The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
hold YOUR COTTON.
an Urgent kppeal to the Farmers,
Kerchants asd Bankers.
Indications That Growers Are Not
Putting Their Product on Mark
eth Some Sections.


The following appeal to the far,
ners, merchants aud bankers Of the
Ssate is made by tie president CT tbs
S1uthern Cotton Association, Mr.. E.
D. Smith:
To The Farmers. Merchants and Bank.
ers oi Sauth Carolina:
In view Of the present decline In
she prics 0. cotton I consider 1t my
dut. to make an appeal to the fam.
ers to hold shsir c)sson eff the mar.
Set. I aek that the merchants and
bankers sssiat thsm in ding this.
Tue mc.casnts by not pressing them,
aad the bankers by lendlag Them sufi.
Gent money On their cotton TO enable
shem to meat tbs obligationa that
cannot be deferred.
The price fixed by the executive
committee at Ashevil!e at ii cents
naSy seem to some rather high, but
when the New Orleans convention
fixed cotton at 10 censs the difference
bes#esn the current price at that
time and 10 cents was Veey much
greater than the current price now
aad II cents. You will recsll that
cotton when the New Orleans con.
vention assembled was under seven,
about six and a half. BY standing
together, by unity OF action, By lis-
tie sacrifice and patriotism, the South.
ern Cotton Association forced the
consu ner TO pay TO the producer more
thar 10 cents. Have you thought
what thas difference in price meant
to the individual and the south? The
grower has rigl5 to fix the price OF
bis product, and can fix it II he eill
stand oY tnsi association, which ts
making a gallant f 1T to ksep t;'
spectators from sting Gotten
thsir own price.
Let evary farms withdraw his cot
ton from tae msr t. This will check
the recalpts, and sle market will be
obliged to advance. II you have tc
sell, Try to fad some man who will
buy it and retire it from the market
There are plenty Of men in each conn.
ty OF sufficient means and patriotism
to do this.
Il spite OF the report circulated By
the bears apd their allied interest who
are trying to dspress the price of your
cotton, we are reliably informed
throughout the southern states,
through the Influence Of the Southern
Cotton association, that the farmers
are holding their cotton off the MAJ
ket. Lei US stand by cur southern
brothers in this great fight. Il means
the financial emancipation OF our De
loved southland.
IL 8 word the situation resolves it.
self iuto clear, clean-cut battle BE-
tUixt the farmer and the speculatcr.
Had the government report been bull.
ISL and conditions reported such as to
warrant an advance in the future mar.
kat, it would have been clsimod that
conditions warranted or brought about
the niD:nun prics for which We are
coatending. AS 1t is the government
has brought out another ridiculous es-
timats as to condition, and the bears
are confidently predicting large crop,
therefore II the farmers and msr.
chants will low hold off their cotton
absolutely hold it of-She spinners
nuss hava their supplies ard coming
into the market will quickly raise the
price to that OF our minimum. This
seens almost another providential op-
postunisy lisa last yesr TO test oui
ability to control the market. Let
every man see to it that be will ab
solutely Withhold his cotton for SO
days. E. D. SMITH,
President S. G. Div. S. G. Association.