The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-18

the faithful who have grit to stick it
out TO the end for the minimum prl-
ces.
\ letter from a man'in Texas sta
tes that he will get but one bale off
of 32 acres this Year, the boil weevil
got the other 80 bales.
Another prominent official Of the
Texas Farmers Union states that
there are many cotton growers IN
Texas this season that will not make
more than one fourth to one third as
much cotton to the acre this year as
they did last year.
When the cotton farmers organiza-
tons set the minimum price at l5
cents they made no mistake, they
knew the situation Notwithstanding
the opinion Of some newspapers to
the contrary, who seem to think that
thev have a better idea about what
the farmer should have for his cot
ton than both the Farmers Union and
the Cotton Association combined.
That wild. mad, rush Of that weak
mortaged cotton to market Will soon
be over. stand to your positions boys
and Won Will win out as usual.
Tha: cotton your neighbor sold out
to the speculator before it was made,
and the mortgaged weak cotton lc tae
clog that is now holding down the
lid on the cotton market, to detriment
of the prosperity and progress of the
whole south.
We have the names Of two brother
farmers in South Carolina that sold
one hundred bales of their cotton be-
fore it was made at ten cents per
pound, and have since gone the man
they sold to and paid him one thous-
and dollars to get loose from that
foolish contract.
We will give you the names and ad-
dresses of these men if you will give
US the names and addresses Of two
more Of the same sort.
The two men alluded to are now
good Union men, but it cost them
one thousand dollars by not joining
one year sooner and standing pat for
the minimum prices.
Most everything used by cotton
growers has gone higher in price re-
Gently while cotton has gone lower
without a reason for it except that
New York Cotton Exchanges has an
interest in lowering prices on this
weak cotton.
Why plant cotton anyway when
you can usually buy weak cotton
cheaper than you can make it? This
plan would save a lot of worry and
work too.
The prices on checks and some
other goods are now fifty per cent
higher than one year ago. These
spinners and weavers have made
these advances expecting to pay Is
cents or more for this years cotton
and now these weak cotton growers
that are showing the white feather
have broken faith and are on the re-
treat. nave not the faith in themsel-
YES and neighbors that these cotton
mill men have in the power Of the two
great organizations, The Farmers
Union and the Cotton Association.
finland Long Staple" Versus "sea
Island Cotton"
In their deliberations on naming
minimum prices on long staple cot
ton, the committee appointed by the
Farmers Union at Little Rock did not
think it wise to undertake the task OF
making a discrimination among the
various kinds OF long staple 5Ht
thought it best to recognize the fac'
that as the original "Sea Island
cotton has not been grown to perfec'
ton and reproduced on any Other
land excepting the sea islands, thai
all other long staple cotton grown on
main land should be distinguished
from the Sea Island as Finland long
staples" and classed by numbers as
is already being done to some extent
At the date Of pricing cotton by the
Union "number one east Florida .
Long Staple was selling at 42 cent;
per pound and all other grades of in
land long staple was set at the same
rates according to grade.
It is we'll to state mere that in or