The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-03-29
COTTON GROWERS
MUST CUT ACREAGE,
FARMERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA ASKED
TO ORGANIZE.
Only H"pn OF Keeping Up Priro--The r. xt
OF IN" call for McetinK- In Each County
Issued by Prcaidont wtIborn.
The State, March 20 |

proper steps to curtail tho acreage
this year and prevent a starvation
price for tho crop now abont to be
planted. A short timo ago tho South.
ern States Cotton Growers Protect.
i've association was formed by delo
gates from all tho cotton growing
States, and uarvie Jordan Of Geor-
gia was mado president. At that
time it was determined to do every
thing possible to reduce tho acreage
this spring in not only this but other
cotton growing States.
y few days ago the planters of
Verdory in this State forwarded to
MIR. Jordan the following:
awe, tho farmers Of Verdery and
surrounding vicinity, realizing the
necessity Of reducing tho acronge in
the present cotton crop now being
prepared and soon to bo planted, not
only TO secure prices at Il living rate,
but to forco prices on tho same basis
Of last fall for tho cotton now on
hand, and seeing no way by which
this can bo accomplished but to ask
all tho cotton growers to co operate
with us aud reduce The acreage one.
third, wo address you. If all the
farmers who raise cotton to any OK.
tent will reduce their crop ono.third,
and will show their Willingness to CO
operate in tho measure, wo shall soc
cotton (spots) advance within 60
days, and we shall rcalizo s cents for
tho crop now soon to he planted
Without this wo cannot hope for
more than S or 6 cents this fall.
"With these gloomy features star
ing us in tho face, we earnestly 90
licit co operation in tho cotton States
Now we ask the president of tho cot
ton association to call meeting not
later than the first Monday Of April,
to SEQ what can be done.
"Now should the farmers feel an
interest in this step, or any other
that is calculated to advance the
price Of cotton and keep it up we
heartily concur with them. The out.
look just now indicates that cotton
| will go down to Il price that the labo,
working for half will abandon their
crops and we shall fail to get it gath
| cred.
"These things are not impossibili
ties and now is the time to provd,
against them.
"This is respectively submitted to
the farmers for theil consideration. )"
President Jordan has in tho last
few days written Mr.. Wilborn, who j.
president Of the association in thi.
State urging him to ISSUE call and
saying 81 shall Issue call in all the
counties OF this Stat" (Georgia) }, and
ask that the Same be done in all OF
tho other States through the different
presidents or our State organizations.
IL something is not done to check the
downward tendency Of tho market,
the cotton producers will be almos,
financially ruined next fall. No man
can pay the presort high prices ol
guano. mules and supplies and sell
his cotton at 6 cents and meet his
obllgatioua. The future work of the
association will avail nothing if an
enormous acroage is planted. The
farmers will fix the price of the staple
during the next 30 days."
President Wilborn os tho South
Carolina association has consequent,
issued the following call for the cot
|
in this State and take up the matter
To tho Cotton Growers Of South Caro-
lima:
At the earnest request of Hon
Harvie Jordan Of Georgia, president
Of the Southern Cotton Growers Pro
tective association, and prominen
farmers in this State, issue this cal
for the farmers Of our State to NEE
at their respective court houses OF
the first Saturday in April to conside
the advisahili'y of reducing tho acre
age for the present year, and also t
discnss ways and means Of protect
ing the price of our staple from pres