Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
IAN ALLIANCE MOVEMENT"
GreenviIIe Man Talks Of the Cotton
Convention.

"As in the old alliance movement,
the political CRATER is going to be the
parasite to ruin the Southern Cotton
association" said a we'll known cotton
man in Greenville yesterday. THE
thing has scarcely been organized, and
1t has been organized along good busi-
ness lines too and yet the politician
Is already in evidence. I did not 10
to the New Orleans meeting, but hap
pen to know something about the hon.
orable Harvie Jordan of Georgia He
Is a politician and he IL riding the as
sociation in an efforl 20 be elected
governor Of Georgia In my opinion
the greatest mistake the New Orleans
people made, and 1t was the first and
about the only one, too, was In elect
ing Jordan president Of the associa-
ton. He has a way Of firing commu-
nications into the press that are full
or poor judgment and bad reasoning.
The business world had come to re-
gard Harvie Jordan as g. huge joke
and when he was elected president of
the association, the Wall street specu-
lators snickered. And 1t was reason
able that they should. Who made
himself more ridiculous than the Hon.
orable Harvie Jordan on several occa-
sions last summer, when he sung cut
for 12-cent cotton and when the props
were knocked from under him, he had
to sing down to 10-cent tune and
now cotton Is selling for Z cents? He
has cost the farmers Of the south a
mint Of money. He showed he did
not understand the cotton business,
and was hopelessly lost In his esti-
such a man inspire conference.-the
kind Of confidence necessary to make
the cotton association a power and a
success?
"As for the state convention at Co
lumbia several days ago, that was
nearer home. I had an opportunity to
watch It, and watched II closely. II
was badly crippled by political schem-
ers: men who have got to be rooted
out IL the association Is to be worth
cent. In fact its very life depends on
freezing out the political CRATER who
Ia eternally trying to help himself al
the expense Of the public. There were
men at the state convention who would
not know a cotton stalk from an Irish
potato bush. They were there for q
purpose, but not for the good OF the
farmer. They destroyed much OF che
confidence that was necessary to The
welfare Of such gathering. l have
no reference whatever to the cotton
mill presidents, for they were specially
invited and very properly accepted
the interests being so much In COM
mon. but I am after the fellow that
wants to be governor of South Caro-
lima, or congressman or anything else
who goes into the farmers association
with the idea that he Is bettering MS
chances Of election.
For my part I fear still lower
prices. The farmers have fired their
last gun. There will be nothing now
to prevent a bear campaign, and the
bears are going to put in some heavy
work. They have been studying the
situation. They know that at every
convention there has been pickering
and strife and discomfort. I heard
prominent farmer say day or two
ago that he was disgusted with the
turn Of affairs and that he expected
to sell his cotton as he saw fit. The
association could go to pieces so faI
as he was concerned, because II hao
already been ruined by politicians and
It's effectiveness destroyed.
"This Of course Is gloomy view. II
may be an exaggeration, but It serves
to show the effect Of unwarranted In
terference on the part Of the man
with an axe to grind. The associa-
ton is by no means wrecked though
1t has been crippled and injured by
some of its officers. There are strone
men in It and I hope to see 1t held
together and firmly established, but In
doing this they will have to gag the
politician ~and the man with the axe
to grind, gag them and throw them
out, and as soon as possible.
II am afraid that hundreds OF the
farmers are going to sell with each
little advance In the market. This
relieves the situation. 1t gives the
bears just what they want and taey
keep hammering at the market. That
is my reason for fearing further de-
cline. The biggest gun Of the farmers
has been fired. It has proved to be
weak and now predict a bear move
ment Of the most strenuous sort
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