The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-19
NOT TINE TO SELL
SAYS PRESIDENT HARRIS OF THE
FARMERS UNION.
Issues Address to Holders of Spot
Cotton and Urges Them to Hold
For While Longer.

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To Holders of Spot Cotton:
Now is the time to hold, and vic
tory is yours. Farmres, do you re-
alize that cotton is scarcer in the
world today than it has been for 25
vears9 II you do not, the sooner
rou realize it the NOR eyou Will think
of the spots you have on hand, and
the crops you are growing. NO"
remember that it all depends on you |
20 make it bring the minimum price,
Is cents. If you can be scared out
of YOUR cotton for less than the mini
mum price do not blame the fello"
for soaring you. I would do the
same thing if I were in his place,
but you, the Holder OF spot COTTON
have all under hold in this fight, and
if you give up it is because you nave
not the nerve to stand the FIRE OF the
battle. Let me say to you, the Holder
iof Spots: Hold to them, for the
next two months is the most crltl-
cal period. as both the American
simmer and the European spinner
is about cut of cotton to spin. II
YOU, the Holder of Spots, Will not
sell there will be many mills that
will have to close down and not from
choice, but for the want Of cotton.
Conditions are all in your favor, ou1
nerve the backbone you lack. NOW
do not say you cannot hold. we
have plenty of bonded warehouses
in our State and you can put your
cotton in them and borrow money
on YOUR receipt. Let me urge you
do this, and do not put any COTTON
Z IN the market until the minimum
y is reached.
Let me tell you the European
, mills are now out of cotton and
they have contracts sold ahead. They
have to come to America for cotton
and they will have to do this now
at once. This is the situation. so nc
: cause for. alarm. I know the pear
side of cotton is using the new crol
to hear the market so they may gel
{ Won to sell the remainder OF your
old. crop, The price will now soor
20 ND back to II cents, and they
think you will then sell.
e T know some of you have salo Il
it reaches y you would sell. NOW
the same thing that brings it bacF
). to u will if you hold on make 1
bring the minimum, Is cents.
e Now as to the conditions OF tnf
n 1908 crop. I have correspondence
q from every cotton growing state
= There cannot be more accurate &C
count than we, the Farmers Union
x can get up and reports from all TN
: States is of this character. In tn
). first place, too much wet weather II
Il the early spring and there was /
poor preparation of the soil. Whel
: the preparation is poorly done yo'
y cannot make an average. crop. Th'
.s rains west of the Mississippi rive
;. continued until July lst, and TN
Is cotton grew to weed too much ane
- IS not fruited well. Now. the no
% dry weather has set in with then
and much damage is being done
r In other words it is impossible TO
= the West to make anything like al
% average crop when they have we
: Nav and June Such weather I'LL
y the cotton plant with too much ma
1.-;s and II cannot stand the ho
% sun without great damage. To prov
4 this look how the plant is now turn
Is ing yellow and the leaves droppins
% from it. This reports comes from
.s many of the States. We cannot nov
y more than duplicate the 1907 crop
n and remember the shortage OF las
y years crop 100000 bales, and jus
= remember cotton futures cannot b
II spun. B. Harris, President.
S. C. State Farmers Union.