The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-19
Carswell Institute. Aug. II.
Cheap Cotton -and Less Of 1t.

d The New York Tribune and other
Northern papers, which are depl0ring
and condomning the i"high price Of
cotton and s0lemnly warning the
grow the staple in larger quhntityapd
at low prices, to meet the world' e needs
and ideas respecting the crop, Eng,
land and Germany and France and
Russia will grow it instead in their
colonies and provinces, at "three Ceuta
pound" or theteRbOuts, and he will
forever lose the bualness, OF the great
ler part of it, to his great pecnniary
loss-might, with come partinence, per-
quarter and to nearer ears.
The fact is, as Mr.. w. z. Brown, one
of the manipuldtors OF the existing
cotton corner, has noted, that the In
crease in the price OF c0tton hes net
more than kept pace with the increase
In the prices of all other commodities
In the United States. so: that cotton at
8 to 10 cents in 1908 Is not relatively
higher than cotton at and o cents D.
CANNOT c0ntinue to grow cotton att 11or-
mer low prices and pay double prices
for all his supplies and everything he,
has to buy. He cannot do 40 without
certain loss, and therefore will not do
so.
This bring ls to the. main point.
When the price OF cotton must be fixed
80 low that he cannot afford to grow
tho staple that the Southern cotton
certainly, surrender rhe crop to "Afri-
can and SAaiatic colonies, and turn his
attention to other crops which he now
neglects, much to his own hurt. It5is
O matter OF common observation in the
South that even when cOttf ID ranges at
fair prices, the all-cOttGn farmer is the,
poorest Of his class. When it ranges
low in price he is reduced go hopeless
:h, asnt a. ana = ;nS many cases to distress
farmer in this section is in inverhe ra-
ito to his regular cotton crop, and the,
exceptions are few and marked. The
most prosperous farmers everywher
are those who make their farms self,
supporting in respect OF grain tsnd
meat and other supplies. and grow
cotton as ani niincidenE of their business
as ''a side CROP b as
Cheap cotton win make more such
FARMERS. Five cent cotton made many,
a Few wears ago. Five nr.six cent cot.
ton will have tho. same effect at any
and NIL times. Fixn tho price at such
figures, and the Southern cotton far
smer will drop the staple and grow
all his grain and meat And other
supplies, agd raise his own cattle and
stock instead OF buying them from tho
farmers of the North and West, as he
dOes NOW and has been doing for q gem
Grafton.
And they will be- greatly and per.
manently. profted and benefited lin
every way by, the change, and all the
South with chem. How it will affect
the farmers OF the North aud West tn
lose so many regular buyer OF their
corn and wheatand hay and oats, and
butter and cheese aud milk. and vsge-
tables and fruit, and horses and mules,
and beef aud hog products, etc, etc, We
may leave To them To say, or to the
Tribunes and other Representa- .ge
papers of their section TO cay for them.
Our own view of the matter is that
the agricultural interests OF that see4
tion will have quite as much reason TO
regard the a,ivent Of permanently
:'chr ap cotton with as much concern
saa the agricultural interests of the
SGutn. Any fnture .swarningsi re-
gnedibg that probable. or improbable,
condition nisnt perhaps be more wide
ny distributed according gly ews and
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