The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-02
THE COTTON CROP.
The Outlook for Coed Prices Is Most
Excellent.
The Farmers Have Only to Marke
the Crop Carefully and Prop
erly to Reap Profit.

The farmers OF the South haV
things in their own hands now, and i
they will act with each other the.
will reap rich reward, not only thi
year, but for all years. The cottor
situation at this time is more faVora
ole for high price cotton this fal
than we have had in years. At thu
close Of the year 1904 there was NJ
surplus cotton, and BY Septeu ber Isl
12 500, 900 bales Of Ghe 13.584,45I
bales made in 1904 will have been con
sumed. This will leave about l .000,.
900 bales to start business on Septem
Der l, 1905. The present years CROP
will hardly exceed 100000 bales.
To that you ada the 100000 bales
brought over, and you have only TO-.
900, 900 bales, about 2 500 900 bales
short of the consumption OF 1905.
To make more cotton than indicat.
ed above we would have to make more
per acre than We haYe made for the
past FIVE years, which hardly seems
possible if the crop reports are to be
relied upon. According to the reports
we have the shortest acreage this year
aud the lowest report. except one, in
the five years. In 1903 our acreage
was 28,Ol4,S60, and we made 9 $751;
129, which brought $3.50 549, 230 80,
in the crop OF 1904 we had 30 453, 600
acres, and made 13 5S4, 457 bales, that
brought se47 405, 534.5l. These fig
ures are interesting, and We shall
pursue them further.
The crop OF 1903 was 3.49l, 1856 bales
less than crop OF 1904, vet it brought
more money by sl3. l43, 679 81. 1t
will thus be seen that it pays better
to raise moderat- crop than a very
large one. The acreage for 1905 is
about 26,77e, ,03S, the smallest that
We have had in the last five years, ard
with the average for five years multi
piled with the acreage Of 1905. 1T
makes crop OF about nine million
bales. Figure from any standpoint
you please and you can't figures over a
ten million bale crop, and it can be
figured as low as eight million for 1905
with plausible figures.
In the face OF the above figures, it
is very plain that If the farmers mar.
ket the crop intelligently good prices
are bound to prevail. The present
crop Is worth ten cents and not a
poucd OF 1t should be sold below that
figure. The thing for tine farmer t.
do when cotton goes below ten ceDts is
to put it in q warehouse and wait for
rise, but do not insist on too high a
price, as that would do more harm than
good. Do not think that because we
have won one great victory you can
push cotton to a very high price. You
must remember that there are other
places that can raise cotton besides
the States OF the South, But you
need not fear competition as long as
cotton stays below l25 cents. There
is nothing under the sun you can
c;othe man with as cheap as you can
with cotton at l25 cents.
Properly handled, cotton will be
king again, and will make the South
in time the richest country in the
world. So, let US all take courage,
and stick together. This can only pe
done by a thorough organization OF all
the business interests Of the South.
We are all in the same BOAT with the
man that makes the cotton. What
hurts him hurts US all. So then let
US get our forces in good shape and
victory is .ucs. Farmers, market
your cotton as long as it stays from
ten to twelve and a bali cents, but
just as soon as it gets below ten cents
stop right of and positively refuse to
sell until some on will see fit to give
ycu ten cents, which will always come
if it can't be bought for less. II you
are not already member go at once
and join the Southern Cotton Associa
tion, which has certainly done grand
work for the South this year.