Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-24


you must take. Gentlemen, this coat
I have on stayed on some merchants
shelf until paid his price for 1t. He
told me what he would take and eth
er had to pay his price or go without.
THE coal trust, the meat trust, all
fix the price of their products, and
they keep them until they get that
price. You may starve. YOU may
freeze. you may go naked, but you
must pay their price or go without.
Declaration of Independence.
"All that. the New Orleans plan
means is that we, the producers Of
the material that clothes the world,
intend now and henceforth and forever
to have a voice in fixing the price of
the products Of our labor. (Cheers.) To
talk about the law Of suppl and de-
mand to the planter Is under present
conditions an insult to his intelligence.
Only a year ago cotton that had been
sold for consumption and exported to
Europe was borrowed, reimported into
this country and dumped on the
market. used again and again. until
Sully was broken and prices given a
blow from which they have never re-
covered.
1.-The laws of supply and demand!
What chance have you to take advan-
tage Of the laws Of supply and demand
when the government itself discrimi-
mates against your product, when the
wheat farmer Is given 25 cents a
bushel protection against wheat from
Canada and the Argentine and cotton
can be brought here free of duty and
used to depress the price Of your prod
uct? Cotton is the only great staple
product not protected. Wheat gets g.
corn Is, barley, oats, rye and every
thing else have thrown around it the
fostering care Of the government, while
cotton is left to shift for itself, and
1t Is our fault. II we had had duty
Of cents a pound on cotton imports,
Sully, Brown and Hayne could have
held the market until II would have
declined materially under the influence
Of a large crop and this crop would
have averaged you 10 cents a pound.
1.-The laws of supply and demand, in
deed! How much good are they to you
when the agricultural department
spends s1,00O,000 year collecting ac-
curate statistics on acreage and condi-
tions and before you ever get a chance
to market a bale the whole consuming
world knows to almost pound what
you will make What chance did you
have last fall after the December re-
port: In a few hours cotton was below
the cost of production.
Wherever they can benefit them
the laws of supply and demand are alb
solutely denied the cotton farmer
while others glory in their beneficence
Fellow citizens, the New Orleans con-
vention calls upon you to organize for
self preservation. have heard the
sneer, oh you can't get the farmers to
unite, the thing will fail To these
reply the farmers Of the west are or
ganized, they control the situation, and
the southern cotton planter, In patri-
otism. intelligence, patient endurance
self control and courage. is the peer OF
any man, anywhere in this wide world
(Cheers).
A Cotton Monopoly.
"Will you seize the opportunity OF
will you trample underfoot the advan-
tages given you by God and nature
Let us begin, let us organize for the
monopoly given US by God in the pro-
duction Of raw cotton; it is the first
step toward that time when within ouI
borders we shall spin all the cotton
made and exporting nothing but the
finished products make the south rich
beyond our widest dreams. There Is
fierce battle going on for commercial
supremacy. This will not stop with
the addition Of a cent or two to the
price Of cotton: there are issues OF
greater moment, 1t Is a fight for the
supremacy of the south In the great
Industrial war now being waged In this
world. The watchfires are lighted on
the hilltops and the bugle has sounded
the call to arms: the tramp Of the le-
gions may be heard from the Cape
Fear to the Rio Grande.
"The convention at New Orleans
threw down the gauge Of battle and the
captains Of the tens and hundreds are
mastering Israeps hosts.
The War on Wall Street.
Il warn you that the fight will be
long. hard and bitter: II we fall l,
means the worlds contempt for a peo-
pie who could not use God given OPP
portunities. II we succeed. o. men
and the sons of men, who followed the
starry cross over the hills Of Virginia
and amid the swamps Of the Missis-
sippi, who rejoiced with Jackson al
Bull Run and wept with Lee at Apo
matox. 1t means, o. Lord God, Of bat
ties, that thou hast reversed thy ver-
dict at Gettysburg and Appomatox, II
means victory. victory for the south
without the shedding of a widows
tear or the loss Of a single drop Of hu-
man blood.
Fellow citizens. the issue was made
at New Orleans, 1t Is Dixie avenue
AGAINST Wall street! The man who
falters and hesitates Is the man who
who would make a few paltry dollars
by increasing his acreage at the ex-
pense Of his patriotic neighbor, he Is
coward and a traitor to his own sec
ton and people. (Cheers).
1.-The New Orleans convention found
itself confronted by two propositions.
First, to take care Of the present
surplus of 100000 bales.
Second, to curtail the acreage OF
the current year.
Third, to find new markets by 1907
so as to put our industry on stable
basis and prevent a recurrence OF
present conditions.
For the 100000 bales Of cotton
pool has been formed with ample cap
ital to back 1t. II trusts are to be the
order of the day, we will cease to be
the only victim, and we will have a
cotton trust too; not a secret, dark
fetto q