Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-01

uniform prices as will properly COM
pensate them for the labor and capt-
tai invested. Realizing that cotton is
the currency Of the south, and that
her Industrial welfare Is dependent
upon the price Of 1t, we therefore In
vite the aid Of every cotton producer
and all business and professional men
| in the state. We further recognize
the fact that cotton manufactures
are desirous Of maintaining stable
price for cotton, and we believe that
this organization will promote the in
terest Of the cotton manufacturers or
the south. This Is an age Of combi-
nation and organization; other agri-
cultural organizations have been able
to fix and maintain a stable price for
their commodities to the mutual ben
eft of producer and consumer, and
have successfully eliminated the de-
moralizing influence of the violent
fluctuations consequent upon reckless
speculation, which has proved as dis
astrous to the manufacturer as 1t Is
to the producer. We declare 1t to be
a necessity for the welfare Of the cot
ton growers Of the south to organize
for the purpose Of protecting the raw
material We wish to impress upon
the cotton growers the fact that
they put upon the market within
ninety days the bulk Of their crop,
and desire the commercial world to
take it at it's full value; to take the
risk of storing, the expense Of In
suring, the loss Of interest for nine
months without compensation to the
purchaser; whereas common sense
would teach them that In order to
realize the highest price they must
carry these risks themselves and place
| ha Irnf thp
trade requires It; in other words, in
stead Of selling their cotton from Sep
tember to December, we protest that
1t is common sense and hHSiness to
perfect a plan by which w may sell
1t from September to September. TO
| this unfortunate custom Of jumping
our cotton on the market in so short
time, regardless Of demand or price,
Is largely due the unremunerative
prices to the producer. What Is the
remedy? Millions Of dollars are walt
ing profitable investment In good Sc
curities. The world knows and con-
ceives that there is no better security
than cotton. Hence the plan by which
the cotton can be retained in the
hands Of the producer and used as
a collateral upon which he can secure
money at a reasonable rate Of interest
to meet pressing debts, enabling him
thereby to place his cotton upon the
market at such time and in such
quantity as the price justifes, Is
most desirable. To this end we ask
the cotton producers in every county
Of South Carolina to meet at once and
| organize for the purpose Of sending
| delegates to a meeting In Columbia
for the purpose Of formulating spe-
cific plan to carry out the ideas above
suggested, and to perfect an organiza-
tion which will maintain cotton at such
price as will properly compensate
the grower. We congratulate the
cotton growers Of this state that other
cotton producing states are organic
ing for this purpose, and the future
Is bright with promise for national
organization to maintain a stable and
remunerative price for cotton. With
this end in view, we suggest that IN
each county the cotton growers as
semble and send two delegates to Co
|Iumbia on Thursday, November 10,
| 1904.