The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-19
The Cotton Growers Association.

ne cotton GrOWcrS' Association
Nix EniroE: bp", and perhaps tbs chief
"iljsci ri this is7ocia.i"n. il 10 ndvnca'e
ana encourage farmers il. tho production
Of II moro liboIal amount of lomo supplies,
and thereby Indirectly decrease the yield
OF cotton ami increase il. price. | al the
price OF this stupls kept up 10 Il reasonable
STANDARD, ii ~ not at MI likely that such
an Association would ever laycexistrd
But with sich low price ~ farmers have
had To tdka for several years pmst. aud
especially the pr, sent ;exsDn, it became
evident that something had to tie done 10
rescue them from financial ruin 4 b-tttr
prico for this. the lra'ilnp monty crop ut
tho South. il tho gio,. need nf every ,iiii,
woman aLd child IN this ittitu!o. Ii
matters not whnt nay bp tht;c calling or
profession, II high or Low rr'co for cotton
is All ten q! vast iu,pol,nnca 10 every
one. Ia. nH there may be, ~ no dnuht
there are, sonIO Misunderstanding anh
oppcsilinn To this Association, it ~ prupsr
tiiat iieso te considered. Ard first some
| Iefchants may object because of tho
tain Locesau.ies of Iire-as corn, nnur
Rnd bacon. But 1t should he reruen bercd
that theso ara the goodn that yield but II
very small profit in their sale. and iffar-
niers make these things mt homo. ,he
same: or more money. "o"l;i liz; e4 paI,,ie;i
Tor other nrtic cY giving n better profit.
Besides this better price for cotton Mcuua
more clear money, and this means more
tradc--niore liberal purchases Go in any
direction you may and vGu will find f.,w.
il any, persons who have hnlf erinngh nf
money to buy what they actually need.
All could and would protltabiy expend
ten times the amount II they had it, They
arc iike the Icxian who said no could
have bought fine plantation for pnir Of
old boots, but unfortunately he did rot
have the boots. And the only way that
farmers can obtain the amount necessary
fnT tiucrui living is by getting fair price
for their produce. especially cotton. Every
day. yea every hour In the day, merchants
miss the sale Of numerous articles simply
because tho people have not the money
with which To buy. Some merchant miss
oil se'lin:, tho writer a nice suit Of clothes
the ulhcr dag simply betnnse ho did nol
have the (b1ots) money. oh, ye ner
chants, you must help the farmers To got
more clear mcncy i: you want To increase
your sales. fthe Cotton Growols' Asso-
citation will help to do that. You ought to
q into it chin deep. There il no ,isposi.
ton on tho part OF any ono 10 nutagonizs
your interest, but rather to encourage YOU
ana Iivo yon patronage.
Another objection may be urged aenin.t
this Association that it will 90 into poli-
| ties like tho Alliance. There il no more
need for ihls than for any other orEaniza
ton to do 80. Nor IL there any indication
"t stich thing. lfany man is initiating
himself with such IL notion, from Hector
ID. Llne down, he has not vet pepped mn
high enough to expose even the TOD of his
head. The entire sentiment OF The Asso.
ciation is to keep out OF politics The
whole movement locks alone to the BET.
termenr OF Southern farmers, and indirect
ly 20 that Of all classes III the cotton belt
But it may be- said that it will not last
long nnd these who go into it will not
a"'uo hy its intentions. 70 thin IL may lie
answered thai its permanency NAV depend
mpon the existonca of tho cuusss which
lcd TO II figin, but there is good reason
10 bell 1t has come to stay no lon. as
needed. Already it has accnn, niahe.,
much in encouraging farmers to SOW moro
largely of small grain, nnd What effect |,
may have hid, or may yet have on tho
prize OF the present crop OF cotton, no one
knows Ard that it will lad to an in.
crease thi1 year of lnrgeSmea for home
snppies and necessarily corresponding
decroase III cotton acreage is now evident.
Nhethor all who go into it will faithfully
oIactice its precepts is not of conr.o known
hut there is good reason to believe "A l,rse
msjor!y will. Farmers In the Eastern
States ought to highly favor the move
ment, as the West. tho ureat cotton coun.
try. has signified willingness to help the
East in this matter. We cannot, On onr
worn lands. cope with the West in making
cotton, and any assistance 1t will give de.
serves to be appreciated by u.s. Iu con.
cusion, let me say something must be
done We can't ge: decent living out of
j cents cotton. Unless we get move on
us some way the day may come when our
children. and our children's children, will
be the "hewers OF wood eni drawers Of
water for future landlords j
SENRAB