Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-06

ginning can be reduced. The present
cost of packing the present square
bale after it is ginned is next to moth
ing-or about the expense of packing
the round bale. The cost of bagging
and ties could not be greatly reduced
by the round bale. If such cost should
be reduced the farmer would lose in
proportion to the reduction-his bale
would weigh that much.
The chief advantage of the round
bale is that it is more compact and re-
quires less carroom in which to ship
given amount. Then will the rail-
roads ship cotton in the seed to New
Jersey, or to widely separated cities
for packing.
The cost of ginning, packing and
transporting bale of cotton to Liver
pool--as now packed-is perhaps 50.
The idea that any trust composed of
spectators can put down the price of
cotton is about on par with the idea
that the farmers can form trust to
raise the price of the staple
Within the past few. years there
have been many theories for benefit
ting the farmers without work, and
many schemes for fleeing him have
been devised. The agitation of any
idea that the great mass of the people
may make themselves rich by under
taking to work rabbit foot on the
the public has done much harm to the
farmers. Such action may deceive
some of them, or cause them to relax
some of their energies in producing
their crops.
The people of the south are peculi-
arly blessed in the fact that they have
almost a monopoly in furnishing the
worlds supply of the best cotton.
Cotton is the best money crop in the
world, and is certain to bring the ready
cash every day in the year. The
money is sent to the cotton fields, and
no sane man thinks of parting with it
until he has received the cash.
The miners are not 80 Fortunate.
They must sell their iron ore on
credit. The manufacturer of iron,
wood and other material must go
abroad and seek buyer for his goods.
and he must sell them on a credit, and
take the chances of collecting his bills.
Not 80 with the cotton producer. He
gets the ready cash and runs no risk.
The western grower of corn and
wheat does not get price for bis pro-
duct which would induce the cotton
raiser of the south to haul it to mar
ket, even when he could find buyer.
The raiser of western hogs, western
mules, and western horses must incur
the risk, expense and waste of time to
bring his product to the door of the
cotton raiser.
Cotton seems really to be a royal
king, to whom the earth pays its ready
tributes. Those people who may want
the staple must send the money with
which to move it, and the western man
must bring his product to our doors if
he would fill his pockets with the gold
en- harvest of the southern cotton field.
All the talk about forming combina-
tions to decrease the product or to
force its price from its Legitimate place
| is demoralizing and injurious to our
farmers. The true way to do Is to
reduce unnecessary expense in its pro-
duction, and to increase the crop suffi-
ciently to make good the reduction in
price.
The farmer who has cotton to sell,
can prosper and have money. No
body would 60 to the non-producing
cotton farmer to borrow money or to
sell anything.
As every farm and every farmer is
different in some respects from every
other farm and every other farmer,
the same details will not suit for every
farmer in this country, but there is
one general principle that will apply
to all, namely: Make all you can,
with as little expense as possible.
With any such rule as this the ener-
getfc and intelligent citizen need have
no fears of combines or trusts.