The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-17
A BRIGGTUUTLOOK.
For the Success OF the Southern
Farmers Cotton Association.
President Smith Says tho Farmers

and Business Mon Generally VIII
Stand Loyalty to the Movement.
The Columbia State says Mr.. e. d.
Smith, field agent of the Southern
cotton association, was In Columbia
'Fuesoay OF last week after weeks
campaigning In Georgia. He visited
augusta, Columbus and Macon in
Georgia and Opelika, Ala, where he
spnke;to q crowd.
Monday he spent at Union aud twice
addressed crowds which overnowed the
court house-farmers In the morning
and business men at night They all
expressed deep interest and he IL sat.
tsdtd that Union will contribute
literally to the support Of the move
ment.
lu an interview with Mr.. Smith, he
said to reporter Of The State:
"As re.ult OF my trip am more
enthusiastic than ever over the pros
r ob of success. Every State In the
cotton belt east OF the Mississippi
river is hsro at work psrfecting It's
organization, getting the pledges
signed, collecting funds to defray the
expenses of the local and general or
carnations.
"All classes of business are cooper
ating enttus astically:
L find that South Carolina has the
proper spirit, but 1t is not general
enough. l want to call upon every
county, where 1t has not been done,
to call meeting immediately of the
executive committee and appoint an
organizer for the county at large and
two men from each township as
pledge takers, the organizer to fix
dates at once where he may meet the
people Of the township to instruct
them as to the general purposes Of the
organization; the pledge takers to
visit every farm and secure the pledges
OF those who have not yet signed, and
to take the names of those who are
not signing and to push this work
vigorously from now until the time
for planting.
If time permitted I would write a
personal letter to the presidents OF the
several counties In the States, but as
my time is so taken up and the time
AOh oSuiOa 10 oo odOlU hotO uAc
the newspapers to reach the people In
time.
There is a general impression
abroad that tie west Is not standing
by the organization, but has turned
its cotton loose. According to infor-
nation received from the best sources
available to us, these receipts indi-
cate cotton shipped to the ports to be
compressed and warehoused and not
for sale.
There is movement In every
State to prepare for taking care Of
the cotton locally by building ware.
houses according to the standard
warehouse system. These warehouses
will not cost more than e1.250 to
81, 500 II the ware room is sufficiently
large to hold from 1000 to 1900
bales.
Water by a system OF forced
pumps and tanks can be secured, and
the maximum rate of insurance can
be had on this cotton SO stored at so
cents per s100 worth. The different
States are taking up this question and
are rapidly perfecting ample room for
taking care of their cotton locally
through this system. This is our
ultimate salvation.
The wheat growers Of tho west
never won tEeir fight until they had
completed their system Of organizing,
placed their wheat in them and secur-
ed loans to meet their pressing needs,
and sold to the world at large uheir
wheat whenever the purchasing world
was forced to give them the price that
they demanded.
Il hope that every county in the
State, and every locality shipping
from 900 bales and above, will take
ihis matter up at once and begin tn
place themselves In position where
they can store their coJLon, aud rapid
ly borrow money at the lowest rate OF
inierts1; and where they can secure
tie lOwc.t rate Il insurance, ard
nence make themselves indpp .ndcnt
or the tiuctuati lns of the market al d
possibly so 10 dispose or their cotton
as the world demands it at the price
III demand.
L wish To state again before clos
ing this Interview tnaG l hope that
all Those who feel so dis posed as well
as tn, Sc appointed by the organiza-
ti n, will lake The field, and for the
next 20 days urge upon the farmers
tie absolute necessity II reducing
acreage, and curtailing fertilizers.
For their encouragement will state
hat In Alabama u general State or
gAniz er has been appointed at salary
OF 81, 500 per year. He IL actively
engaged in visiting every county Of
his State with the cooperation of the
commissioner OF agriculture and the
president OF the StAte association as
well as The county organizer.
In Mississippi Gov. Vardaman,
Senator Noel and other prominent
men have taken the field and are urg-
ing the work forward.
The newspapers of this State are
rendering valuable assistance, and we
are sure that they will continue to
do so.
Friday the Holding company will
meet In New Orleans for the purpose
OF perfecting the final arrangements
by which the spot cotton OF those who
care to contribute can be taken in the
pool; and efforts will be made to con-
troll as far as possible the market for
such cotton as cannot be held, and
will not be pooled, but forced upon
the market