The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-02
sBENN-E.IsTSYILLE, S. C..

AAOlA d oIOPdlISduJt Gtlfe6 -yWeth6. ldU0
by the visit Of an early frost 1t is hard
to predict. These are matters which
must to q greater or, less extent figure
In the futue OF the crop. Certainly
there;is no sound argument In farmers
forcing their cotton on the. market
rapidly during the next two months
unlesss present prices should prevail.
II a heavyErush OF the sta pie Is made
on the markets prices will at once be-
gin to sag, and the Btrong present
position OfS the producers greatly
weakened
There are no debts due in Septem-
berf and hence no necessity for rapid
marketing during that month. Fin
October II prices should go down ma:
terIally farmers can store their COTTON,
or part Of 1t, and get assistance from
their local banks to meet maturing
obligations If their merchants are. un-
able to back them up In this fight for
fair and better prices than have here.
tOfore prevailed. Our cotton Is worth
ten cents per pound every year, and IL
should net that amount to each pro-
ducer. When supplies are exhausted
and the prices or cotton goods are ad-
vancing, even higher prices should
rule. The old argument that farmers
should be content with eight cent cot!
ton is a swindle and delusion. g.
Every farmer who by the sweat of
his brow produces this great staple Is
fully entitled to and should receive
every cent that his cotton is fairly
worth according to its legitimate
value. If all the producers in each Of
the $50 cotton producing counties In
the South would get to gether as did
the farmers OF. rroup County, this
State, on August % and pass strong
resolutions not to sacrifice their cotton
this year by early marketing at re-:
duced prices, and then stand by those
resolution, Southern cotton producers
would once again begin to get on their:
feet, and a new era Of prosperity be:
gin to dawn all over the South IN
every line Of business. -s
AS the Official head Of our Inter-
State association / call upon and urge
upon every producer all over the South
to take firm stand for the mainten-
ance OF high prices this season. When
The market begins to sag check re-:
ceipts at once. Sell the crop slowly,
and furnish the mills with such sup.
plies as are needed for spinning pur:
poses, aud do not by usual methods
give to Them and the SpeculatOrS OF the
country the whip handle OF the siGua-
ton. We hold upon our farms today
the key note to the situation. The
staple is yet in our possession, it Is
wanted by millions Of spindles in all
parts Of the world, and is demanded
by yet greater millions for clothing
among the inhabitants Of every civis,
lized nation On the globe. Consumps
tion OF cotton has outstripped producs
tiun, and a knowledge OF this fact
should maintain prices at high level
until conditions change, which are not
likely to come to pass FOR many yea-as
ifsever again. The South possessG
monopoly Of this great stape .Ss a.
while s:s5s
IJ UJ sJunUTs! sIrUeF= 10 I5T5 G1g5 HANDS
the producers, the latter may now get
their reward by handling this seasonSs
crop Ia accordance with the condi.s;
tions surrounding It,. Let there be
called meetings IF farmers in every;
county, let there be prompt and deci-,
sive action taken, let minimum, price
of not less than. 10 cents per pound be
fixed in every local market, and then
be stadfaSt with one another and get
rid Of the yoke which has for half a
century bowed Southern cotton pro-
ducers under the domination Of gam
blers, spectators and foreign spin
ncrS. HARvIE JORDAN,
President Southern Cotton Growers
Protective Association" Il