The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-16
TIE DANGER NUT BE MET.
There Is Great Alarm Felt on Ac.
count O! the Wetyil.

The b.ll wcerii is menace to the
south. Dr.. Spii!:nan Of the agricul-
Eural department. sod others think
rrat this np@ndag menace viii mean
: great de4! ia tne way Ct showing
shat cottGn is not the only crop which :
con be raised with profit in the south.
Il va; ior this reason that the gov
.7rment started diverSifcation farms
in the country.
The leyl>la ure Of South Carolina
.rd tie lepi lAture Of other States
have passed laws forbiddibg the i'm
oo-tativn Of farm products from the
Texas districts infested with the wee
vii which is destroying the cotton
crops ia ,:eyas aud N xico but has not
made lis way ross the Mississippi.
At the csnvention at Shreveport on z
5ne 3 q Of Noven ber to discuss ways
and means Of kee pi. 6 the boil weeyil
out Cf the south, it was decided to
call a meet g Of IepreSentatig ges from s:
all / he southern States.
Mr.. j. C. Pugh, chairman OF the !:
executive committee has written Gov. s
H. ward, urging the latter to attend
the convention and asking him to ap-
ooint &c .elegaoe from this State.
In let1er to Gov. Hey1ard, Mr..
Puea suyS: An alarming phase Of the 7
se1vil situation is that the cotton !.
producing States yet uniItested do not
Aporecia to the cartsiaty OF the wee
vil's reaching the entire cotton area
Of the United States and the conse-S
auences resulting, ualess something is
done, ard done at once, to anticipate
this inf>s.ati n or devise means fer
he absolute ex ,ernination Of the:
geevil from the present. infested cot
ton lanls Of Texas aod Louisiana. S
I'VE therefore beg Of you as the
executive head official and reprssen-..
tative Of your commonwealth that
you appoint 100 delegates, repres nt-
Jog your varied c3tton interests to at:
end toe National Cotton convention
80 be held ic the city Of Shreveport,
La, Dec. II, Is, II and Is, 1904.
Please urge and emphasize the seri-.
business OF the situation and the me-
cessity OF a general awakening OF
very c)tton !ntere t throughout the
south as the boil weevil is spreading
at the alarming rate OF over SO miles
each year and on the authority OF the
United States department. Of agricul-s
Uure will in 10 or Is years invade the
4n5ire cotton belt.
THE problem is national and inter-
natl nal 10 its Importance a.ld is be-
7ord the power Of Individual and in-.
DEPENDENT State action to solve, no:
matter how determined and we'll dl-
ected the individual State Efforts may
be. $3.50; 20
Relying upon you as the patriotic
head OF your Safe to lead in the ef..
fort to make this National Cotton
congress the beginning o.: a campaign,
against the cotton boil weevil, that
hall end in retaining for the United.
:. States her present. position in the cot:
ton growing countries OF the world,
We urge ycu to give this serious ard
important matter your immeniate aSr9
lention."
II the following resolution the case;
is stated very strongly by. the recent
en- ngent,oRat Shreveport:
Whereas, the production Of cotton
10 TIE United States is endangered by
the Mexican cotton boil Weevil, de-:
cared by authorities the most formid-
able enemy to agriculture ever known,
AMI
, Whereas, the industries created by
70 depending up)n the existence OF
co tor il tae lred States are world
vide and a vital part OF every civilized
latio i, aud as cotton is now the prin-
:ipal ib:e u:ed in the manufacture Of
Il tt, the demand for which is con-;
tant.y increasing, and-no other fibre
plant is nov K own or is likely to be
discovered or pr duced that could
:he place Of coli ton, and
Nh'reaS, ro reliable and effective
rcmedy for the eradication OF the boil
; qeevil has been disc .vered nor is
prom ei by the tr:.iued experts labor
ing to combat this evil, and as it now
.eens Certain that in the short period
II Is ear the c,tton producing area
# ule United Safes will be invaded
oy the weevii, and
Whereas, the State Of Teas has lost.
many millions OF dollars before a.
method Of producing cotton with tie
~eeyil present c)uld be demonstrated,
ani as tire cultural plan involves some
readjus m ct Of our agricultural
methods, v'nicl should be fully under
way b41ore the Wsevil reaches new
territory, and
Whereas, it is absolutely necessary
for farmers and business interests coo-
cerned in cotton to inform themselves
fully as to the difficulties which the
wesvil presents in order that the dis
.strous experience Of many parts IT
Texas may te avoid, and
Whereas, the ser ou>ness Of the boil
weeyil situation is not sufficiently un-
delssood and PR c;astination, in tie
ustance of this particular enemy, in
evitably leads to disaster,
Therefcre, your committee Of Is
strongly recommends the calling of a
national cotton convention to be held
in the city Of Shreveport, La, on the
18th, 18Th, l4th and 18Th Of Decem-
Der, 1904, and that the governors of
tie various cotton growing State be
requested to appoint 100 delegates
"ho shall represent the cotton inter-
es.s CT eaca State to the end that
some means may be provided for the
control Of the pest and for the cor-
sideratioa OF such meaus as may pre-
vent its spread in other cotton grow
Ing States.
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