The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-07
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Give tN \ hiG crop could Nc sirrn than
10 get the impression abroad THAI, ,hrrc
is going ~ br y largo reductions in the
cotton area, small crop made and
high pricc. 1t is perfectly natural for
the Individual farm cr To plant y large
crop, once he is convinced cotton is
going I bring y goo price. Ani If
largo cduction in area will. make a
short & op and u sho t crop high prices,
rs tho cotton grower SAY it will, why
will no' the individual farmer bond all
his enc sics, exert al his SIX II and strain
all his esourccs to mako large uuan.
tlty OF cotton? Th cry OF "plant less
cotton land over production" has
tono orc to max farmers rs rule
plant II >rc cotton tn N any other ar
gumcnt made sine, the war. The
farmers think thcro Is too much cot
ton pla ted, that tn, q Is an over pro-
ductior and IL tho 'cu is reduced cot
ton wo' Id go up. II thinks his neigh
bors tho plan rrs in the South
think icwiso and t ICY will OF course
reduce heir cotton lnds, but no will
take ad nntagc OF tn y feeling and plant
all he c III, and get to benefit Ola high
price. This Is HUI ian nature and in
hcrcnt nature, q nat ire you may try to
curb t, struggle aga ,nst, but overcome
IT you can't, for like the ghost Of the
ancient Thanc, cit W II not down. And
even lould q large per cent OF tho
farmers OF the South 10 induced through
their Patriotism tc make large re-
duction and thereby force cotton up to
or 10 cents it would not be permanent.
A react on would take place, and every
man of very trade or profession would
rush II to tho cotton raising, and put
In over. old rocky lillsido and worn
out old icld in cotton thereby flooding
tho ma 'kct with cheap cotton for
years t. como.
Let " look at tho :ausc Of this enor-
nous Yield OF cotton. Why is It so?
why dc wo raise 3 nd 8 million bales
or cotton at five cents when VIC only
raised from three to four millions at y
to 10 conts per pound. And why do we
continue to raise it at all when it is de-
cided wo do SO Mt loss? Planters
could just have as easily raised to 8
millions OF bales twenty years ago when
1T was worth Is cents per pound as now,
We have the same land, the same Labor
only not half SO we'll controlled. We
90 not make more than half as much to
| tho plow rs we did then, still we have
. million crop as against 4 million
then.
The real cause Of all this lover pro.
duction' land low price" Is In the
large immigration to the North West
We at tho South are compelled to raise
cotton, those of tho North aud West
grain-twonty years ago the railrond
facilities were such that we could not
afford to buy corn an have IL shipped
to us, W. could raise it cheaper than to
buy. y, such lhOns, nds and thousands 4
.! acres were put In grain where under
the cha sged order are put in cotton.
The unprecedented n llux ofl!uropean
immigr .tion, from lti5 on through tho
seventh, and even = the present time
toi the North Wcs' has changed the
oncc vast rolling sc IS Of pruirics, into
fields Of grain, lcvelc1 the most fertile
forest in the world. and today ia seen
helds o: wheat, oats / nd corn of such
magnit, lie that 1t asst )nishcs the world
The gr in fields Of Russia and the far
East, on &c the granar rics Of the world =,
fade int ) insignificar co in comparison
TO those OF our own CO untry. The immi-
grants ere thrifty I. rmcrs from grain
countri' ;. Inventive ingenuity camc to
their I. Horse D ,wcr first took tho
place man. The - steam, the great
motive over Of the u orld, ovcrcame all
obstacl' ! In the leveling Of tho forrest
and tb" preparation of the prairics
Sewers nd drillers, reapcrs and bind.
ere, tho most improved grain scpara.
tors all nn and work ID by horse and
steam power were ut .lizcd.
One II an now with new methods and
improved impi> mcnts can do the work
or ten Of twelve under the old regime,
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