Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-11-20
UNION BUREAU.
Our Cotton Letter.

this weak cotton OFF the market. il
y seems that those cotton growers who
have placed themselves in such a
hazardous position of growing cotton
exclusively with which to buy their
living,ey down to their daily bread,
|ssare In hard luck, and are likely to
ay heavy penalty for not growing
their home supplies and placing their
nnancial destiny In the hands Of a
gang OF worthless gamblers. Boys.
come out from under these robbers
and grow your own supplies.
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Money turned loose by the cotton
coming on the market at this time
helps others of more grit and pluck
by making money easier to get to
hold other cotton Off the market.
t.sNs4 - N.rE.
Seventy-four banks in Georgia have
made public their willingness to do
all In their power to aid farmers in
holding their cotton off the market
for profitable prices. What are our
banks In South Carolina doing in this
The cotton growing farmers who
have plenty Of homegrown farm sup
plies at home and do not have to
borrow money with which to hold
their cotton, are increasing in num-
bers and are growing in both purse
and education in the business.
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This movement to store cotton in
European warehouses does not mean
but one thing, and that is to flank
New York's money panics and save
cotton growers from being forced to
sell at bear prices. Southern cotton
in Europe is just as safe there as Eu-
ropean money is in New York.
Farmers Union.
When things don't go your way all
the time and you conclude to quit the
union on your own account, public
opinion generally concludes that you
are the one who is wrong, or you
would not have condemned yourself
out of the union.
When any Of your officers get up
to that high station Of conducting the
unions business on such high plain
that they protest against an inquiry
by members into their affairs, you
may put 1t down that there is some
thing dead up the creek.
Don't get uneasy about any of your
oihcers of the union getting top-hea-
Wy, or fear about their heads grow
Ing heavier than their bodies. Spe-
cific gravity, or the natural trend of
things, will tumble the head or heavy
end down towards the collar, while
his heels go up towards the ceiling.
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One enemy within the union can be
more harmful than ten enemies on
the outside.
Because some officer has not done
his duty or done some dirty trick,
don't fall out with the whole system
or plan Of the Farmers Union, for
this union is the best organization
the farmer ever made. Just swap
that fellow off for better man for
the place and go right ahead with the
good work, and stop fighting one ano-
ther.
The union is no resting place for
sluggard or CRATER. 1t Is a combina-
ton # farmers forces to combat
against the enemies who combine to
rob the farmer Of the earnings of his
hard labor. Therefore, when you
have joined the union you have
merely enlisted in the farms army
to battle for your tights. Prepare
yourselves to stand the fire and to
return In two-fold every time
~ Cheaper to Sell /?
We have recently heard several
farmers say that it was cheaper for
them to sell their cotton at 10 cents
than 1t was for them to borrow mo-
ney and hold their cotton for Is
cents. Now don't think for mo-
ment that these were union men, for
| hardly think there are any so weak
minded In the ranks. Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor, to come out with plain and un-
tarnished facts, to tell "the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth" these men who do this are,
to certain, and very large, extent,
robbers. Yes, for in great many
instances they are robbing their fam
lilies of good wholesome food, good
clothing, and taking advantages of
good education away from their chill
dren, and taking away from his home
that Joy, peace and happiness that
should be there. Poor fools; "they
know not what they do"
Say, now, the Ten-Cent Man! You
have sold your 500-pound bale of
cotton at 10 cents. 1t brought you
$50. If you had been a man, had
been honest to your family, to those
dependent upon you, and kept that
cotton for o cents, don't you think
that you would be feeling better over
the matter? 1t is doubtful, for such
as you are devoid of feeling. If you
had kept that cotton off the market
until the 5 cents mark was reached,
1t would have brought you SIS. Now,
say, IL you had kept that cotton at
home and borrowed the $50 and paid
90 per cent for same, would you have
lost anything? OF course, you could