The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-20
The soUTH's MONOPOLY.
Andrew carnegie says sho Has tho

carnegie Says sho Has tho
world 6. Hc< Eao.s
Andrew Carnegie, mi of the worlds
greatest manufacturers, says to the
south: !
You have the greatest monopoly
on earth, In the growing Of cotton,
and you have the world at your feet.n
There Ia IN estimate worth con-
stdering says the Atlantis Journal.
1t is o statement the truth OF
which W. to whom 1t is made only
half realizo. We nave the only Gil
mate and soil on the rouud enrth
capable Of predicting in any market.
able quality and quantity the greatest
commercial co commodity in which man.
kind dOals. This we all know full
we'll, hut what are VIC doing with 1t
that proves our knowledge OF Ii?
We raise cotton, pick it, gin it,
bale 1t, and then let 1t go for what
the outside purchaser wants to give
us for 1t. All the time, toll and
trouble incident to bringing the staple
80 a marketable abGpe IL our; tho
outside world must have 1t from US;
oRer. Sucn g. situation is nothing
short Of o. rejection upon the south'a
business ability. Mon like Andrew
Carnegie come here amongst us aud
repeat time aud after time that we
have the greatest monopoly on earth
In the growing Of COTTON" but each
succeeding season finds the Routh
marketing the crop just as though 1t
grew on every soil and was common
to every nation under the sun.
AS Mr.. Carnegie intimated, though,
there Is q CLEAN OF hope ahead for the
south. He names II Of the condi-
tions hero that promises to evolve
for the south q full measure Of reward
from tho natural monopoly which
she enjoys.
Even In my day you have bGcome
q great manufacturing c%entor," he
says, and this iDdrGtry is leapipg
ahead with trc mendous bounds"
The south Is beginning to manufGc-
ture her W product in the rOugher
the hope that ono day she will be
able financially to manufacture it
into the finer material OF which the
cotton staple is capable, and thereby
come into Der fun reward. At pre-.
sent The mills CT tha north, and OF
England, France, Germany, Japan
and other nations reap tho profits
from the manufacturing Of tic finer
grades Of cotton goods--proiits which
In comparison 10 those the 8tuSh re
coivos from the raw material and the
rCugher manufacturers are simply en-.
OrmOuS.
The first question to which the
cotton Rro@iug states mutt apply
themselves, according to the best
autiloli5los, Is thbt Of marketing the
crop. The several states hlvs lsnrD-
cd the art OF growing cotton. That
10 the monopoly OF which Mr. CAT
negle speaks, because no other NGti n
and no 06hor section OF this nation
knows rbis arr or has the n3tnal 90
vlronment even If they should Acquire
tho knowledge. Now these states
must learn the business OF marketing
the crop so that q profit may be gaiE-
ed commensurate with tile tiraa, toll
snd natural difficulty attendant upon
the growing, together with the com
parative rarity Of the staple.
Until this lesson ia well grcuuded;
until the alma Of ouch organizations
81 the Southern Cotton Association
are realized, the sou d cannot hope to
enter upon the full meagure OF her
reward In connection with her mon.
opoly." In che first place, she will
MIR la EpnN,oinlIy MIA fn lo,cl,,> 10,
manufacturing plants to their fail
cap%0t5y OF turning out the tiner pro
duct OF Gotten goods. Though six
hundred millions OF dollars are poured
inGo tho south annually for her cot
ION, S Ill il Is not enough to enable
The COTTON producers to become CIT
ton manufacturers Of the higher typc;
that IL, OF the type Which erjIYs the
creator prJliUs from the industry.
nj 81 OF tha6 enormous sum goes
right buck TO tha Hourca whence L.
con cs, and mainly for the purpose
II brin&ing hgck u the south TIC
tiui he'd product manufactured from
her oGn r4W material.
Should The cotton states ever reach
the poin5 where the cotton crop could
be marketed in g. husincSs.like man.
ner, then we may hope TO sec the
manufacturing enterprises advance in
even greater degree than Mr.. Car.
nsgie Ge'cfibcs ~ 'le8ping ahead
@ith tire nCndous bounds"
Az the situation now stauda, the
south offers magnificent opportuni.
tics Tor the Investment Of capital. In
cotton manufacturing enterprises Of
the hIghor typo. Audrew Carnegie,
one OF the worlds greatest manufac-
lures, publicly declared himself along
these lines, and well known men In
the commercial world have said so be.
fore him.
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