The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
NOT TINE TO SELL
SAYS PREsIDENTHaRRIs OF TaR
FARMERS UNION.
Issues Address to Holders Of Spot
Cotton and Urges Them to Eosd
For While Longer.

For hhlie Longer.
To Holders of Spot Cotton:
Now Is the time to hold, and vie
tory is yours. Farmres, do you re-Z
alize that cotton is scarcer in the
world today thsn it has been for Is
years? If you do not, the sooner
you realize it the NOR eyou Will think
of the spots you have on hand. and
the crops you are growing. Now
remember that it all depends on you
t. make it bring the minimum price.
is cents. If yea can be scared out
Of your cotton FOR less than the mini
mum price I e. not blame the fell "
Tor soaring you. I would do the
same thing if were IL his place.
)ut you, the Holder Of spot cotton,
have all under hold in this fight, and
if you give up it is because: you have
not the nerve tc stand the fire OF the g
battle. Let me say to you, the Holder
Of Spots: Bold to them, for the I
next two months is the most criti--5
cal period, as both theN>,American
spinner and the European spinner
IS about out 0: cotton to spls; IL
YOU, the Holder Of Spots VIII Z not
sell, there vii! be. many mills that
Will have to close down and not froIs
choice, but for the want; OF cotton. !
Conditions are ali in your favor, but
nerve the backbone you lack. Now
do not say. you cannot hold. We
aave plenty Of bonded warehouses
in our State and you can put your
Gotten in them and borrow money
on your receipt. Let me urge you.
10 this, and do not put any cotton
IN the market until the minimum
lis reached.
Let me tell you the European
I mills are now out OF $ cotton and,
Ethey have contracts sold ahead. They.
have to come toSAmerica for cotton;
and they viii have to do his now:
at cnce. This iss:the situation, SO no;
cause for alarm. zI knowgthe bear:
side of cotton IS using the new crop
20 hear the market SO they may get:
you to sell the remainde your
/ told: crop, The price will now soon
go up back to u cents, and they
think you will then sell sss$
/ 1 know sore Of You have said r e
it reaches II 2you,would sell d Now.
the same thing that brings It back
TO y viii ifsvons hold on make y
bring the minimum, Is cents.
1 Now as to the condi ditions OF the
1908 crop. have espondenceS
from every cotton: growing State
There cannot bess more accurate ac:-.
count than Wes the Farmer r'ss:B mon,
can get up and reports from all the
States is Of this character nsthe
5 first place, too much wet weather. in
1 the early swing and there was 9 9
poor preparation OF the soil ten
the preparation lis: poorly done yen on
| cannot make ! n average; crop The
/ rams west Oi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
continued until July 1st, and the
| cotton grew TO weed too much and and
lis not fruitea well Now thee hot
Try weather has set ia with them
and much dsaage SIS being done.
4 In other worl 81 it: is impossible foE
The west to rake anything Ike an an
average crop hen they have q wet wet
s May and June: Such weather ffEs ffEss:
the cotton plsnt with too. MUCK ma e
Ilaria and it cannot stand the not
sun without great damage: TO prove
this look how the plant is now: turn
ing yellow end the leaves Dropping
from It. This reports comes from from
many Of the States. cannot nov
more than dsplicate the 51s0 crop,
and remembe the shortage of last s
years crop oae. 90 bales and 3Ist
remember cctt ten futures cannot. ssbe
spun. tFarris, President
S. C. State Farmers Union.