must rs for i r
ba1:e-e sic6 an orgar;zs.ion can bel
+Fzctod and wa ,ns7 as we'll Ie. the
- I.,on~ va 80 ea,so 'Irc,,.gb
=" | .; ~ -. 49," 49,. ~ -" a., 80 80
az - - ;sas enS - - - 81. 49,. 80 ro.
y. Ia Ia Has oSen - ~ 80, t,a%"' 80
2t1sr ;. coit,Luni.y -tsl. - s,,aa. AHoE - .ESS
asne a5;c nI; c,tId NtL5' ~ 5Ia ,
800 oo w., - o1.s.r;1 i 1,ticn S,,, L - -.
podl;cr 81 bae m So 80 h - ~ Ill - - obj
zi-:'. L:s,,4 10 1.' ',.;'o. 81.
70 &SSocia'S VIII NJ ''hSI 1'''i's''
'Ns.:. o., - ..,,t ,-,-...... ,.r
~ sLt9.e - 80 ,o7;a1 - 3,.1 r.; y
iessi % Its'-it : ., :. '-.,,, ~ - I--
ness Eeq 1.sSo o'.ii2 80 - ''-u
o.'' - iS,s-, ;tnS sSe:J =;
otli-s 49, !: go - 90 80
iou1o2uon 2fiac; pc; goc0 5li1~eD s'.o