Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-07

There was no New York market to-
day on account Of the municipal elec-
ton.
There is a little wheat being sown
in different parts Of the county; but
nowhere is the sowing as heavy as 1t
should be. In the first place there Is a
scarcity Of seed; but worse than that
there is widespread Indifference. Be-
cause Of the high price Of cotton,
many people who might otherwise SOW
some grain are neglecting 1t alto
gether.
There is general complaint about the
high price of lumber. We have only
to remark that the country will see
lumber very much higher before II
goes any lower. The splendid finan-
cial conditions now prevailing will send
lumber booming.
Mr.. Elias Ramsey Of Sharon, called
yesterday for a pair of. spectacles ad-
vertised recently as having been found
and left at THE ENQUIRER office by
Mr.. ]. T. Ferguson. He identified the
spectacles as his own. Mr.. r. D. Alex
ander found the dog he advertised for
last Friday. 1t was reported on Sat-
urday.
Speaking Of the cotton market yes
terday, a local cotton man said: This
is a very puzzling situation, and no
body seems to have a satisfactory Idea
of its significance. Cotton has been
moving up all right; but as to whether
1t is because Of present demand, or the
efforts of dealers who sold short last
summer to get the cotton with which
to fill their contracts, it is difficult TO
say. II the advance Is caused by the
filling Of last summers contracts, IL
is quite possible that there will be a
decline as soon as those contracts are
filled; but this is by no means GER
tain. The market seems to be In an
especially dangerous condition so Tar
as spectators are concerned; but as
I see 1t the man who has the spot cot
ton has but little need to worry on ac-
count of the price"
Of course there will be lots Of dit-
ference Of opinion as to just where the
credit for cents cotton comes In;
but it may as we'll be conceded that
the Southern Cotton association Is now
on top-that 1t has won a great VIC
tory. It Is q fact that the rain AND
unfavorable seasons did much to cut
down the cotton yield. 1t Is also a
fact that good trade conditions, and
increased spindleage have done much
to put up the price Of raw cotton; but
let us not be too quick to attribute the
present high prices to these things.
All Of us very we'll remember no long
time back when the spinners were
able to gobble up different crops at
and 8 cents-crops that were hardly
large enough to supply the. legitimate
demand We have seen cases too when
the farmers would raise from a half
million to a million more bales than
the mills could spin in a single sea-
son, and the price would go far below
the cost of production. The price was
fixed not by the cotton the mills wan
ted; but by that which they did not
want. Under similar conditions last
year, If the mills had been allowed to
have their way the crop would have
sold at an average of or cents a
pound. But the Southern Cotton as
sociation got in its work and saved the
day last year, and 1t has had no little
to do with the situation this year. The
association has certainly done great
things for the south and 1t should re-
ceive the enthusiastic support Of cot
ton raisers everywhere.