The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-12-14
VERY SMALL CROP
WILL NOT GO MUCH OVER TEN
AND A HALF MILLION.

Situation.
There 10 no doubt but that the
cotton crop of the present year ia
: short one. Even shorter than var
thought q few weeks ago. In a let
ter to the Augusta Chronicle Mr.. T.
E. Massensale, OF Norwood, Ca, gives
good reasons to bear out the above
statement. Here Ia what he says:
Convince a man against his will,
He Is of the same opinion still"
Some time back 1 wrote an article
for your paper on the cotton crop,
81 stating that the spinnable crop, Dr.
c1op 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 11,0O0.-
500 bales. City crop should never
be counted. Neither should linters.
The city crop is nothing but samples
having been pulled from bales al
ready weighed and which are sold
and in warehouses-in transit or in
the hands Of %spinners. And the
weights Of these bales will show in
the average weight of bales by Mr..
Hester. And to count them again in
which they again appear Is a prop
osition that seems fshy. 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 on robbing the Southern
planter by announcing a bumper
crop from the opening of the sea-
son. And there has not been a
Gay since September 1st, that would
have warranted a large yield. The
Iears, however, are beginning to
Lomesdown from 13 IL millions to
IL 1-2 and II 1-2 million--quite a
fall.
The last census bureau report
shows bales cotton ginned s~,764,16S.
Now last year the same date cotton
einned ~S,112,1S9, or 80 per cent OF
the crop that year, which was TO-
072,731 bales. If the same ratio
sppertains again this season, Of 80
Fer cent ginned, we have . crop Of
~.0,617,063 bales, first ginning Of
: lotion, 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 eve better, and the price
attractive.
But suppose we 60 back to the
ginning Of 1908. When 9,595,803
was ginned, leaving 81 per cent 10
be ginned land this was a bad fall
Tor gatherings The crop that year
was 13,0s6,005. So II we take this
Years ginning for this crop yet to
be ginned at 81 per cent we only
get a crop OF 100000 bales Of
cotton but I say that is p%reposter-
Gus. So I still insist that I am emil
nently correct, not only my premises.
hut in my conclusions. II l hal
enc million dollars today l would
invest in spot cotton so quick,
"'twould make your head swim"
The lowest estimate of the Angus
Ia cotton exchange this season was
10,650,O00, identical with my fig
ures. Two short crops coming on
the heels If the other means 90
cents cotton by March 1st, and that
Will be cheap. The total consump-
ION of all kinds cotton during the
IL months ending August S1st was
l7,030,511 bales, over 100000
oales Of American was spun, and rs
that spun in 1909 over 100000
OF American. Where will the cotton
come from to supply the demand?
AS there are 135,000,00 spirdles
row hummiug sweet music to ears
o: the world, where, oh! where, is
he cotton coming from to keep the
music going?
The Southern mills had better
sake up to a realization OF the fact
mat there is no more cotton In the
c:elds to pick. They are as bare as
they will be March LIST. Ginning ali
over our COMMUNICATING had gin
l,ing days since November 1st, and
the cotton being gathered up by the
European %spinners, the smartest
",ill men on earth. They call great
meetings (always in our cotton
sountry) and pass resolutions that
they will shut down before they will
Jay the price. and while the English
spinner is hollering sick him, Tige,
and our mill boys drawing their
+ ni9es to assassinate the farmer and
factor, the European spinner Is
iuletly buying through his agents
the cream OF the ootton-leaving
cur mill men to run around and get
the tail end of the crop, and pay like
riades for that. This reminds ME
CT the story OF the outlaws that
called a meeting for prayer, and
while the devout ones we're down in
the temple on their knees praying
FOR the brethren, the outlaws had
robbed them Of their earthly pos
LESSONS and ran away.
Now Bulls, give tht Bears vts. Tom
J.-- oo- to11 ,,@, l1r. - 40 t.