The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-11-04
address TO COTTON aRowEERs.
An Appeal for 90. cooperation In an
Enort TO Control Prices.

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Effort to Control Prices.
at . meeting OF the cotton growers
held in the city Of Columbia on the
26,h day OF October, 1904, we, the
undersigned, were appointed a com.
mittee to prepare an ad .ress to the
cotton growers OF South Ca. olina. We
desire to state most emphat!cally that
this Is q bu ;in,ss organization pure
AMI simple, that there is nothing
q secret or hidden In reference to its
business; Its sole and single object is
to secure for cotton growers such uni
form prices as will properly compen
safe them for thu labor and capital
invested. Realizing that cotton is
the currency Of the south and that
her industrial welfare IS dependent
upon the price OF it, we therefore
Invite the aid Of every cotton pro-
ducer, and all business and profession
al men In the State. We further re.
cOgnizs the fact that the cott II
manufacturers are deSirous OF m lin
taln!ng stable price for cotton, and
we believe that this organ;z ltlon will
promote the interests Of the cottun
manufacturers Of the south. This is
an age OF combination and organic j.
tiOn; other agricultural organizations
have been able to tix and maintain q
Stable price for the commodities to
the mutual benefit OF producer ard
consumer and have sUcc. fully elimi
mated the demoraliZing iniluei CO. Of
the violent iluctuati Ins conse a uent
DnOn rapk1 Il 1ufi Ia,
proved as disastrous to the mahufac-
tursrs as 1t Is to the producer.
We declare 1t to be nee essity for the
welfare OF the cotton growers Of tn"
South to organize for The purpose of
protecting the raw material. We wi In
to impress upon the cotton growers
the fact that they put upon the mar
ket within 80 days the bulk OF their
crop and desire the commercial world
to take it at its full value; to take the
risk OF storing, the expense Of insur.
lug, tue loss Of interest for nire
months without compensation to the
purchaser, whereas common sens
would teach them that in order to
realize the highest price they must
carry these ri.Ks themselves and place
upon the market their cotton as the
trade requires 1t; in otter words, in
stead of selling their cotton from Sep
t mber to December, We protest thai
1t is common SENS. and business to
perfect a plan by watch we may sell
1t from September TO September. To
tniS unfortunate custom Of dumping
our cotton ON the market in so short
a time regardl S, of demand or price
Is largely due the unremunerative
prices to the producer. What is the
remedy? Millions OF dollars are wait.
Ing profitable investment iD good Sc
curities. The world kioYS and con-
celves that there is no b tier security
than cotton. Hence a plan by which
the cotton can b. retained in the
bands of the pro1ucer and used as a
collateral upon which he can secure
money at a reasonable rate of interest
to- meet pressing debts, enabl NJ him
thereby to place his cotton upon the
market at such time and in such
quantity as the price justifies is mes:
de3lrable.
To this end we ask the cotton pro
ducers in every county in South Caro-.
lima to meet at once and organize 70,
the purpose OF sending del, gates TO
M .tlng In Columbia for the purp, Sc
of1ormulatipg specific plan to car Y
OF the Ideas above suggested and to
pc act an organization which will
NJ aineotton at such price as will
pr ..rly compensate the grow,ar. we
congratulate the cotton growers or
this State that other cotton proauc-
ing States are organizing for this pur.
pose AMI the future is bright With
promise for national organization TO
stable and renunerative
price fer cotton. With this end in
view we suggest that in each county
the cotton growers asse Il b e and send
two delegates to Colu ubia on Thurs
day, November l0t", 1904. We re.
quest all county papers to copy this
b. 20. Harris, Anderson county.
II. A. Richardson, Barnwell county.
w. D. Evans, Chesterfield county.
2. l.. Hardin, Chester county.
r. A. Sublett. Claren on unity.
w. @ Brand, Colletln county.
IT. FL. Rainsford, Edgefeld county.
j. w. S. X ny, Florence county.
JOnn Cantey, her,iaW county.
j. IL. Wharton, Llurens C ut.ty.
e. D. Smith, LIE county.
j. w. Wylie, lancaster county.
III. r. Galloway, Marion county.
B. M. PeagueI, Marlboro county.
b f. Kellar, Orangeburg county.
j. II. Stribbling, Pickens county.
Francis II. Weston, Rchland Co.
B. w. Dabbs, Sumter county.
w. II. Stewart, York couuty.
j. M. Edwards, Spartanburg county.
w. H. Irwin, Greenvile county.