The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-08

OF cotton to be harvested IN such neigh
borlloous. This method will also ap-
ply 10 cotton acreage in the spring, and
''ie amount OF fertilizers actually used |
unuer the crop, showing the condition
VI Ihe growing crop during the period
VI SroWth. GinmcrS are expected to|
aid us.
The Association being i'm POSSESSION
or these facts and knowing the amount
OF cotton To- be produced, based upor
the most reliable statistics. will hr in
P"s'c'oh 10 iIX fair price for raw
,nalerlai delivered at ports. Before
.'NinS INC prlcc, however, we propose
10 iiho OUT The true amount of Amcri-
can cotton required for consumpt,op
IN twelve months, and the price Of the
finished fabric olfercd.-with correct in.
formation of amount of cotton 70 bc
harVcstcd'-thc number Of bales re-
CURED Tor consumption by mills. the
price OF cotton goods, and it will be an
easy matter to determine a fair nricn
for raw material.
TO get just price from the buyer of
our cotton, it will be essential to fur
nish the supply commensurate with The
demand. This can only be done by
marketing the crop through longer
period OF time and furnishing spinncrs
with stock Us needed. Here is where
we seek and are entitled to the aid of
the banker. Cotton properly ware.
housed and insured is as good security
as Il government bond. We now have
an opportunity Of becoming complete
masters of the situation. There will
be no surplus carried over till next
year. The mills III all parts of the
world are short Of cotton. Never has
there existed Il greater demand for cot
ton goods. The mills must have raw
cotton, which will be in our possession,
and if we know and demand its true
value ii will be paid. The world is now
face to face with Il cotton famine, if de-
mandS keep pace with the last twelve
months. The mills consumed ,lOO,-
600 bales during the past twelve
months, made up Of 1000, 900 bales
surplus carried over from crop of lS9S
and the 5000 900 harvested in 1899.
The latest move has been for the
spinncrs to combine and shut down for
sixty days, SO aS to stagnate trade and
| dcprcSs present prices of raw cotton.
The question for you to dctcrmi ne is,
whether you, after knowing the situa-
ton, arc prepared to stand and deliver
and be dictated to by organizations
miles away.
Fellow citizens, such is not your his. q.
tory and should not be your policy, but
we should meet organization with or.
gauization. For want Of organization
compactlv formed you are beng nccccd
to the great dctrmcnt Of your homes
and families.
The cotton seed combination is an
other organization that should be dealt
with, in the same measure, by united
action and with the same force they at
tempt to use against us. They meet
and agree TO give Il certain price. Let
us agree that we will only sell for :,
certain price our cotton seed AS it is
now, the politcncss of Ron Roy is not
even IN vogue, when they take our
cotton seed.
The secretary, J. Il. Blake, then read
the minutes of The last meetlng, which
were approved
Mr.. |. II. Mccall Of AhhcvllIc, was
first to address tn" char. lie agreed
with the objects Of the meeting, but
did not see how anything Cutlld be done
HelcsS the Southern farmers agreed to
control the output of cotton.
Congressman a. G.. I.atimcr said he
haH never seen anything practical in
point and had heard nothing practical
tonight. Unless there was something
definite in view ii is useless to organ
| lIG.
Mr.. Il. Nj. Cross said there was no
good in an organization unless the lien
law was repealed. This dit not create
! any sensation.
Mr.. 5. II. McGhcc, Of Greenwood,
said the farmers could not control the
situation alone. They must have the
| cooperation Of the business men and
! bankers and he believed even the cot
tom mill men would join them. They
had done so in Georgia and in Green
wood mill president is on the cXccu-
tive committee. The main object is TO
take the crop out Of the hands of spec.
ulatOls.
Congressman l.atimcr said the mill
men could organize and leave the
farmers to hold the bag.
MIR. j. a. Pctcrkin, of Oranecburr,
wanted to know what it was they want.
ed 10 organize. Tie said if the world
wanted 10000 900 bales and the United
, States raises only 5000 900 other coun~
tries would raise the balance and thus
country would be that much worse Off.
We should raise all the cotton the
world wants, and then organize to buy
the crop. He had studied and studied
and didnt know what ought to he
done.
DIR. j. b. Stcppc, OF Spartanburg,
said you could get Il few men in an or
! ganiZation for personal reasons, for
political motives, for n little notorctv,
but you can't get the mass of the
/ farmers into 1t. Politics has killed
every organization the farmers have
| started. If you can get The farmers to
raise their own supplies you VIII solve
the problem. Then they won't have
to give liens and borrow money. They
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