The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-11-02
Cotton Growers Issue Address.

At II meeting of the cotton growers
held III the city Of Columbia on the
2';th day OF October, 1901. we, the un-
deIsigncd, were appointed commit
tee to prepare an address TO the cotton
growers of South Carolina We de-
sire to state most Gmphatically that
this is business organization pure and
simple, that there is nothing secret or
hidden in reference to its business; it's
sole ;.nd single object is to secure for
cotton growers such uniform prices "a
Will properly compensate them for the
labor and capital invested. Realizing
that cotton is the currency of the
SOutl ani that her industrial welfare
Is dependent upon the price of it, we
therefore invite the aid of every cot
ton producer. ard III! business ard pro
tessiOnal men in the State. W" fur
thcr recognize the fact that the cotton
manufacturers are dcsirOuS of main
tanning Il staple price for cotton, and
we believe that this organization will
promote the interests of the cotton
manufacturers of the South. This s
an age of combination and OrHaniZa-
ton; other agricultural organizations
have been able to fix ami maintain II
stable price fOT the commodities to
the mutual benefit Of producer and
| consume. ana have successfully climi-
mated the dcmoralizinE influences Of
the violent fluctuations consequent
upon reckless speculation, which has
proved as disastrous to the nanufac-
turcrs as it is to the Producer. We de
clare 1t to be necessity for the wei
faro OF the cotton growers of the South
to organize for the purpose of protect
ing the raw material. We wish to i'm
press upon the cotton growers the fact
that they put upon the market within
80 days the bulk of their crop and de-
sire the commercial world to take il at
its full value; TO take the risk of st0r-
ing, the expense of insuIing. the loss
OF interest for nine months without
as common SENSE would teach them
that III order to realize tho highest
prIcc hey must carry these risks
! themselves and place upon the market
! their cotton as tho trade requires il; in
other words, instead of selling their
cotton from September to December,
we protest that it is common sense
and business to perfect q plan by
| which we may sell it from September
to September. To this unfortunate
custom OF dumping our cotton on the
| market in 80 short time regardless
| OF demand or price is largely due the
unreInuneritive prices to tho producer.
What is the renlcdy7 Millions of dol
lars are waiting profitable inveatmont
in good securities. The world knows
and conceives that there is no better
| security than cotton. Hence plan by
which the cotton can be retained in
the hands of tho producer and used ae
collateral upon which can secure
money mt u reasonable rate of interest
! to meet pressing debts, enabling him
thereby to- place his cotton upon the
market mt such time and in such guam
tlty as the price justifies is most desir-
| able. To this end wo ask tho cotton
producers III every county in South
Carolina to meet at once and organize
Tor the rpOse of sending delegates
to NEE ,InR in Columbia for tho pur-
pose OF formulating n specific plan to
carry ont the ideas above suggested
and to perfect an organization which
| will maintain cotton ut such price as
Will properly compensate the grower.
We congratulate the cotton growers of
| this State that other cotton producing
states arc organizing for this nHrpnsG
| and tho future is bright with promise
for national organization to maintain
stable and remunerative price foI
cotton. With this end in view we sug-
gest that in each county tho cotton
growers assemble and send two dele
gates to Columbia on Thursday Nov.
10th. 1904. We request all county pa
pers to copy this address.
B. y. Harris, Anderson county; II
A. Richardson. Barnwell county; w.
-. Evans. Chesterfield county; Z. l..
Hardin, Chester county; r. A. Sublet,
Clarendon county; W. q. Brand, Col
Teton county: Il. II. Rainsford. Edge
field county; j. w. $. King. Florence
county; John Cantey. Kershaw county;
J. II. Wharton, Laurens county; T.. D.
Smith, Lee county; j. w. Wylie, Ian
caster county; II. X. Galloway, Marion
county; B. M. Pegues, Malborc county;
3. f. kellar, Orangeburg county; j.
II. Stribbling, Pickeps county; Francis
Il. Weston, Richland county; B. w.
Dabbs, Sumter county; w. II. Stewart,
burg county; w. II. Irwin, Greenville
county.