The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-02-24
UNION COUNTY FARMER
or Experience, Gives His Views
Upon the Cotton Situation.

Upon the Cotton Situation.
Mr.. Editor: / want to say a
few words through THE TIMES on
the cotton situation and the organ-
izing of the farmers and all business
men Of all other professions. Now
will we all sign the pledgr to re-
duce the acreage planted In cotton
this year 25 per cent of what we
planted last year and 25 per cent
of guano used on the same. If we
do not stand by the decision of the
New Orleans convention we had
just as well disband, go on and act
the fools as we have been doing in
the past. This pledge eXempts no
one and no one can put up an ex-
cusc that will excuse him. One
man will say, oh, yes, I am in for
cutting acreage 25 or 80 per cent,
land use twice a. much fertilizers on
the land planted in cotton and
|nakc as much cotton on the land
Iplantcd this year as did on all /
planted last year. Well, what ac-
count would that be towards rcduc-
ing the amount OF cotton made last
afHfitss w NMSbaRt a5 1at Ms aFs re fighting tor is
pect a price above the cost of pro-
ductlon this fall. How arc we To
accomplish this? BY doing inst
Ike the brave little Japs did when
the call was made for three or four
hundred volunteers to carry somc
ships and sink them in the channel
lot Port Harbor to permanently
blockade the Port which was al
most certain death il carried ont
But what did they do? Did some
say 1t is the very thing, but we
have wives and children at home
depending upon us for living, il
VIII be alright for those young men
to volunteer and 60 and carry ont
the wishes of the Mikado, while
Others might have had their OK.
cuscs? But did they act that wayq
They did not. So the time came
70 see who were the heroes, and
there were twenty thousand SOL
dlcrs to get those few hundred VOL
untccrs from and twenty Thousand
men said VIC will go. Not a one
had an excuse. I say that Russia
Will have, with all her resources. q
time of subduing those people. the
little Japs. Arc VIC farmers going
to do like them.
Now, brother farmers. when
those men who will present YOU
with paper for you to sign the
pledge which every one will have
the opportunity of signing or re-
fusing, don't take the paper and
look and look at it for several
minutes MS though you had never
heard OF such IA thing and finally
with long breath and Il kind Of
stanmer, say, well, it is a good
thlng, but II just don't see how
can sign it. You see, ] planned |
my crop some time ago and | have
bought my guano and you Just sec
now 1T Is. And another NAV saw
yes it's alright, but I have bought |
H "i ''uics, NlIdI am j To UO.
es, and YOU Sec I've contracted
with boys to work those mules. and
you sec ! can't sign it. And stiU
another will say, l will be compelled
10 plant as much or more land in
;otton this year than | did last
year, forsl owe 800, or $500 or
soOO, as the case may be-, and ram
'blIgc to plant enough cotton to
pay that debt and therefore I can
lot sign it. 1t is the very thing. I
wish | could. He never told n
bigger lie in his life.
Now let me say right here that |
ny man or men, if there be anv
With the light before them will pre-
ent such excuses as the ones named
Dove he is traitor to the interest :
: tho farmers Of the south and ali
mo live in our dear sunny south J
18th them. :
Now. II you are true, take that =
aano and put it on corn land and | Z