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

he had photographs in his room Of
these two Gclds--thc one field where
the stalks were only about foot tall
and the other where the stalks were
above his waist. The one field be-
l0ngcd to Il man who had refused to
have anything to do with the demon
stration work in Georgia. The other,
where the stalks were above his waist
was Il field which he had selected for
this demonstration work only 48O
yards away.
Education meant an increase in the
yield, and getting out Of debt and
getting together meant that the farm
crS could hold their cotton. With
the cotton acreage reduced 10 half.
and the other half planted in corn,
and the yields increased and with
the farmers out Of debt and stand
i"% together. they rpuld hold thcir
cotton forever if need be. Hut they
itd not want to ho that. Thousands
OF people in The mills were depending
upon he hum Of ihc Spindlcs for
bread ThrN simply wanted 10 hold
II until they could sell il AT Il price
W'lrlI w"ulh rive them Il reasonable
profit. One man cnuIdn do it alone.
''ul with unity of purpnsc il was
practically done now.
Hr. Davis said even the little ne
or" boot blacks IN Atlanta had nr~ou-
i|"d and had increased the price Of a
SHINE from five cents iu ten cents.
and were mnkin~ ihr white men p,v
II. Then tell him thr farmers could
not organize! ORGANIZATION WAS unt
desired I" drStrnv things. The more
cotton mills and banks and business
enterprises there were. the more bros
nrr"uS wa$ the country and aH thc
Hr'rI" N II. FNi the farmer WANT
81 = r"15"nahN" price for his pro-
dIl"". Th" union had had all kinds
OF "pp"Sltl"n 10 meet. but the out
SidrrS were not Us bad as thc rnrm-
crS VIII" would not come in Every
Farmer ought to belong 10 the nnion
he urged.
lhlS WAS IN age of organization
ami Capitalization. he said. One man,
John y. h"rErfrl!rr. produced ont of
hIN OWE energy and hi; own brain the
Standard Oil company. the most ri-
"A'iiI" trust tn" world had ever
known.
Mr. Davis said the question had
been asked why the minimum nrirn
"i cotton had not been fixed br the
nni"n at - - cents las; fall. instead
"i ID cents. lie said the ,av the
r"fnhllir" report WAS brought in nt
lhtllr k"rk. cotton was selling at Il
cents. IT tn" union had fixed the
inlnImnn prlr" at Il price lower than
cotton waS bringing, the members
W"uld have hr>rrir,l. and tI,r world
W"nId haN" S""rnrh. The union haL
n"l madr Il mistake. even if they did
not ""t II cents. The mrni,r,, :,aI
remained loyal. and the price bad
stayed Np '"'narkahI welt. iu view |
"i Tie ,IHanr,Hi ~itI%l.Dm Tie an-
-" i.'1 ,nrcrrGr,.
Mr.. Davis ur""I all the formers
"i" we've NO. urmhrl~ tu come il and !
~in 40 'Hur. .%uj hr ,.l,, ,lu~r /.
via" were nol formers and who were
no! eligible +" H'"mhrr,hi! to pat !
'H"Ir Nn"n!d"r~ to the wheel and hclp |
the movement, urging that unity Of =,
phrp'~r among the people nf all yu
'A''"n> would benefit the whole
>""'ii"n" anh al her people.
President 3. Harris.
fr},it'nl H. ltar,iS. Of the State
anon. w. then introduced
President Harris said if he were tn
take hts rh"ic" Of subjects he would
speak "n diversified agriculture. be-
cans" h" loved that subject ,and be-
'al'S" H." Farmers; needed divA,>ifici
agriculture. But the Farmers, ne
sand needed organization now more
than ANYTHING else. II the farmers
Of the South mad organized thirty
live years ago, the South would have
been IN" richest country in the world
today.
Mr.. Davis. he said. had referred to
the bank deposits Of the Iowa farm
crS. II was rs easy to make two |
dollars IN South Carolina. hc said. as
/" make one dollar in Iowa. The
pr"pl" Of South Carolina had twice
IN" advantages. If We were To 90 10