The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-09
NERVE WILL HIN.

Inc selling Oh cOUlOu JusO a.
this time we fear is a grave mis-
take. The dawn for higher
prices is breaking, we believe
we can see where more money
must be paid for the staple,
either to the man who toiled IN
the hot sun to make it, or the
man who sits in a luxuriously
appointed office to speculate on
it. The spectators are doing
the buying at present, they are
taking advantage OF the demon,
alization among the farmers.
and they, to carry out their
scheme, are devising all manner
OF means to intensity the demon,
alization among those who have
been faithful to the association,
but are now getting impatient.
The fact that spectators are
offering to contract for the new
crop on a ten cents basis, should
open the eyes of the farmer,
there must be something behind
this, why is it they contract in
this section upon ten cents
basis, and elsewhere upon
higher prlce basis: It is not
the stranger alone who is specu'
lating on the farmer, the home
man is at it too. and neither are
making these contracts from any
health requirement. They see
money in it, and the average
farmer is an easy mark.
The recent meeting with the
spinners did not turn out as ex.
pected, but that should not dis
courage those who have held,
we believe it was part of the
spectators game to make this
meeting fall, in order to STAN.
pede, and dishearten the holders
SO they would turn loose theil
grip and put their cotton on the
market. The game worked vel!
| in some sections, the effect OF
the meeting played right square
into the hands Of the spinners.
much cotton was put on the
market which gave the mills
temporary relief, if the holders
mad not given away the mills
were in such a condition that
they would have been forced tc
pay the price or close down:
| Cotton is no longer an ordlna
ry product, it has reached thai
point in the commercial world
that it is regarded the most i'm.
portant of Americas products:
yes, the worlds products, and
statistics show that for the past
FIVE years the South's cotton
crop has exceeded by $500, 1000,
900 the value of the entire
worlds gold and silver output.
Then when we think of cotton
as a necessity, being developed
more and more, and the vast
fortunes being realized from ii
by the manipulation and specula,
tor, and not the man who grows
| it, we wonder how it is possible
that people of intelligence will
not see what is TO their interests.
The Southern Cotton Growers
Association has done wonders, il
should do much more, if it fails
the farmer alone is to blame: and
if failure comes, it can only be
attributed to the lack of organ.
lied stickativeness.
The farmer is easily discour-
aged, he cannot understand the
principle that ''all things come
to him that watt" he must have
his now, or child-like he will
dash his prospects to pieces upon
the floor of discoutent. Then
too, he is easily tempted with
small pieces of silver, a slight
rise yesterday, a drop today, and
another rise tomorrow will rattle
him, and he will turn loose fear
ing it will fall again, he will not
risk business judgment which is
an absolute necessity to make a
large business enterprise a sue
cess. The cotton farmer has a
monopoly but does not seem to
realize it, nor will he be taught.
Let some demagogue come along
with a political claptrap that
sounds well, and he will follow
it with the same zeal that a
fanatic follows religion. but
when it comes to something
which will benefit him and his
family he listens not, nor will
he trust his neighbors who
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