The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-11-20
THE CloTTO on :RloIsL 3 WEEVILS j!
DESTROYED Millions of Dollars Worth
= OF Cotton This Season: Si:s;

- = .lD. hO SotunUldl loGaUe,SGftaSl RtO0
spondent says &Represe tive
Slay Of. Texas does not agree with
Secretary w ilson's conc clnslon that
the boil 3weevil cannot be iexterminat-
ed and that the only recolrse southern
cotton planters haYejs early planting.
In discussing the announced conclu-
sions Of the secretary OF agriculture
Mr. S]ayd den say s: h,
..I have profound respect for the
ability and character Of Mr. Wilson,
and therefore i regret to have to differ
from him. w hat he suggests Is not
practica BILE - at least not entirely so.
Whether cotton !; is planted early or
late In 9'exas does not, as q rule, de-
pend upon the will Of the planter.
The season regulates that, and the
season In Texas cannot 5beTegulated.
The Weryii Gid millions OF dollars Of
damage In south and south central
Texas this year in August and
September, during which months cot
ton continues to bloom and to fruit,
In my opinion, the State Of Texas has
adopted the right course In Offering q
reward for q complete remedy for this
distressing situation. Our state has
offered reward Of $50, 900, open to
the world, for the discovery Of any
practical method of destroying the
Weevil. q
Suppose the federal government
we're to offer five times as much,
would 1t not stimulate men Of science
to even greater exertion? am told
that when the vineyards Of France
were Ia danger from an insect re-
ward Of 100000 was offered for the
finding of a remedy, and that it was
found. Whether that Is true or. not
l don't know. But it doesn't matter.
We can make precedents in this coun-
try ,3s
Such a course would not reflect on
the able corps Of scientists In the de-
partment of agriculture, whose time
is SO fully occupied with other matters
that what study they can give to the
cotton boil weevil is q mere incident,
Mr.. Hudson, president Of the San An-
tonic and Aransas Pass halfway COM
pany in Texas, and 1t Is not one Of the
very important cotton-hauling roads
told me q few days ago that approx
imately 100000 bales Of cotton had
been eaten up on the line of his road
alone this year. That means a loss Of
s5, 600, 900 to the farmers and proper
ttonately large sums to the transporta-
tion lines, ginners and others.
Half a million dollars would be a
triding sum- for the government to
pay to exterminate this pest, and IL
no exterminator. were found, no eward
would be paid. g5 Then, by continued!
scarcity and Ihig prices in the United
States the; cultfyat ion Of cotton will
he; fostered In other parts Of the world
and I'VE may lose a Smark tive have
almost monopp lie so long The
si!tuati lTtl tion ls sls saipI q 1s sen tons as
t,u.
5s Tie appo pointmen Is OF y Gen: Ro ebert
Shaw Oliver to be assista1i 1 sec &; cretair.5gs
Of war will be fought seems: Ol,s
yer is from A lbany, :, N ! {, and tits
said that certain influential Republic
cans at Albany have fled protest
against his selection for this place.
Mr.. Roosevelt says the New. York
Sun, Has governor Of the State Of
New York, was perfectly familiur at
Albany with the social life of Gen.
Oliver" and as q matter Of fact, the
president has been furnished with In.
formation concerning Gen. divers
social relations, not only in Albany,
but in Florence, Italy" The Colum-
bia State says manifestly Bobby Is a
gay boy. But president who can
stand for Addicks and Crum and the
like ought not to mind backing a fell
low whose social relations are just
a little Off color.