The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-02-08
Cut Down and Diversity.

crop bring low price,? Then my
orthodox will be for the farmers t.,
bold fast to their cotton for Mt least
SIXTY days longer; by that time the
cotton that has been placed on tht
! market will he about worked up. As
the following will show. there has
been only about eight million bales
placed on the market, aud as st:,lis
tics show that twelve million bales o.
American cotton are used every venr
you readily see that tic manufacture,
will have to have more cotton soon
Allowing one million bales per month
to supply the world, beginning on
the new crop, say September 1, Civ
ing as q basis one million bales q
month, you will see conclueively that
tho supply will be short by the first
Of April.
1t IL we'll known fnct to every
So"tlrn cottun grower that there
are millions Of dollars invested in the
manufacturing of cotton throughout
the whole country, and it is clear tc
my mind that tho Stockholders in
these mills do not want their money
locked up III an enterprise or Joint
stock company, and it standing idle
They want it to pay dividend OF
the invrs tlnent.
] DO not blnu.r the .tton mills il
any way for tho low price that cutto.
y bringing ut present. fully he
move that the cuttnu mills If tn.
South wou'l br willing to give Ia,
farmers ten cehts for their c,itun.
only Think it. due to q set of non.urr
ducers WAC are comfortably situu!e,
on Wall street, who are wur king E..
I'LL their own pockets and to build VI
and enrich the North t. tho dc.r
mental interest Of the whole South
1t would be, in my idgment, q
wise and practical plan for tho
Southern farmers to rel c
tho acreage OF Cotton SO they wou.t
only rasa thu amount that the worlt
needs yearly for con"ump!ion, >p:ant
ing tho reminder Of THO -land in fee,
crops, and raise ploty'o of stock. Thou
aud then only, will tho Southern far
mcr be in position H. hold his c,tto,
free and ;ndepeudeR b., for prices tha,
will justify him td dinise it, So lon.
as we Iuisc more t@an is needed fo,
consumption 50 lWg will we have t>
contenfll llsssS5tt6 iow prices, and take fo1
lr9tdf produce such prices az the apcc
. 'uiator, III his judgment, sees fit t,
give.
Suppose the South raises twelve
million bales this year, with the sur
plus on hand. Win we get ten cent?
} for it? NJ. In my judgment w
wnuhi n0t get over five. The way t,
remedy this, is to b, gin to hedge a
the proper time, making such changes
rs will better our financial condition
, Is Southern farmers
I, for enc will reduce my cotton
crop this year about thirty to forty
p1t ce',t, believing That If the whole
South woalh 90 Likewise that VT
"onld receive more f,r an clght "a
lne million bale crop than We wonl,
FOR twelve million bale crop.
We have last wear II nn example
HEcn the South made about Mn.
and GaIf million bales, with no sn1
plus on hand til" crop Of 100:
brought from ten to sixteen c.nln
) AvernSlnS the crop nj thirt, en- cent?
,ou soc TINT til" uine aud n half mil
ion bales brought, in round numbers
tx hundred million do;iars, wnie tn.
present crop W, u'd not bril-, q an,
more had the cniire crop been sold
for ton cents per pound. The falr .
crs put about eight million halcs OF,
the market at about 800 million do.
lars, plucinr tie rtmaiudcr nf tb.
crop on the market q, rlescnt nrice,
will bring about 40 miliion dollars
making u Aiil.",Ece OF 100 nilic,
dollars betw;oa the crops. Short
crop pny.
Brother Farmers, let US c,me to
gethey wHh ,Lc un ted and concen
tratcd purpose; to irrtifv tie siIun
tion and bnlll strong brnastn ork,
around tho South. The ma,erio
that shouii bo msed IN tho cepstruc
tion a. these brtahiv orks should II,
c'tr, VIZ. at, ost", and good rl.
S .uthrr,, bac,'. Let us begin III,
wnk liE' kravc warriors, so that we
m y Eo ", II protected when the mex,