The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-06
THE FARMERS UNION
IS A GRAND ORGANIZATION AND
ALL FARMERS OUcHT
To Be Members OF II and Work to
Make It the Greatest Benefit 70

Them
Notwithstanding the fact that they
were seriously handicapped during
the past season IN meeting thei.
financial obligations. and In the reali-
zation OF that prosperity that IS
rish,tui!y theirs. by the dist.essing!y
low price OF cotton. yet the farmers |
OF the South can easily overcome |
these grave difficulties by more
marked adherence to the principles
Of their different organizations In the
future than IL the past. says Pau!
Williams In the Macon Telegraph.
The fact has been demonstrated
that the thing for the Southern farm
er TO do in order 10 obtain leg!ti-
mate price for his cotton is 20 bring
himself C the point where De can
hold II just as long as be wants TO.
but before this can be done ii is
absolutely necessary that he raise
his food products at home. This
Is the main thing to do IN order
70 make Southern agricultural con-
dit1oas assume more satisfactory
aspect
Let the Southern farmer !nme-
tia.ely resort to the wisdom and
advisab;lity OF raising his own food
supplies instead OF depending for
them upon the Western farmers. and
wonderful change will De brought
about in the agricultural situation
down South. In fact. such wonder
rul change that the cotton market
| will nearly always present ou!lish
| aspect. because the coot7oi OF the
price OF tie aeecy stac!e will have
oeea v-ested from the grasp Of the
| Wall street man;pulators and p!ac-
I'd in the control OF the Southern
farmers.
Then there will be no repetition
OF the reiy unsatisfactory and deplor-
able conditions that existed to such
a striking extent last fall. treuen-
dousiy hanGicappiog the farmers In
| caoce!lins their pecuniary obliga-
lions. No bills vii! have 20 be car
ried ove: for another year. but debts
will be paid promptly. and farmers.
h:nkers. merchants and others in
:eres,ed Will enjoy the splendid pros
| peri.y that is the Inevitable result
Of the farmer being his OWE boss.
! Many a farmer joins the Union
thinking that = mem bersh!p IN the
organization is all that is necessarv
in obtaining satisfactory results from
their farming operations. They
,on't seem to realize that unless
they carry out their obligation IS
representatives OF that organization
they will never come into the pos
session OF the manifold blessings
and benefits that must inevitably
result from q full discharge OF the
duties and obligations tha: rest up
on them as members Of that o1gaoi-
zation.
| Unless they remain s.eadfastly in
their loyalty to the principles Of the
Union. every fall they will be con-
tronted by the awful realization tns'
necessity forces them to surrender
TO the cotton nanipulators Of Wall
street il order TO meet their COM
ue.ciai obligations with the bankers
md merchants and others with whom
they have dealings. This surrende:
means low prices 70. their cotton
and the consequent disasters attend
ant upon st. The agricultural mir
,or In the South reflects very sad
state Of affairs. indeed.
Il reflects the heart-rending spec
sac!e OF thousands upon thousands
Of FARMERS bow!ng down to the pro-
sess;onal gamblers Of Wal! street.
suffering the terrible and almost un-
bea.aoie humiliation and mortiaca-
tioa OF having others dictate 70"
price Of the products that they have
raised by the sweat OF their e7o~s
II rejects the sad picture Of the
farmers having 10 mortgage their
homes and plantations In order to
| alleviate the terror OF low priced
cotton.
I. shows the aristocratic gentle
ueu OF Wall street growing rich OF
the laoors Of the Southern farmers.
buying their cotton os their own
prices and then coming millions
| OF the silver wheels By gambling
and specuia,ing with the aeecy sta
pie. 1t reflects the sad picture OF the
Southern tillers Of the soil losing
| millions and millions OF dollars an
| oually because Of the dictetion OF
the price o. cotton by the profess
s;onal gamblers that dwell in Wall
street. and It reflects thousands Of
other equally as sad and humiliat-
Ing pictures.
By q little more responsiveness
and energy on the part o: our South
e.n farmers their mirror could De
made to reject vastly different pic
lures. It would reflect the noble.
commanding spectacle OF thousands
upon thousands OF the sturdiest and
most progressive farmers on the face
OF the globe developing and ut!liz-
Ing the wonderful agricultural pos
sib!lities Of the South TO such an
extent as would enable them 10 en-
JOY prosperity. contentneot and In
dependence to quite an eminent de-
gree. raising their own food sup
plies and not making q specially OF
cotton and consequently living IN
complete aud glorious independence
OF the Wal! street mercenaries. en-
Enthusiastically and professionally pro
mitigating the principles OF their va
,,ous organizations. developing
among themselves the highest ideals
OF civilization and Christianity and