The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-02
SHOI1ID HOLD THEIR COTTON.
Fort Worth Editor Says the Spin
ners Would Thus be Brought to
Terms
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New Orleans, Oct. 80. - In ad-
dressing the cotton conference,
which met here to-day, Clarence -
Ousley, editor of The Fort Worth led
record, on whose suggestion Gov. ok
Colquitt called the conference, re- ged
viewed conditions which led up to Pa
the present low prices for cotton ess
and suggested as a remedial fac
tor the establishing of a Joint bu- Gus
Ieau OF statistics by the Southern A
States. tbe
Mr.. Ousley criticised the FEEDER lit.
al governments plan of issuing sta ay-
tlst1cs on the cotton industry, brand lrd
33ng 1t as "one-sided," benefiting he
largely the Speculator and manufac- ler
turer, and working detriment to the lie
producer He declared that nine tly
cent cotton means the confiscation
of the cotton farmers labor, and md
presented figures to show that the the
cost of producing a staple is ap- the
proxlmately eleven cents a pound. red
In criticising the government forbid
issuing statistics and estimates on ms
cotton production without giving theme
farmer the benefit of statistics re- q
latlng to cotton consumption, Mr..
Ousley said: THE mockery of it
Is that when the farmer planted
the crop he is now selling the
world guessed that he would make
Gated a readiness to pay him S65
bale, or $S12, 100000, but now
when an alert Federal government ov.
announces that his crop 13,SOO,OOO on
bales, the world offers him only is
$4S bale, or 1921, 100000, or ote
$191 100000 less for 1900, 900 ote
bales more. Only worldwide pan hat
lc could excuse such an economic er-
absurdity.' ma
If no other escapes from this in Tou
Justice is available, Mr.. Ousley said eks
ne would favor as a matter of des- ain
perate self-defense in the cotton n,
states an interstate compact appor- ed
tioning cotton production with uni to
form legislation penalizing the ex- ele.
cess under system of state con des
stabuiary to prescribe each mans ase
acreage: What is the Chyious ind
remedy for immediate relief?" he ave
continued "Manifestly it is to hold i'm
for better prices - for a demon des
stration that the world needs the My
present crop and will pay a fair .ell
price for it.
"If we could stop selling for 80 raj
days, we could bring the spinners ad-
to terms; if we could retain even The
one-fourth of the crop until spring lad
and could exhibit a reduction of ny
one-fourth in next years acreage, t."
we could sell the remainder of the no
crop at ~ cents a pound. ind
"A system of warehouses for
storage and for financing a holding pie
movement is necessary and our IN
legislative body should make haste VS.
to use every device of law and to me
employ every constitutional power g.
of the State tn encourage gradual e'a
marketing in
In order to secure more gradual
marketing, Mr.. Ousley directed at rds
tention to the fact that easier bor- tge
rowing facilities must be offered the ]
small farmer who is unable to hold sly
his cotton I'M
Concluding, Mr.. Ousley said: "Un be
der the present system of crop re- 18th
porting and crop marketing, the ble
farmer is selling in the dark, while he
the spinner is buying in the light. Ior
The spinner knows precisely what ion
the farmer has; the farmer knows an
nothing of what the spinner needs. ris-
Supply is proclaimed to all the age
world, but the demand is hidden
In the secret recesses of trade. d
II contend that the government nb-
should do as much for the farm 10
er's benefit as he does for the spin a
ner's benefit and should collect
cotton trade information as dill he
gently and as completely as 1t col I.
lects cotton crop information" ma
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Mr.. and Mrs Truss THOMPSON left .s.t