The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-03

sumption and exported to Europe was
b,rrowed, reimported into this coun.
try and dumped on the market, used
again and again, until Sully was
broken and prices given blow from
which they have never recovered.
"The laws of snrrly and demand!
What chance have you to take advan-
tage of the laws of supply and demand
when the government itself discrlmi-
mates against your product, when the
wheat farmer is given 25 cents a
bushel protection against wheat from
Canada and the Argentine and cotton
can be brought here free Of duty and
used &c depress the price OF your pro
duct? Cotton is the only great staple
product not protected. Wheat gets
%, corn 10, barley, oats, rye and
eoerything else have thrown around
it the fostering care Of the govern.
ment, while cotton Is left to Shift for
itself, and 1t is our fault. If we had
had duty OF 5 cents pound on cot
ton imports, Sully, Brown and Hayne
could have held the market until 1t
would have declined materially under
the influence Of large crop and this
crop would have averaged you 10 cent
a pound.
THE laws Of supply and demand,
indeed! How much good are they to
you when the agricultural depart
ment spends 81, 600. 900 year collect
! ing accurate statistics on acreage and
conditions and before you ever get a
chance to market a bale the whole
nnncIr,,ir,r xunrl1 n1n,0ct N
pound what you will make. What
chance d you have last fall after
the December report; in few hours
cotton was below the cost of produc.
tion.
Wherever they can the benefit Of
the laws Of supply and demand are
absolutely denied the cotton farmer,
while others glory in their beneficence.
Fellow citizens, the New o cleans CON
vention calls upon you To organize for
self preservation. Ihave heard the
sncer, Oh you can't get the farmers
to unite, tie thing will fail To these
l reply the farmers OF the west are
organized; they control the situation,
and the southern cotton planter, In
patriotism, intelligence, patient en-.
durancc, self control and courage, 1,
the peer OF any man, anywhere In
this wide world. (Cheers.)
Will you seize the opportunity or
will you trample underfoot the advan.
tages given you by God and nature?
Let US b'gin, let US organic, for the
monopoly given US by God 10 the pro-
ducton of raw cotton; 1t is the trst
step toward that time when within
our borders we shall spin all the cot
ton made 2pd exporting nothing but
the finished products make the sou IA
rich beyond our widest dreams
There is a fierce battle going on for
commercial supremacy This will
not stop with the addition Of cent
or two to the price OF cotton; there
arc Issues OF greater moment, It. is a
fight for tho suprf macy OF the south
in the great industrial war now being
waged IN this world. The watchtires
bugle has sounded the call to arms
the tramp OF the legions may bt
heard from the Cape Fear to the Riu
Grand.
THE convention at New Orlean.
threw down the gauge of battle and
the captains OF the tens and hundreds
are mastering Israel's hosts.
II warn you that the fight will bt
long, hard and bitter; If we fail II
means the worlds contempt for q
people who could not use God given
opportunities. II we succeed, o, men
and the sons OF men, who followed
the starry cross over the hills Of Vir.
ginia and amid the swamps OF the
Mississippi, who rejoiCed with Jack
son at Bull Run and wept with Lee al
AprOmattox, 1t means, o, Lord Coo
Of battles, that thou hast reversed thy
verdict at Gettysburg and Appomat
tex, 1t means victory, victory for the
!. south without the shedding OF wi
dow'S tear or the loss OF single drop
OF human blood.
Fellow citizens, the issue was made
at New Orleans, 1t is Dixie avenue
against Wall street! The man who
faltcrs and hesitates Is the man who
would make a few paltry dollars, by
increasing his acreage at the expense
OF his patriotic neighbor, Is coward
and traitor to his own section and
people. (Cheers.)
The New Orleans convention
found itself confronted by two pro.
positions.
Fist, to take care Of the present
surplus Of 1000, 900 bales.
Second, to curtail the acreage OF
the current year.
Third, to find new markets by
1907, SO as to put our ind lstry on a
stable basis and prevent recurrence
Of prescott conditions.
':For the = 600, 600 bales Of cotton
pool has been formed with ample
capital to back 1t. II trus IS are TO be
the order of the day, we will cease tc
be the only victim, and we will have
cotton trust, too; not q secret, dark
lantern arrangement, bu1 a trust
formed for self protection, in broad
open day, by the representatives of
25, 600 600 people in 20 States of this
union, producing the crop Upon which
the whole world relies foc clothing
material.
This is the most gigantic combi
nation ever dreamed Of. What the
result will be no man can tell.
One thing is sure, il you carry it
out like every other trust it will be
effective. Refuse to sell your cotton,
but instead deposit 1T in a warehouse
and draw your money at the banking