The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-05-05
ELLERBE SOUNDS
A WARNING.

"A WANNlNG.
Washington, April 2l.-Repre-
sentative Ellerbe made red hot
speech on the floor of the house
to-day on the subject of the cotton
pool, now eliciting the keenest in
terest throughout the country. He
paid his respects to Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham and the cotton
bears" as follows: Thousands
Of the best men in the South we're
shocked and stunned when the
wires flashed the horrible news
that the great cotton bears of
this country had enlisted the pow
ertul influence of the legal depart
ment of the government in their
behalf in their efforts t. depress
the price OF the greatest product
OF the Southland.
For years past these gamblers
In cotton, many of them never
having seen stalk of cotton grown
were able to get together and de-
press the price Of the staple dur
ing the fall months when, because
of the poverty and ignorance of
tn southern planter, he was forced
to sell approximately IS Der cent,
of his crop. Has an Attorney
General of the United States ever
had them arraigncd for conspiracyo
You know thev have not.
The Almighty Responsible.
But now when these great big
baby bears have been caught sell
ling that which they did not have,
yea, when they have been caught
selling that which, they could not
get, they come with tears in their
eyes, II diStardly and contempti-
bic way, to weak Attorney Gen
eral for Gods sake to protect them
In years past they have robbed
the South of many billions of dol
lars, and now they are begging
the help Of this great department
of the government to save them
: from the loss of a few millions.
The bulls are not responsible
, for the present high prices of cot
ton. The Almighty, when He
Withheld for months the rain from
large sections of our country and
then sent the storms and the floods
to wash away and destroy the crop
i'll other sections and above that
allowed the boil weevil and other
pests to get in their most effective
work. reduced the cotton crop OF
1909 to that point, where the spin.
ners of the world were forced to
pay fair price for this cotton.
More Below the Surface.
If these spectators have been
caught wrong they should take
their me edicine like men; the price
of cotton is not too high when
compared with other things in this
. country. Think of the prices of
wheat, meats, mules, fertilizers,
f labor and many other things and
, you will see how much more it
= costs the planter to grow cotton
now than it formerly did.
In the opinion of many of us,
there is something more behind
this than appears on the surface
Can it be possible that this admin
istration intends to take up the
r cudgels for the great American
Tobacco Company and stop all
efforts of the tobacco growers to
secure fair prices for their tobac-
co. Can it be possible that this
administration means to start first
in New York and finally lend its
powerful influence to the enemies
OF the cotton grower in thwartinp
his feeble efforts to secure fair
prices for his cotton. If that be
their purpose, warn you now
the millions Of American farmers
will, in their just wrath and indig-
nation at this most unjust and
damnable treatment, sweep from
place and power anv party rcspcn-
siblc for this action"
Screen doors and windows now
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