The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-14
VERY SMALL CROP
WILL NOT 60 Much OVER TEN
AND A HALF MILLION.
The Southern Mills Had Better Wake
Up to . Realization OF the True
Situation.


Situation.
There is no doub: but that the
cotton crop OF the present year is
short one Even shorter than was
thought few weeks ago. In let
ter 70 the Augusta Chronicle Ar. 7.
E. MassenRle. OF Norwood. Ca. gives
good reasons 10 bear olt the above
statement. Here Is wn.; he says:
Convince a man agains; his will.
He Is OF the same opinion STILL"
Some time back wrote an article
:oZ you! pager on the cotton crop.
stating that the spinnable crop. or
cop from frs1 ginning would net BE-
over the amoart stated above. And
LOW even with linters and city crop
Il Will not reach uore than 1900 :
800 bales. City crop should never
oe counted Neither should l!atecs
The city crop is nothing but samples
having bee, puAed from bales al
ready weighed aad which are sold
and in warehcrses-in transit or in
the hands OF spinners. And the
weights OF these bales will show in
tie average weight Of bales by Mr.
Hester. And to coun, them again II
which they again appear is 4 prop
cs:tion that seems ashy. Linters ale
Et for nothing that cotton is or can
be used for. and should not be
counted.
But, the bears are hard 20 con-
vince They had set their hearts and
hands On robbing the Southern
rlan4e. by announcing bumper
crop from the opening Of the sea-
SOFA. And there has 40. been a
osy since September 1st. tha: woui;:
have warranted large yield The
Tears. however. are beginning 20
,ome down from 13 1-2 millions 20
~ 1-2 and II 1-e miilIon--quite a
fail.
The last census bureau report
shows bales cotton gained s.1S4.15S.
Now last year the same date cotton
s:nned S.!12,ies. or 80 per cent OF
The crop that year. which vas 10.-
012.731 bales. II the same ratio
.ppe=tsins again this season. OF so
,er cent g!nned. We have crop 81
.o.517.o63 bales. first ginning o;
cotton, anc can see no reason why
'hese figures should 70: prevail. as
every sensible person knows that a
Eore prop;.ious fall for gathering
was never known, and the ginning
facilities facilities nev'f better and the prise
But suppose We go back to the
ginning OF 1905. When 9.595.So3
was glnned. leaving q per cent 10
he g!nned tand this was a Dad fall
Tor ssther!ng.) The crop that year
was l3.0SS.005. So II We take ti:s
7ear's ginning for this crop yet 10
oe g!naed at 2; per cent we only
get q crop OF 11.10n.oc0 bales o:
cotton but say tha: Is p,eposter-
ous. So / still Insist that an eu,-
neutly correct. not only my premises.
i.rt IN my conclusions. /: ha'
cse million dollars today I would
invest IL spot cotton so quick.
" 'twould make your hea1 swim"
TIE lowest estimate Of the Angus
"a cotton exchange this season was
i0.65o.000. identical with my fs-
nres- Two short crops coming or
:he heett If the othe. means &c
cents cotton tE March 1sc. and tha;
VIII be cheap. The total cons1mp-
:.on OF all kinds cotton during toe
i2 months ending August 3lst was
l7.030.5l1 bales. over il.200.00u
oa!es OF American was spun. and 7s
'aat spun In 1909 over 100000
.; American. Where will the cot,oa
ccme from 70 supply the demand:
AS there are 100000 spiadles
row humm!ng sweet music to ears
Q: the world. where. oh. where. Is
he cotton coming from, 10 Keep the
music going?
The Southern mills had E. tier
lake up TO realization o. the fact
'rst there IL 20 more cotton in the
celds to pick. They are as bare as
they Will be March Isl. Ginning all
oTe- our country-nay!ng had gin
sing days since November 1st. and
the cotton being gathered up by the
European spianers. the smartesi
'7!!l men on earth. They cal! srea'
meetings always IN our cotton
sountry) and pass resolutions that
they will shut down before they will
pay the price. and while the English
spinner is ho!ier!ng sick him. T,ge.:
1nd our mill boys drawing their
+: :ni.es TO assass!nate the farmer and
actor. the European spinner Is
;.u!etly buying through his agents
the cream OF the cot:o.-learinc
cur MILL men 10 run around and get
me tail end OF the crop. aad pay IKE
aades for that This reminds me
cl the story cf the outlaws tina;
called meeting for prayer. and
while the devout ones were down in
:hc temple on their knees praying
:ov tAe brethren. the outlaws had
obbed them OF their earthly pos
essions and ran away.
Now Bulls. give th, Bears Yts. Tom
ba--et' can tell you how to do it.
Yours truly.
T. G. Massengale.