The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-08-17
ASSOCIATIONS
ITS VALUE ToTHE PLANTERS OF
THE soUra.

Two Crops Of IS, 000,0O0 Bales mar.
kstsd ct AZ Sverige OF Tsn
and One Half Cents.
The value of the Southern Cotton
Association to the cotton planters of
the South is apparent from the follow.
Ing statement:
In the two years ending September
lst, 19C6, two drops OF cotton, aggre
gazing practically 25, 600, 600 bales,
Will have bsun marketed ut an aver.
age price to Southern producers of
nearly 10 Q cents per pound.
In the two years ending September
1st, 1893, 90, 500, 900 bales OF cotton
were produced and marked at an aver
age price Of 8 l.8 cents.
This increase in price Is an aggre.
gate of about $3.50, 600, 600, and is very
largely the work Of the Southern Cot.
ton Association. In comparison with
such an achievement the cost of main.
tanning Its organization Is but inf.
nitesmal, and 1t enters upon the COM.
Ing cotton season with the greatest
confidence in the ultimate realization
OF Its purpose, namely: fair prices for
the product Of Southern labor; the
avoidance Of over. production Of cot
ton; a the protection Of the South
In It's God'given privileges of furnish.
ing the world with the cheapest cloth.
tnR ever known at prices which will
repay the Southern farmers for their
arduCu5 toll and the trained intelli.
gence employed In producing It..
Tle Southern Cotton Association
has made It's mistakes and has had it's
enemies to fight. The mistaken have
not, however, been Important, as
shown by the result, aud its enemies
have for the most part admitted its
power and have been forced ultimate.
~ to align themselves with it's pur.
poses.
The 1st Of September, 1906, will
hnd the world absolutely bare Of cot
ton. The visible supply will be the
smallest on record. The rs 900 900
bales If cotton with which the South
has supplied civilization during the
past two years are all consumed. The
United States Department. Of Agri.
culture estimates that IT will require
AZ, O00, 600 bales Of cotton to adeuuate.
ly clothe the worlds population, and
Che progress OF civilization is rapidly
advancing the worlds population to a
point at which 1t will require to be
adequately clothed.
Whatever thu sizs Of the coming
cotton crop, there Is no reason why it
should be sold at anything else than
the average price obtained for the last
Drnn thrp,,nb t1,o , n ne flo @ .>,kI>
ern Cotton Association, namely: IL
4 cents and IL cents q pound. In.
terested and self. constituted authors.
ties have Of late been oldeavoring to
stampede Southern holders and pro.
du >ers Of cotton into the belief that
tn coming crop was likely to be an
Aonormally large one, produced from
an acreage very much In excess Of any
pre- viously planted. This dispositions
seems to have penetrated even into
the Crop Estimating Board Of the
United States Government, who ap.
parently have not as yet fully eman.
cipated themselves from the mala-
droit influence which resulted In the
scandal which the Eff Jrts of the
southern Cotton Association last year
disclosed.
That the cotton crop. for tho season.
of1906 is likely to be superabundant
or even a large one, the Southern Got.
ton Association does not believe. Its
'ferort; !r0ga Its thousands Of members
and correspondents throughout the
entire cotton belt indicate that the
increase In average over last year is
only 2 81 per cent, and the scarcity
OF labor; the lateness Of development,
The excessive rains in many sections
and drought In the region west OF the
Mississippi Valley foreshadow any
thing but o full yield for the season
com menciDg September 1st next.
The published opinion Cf $50 mem,
beers Of the New York, Liverpool and
Southern Cotton Exchanges Ia that
q crop OF about IL 900 600 bales will
be worth during the coming season
Is 81 cents per pound, and those pro
ducers who part with their product
for less than this figure are needlessly
curGailing the hard. earned pre- fits OF
their toll and d~epreciating the value
of their follow producers' crop
LII Is not the purpose OF the South
ern Cotton Association to advance
cotton to an exorbitant price, nor one
not Justified by conditions. Ii Is It's
purpose to keep It's constituency IN
the South fully informed as TO the
outlook and crop prosp IS, and to
The end that 1t may have the best
possible Information upon this subis CT.
Tor inc purpose OF more intelligSntly
reaching e correct concluslon and to
90 accurately informed as to condi
ions at the AssocIat on meeting to be
neld at Hot Spring, Ark, Sept. 9Th,
l9O6' 1T requests every Southern cot.
Ton plantet to whose eye this may
to fill out at once, detach the
accompanying blank and enclose 1t In
tn enYelop and mail to The Southern
Ootton Association, Atlanta, Ga.
o.. o.. Moore, President North Caro-
Ina Division Southern Cotton Asso
E. d. Smith, President South Caro-
Ina Division.
M L. Johnson, President Georpis
Division.
w. IL. Seymour, President Alabama
Division.
Walter Clarke, President Mlssissipp'
Il. q. Long, President Tennessee
Division.
r. M. Potts, President Louisiana
Division.
Is. II, Burnett, President Arkansas
Division.
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