The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-19
70 HOLD COTTON.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION TAKES
IMPORTANT STEP.

IMPORTANT STEP.
advantages Of Plan to Control Na
ket at Fix d Frice xplained
Crop Outlook.
Mr.. E. D. Smith Of the Southel
fO)tton association has returned fro
tho meeting Of the executive commit
Zee recently held at Hot Springs. M
Smith makes the following statement
! I have just returned from the meet
ing Of the .x,cut We committee at Il
opilngs, Ark, which con voned Sept.
Is, and adjourned on the evening Q
Sept, g.
Matters OF great Importance cam
up Tor consideration before this meet
.ng and we're considered del1beratel,
and entirely with referer &c to th,
god that might be done to those In
.erested in cotton gro wing In TIL
South and in the prosperity that has
resulted from the two years Of the re-
'oune.s:i7e return for cotton.
All TIE S ates we're represe1te d, arc
Ia :pise OF Gae fact tbss sons sfriou!
,luaders had bsen mads, every mar
~as enShusiastic as to the principle.
4 TIE orgs6 z.slun aad ias ultimate
,o~er 70 sin see dgu5 for S2ushsrn
dep nd nc of the domination q
fcre gn sesculations and rore)gn capi.
sal. The committee, after the delib-
:ration, decided TO fx dead-jine, the
line below 1hicn 20 c)tton, weak OF
strong should be solo. n the S.ut;: .
cen cents par pound. This was done
because OF the sentiment throughout
ahe South that this was the lowest
possible price under existing condi
.ions as to labor, and the increasee
prices Of ali other Commodities nee
oessary for the growing and making
Ct the crop, that would enable the
grover to mses his obligations It hac
40 reference whatever to the present
sop or any other condition. We dic
act say, nor do We mean to say, that
cotton Is not OF will not be WORTH,
more than this per pound, based upor
che law Of supply and demand. rner>
we're consumed this year, f;oG Sspt !,
l to Sept, l, IL. 200, 600 bslss, vhici
Drought an.sverSge OF II ! ;ents PEI
pound; $50: 1000 bales OF Lc's aD2uns
we're taken from the cop OF 1904
which was brought ever from tbst
year into the cotton year Of 1895 o6.
According to the c1nsump..ou, &.
reported from the mills, aad The new
spindles that are added, the prcspec-
tive demands for the spinning worlc
will be 12,500,00 bales for 1905 anc
1897: Of iEe present cotton Eesr.
AS to the outlook for the weld o.
the present year, we bad an aggregate
Of several Thousand reports t: on dit.
ferent States, taken from observations
made since Sept, l. These rep,rts
from tine several States were read II.
open committee and commented upo.
By the members Of the e.. cutivc com.
mittee and the State presidents from
the several States Ffom Norah Cst-
olina, J. P. Allison Of Concord and O
O. Moore from Charlotte, corroborat
ed the returns from that State which
Indicated from ten to fifteen per cen.
less yield than last year. The5 stated
that unless the price Of G tton e1cseo
ed 10 cents per pound, the cotton
2ro~ers Of their SsaGs would 81 R;r.
From Alabama, W. q. Seymour OF
Montgomery spoke On the returns IRON
their State, declaring that the condi
:iors there die not warrant an esti-
cate as good as last year OF from ter
&C fifteen per cent. Tney also contend
cd that unless the ptice equallsd that
Of last year Alsoama would 2Eo sufs!
in viea OF The fact OF the increased
cost OF production and the enhanced
value OF all articles necessary for
nome consumption on the fsrn. From
Arkansas J W. White Of RussellVille,
Dr.. L. E Love Of Dsrdenelle and b.
B. Burnette Of Cnickaiah, declared
that the conditions In Arkansas hac
deteriorated, at the lowest calculation,
rs GER cent. In the last Is days prior
70 our meeting. They put the maxi
mum yield from Arkansas at about
750, 900 bales. From Louisiana P-ul NJ
PoIts OF Nschitoches and Z. Z Max
well ct Mound. corloborateo The re.
ports from the different counties that
boil weevl in the B d River valley,
excessive rain, rust and blight made
the condition In their State but
slightly increased over last year. /:
must be taken into account in refer.
encs to this State, that they made
practically total failure last year.
From Mississippi, Wslter CLARK Of
Clarksdale and Dr.. William Woods o;
Jackson declared that the conditions
In their State were such that the
Yield would be from fifteen to twenty
oar cent. less than was estimated II
days previous to our nesting. From
G. .oIgia HarVie jordan confirmed tht
statement that the outlook in Georgia
xas for ten OF fifteen per cent. de-
.,rease under last year. From Texas
2. T. Miner Of Henderson, J O
Hickey OF Henderson and Dr.. J q
z. pa OF Marshall confirmed the e1eport.
nat never before In the history OF tnt
Ssate have the ravages OF boil WeeVl
and boil worm bsen 80 Ss-eat as they
are in the present year. This. coupled
with the rapid deterioration OF TIT
condition OF cotton made the prospec'
for q yield in Taxa very slightly oVel
that Of last year. From Oklahoma ant
Indian Territory, L. B Irwin o. Still
sater, Okla, confirmed the reporI
that for the first time In the h1stor.
Of cotton growing the boil Weevll hac
invaded their territory, and tnougl
the prospects up to two weeks ag'
we're very 6attering. yet be confirmed
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