The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-08
Vrki IN !, l. CRUP
WILL NOT GO MUCH OVER TEN
AND A HALF MILLION.

Tho Southern Mills Had Better Wake
Tn to a Realization of the True
Situation.
There is no doubt but that the
cotton crop Of the present year IS
{. short one. Even shorter than was
thought few weeks ago. In let
ter to the Augusta Chronicle Mr.. T..
E. Massengale, of Norwood, Ga, gives
good reasons to bear out the above
statement. Here Is what he says:
Convince man against his will.
He is of the same opinion still"
Some time back wrote an article
for your paper on the cotton crop,
stating that the spinnable crop, or
clop from first ginning would not be
over the amount stated above. And
low even with linters and city crop
1t will not reach more than 1l,G0o.-
500 bales. City crop should never
be counted. Neither should linters.
The city crop Is nothing but samples
having been pulled from bales al
,eady weighed AMI which are sold
and in warehouses; transit or i'll
the hands of spinners. And the
weights OF these bales will show in
the average weight cf bales by Mr.
Hester. And to count them again in
which they again appear is prop.
osition that seems fishy. Linters ale
iii for nothing that cotton is or can
be used for, and should not be
counted.
But the bears are hard to. con-
vince. They had set their hearts and
hands en- robbing the Southern
;.lanter by announcin? bumper
crop from the opening Of the sea-
son. And there has not been a
Gay since Sentember 1st, that would
have warranted q large yield. The
hears, however, are beginning to
tome down from 13 1-2 millions to
IL l-2 and II 1-2 million--quite a
fall.
The last census bureau report
shows bales cotton ginned 8.I64, 5S.
Now last year the same date cotton
ahmed S,112,199, or 80 per cent OF
the crop that year, which was 10,-
G72,731. bales. If the same ratio
.ppertains again this season, OF 80
FER cent ginned, we have crop ri
i0,517,063 bales, first ginning OF
cotton, and I can see no reason why
these, figures should not prevail as
every sensible person knows that a
more propitious fall for gathering
was never known, and the ginning
facilities never, better, and the price
attractive.
But suppose we go back to the
ginning Of 1908. When 9,595,S03
was ginned, leaving 27 per cent 10
be ginned (and this was bad fall
ior gathering.) The crop that year
was 13,0S6,0O5. So if we take this
1ear's ginning for this crop yet to
De ginned at 27 per cent we only
get a crop Of 100000 bales OF
cotton but I say that Is preposter-
gus. So I still insist that i am emf
nently correct, not only my premises,
int in my conclusions. II hal
one million dollars today I would
invest in spot cotton SO quick,
" 'tworld make your head SWIM
The lowest estimate Of the Angus
Ia cotton eXchan?te this season was
10.65O, 900, identical with my fis-
ures. Two short crops coming on
The heels IF the other means 20
cents cotton by March 1st, and that
will be cheap The total consump-
Son of all kinds cotton during the
i2 months ending August 31st was
11,030,511 bales, over 100000
oales OF American was spun, and rs
that spun in 1909 over 100000
CT American. Where will the cotton
come from to sunp'y the demand
AS there are 135.000,000 spindles
row humming sweet music to ears
Of the world, where, oh! where. Is
he cotton coming from to keep the
music going?
The Southern mill. had better
aake up to realization Of the fact
inat there is no more cotton in the
Ields to pick. They are as bare as
they will be March 1st. Ginning all
over our country-havlng had gin
,Mng days since November 1st. and
the cotton being gathered up by the
European spinners, the smartest
mill men on earth. They call great
meetings (always in our cotton
souEtry) and pass resolutions that
they will shut down before they will
pay the price. and while the English
spinner is holering "sick him, Tige.
and our mill boys drawing their
:nives to assassin?te the farmer and
factor. the European spinner is
;.uietIy buying through his AGENTS
the cream Of the cottoa-leaving
chr mill men to run around and get
.ne tail chi c. y: ;:::@... 49,: ray like
riades for that This reminds me
Ct the story Of the outlaws that