The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-27

CS Gays OF DeIOfS luc uISL O1 OcIOUtl
1907, will be required to assemble ani
vote on the new amendment to the
South Carolina Constitution making
the dues double what they are now.
This increase in the dues will put
new life in the union and forward the
work Of organizing the state.
This increase Of dues may cause
some few luke warm members to
drop out of the union which should
be an argument in it's favor, for the
reason that all such people that think
and work for the principle Of asking
their best men to work for nothing
are not the kind Of men needed in
your union. That idea Of not paying
men to do things for the good Of all
that has been saving such enormous
amounts in the value of cotton alone,
will have to 60. Drop all such ideas
and members too that stick to the
principles Of asking others TO leave
their work and homes to work for
them without pay.
Cotton School at Clemson.
For some time the Farmers Union
of South Carolina has been looking
into the feasibility of establishing a
cotton school on their own account,
not knowing that Clemson, College
was already we'll equipped for this
purpose.
Now, it is no news to the up-to-date
cotton grower to tell him that beyond
doubt this state looses annually
enough cotton money on arbitrary
grading to build a warehouse at most
Of the shipping stations in the state.
This thing Of trusting the grading
and classifying cotton to the ordinary
two-by-four "cotton slasher' Of the
country must go with the privilege of
pricing our cotton.
We must get up some real good ex-
pert cotton graden or classlflers
that do this work from the standpoint
of the requirements of the mills, and
cut out this imposition of the COM
mon so-called expert cotton graders
who are more on the order Of expert
liars than they are the classlfiers
of cotton.
I call for a committee from the un-
ion to 60 to Clemson and look into
this cotton school question there and
let the people know how it is.
The click, click, of the bucket shop
telegraph hammer may be dead, but
the "cotton bureau has been born
in a number Of places where the
bucket shops use to thrive.
Since the bucket shops have died
out and over a thousand cotton ware
houses have come up like toad stools
in almost night, cotton bears are
not making for tall timber like some
thought, but on the contrary they
have quit the town Offices and gone
out into the country cotton patches
trying a new game there, to buy cot
ton before it is made in order to keep
the cotton out of these safety vaults,
the cotton warehouses.
Commence now preparing for more
oats and wheat crops. This resolution
we'll carried out will place the seal
upon your resolutions and determina-
tions to name your own prices TOR
your cotton and maintain your posi-
tion in this matter against the on
slaught of all the cotton bears OF the
land.
Perhaps one of the finest corn crops
ever grown in South Carolina is now
to be seen growing with good pros
poets for maturing.
This fine corn crop backed up by a
fair oat crop places the farmers Of
this state in a fine position for de-
manding a profitable price for their
cotton crop and getting their price.
Fortified with more than thou
sand warehouses, owned and operated
by the Farmers Union, and support
ed by the large majority of the busi-
ness men in other occupations it mat
ters little what the size Of the pres
ent crop may be, the producers of cot
ton can name a reasonable profit on
their cotton crops and get their own
prices.
No matter how favorable the sea-
sons may be from now on, it is impos-
sible for this crop to supply the enor
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