The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-04
rs KING.
THE SOUTHERN COTTON AsSO.
CITATION WINS AGAIN.
Foreign epinnsys Visit the South 80
Confer and ook Into the
Condition.

OvAukIAVAs
The Times says President &c. d.
Smith of the state cotton association,
and national organizer, spent Satur-
day night In Florence. He had Just
returned from a conference ut Char.
lotte with the representatives OF tho
European spinners association who
have come v here to look into the
conditions of cotton. 1t 10 the plan
Of the ISOLATION and is approved by
the representative of the foreign spin.
ners to sell direct from the associe.
tion to the spinners. Then says Mr..
Smith, the New York and Liverpool
exchanges may put what figures they
please on tho boards, the farmers and
manufacturers will deal OF other
terms Suitable to themselves. This
scheme, while Utopian in appearance
IS working out In q thoroughly prao.
tical form.
Mr. Smith calls attention to the
fact this is the first time In the his
tory of the country that such q deal
has been possible between the pro-
Queer and consumer, tho first time
that representatives Of the foreign
countries have come over here to meet
and make terms with these people
for the purchase of any product and
1t Is o victory for the association that
is not to be discounted. It shows
that the association is tho greatest
commercial power on earth and must
be recognized.
1t had been thought that these
representatives of the spinners were
brought over here to buy up lands for
European syndioates to grow cotton
for themselves, but Mr.. Smith show.
ed hon 30 plainly the errors In the
figures that had been submitted to
them to show that cotton could be
made at q paOft for six cents that
they have have changed their minds.
They will meet at Washington next
week for q business conference with
tho officers Of the association on the
question of sales direct.
In the matter Of the selling Of the
next crop at prices now offered Mr..
Smith said that he was not worried.
he knew that every effort was being
made to buy up as much Of itsas pos.
sihle but he expected to get practical
control Of the crop for tho association
and he knew that only q small proper
ton Of the crop would be delivered to
these contracts. He expected soon
to see In thorough organization the
warehouse and holding companies
through the south and he fully ex-
pected next fall to be able to take
every bale of the market without
straining the farmer or the local
banks. He expected in fact, to get the
strain off Of the local banks which are
now carrying 1t to the discomfort of
other business. He would soon have
something ready for the press on this
line.
MIR. Smith is very enthusiastic over
the prospects for the association and
Its ability to serve It's purpose. The
greatest indication Of this was In the
fact that while 80 very few Of those
who mot with great promises at New
Orleans q year and o half ago held out
In the crucial tests that the associa-
tion were subjected to nearly all of
them and now coming back by n
and the work is going on just as before.
The association does not have to seek
friends now, those who want to be
friends are seeking It..
He called attention to the fact that
he could now sit In his office in 90.
lumbia and In q few minutes speak to
every state dlspensary in the country.
If he wanted to get out any certain
information he could get 1t into the
hands Of every grower In Texas, Ar.
kansas, or North Carolina just as
quickly as he could have 1t distributed
over the city Of Columbia and In just
the form he wanted, each word or let
ter italioised.
AS an argument for raising our sup.
plies at home, Mr.. Smith showed q
Tlmes' reporter q typical boil weevil,
compared with the Texas specimen
ones, which he had taken off the lapel
OF q ~gentleman's coat in Maysville.
The gentleman was standing by a car
load OF western hay, from which un-
doubtedly tho Woevil came. In suoh
ways as that the pest will come into
this state to blast our cotton fields and
we Will wonder how 1t happened.
MONNY I'M POLITICS.
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