Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-03
SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION
Interesting Claims as to What II Has
Accumulated.


Following is a part Of a very inter-
esting statement just issued from the
headquarters of the Southern Cotton
association In Atlanta:
THE value OF the Southern Cotton
association to the cotton planters of
the south is apparent from the follow
Ing statement: /
In the two years ending September
1st, 1906, two crops of cotton, aggre-
eating practically $4,000, 900 bales, will
have been marketed at an average
price to southern producers Of nearly
10l cents per pound.
In the two years ending Septem-
ber 1st, 1898, 22,500,000 bales Of cotton
were produced and marketed at an
average price Of 6 1-8 cents.
This increase In price Is an aggre-
gate about $550,000, and Is very largely
the work Of the Southern Cotton asso1
citation. In comparison with such an
achievement the cost Of maintaining
its organization Is but infinitesimal,
and 1t enters upon the coming cotton
season with the greatest confidence in
the ultimate realization of its purpose,
namely: fair prices for the product of
southern labor; the avoidance Of over
production Of cotton. and the protec-
tion Of the south in its God-given priv
ilege Of furnishing the world with the
cheapest clothing ever known at
prices which will repay the southern
farmers for their arduous toll and the
trained intelligence employed in pro-
ducing Ii.
THE Southern Cotton association
has made its mistakes and has its
fn 1h toI la ho
not, however, been important, as
shown by the result, and its enemies
have for the most part admitted its
power and have been forced ultimate
ly to align themselves with its pur-
poses.
1.-The 1st of September, 1906, will
find the world absolutely bare Of cot
ton. The visible supply will be the
smallest on record. The 25.000,000
bales Of cotton with which the south
has supplied civilization during the
past two years are all consumed. The
United States department Of agricul-
ture estimates that II will require a.
100000 bales Of cotton to adequately
clothe the worlds population, and the
progress Of civilization Is rapidly ad-
vancing the worlds population to a
point at which 1t will require to I've
adequately clothed.
Whatever the size Of the coming
cotton crop, there Is no reason why 1t
should be sold at anything less than
the average price obtained for the last
crop, through the efforts Of the South
ern Cotton association, namely: III
cents and IL cents a pound. interest
ed and self constituted authorities
have of late been endeavoring to
stampede southern holders and produ-
GERS Of cotton into the belief that the
coming crop was likely to be an abnor-
mally large one, produced from an av-
erage very much in excess Of any pre-
viously planted. This disposition seems
to have penetrated even into the crop
estimating board Of the United States
government, who apparently have not
as yet fully emancipated themselves
from the maladroit influences which
resulted In the scandal which the ef-
forts of the Southern Cotton associa-
tion last year disclosed.
THAT the cotton crop for the season
of 1867 Is likely to be superabundant,
or even a large one, the Southern Cot
ton association does not believe. Its
reports from its thousands of MEM
bers and correspondents throughout
the entire cotton belt indicate that the
increase in acreage over last year Is
OUlN E.OG pei SCht1 ahu thS o~@AS
of labor; the lateness Of development;
the excessive rains in many sections
and drought in the region west Of the
Mississippi valley foreshadow any
thing but full yield for the season
commencing September 1st next.
1.-The published opinion Of $50 MEM
bers of the New York, Liverpool ana
Southern Cotton Exchanges Is that
crop Of about 100000 bales will be
worth during the coming season 1887
cents per pound, and those producers
who part with their product for less
than this figure are needlessly curtan-
ing the hard earned profits OF their
toll and depreclating the value OF their
fellow producers crop"
In furtherance Of the work OF the
association every cotton producer In
the south is requested to prepare for
the next general meeting to be held al
Hot Springs, Ark, on September D.
1906, statement giving his name
business and postoffice address, along
with the number Of acres cultivated
and bales produced during the year
ending September 1, 1906, together
with the number Of acres now In and
the number of acres that will probably
be produced for the year ending Sept
1. 1907.