The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
TO HOLD COTTON,
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION TAKES
IMPORTANT STEP.
advantages of Plaa to Control Mar
ket at Fix d Price Explained
Crop Outlook.

Crop Outlook.
Mr.. E D. Smith Of the Souther
Cotton association has returned fror
The meeting CT the executive commit
tee recently hold at Hot Springs. M,
Smith makes the following statement
have just returned from the rnept
Ing Of the :x3cut We committee 1T FL
>piihgs, Ark, which COL v. ned Sent,
g. and adjourned on the evening O
sept 80
Matters Of great Importance cam
up for consideration before this meet
ng and were considered deliberatel,
and entirely with reference to th,
good that might be done to those In
crested In cotton growing In th,
south and In the prosperity that has
'esuited from the two years Of the re.
1une,atiye return for cotton.
All the S aies were represented, anC
n fpite O! the fact that hcme 81 rious
lunders had been mads, cvNry mar
as enthusiastic as to The priDc, pie.
( tho o'gan zoeion ana lbs ultimate
over 20 win bne hgnt for Southern
dep nd &c II the GOmii alton o1
iD1e ga sp.culstiOns and foreign capi
al. The committee, af5er the delib.
ration, decided to tx dead-line, the
no below which no jtton, weak OF
trOng should be sold n the s. ut.
ten cents per pound. Tais was done
because OF the sentiment throughout
,!ie Souin that this was the lowest
pos0irla price under existing condi
siots AZ to labor, and the increased
prices Of ali othsr c)mmodities nee
H1sSary for the growing and making
I tho crop, that would enable the
,ro~er to mset his obligations 1t hao
10 reference whatever TO the presen
otop or any ether condition. We dio
,ot say, nor do we mean TO say, that
cotton is not or Will not be worth!
moro than thiG per pound, based upoI
inc Law Of supply and demand. rher
we're consumed this year, from S pt ,
l to Sept, 1, IL 100000 bilcs, ShicL
brought an average OF l. oents pal
pound; $780, bales OF Gu.s an,oun .
were taken from the crop Of 1904
which was brought over from that
year into the cotton year OF 1895 CO.
According to the cont umpyiun, a.
reported from the mills, aad The new
pindles that are added, The prOspec-
tive demands for the sp,uning worl0
viii be- IL 500, 900 bales for 1906 and
1897. Oi tho present cotton .e.r.
AS to the outlook for the Weld OF
The present year, we had an aggregate
If several thousand reports ( om dit.
,erent States, taken from observations
made since Sept, l.. These rep ,rts
,sena She aauaral States we're read III.
opon c0mmittee and commanted up0s
by the members Of the ex cu6ive com
mittee and the State presidents from
5he several States. From Norsh Oar
>lina, J. F. Allison Of OJncord and o
y. Moore from Charlotte, oorroborat
I'd the returns from that State which
indicated from ten to fifteen per cen,
ess yield than last year. They stated
that unless the price Of t5on exceed
I'd 10 cents per pound, the cotton
growers Of their State would 81 r.
From Alabama, w. H. Seymou Cf
spuke on the returns from
heit SGata, ue0iariug 6haG the conti
Il ms tnere did not variant an esti
cate as good as last yosr of from ter
o ii teen per cent. They also contend
I'D THAT unless the ptioe equalled that
4 last year Alabama would also suffe,
vie" OF the f:ci OF the ipcreasao
1oso OF production and the enhanced
'aiue OF all articles neCessary for
l0me cOnSumption On tho farm. From
Arkansas w. White OF Russellville,
Or. L. E Love Of Dardenelle and H.
b. Burnette OF Ohiokalah, declared
that the conditions In Arkansas had
,eterior&ted aS the lowest calculation,
70 per cent. In the last Is days prior
Ao our meeting. They put the maxi
nun yield from Arkansas at abuu.
$50 600 bales. From Louisiana Z. ul M
Posts OF Nachitocles and u /. Max.
yell Of Mound, cCrtobolated The re
)orts from the different couuties tha,
loll weevil In the II d River valley
xcesBive rain, rust and blight made
ne condition in their State bu'
lightly Increased over last year. l
must be taken into account in refer
nee to this State, that they mad
practically total failure last year
From Mississippi, Walter CLARK O
Jlarksdale and DR.. William Woods o
jackson declared that the condition
n their State were suCh that tn
yield would b0 from fifteen to twent
.,or cent. less than was estimated
,ays previous to our meeting. From
u 'OTgia H4rvie Jordan confirmed tn
ltatcment that the outlook In Georg
fas for q ten or fifteen per cent. de
lease under last year. F;om Texas
s. u. Miner Of Henderson,
Hickey OF Henderson and Df.J II
? pc OF Marshall Con firmed the report
DSt never before In the history OF tn
,t3to have the ravaRos OF boil weevi
Ind boil worm bsen 80 great as the
are In the present year. This, couple
With the rapid deterioration of th
condition OF 90 tton made the prospec
Tor q yield In Texas very slightly owe
THAT Of last year. From Oklahoma an
indian Territory, L. b Irwin Of Still
water, Okla, cOndfmod the repof
that for the first time In tho histor
)f cotton gro wing the boil weevll ha
invaded their territory, and thoug
The prospects up TO two weeks 90
8ere vory hAttering, yet he confrme
jho report that the outlook at til
lime Of our meeting was such az t
warrant no appreoiablo increase owe
last year. The oondi aion in our Stat
iB kno wn to the readers Of this article
as to my own observations, l vtsite
she States Of Texas, Arkansas, Als
bama, Mississippi, North Carolina an
IN none Of these States are there cor
| ditiOns to warrant q Weld apprCx