The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-03-01
Anderson s. c., Feb. 1s.

~. y /. n. aver o. tci, NEW ! Ork- City,
Gen tlemeD: Your letter OF the Dist
ceived, and / tfust you will pardon de-
lay in answering same, as I wanted to
write you at length, and give you as
near as possible the true condition of
thiDg gs as Shey exist in this my home
County of Anderson, and ] will add,
that this is one among the largest cot
! ton producing counties in the entire
cotton belt. 81 IS. L. q .sSs; = ii
And nov, allow ME to cay at the
outset, believing that existing cir
cumsrances here are altogether Ror-
cerity In oil that you have said in
your circulars, and believe that you
have expressed an honest thought;
yet, must aay that taking your re-
marks as q whole, you are IA far frGm
right as the. North Pole is from the
South. a!s! 81
You begin your remarks by saying
that 1t the production of cc y0n is
anything like the amount indicated
by official reports. the planters and
proaneess are with holding treInen-,
idons amount from the market. Well,
friends, we farmers know as. we'll as
everybody else knows, that we have
made o great big cotton crop-more
than We should have made, and we
believe that there is more cotton in the
hands OF the producer at this season
Of the year than was ever known be-
fore. And now, why have we made,
snch an enormous cotton gcrop2 First,
by just simply being hood doodedn
acres last year that the world has ever
known. After the crop sof 1908 1904
was known to be co ehort. and the
price going so nigh last spring after
most Gf the cotton had gone out OF the
gfarmerBi hands, trap was set for us
and We walked in, 50 Ear a9 making
more OF tho t'w hite stuff :, than ever.
3hefolas ~ 9 ..s1sz51 :. = ~ 1td. &c. were
told lbY the q anas...!! p s tor aud tho manu-i
siacturer. that it would be impossible
forus TO make too much cotton that,
world needed more than we could pos
aibly produce. All the Northern neWs-
papers, and lam sorry to gay q fSR Of
,0nr own Southern papeEa, mt it to us
that Ghe day OF cheap cot ton had pass
ed to the great, beyond, /, and that never
again would we see eight cents cotton,
Iit matterea NOT how much we made
Yea, juet such tsToti aB the above;
together with an extra cotton geaa0n'
.anction. But rest assured that NC lave
been taught d yalIab bio Lesson by iis-
stening to- the outside world az TO how.
much We shall plant in cotton. The
,farnieTH of this section have ken their
business into their own hand and ID
iMaIi, or, set OF men iw ho can talk MS
ont Of q great red uctinn of cotton acre.
age thin year can rig ghtfnily claim the
hencr Of being y double and tWasted
an seem TO think that the assertion
made innly letter to Psice, af onr abil-
eity 10 hold our cotton now ON hand i
Was uhan allied 3. Permit. me to cay
right here that We arc ed u4ateG 80 the
point to know that two wrongs doesn't,
make 81 ht; conss1ue tly, if we iieV5
made too much 90 1tt11l We are by no
means going ito tnrn it over to the
(specuia tor below: the cost of pr0dne.
ton that ne may pocket tiis profits of
prices, and with ao ona Sf 81 the hest foSd o
crops Sharveste last fall In the history,
OF Onr country t0ge Ter W ith our far
:mers helping each oshsr. where helpSis
needed, aharWe may show 20 the world;
the Kind OF stnff We are mad H 0f-e-I
:ssS 81 II aiGS ali fhss emp phaAiE pGssib bies
that We are ab biss and svi itL hold cuE COT
ION III We Bet s0tlI r
iSkA< x<sA 1k4Sf =
ticn 10 ilich they will Ultimately
'Rtfck sinlp ply be- auAe 81 the Enrnaers'E
Alliance went dead. A s dear fffsnils,s
y0n nnnst reuletnb bersf tiS at sse are iiVT
lpR In prOgtesa hi BeS and that The.
faFmilE eiass0E this S11n ntry are being.
ettncated snB mHs lsvsE fiiioHn i1 the
Nnsld,a hist0f h and f hat they have
reached that very ID l degree OF ins
te1ifgence chat 9 teach thsli to profit
hyspHst miEsake kes. 0hseuuenffys Is
bAiieuA dfn1l that { tlhA alI Iifafice ncbIy
served ita purpose in aying The tSag
TO SOneth thinR gran des and stronger ifi;
the yetly of Farm er'a cfganizations
and i1 t lfsStit IN fa we're 81 Bii0wrs 81, s
dieeasB of n hie1t iE q lied ! SH Here al low
me To e1y that any aFfsdiefss ofganig
jkiGn lfea ila pDlit NAi fever as
did the AlliHnce fs III me III To- s. short;
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