The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-07
Is.EUUCa ACANAGG4.
AND DIVERSE? Y CROPS is TIE
ROsDTO SUCCESS FOR
Our southsrn farmers, Who Ere .oW
at the Crisis in tie Cot
ton Situation.

S.uthern cotton f:rmer. Tcis is TIE
year that is to decide whether he Ca:
sel;-ao1trol enough to govern hims.lf.
0: whether lack Of self. control viii!
again make him slave Of the sp:cu.
ia:o-S.
TIE issue hangs upon Hhether the
cotton acreage is increased beEon5
that of 1895. II it is Increased, just
in that proportion will prices decline.
There Is nothing surer than that. o.
liz pIoot were reeded, let any one ex.
anine the "Ssatistical View CT the
Cotton Situation" in the Manufactur.
ers' Record Ct January 27sn by tnat
unbiased authority, Col. Alfred B
ShepperScn, Of New York. F:on Col
Shepp=rson's Article we get these in
controvsctiole points:
l. The yls:b.e supply OF cotton Is
materially larger now than year ego,
2. English mills are likely to,use les
Of or coston this year: In view O.
the very much larger supply Of E st
Indian cotton this season and the
comparatively high prices Of Ameri-
can cotton (aow FIVE cents PEI pounc
above tee price OF a year ag J." says
Gel. Shepperson, II think Earcc' al
mills will use during the seaso1 so,
coo bales more Of East Illl2n CO, -or
5nan last season ar6 400, 0C0 /. l., les
OF American coStoa.' -
3. japanese Mills will also require
les AmoGican cotton th.S year. Ha;!
they use in tie E u Indian cotton,
anG they haze already imported
lscga stock u Ame1c coason. Col
Snepperson thinks the japanese de-
GaLd 8il. be fer IS. l.00j fewer bales
al iaav Js2f.
4. In!:Ia 9i:h its increased crop wil
yrooab!y send 100000 more bales to
Eu:.pe Ian last season, and this also
neaos a lessened demand for our
Southern product.
5. Egypt also comes up with ras'
teriany increased crop fifth VAIN,
ing against q big Southern crop.
6. Most Of the new Manchestery
mills Of which We have heard so much
are for spinning fine yarns from Fgyp'
tian cotton-cnd so 60 net call ic1
the excepted increase from our South.
ern farms.
/. Ali in al then, Col Sheppe1soo as
serrs that With e materially Increased
supply Of cur cotton on hand, the
estimated consumption OF American
coutoa by the worlds mills this ses.
son Will be only 1858, GOO ba eS, o
400 600 cales less than last season."
In yeiw Of these facts, ard in view
Of the further fact that throughout
the South there is an unusual demand
Tor guano and for mules, says the
Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant,
it is indeed high time for the South
ern farmers 10 call a halt and tax:
their bearings.
Ard there is no better way for t5en
to work cut Of tnis difficulty than L
come 5egather in the CotEon Growers
Association, and resolve that the
Soa5h with its laurels Of victory fresl
on It's brow, must not now ccmnit
/ financial suicide must not Increase
the cotton acreage beyond that O.
1905.
Let crop diversIdcstion be The
waJchWord. These is money in corn
in peas, in fruits, in vegetables, In
live stock.
1--we keep our cotton acreage where
it is a1d make supplies for ou,selve:
and cur neighbors from these otEel
crops, ude Scu5n will SON become 5ce
richest section Of cur country.
II we go wild over cotton ana repeat
The blunder Of 1904, sne mortgage
srd the crop lien alll again Ie;urn x
nauat US and TO mock US tor lus folly
c. to your Cotton Growers mset
ings, orgar:z, e5sA township anc
county as directed elsewhere in thil
issue, and prepare for the contest.
Tna Southern farmers have shown
that they have the manhood and met
tie to stand adversely.
Tee next forty days will show
whether they have the prudence aHc
sell-cont1ol OF stand prosperity. Or
uay,i1a CORY f0wnshin