The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-17
What the Southern Cotton Asso.
ciation Proposes to Do.
WHAT 1T STANDS FOR.
President Harvie Jordan Makes a Sue
cinct Statement of What the Move.
ment Hopes to ACCOMPLISH
and How ii Proposes to
Accomplish II.

With the purposes Of the Southern
Cotton neutrality-suspicious. Harvie
Jordan has written farticle which
fully sets forth the scope. T. | tho uc-k
which has been Undertaken and ex.
plains in detail what Is to be accom-
plisned. MIR. Jordan calls attention
to the fact that the movement Is by
40 means confined exclusively to the
farmers Of the south, but states that
1t Is movement for the whole south
in which every line Of business Is In
terested. MIR. Jordan's arti lie Is as
follows:
WHAT WE STAND FOR.
There are thousands of people who
do not yet understand what the South.
ern Cotton association stands for, who
created the association or what the
ASSOCIATION Is now undertaking to per.
form. People in all lines Of business,
FARMERS, merchants, bankers, editors
or newspapers and others still have a
| vague and indistlnct idea OF the scope
OF this movement. Many people In all
walks OF life appear to think that the
Southern Cotton association is distinc.
lively farmers movement to be on
Grated along the line Of the old Farm
ers' Alliance, and in which the inter
est OF other lines Of business is only In.
cidental to the Immediate carrying out
and perfection Of the resolutions intro.
ouced and passed at the New Orleans
cotton convention January "a to 20,
1905. The mind of every man who en-.
tertains such opinions, which are only
partial outlines of this great move
ment, should better inform himself
ard begin to fully understand that the
Southern Cotton association stands
Tor no particular class, that 1t stanus
Tor the solid south and all classes in
| tho south that are intcreated In aa
vancing and promoting the future
prosperity Of this immediate section
or our great union. The original idea
and intention OF the Farmers ALI
| ance was good as far as it went, but
unfortunately 1T did not go far enough,
was not sufficiently broad and liberal
IN It's scope among its tenets taught
antagonism and prejudice between the
farmers and those with whom they
had 10 deal. The result was disaster
even before that great movement be
came finally stranded on the barren
rocks or political upheaval. The
Southern Cotton association will avoid
tlie dangers and pitfalls which wreck
ed and ruined the efforts OF The farm
ers IN The past and which failed to en-.
list the active cooperation and SUP.
| tOfG O1 The business interests OF tue
cIuAtry. Inc in, crest OF the farmer.
mefc!ian6, banker, and southern spin.
ner are all joined together and the
SUCCESS or failure OF one is interdepeu-
cent upon the other. We, therefore,
must RE or fall together and no
single Class can expect to succeed tina.
uMdcILAkeS Lo munopul.zc and jeoparu.
.Zt the Interests OF the Others. We
st"Lu iur lie supremacy of The south
agnculturally, commercially anu
uLanclaliy. TO succeed we must all
JJin hands together TO work in com
mUn cause for the attainment OF q
comhon end.
Tnc cardinal principle of the asso.
ciatiCn Is to safeguard and protect
The value or the great money crop or
the suuth-cotton. Upon the price OF
law Cotton paid To the farmer depends
not only tue prosperity of the grow.
ers, but the pr,sp rlty OF every legi-
| tlmate business and Profession in tine
aouCh. By the price of cotton Is Iegu.
iateu real estate values, Increased or
li,c eased school facilities, the i'm.
pfuVementS or retarument OF tue pub
nc highways, incf, aScu UI d minishinp
manufucLuring industries and banking
cap tal Indeed tue price Of cotton
TtBt lAtts the pulse OF the south's iu
uuhLnal adrancemenU when 1t sells al
Il prUnU 10 the producer, and locks the
Wnec!a Of trade and creates fipanciai
depression when sold at prices below
The cost OF production. TO bring the
whole south together In an earnest
aio active effort to assist the growers
IN regulating The supply of raw cotton
10 meet the legitimate demands Of the
world Tor consumption and to main.
tain the price al sable figure, prof.
liable alike ID 10th the producer and
the spinner, Is the primary purpose
VI The Southern Cotton association.
NO KNOWLEDGE OF CONsUMpTION
The southern people are only In.
formed as to the production OF cotton.
Ihey know but little or nothing about
the distribution OF raw cotton among
The spindles OF the world and the con.
sumption OF the finished fabrics AMONG
tue civilized nations Of the globe
whose peoples buy ard wear cotton
goods. The southern people are not In.
formed as to the cost of manufactur.
Ing raw cotton into cloth, although
the spinner Is we'll Informed as to the
cost OF both the production OF raw cot
ton by the grower and the cost OF man.
ufacture. The south is not Informed
as TO The price at which manufactur.
cd gooos are sold or the actual amour;
or American cotton required for con.
sumption In Il month by the spindles
or ire world, while the manufactur.
ers are always posted as to the price
or raw cotton and the amount or thf
crop produced each year. Yet thc
south, controlling a complete and per.
manent monopoly of the most vain.
able and useful agricultural product
grown, has sat supinely down ant
seemed to be content In only making
the effort to produce, taking no inter
est In the matter of controlling the
lprice OF her cotton and not even seek