The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
TO THE F<HM.
.ppp.r, OF PRESIDENT sNiTs
ro rsE COTTON GROWERS.

ror rsE COTTON GROWERS.
- reduce the Cotton Ecre sc ane
Raise Their own Food Crops
This Yesr.
Mr. E. D. Smith, organizer for the
Southern Cotton Association sno
Of the South Carolina diVis'
ion, has given cut the following state
ment: ,ona
"This is the first time that have
been able 20 be out since my return
frouo the West. I am glad to report
from Louisiana, Arkansas ana Is2as
3 very furnishing condition OF 52e as:
sooiation. Wherever I have been ane
suoken the people have readily grasp,
ed the ides aha5 this is a siapse ouSl-
ness proposition ard that the poHef
IN control their crop lies entirely Wild
in their OWL HANDS.
ssThyouehouu the Stste OF Texas
there Is quite as much enthusiasm
and determination as there is n any
o.her State in the Union. They do
oot held their cotton as otter States
have done; practically because sone
of their les ders, not Gel. Peters, so-
yised them against p'ecelog 0nsia @
= tron for Is ce25s pculo, on tns
contrary advised tn N to SCI! ~ ss
lono as hey c;uld get II Genus per
pound middlirg. Toe cohs, Q1eHo0
vss that Texas sold her crop.
"Tne conditions far this S.ase inr
enother wear, so far as ny observation
o1S on;onion are 30 be depended upon,
s-a o these: Last year the spring vas
- - cold ana wet has it was Impossible
~ IN nIant corn auo oatS in Mslcl ano
a nil In tris State o. Texss ii corr,
and oats are not planted in Mstci aca
a nril it is useless to plans thsm az al,
for the reason that the excessive noa,
6ry winds OF June and july p1ac5aca--
IL destroy the c5rn aid o1sno she
oshs Hence, as said b fCIe, tne
snrine was so backward that the the
for csrn snd oats plscting lad past
before any planning ccu.d oe doAs.
The consequence was thaa IS co.t-a
cop)d be plant; q as late Is July aEc
still make fairly good yie:a, Sae
o-aip lanss OF TsxaS were panied IL
Cotton last year. T,is yea, t"es@
two months, February aGo MAX e,
being idea: for put-lng IN, scaii graz
and I'm, the farner., GaVlns On &C
count OF last years tsi,ure ID ce cu:-
ING corr nov will he sps 10 :Ec.sasS:
their grain crop for Inls year. 30
sides this. in eastern and cen "a: I 2ss
there will be a large voluntary rea0c-
tion for various reasons, pylncloalj
among which is tae organ.z .slon o.
the Southern Cotton as>;c s:lon &C
the practical COED senss,oi iuoSS "Ao
will adhere to its ssscalogs.
IN northern Texas :hsre VIII ce
oossihly 40 increase 10 acreage pfioci-
paEy through the opening up or new
lands.
ssIn Arkansas fni, much TO n7
astonishnen5; that State saying TIE
lssss and doing the most, SO lar as
standing by tee association IS COZ,
cerred. They not only have not soIo
their cotton but have PROVIDED Gnsn,
selves with warehouse facilities ano
ample means, and are not soiag to sci!
il until it reaches the price for Wiilco
sley have pledged to nold. sa" nc
indications throus shoue this Siats that
there would be any practical Increase
Of acreage, but determination CO
the part Of those to wbon l spoke.
And from the general inpressloo
gathered from this State, l tfdns
that 8 greater amount Of detern:aa'
sson will be practiced this year thaD
ever bsfo,e.
In Louisiana tie condition. are
such that no one can predict What tho
outcome may be. For the first time
last year the boil wesvll got in hss de-
structlve work, and, with the oac
season, Louisiana made prscticall!
no crop; neither has she made any
corn cop.
''The price OF cotton is unusually
high. The prospect before them G!
having to buy an entire years sup
ply, with the knowledge that thei1
land will make corn, and on account
Of the boil weevil, tie disposition
seems to be rather to increase the'l
food supply crop.
"These are three States that l CIV
cred in my absence and where l work
ed night and DAY. I have not for cne
moment lost faith in the movement;
and in the ultimate V'n6ication OF the
stand that We have taken. Those who
have spot cotton who have resolutely
held it in the face Of all organized e''
fort to force them to sell at other
than their figures have a brighter
prospect Of victory today than ever
before,
THE ginners' report Of linsers, sea
Island cotton, the amount OF cotton
which should have been reported IN
last yesr's crop. and toe & ference IL
the weights OF bales This year and last
sll deducted from the total, will MAKE
the crop practically 10 100000 bales
With the worlo's ccrsuDpticn re-
curing at leas: ~, 600. 900 bales cut OF
the present crop, by tie fist day OF
Ssptember next The condition OF the
spirners can easily be ssure5 out and
the statistical report o. cotton easily
appreciated.
tine prospects sre that we viii be-
gin the firs5 Of nrx5 year With prscti.
cs,ly the stock depleted, and il the
farmers will but else 90 d ccGnou
sense and reouce their acreage in cot
ton, Irc.easing their food procucts
the re Will be 70 Iced 20 hoi:, co5rur
another season tor any lergth OF tiGe
because The world will b. cismo;ou>
for it from the beginning.
TT has been o, great oerett to ms
to be able to pinto South Carollns
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