The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-13
OUR COTTON CR0P. /.
Is The South Dependent on 1t For
HeT Prosperity?
The Situation As Viewed By Mr.
Henry S. Reed, of Atlanta, Ca, 10
The Cotton Journal.

| During banquet given shor
time ago at Atlanta to the Cotto,
spinners from across the waters, NJ
Macara, most important member .
the visiting spinners, remarked that
should the American grower of cot
ton make the price for the raw ma
terial too high, the mills in foreign
lands will encourage cotton cultiva
ton elsewhere and become indepen
dent of the Yankee as a source O.
supply.
This diplomatic statement by the
eminent Brithisher may cause colo
chilis to course up and down the
spinal columns of some. but 1t is
not likely many will be thus affect
ed, for, if it were possible, as almost
everybody knows, for the foreigners
to do more than has already been
done to encourage the production Of
cotton elsewhere than in America,
they will certainly not be slow in
performing the new stunt.
Talk as they may, the spinDers OF
the world, if they keep their mills
running, are absolutely dependent on
| the cotton grown in the United States.
Are we, the cotton growers, depend
ent upon the cotton mills Of the
world for our well-being, Can we
in the South prosper in manner be-
fitting the situation of well-bred, cul-
tured people without the support Of
the men who threaten us with q with
draHal Of their patronage unless
their desires are met and our conduct
be such as to conform to thei- ideas
of what it should be?
Must we never be permitted to
make price on our own? Must
we always sell for what the buyer
wishes to give and buy at the price
named by the seller? No. a thous-
and times no. The grower Of cotton
will soon take his place in the COM
mercial world and receive proper re-
cognition from the other principal
factors in the world of business.
Are the Southern States dependent
on the cotton crop for well being!
Could they prosper and maintain
their position in the galaxy Of States
should cotton for any reason become
improbable? Of course 'tis not eX-
pected such a condition will ever
confront us, but the Southern States
have actually suffered by reason Of
this great crop presenting as it does
farm valuation of nearly 100000
900.
Cotton is easily grown and it mat
ters not how unfavorable the climatic
conditions there is always a far
Weld and since tbs easy to grow and
since the merchants and loanlng con-
Germs both big and little, base credit
on the amount produced per indtv1d-
ual, it has become the principal mon
ey crop of the South. The capabii-
tiles, however, Of the cotton belt are
not alone in that direction.
Had the Pilgrim fathers landed
along the gulf coast, instead Of on the
barren rock-ribbed shores OF the
North, the New England States OF to-
ds.y would be the home Of the beasts
Of prey and the wealth Of the North
would be in the Sunny South. Des-
tiny plays her pranks in the lives OF
nations and States as she does IL the
lives of men, and the less favored at
the beginning finish first sometimes
in the race, but in the final adjust
nent. the proper sphere is allotted
TO all
The Southern States is one grand
expanse of agricultural domain,
wherein each and everything grow
ing to projection in the temperate
zone can and is produced, and IN
addition thereto, the tropics lap over,
as it we're, and furnish many Of the
choicest products of the warmer zone.
It goes without saying to those VINO
are well informed, that Dame Nature
has done more for that region soutn
Of the Ohio and east of the seaboard
from the Rio Grande, than any other
land-under the sun, of equal expanse.
It is the poor mans paradiee and
the rich mans Eldorado. The soA
Is 50 varied that many agricultural
products are indigenous and SD rlcn
in certain localities. that to tlcK!e
with the hoe brings forth an aoun-
dant harvest. The fuel denied the
home seekers in the West, 1t had Tor
mere comfort Of picking it up. Water
as pure as ever flowed from the
mountains Of the gods bursts foFtn
from a thousand springs, furnishing
life and health to. all nature Eltnln
the scope of it's influence.
Climate excelling in salubritF, the
famed slope of southern California
and the south of France, neither
cold in winter nor hot in summer
inyigorating and pleasant and con-
ductive to- longevity. Great water
mower ard small shoals for the lar
rer to install his individual plant 1or
operating his farm machinery. For.
ests abouading in many varieties OF
timber from the most expensive 70
the cheaper building stuff, Lands
and homes that have never Deen
boomed by the encroaching lmnl-
grants; hence values are normal. IL
deed 20 where one may. there can
not be found country as favored as
! this.
When it is said that the culture Of
cotton has caused the South to suf'
FER it is meant that cotton is para
mount. all other crops are secondary.
The best attention, the cho!sest land
and the ripest thoughts are given TO
this great staple, while the other
products of the soil are given that
slight attention cotton growers deem
sufficient. And figuring such odds,
the South holds the rec>-l Sor The
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