The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-11

Diversificaton Of crops was some
thing the people of South Carolina
dldn I know much about, he said, and
he urged its Importance. Lots of
farmers, he said, would not even have
turnip patches.
Organization meant education.
Through organization came coopcra-
tion, and by cooperation power was
secured. Divcrsification Of crops
made the farmers free, independent
men.
Organization had raised the price
of cotton within the last four or five
Years $3.50 per bale. Go back
twenty-five years beyond the last
f"Hr or five years. he said. and it
would be seen that the average price
Of cotton per bale was 1893. Since
'hn' time the average price had been
5000. In The last five years South
Carolina had made about 900 900
bales Of cot on per year. SO that or
'nrlzail"n Of the farmers bad a ; led
(" the wealth Of South Carolina
about $l1,1O0,000 each year during
;f" last five years. and every lnnn in
business in the South had been p,nc-
fitrd. The beneficial results wore
IN evidence everywhere th:ourhout
III" South. and on every hala new en-
tcrprlScS Mid better residences were
""ln" up.
At one time. said Mr.. Harris, cv-
rNlhin" WAS fighting thi Sfarmcrs'
movement. Now the movement had
all tn" friends it wanted, and all ,hc
"nr"ula a%rmrnt il wanted, but fine
Farmers themselves did not put rs
much vim and life in the orwaniza-
i'"n nS il ought to have.
President Harris reviewed the his
tory Of tnr nr"anizn,i"n, which hG
sand waS started in Texas bv Grrsb
nn. with about ten members, and moi
Il dollar in the treasury. Today. he
SAID, the union had 100000 mem
hrrS. "with nothing to discouramr rs
but ourselves, and nobody else i'm the
way. Kick your own selves ont of
tn" way and let : 20 on, he urged.
l." nnl"n had won a victory. he said.
And the question was whether thr I'M
ION would stand by it or give il M.
lhal Was with the union and with
tn" farmers. The farmers had no
"''u in hlanIc for the condition OF
IN" farmers except the Farmers. and
II" farmers themselves had to rcmr- /
!N IT. They owed il 10 themselves, 10 |
'hclr Families, to their poStcritv an9
|" their God to rise MP and free
themselves from this great bondapc
THIS An"l"-SaN"n race was in today.
lhr farmers were "nin. to Gel re- |
lIri ny organization because bv or |
Ganizatl"n they would get coopcra-
non. and by cooperation .hcv would !
N""ur" power. The farmer who stood I
by I'nS"lf had only his own Slrrn.th.
y uh 2.l0o.N0n farmers in-rthrr,
l''rr" Was strength. With tlrrou~n
"rgHmlHHt'"u HE Farmers wnulI nave
ihr power I" demand y hrinn price
i"r their cation.
J. tn" Farnrr- had the lral for
',.au'>"tiuu )n,>.,,,~~cJ ~ 1,r No
@:'o,. the l'nI"orr% WuuIj hayr an ur-
'.an'&a'i"n which would be- .:r,tin. 20
cents pound for cotton by Drycm-
'lrr |.
COTTON WIS worth a~ much today
u" il WIS in 100. when thr relative
"r'dnrl'"n then and the relative
"nNlall"n were considered. prcSi-
dent Harris had some figures which
nc had collected and which he read.
S""w'ng that for many years the
l"trr OF cotton hnh doubled as soon
a. II pot ont OF the hands Of the pro-
lnc"r int" the hands of the Spccnla-
tor II the farmers had sold cotton
last year aS they had been dnin. in
he past. they would not have rccciv-
'h over seven cents for it. and tie
ir"rulator would have received fif
teen. Why couldn't the farmer get il
# the spcculator could? The trouble
was that the farmers had not been
organized.
1t was impossible to break the
South, said President Harris or If
w"nld have been bankrupt long ago.
President Harris said that the far
m"r who had bought corn this wear
had paid $l.l0 per buShcl for it, and
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