The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-22
TELLS FARMERS TO HOLD
A SHORT CROP PUTS THEN N
COMMAND OF SITUATION

And They Should Mako the Res
Use OF it by Putting Cotton In th
Warehonses.
There Is 40 reasonable probab!lit,
OF a large cotton crop this year
The e7er increasing demand for rs'
cotton must be met. Spianers mus
have cotton. The supply being cur
tailed, as it undoubtedly will be b!
this years shortage. the increased
spindles OF the world creates an IN
creased demand. which means log
ica.ly high prices for the South:
srea: staple. Il is up to the cotto,
growers Of the South to seize this
opportunity TO reap the golden has'
vest that invites them to put IN the
sickle. There should be no bar
gain-coun.er sales for cotton this
fell.
I urge every farmer TO ware
house his cotton. borrow money on
his ware house receipts and pay os
his Indebtedness. Money Is plen!-
full and there Is no need for him to
rush his cotton on the market and
slut It during September. October.
November and December. as he has
so often clone IN the past II no
ware house Is near him It will pay
him to ship cotton to the enc the
nearest at hand Our farmers
should this fall make ssapreme eg-
fort to market their cotton gradual
~. and only at remunerative prices
Already tho spinaers arc counting
o. buying theis supply Of cotton
during the Hest few months Of tbs
cotton marketing season. as ehey
did last year, and ss they have done
for many years. They expect the
bulk Of the cotton to be thrown on
the market in three or four moths,
the beginning OF the selling season-
This they hope farmers will do. SO
Is TO depress the price.
Now. brother farmers, let's view
he situation from business stand
point. You have been told for
ong time that supply and demand
vas the only thing that figured IN
he pricing Of the staple. want
% say to you that the demand Is
low much create. than the supply.
50 it Is evident that you have the
situation in your hande. We cannot
make this year. according to the best
estimates. more than eleven and e
,alf million bales. and this means .
crop.
Statements from Cotton and Cot
on Oil News. OF Dallas. Texas. are
O the effect that the boil weevil has
devastated the fields Of two States.
ha. Louisiana and Mississippi are
ufering from pests and that reports
ecelved at the Government bureau
# entomology at Dallas from the
boil weevil areas" Of Mississippi
md Louisiana show that an average
u 90 per cent OF the cotton boil
ouares are infested at present with
ne weevil.
In the Baton Rouge neishborhood
)r. Hunter. who Is IN charge OF the
Southern field crop Investigation.
sys that s5 per cent OF the squares
ire infested. while in the vicinity
II Natchez, Miss. 90 per cen: Is
air figure. This. Dr.. Hunter says,
S as bad as the worst years Of the
reevil ravages in Texas. In all
ections Of the Mississippi! bottoms.
rhere the weevil Is at work. Dr..
Iun.er has establish24 substations.
md it IS from these that the reports
mentioned above came. Regarding
he condition in Texas. at the present
ime. Z. Hunter said:
West Of line connecting Wealth
,rford eud Austin. the dry weather
las had the effect Of practically re-
,ucing the damage incident to the
,oll weev.l to nothing. Through the
central portion Of the State the
ianage is considerable less than 1t
xas last year. But at the same time
his report must not be considered
es meaning that The cotton crop
will be better. for /. will not. In
The same proportion that the dry
weather has affected the boil wecvil.
L has also affected the cotton
stalks.
Texas is the hope Of the past.
Not In th. recollection OF the Oldest
inhabitants has the blishtsns effect
OF a rot wind Of the frst three days
Of last week been paralieled. That
spell has cost the South fully hal!
million bales OF cotton. 1t Is the
worst spotted crop. too. within the
recollection OF the earliest settler.
The damage TO the crop n the South
west. and especially Texas, is little
short Of disaster. and cotton should
be selling for high price.
know some farmers have solo
thei. cotton for future delivery. and
they will deliver it just as fast
as they can. Just think for mo-
ment what such q man has done.
He has furnished ammunition 70 the
enemy to shoot him With. He IS
killing the goose that mas laid the
golden egg. And the man who sells
his cotton this way is one OF the
worst cotton bears Oh the market.
OF course. such men will ne glaG
for cotton not 70 so higher than they
have sold. So 90 not be scared when