The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-03-17
What the Southern Cotton Asso.
ciation Proposes to Do.
WHAT 1T STANDS FOR.
President Harvie Jordan Makes Sue
cinct Statement of What the Move.
ment Hopes to ACCOMPLISH
and How II Proposes to
Accomplish II.
Accomplish 1t

18th the purposes of the Southern
Cotton associations. ,asident Harvie
Jordan has written l fartlcle which
fully sets forth the Scoops !. h',a uc-k
which has been Undertaken and ex-
plains In detail what Is to be accom-
plisned. Mr.. Jordan calls attention
to the fact that the movement Is by
30 means confined exclusively to the
farmers Of the south, but states that
1t Is movement for the whole south
in which every line OF business Is in
terested. Mr.. Jordan's arti lie Is as
| follows:
WHAT WE STAND FOR.
There are thousands of people who
90 not yet understand what the South
ern Cotton association stands for, who
created the association or what the
association Is now undertaking to per-
form. People in all lines Of business,
farmers, merchants, bankers, editors
OF newspapers and others still have a
vague ana lndislnct idea Of the scope
or this movement. Many people in all
walks OF life appear to think that the
Southern Cotton association is distinc.
lively a farmers movement to be on
Grated along the line Of the old Farm
ers' Alliance, and in which the inter.
est OF other lines Of business is only in
cidental to the immediate carrying out
and perfection Of the resolutions intro
duced and passed at the New Orleans
cotton convention January "a to 26,
1905. The mind of every man who en-.
tertains such opinions, which are only
partial outlines Of this great move
ment, should better inform himself
and begin to fully understand that the
Southern Cotton association stands
for no particular class, that it stanus
for the solid south and all classes in
tho south that are interested In aa
vancing and promoting the future
prosperity Of this Immediate section
or our great union. The original Id ca
and intention OF the Farmers ALI
ance was good as far as it went, but
unfortunately 1T did not go far enough,
was not sufficiently broad and liberal
IN Its scope among its tenets taught
antagonlSm and pref judice between the
farmers and those with whom they
had TO deal. The result was disaster
even before that great movement be
came finally stranded on tue barren
rocks or political upheaval. The
Southern Cotton association will avoid
Tue dangers ana pitfalls which wreck
ed and ruined the efforts OF the farm
ers IN The past and which failed TO en-
list the active coopera Lion and SUP.
| Lori D1 thA h1lQinnsa ~,
cyuAtry. The n,eresJ or the farmer.
merchant, banker, and southern spin.
ner are all joiued together and ube
success or failure OF one is inlerdepeu-
cent upon The other. We, therefore,
must RE or fall together and no
single Class can expect to succeed tina.
u"deftakeS tu munopul.Ze and jeoparu-
.zt the Interests OF the Others. We
at"l!d for Lue supremacy Of The south
agflculluraliy, commercially ana
uuauclalIy. TO succeed we must all
JJln hands together to work in com
mon cause for The attainment Of q
COmMun end.
Ihc Cardinal principle Of the asso.
ciaoiun Is to safeguard and piotaot
The value OF the great mopey crop or
,-@O 'oNSiA SooIoh. " pun Ouc pTlC1 Ol
law Cotton paid To the farmer uepends
not only tue prosperity Of the grow.
ers, but the pr,sp rlty or every legi-
tlmate business and profession In the
aouCh. BY the price uf cotton is regu.
iaLed real estate values, Increased or
u.c eascd school facliitieS, the i'm
piuVements or retarument OF tile pub.
lie highways incr, ascu ui minishinp
manufacturing indusi ries and banking
cap tAl. Indeed tue price Of cotton
regulates the pulse Of the south's iu
uuaIrial ADVANCEMENT when 1t sells al
Il prOht 10 tue producer, and locks the
Wnecis Of trade and creates tinanciai
depression when sold at prices below
The cost OF production. TO bring tne
whole south together In an earnest
aLd active effort to assist the growers
III regulating the supply OF raw cotton
10 meet the legitimate demands OF the
"orld Tor consumption and to main.
Tain the price at sable figure, prof.
liable alike ID both the producer and
the spinner, Is the primary purpose
OI The Southern Cotton association.
NO KNOWLEDGE OF CONSUMPTION.
The southern people are only In.
formed az to the production of cotton.
They know but little or nothing about
the distribution OF raw cotton among
the spindles OF the world and the con-
sumption OF the finished fabrics among
tue civilized nations Of the globe
whose peoples buy ard wear cotton
goods. The southern people are not In.
formed as to the cost of manufacture.
Ing raw cotton into cloth, although
the spinner Is we'll Informed as to the
cost of both the production OF raw cot.
ton by the grower and the cost of man.
ufacture. The south Is not informed
, as to the price at which manufactur.
cd goods are sold or the actual amount
or American cotton required for con.
, sumption In IL month by the spindles
or The world, while the manufactur.
ers are always posted as to the price
OF raw cotton and the amount of the
crop produced each year. Yet the
south, controlling a complete and par.
manent monorc,y of the most vain.
able and useful agricultural product
grown, has sat supinely down ant
seemed to be content In only making
the effort to produce, taking no inter
est In the matter OF controlling the
price OF her cotton and not even seek