The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-18
HURTS The SOUTH
SECRETARY WILSON GIVES COT.
TOS A BLACK EYE

Much Harm Has Eeeo Done by HIS
Interview in Which &c Said Cot
ton Was Normal.
President Ha v-y Io,,.o OF to
Southern Cotton Association. enters
formal slo;est against recent in
,erview with Secretary OF Asricul-
tu.e James Wilson. wh.oh appeared
in the New York World. and which
that paper claimed to have just had
with the secretary on crop pros
7ee:s for the present year. The e1-
aot language reported to have Teen
used oy Secretary Wilson is as fol-
lows:
Tho crops will be good every
where. There will be superhuity OF
work for everybody on the farms
more work than she farmers can
and ha1ds to do. The corn crop
BIDS fair 20 surpass any other CROP
in the history OF the country. The
cotton crop will be reasonably good.
and tho balance OF the crops above
tho average all along the line.
Prosperity Is not going 10 walt
on the tariff or anything else. II
any disturbance Of conditions arises
Ia TIE body polite It will have to
come from somewhere else than the
agricultural district. It is not COM
;ss from tie farm
The monthly condition report was
due 70 conc out or August 2. Just
one Day scter the publication OF the
above interview With Secretary VIII
soa." said NJ. Jordan. Il realized
taas the interview would be bea.;sh-
u construed BY the entire cotton
trade II not corrected at once. and
/ Immediately wired Secretary Viii
soa the following telegram:
II notice al interview attributed
to you In the New York World OF
August /. in which you state the
following: The cotton crop will be
reasonably good Are you correctly
quoted? Is aot an immediate denial
OF this interview IN order? Other
wise iacalculable injury viii be done
the cotton growers OF the South by
speculative interests which will con.
str4e you 10 forecast o normal pro.
duct!oa 0; cotton. All private re.
ports Issued to date indicate a con.
sitersble deterioration Of the cotton
crop condition from the last month
condition report OF the Bureau Of
Cotton Statistics. Tie Journal O,
Commerce condition report. ISSUED
this morning. shows an actual deter
ioration during the last month o.
three and seven-teo,hs per cent
making present conditions 73 liz
which Is the lowest condition eve,
reported BY them.
my own opinion is that the pres
! ent condition OF the cotton crop i:
the poorest in my recollection. anc
that. any authoritative stasemen
from you at this time. that the cot
+, on crop viii! be reasonably good i:
not only wrong statement Of actu
ei facts. but viii be used to the grea
injury OF the constituency ! repre-
sen. In the South.
MY aporeheasions regarding th.
effect OF Secretary Wilson's state
neat regarding the cotton crop har,
been fully verified In the depression
OF tho cotton market this week o.
$3.50 pc. bale. or practically $40,
100000 in the value OF the crop
1t Is well known that the bureau re
port which was issued the next da,
after Secretary Wilson's alleged IN
terr.ew II the World. indicated The
lowest cotton condition for Angus
ever made BY the Bureau OF Cotto,
Statistics. and that the report o.
! the bureau was emphasized by ever,
private report that came in the las
week Of July.
The cotton trade has evidentl,
placed more weight and value on tn,
statement Of Secretary Wilson as In
d!eattsc normal production OF cot
toa this year than Il has on the e1
trenely low condition reports issued
e7 the Bureau Of Statistics last Mon
day. There can be no other logica
explanation OF the recent hamnerine
OF tho cotton market operators OF
tbs cotton exchanges. It is to be
hoped that Secretary Wilson viii! no,
longer delay remedyius the very So.
r!ous mistake which be has made
Sentiment IL favor OF abolishing o,
making drastic changes in the De-
oartneot OF Agriculture regard!ns
/ tho publication OF the bureau reports
| has for some time been developing,
and II the head OF the department: o.
sensational interviews Is % nullsfy
tho eject OF the bureau reports the
sooner the work OF the department
10 regulated by congress the better
'or the agricultural interests OF the
whole country."
Burned to q Crisp.
At Cincinnati. Ohio. a man hal,
clothed. with his fesh burned to
crisp "a places and screaming from
the oa.n as he ran through the