The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
PLEA FOR THE UNION
WHY EVERY FARMER IN THE
LAND SHOULD JOIN IT.

WHY EVERY FARMER IN TIE
LAND SHOULD JOIN IT.
It Is Opening Up New Fu-rows and
Sowin: New HarvestS Of Prosperi-
ty for You.
The meat packers say. the biggest
corr crop in the history o! the world
: having rs inevitable :"Sult-!oH'-
e. n-:ces are IL sight. Oon- mar "so
mutton prices how hsv.. reached
7,o!ai three 20 cich; cents poaad
heiow taei- retail! cos; yea! ago
The heads o: he packing industry
IN Chicago agree with CGas, Armour.
,uacasec o. Tue A.@ou- Packing 10
,e-es;s =, Kansas C!ty. ;ha; still low
.e prices are IN sight, Oae man MO
s;anas at the forefront OF the Chic
ago pack!n- industry said: he
bounr:!rio.s, OF The s:nal! grams IA
sures lower prices for a.! live STOCK
products. Il means lower prices Tor
everything handled on the Chicago
board Of trade. including provisions
Why. sure. cant you see il? Tae
new crop Of hogs must De priced
down. and also the new crop OF corn.
Up North farmers are getting 50 cts.
70. corn. and down here when We
bay /, We pay 20 cents. You see the
.anb are playing he same old
game. Euchre the farmer ou, OF his
produce and turn nigh: around aac
richer the consume. ou, OF his moa-
| ey.
Las: year they bought Up tss bulk
OF the hogs q; from S 20 1-3o. then
raised the price OF meat and the price
o; hogs 20 1885. But notice the bulk
o. the hogs were already corpecec hy
he packers. through ,he!. agents.
Tha; vas the t-ick. They then IN
loaded packers meas severa! years
old a: the high prices. S-ea; many
people Believed Sha. :he farmers were
he cause 0. the costly meat. because
OF the high priced hogs Why. bless
! voc. life, the farmer didn't have q
thing 20 Go WITH It. He don: s1 the
price OF anything. The packers price
Ne hogs and meat both. and that's
what they ara up 20 again DID you
( ever<Eaow he gamblers 20 do any
thing else but tx prices They FIX
thea both ways
rs another do1!a. on the price OF a
hat.
And cen: on a pound o: tea:
AID dine on :h:s acd 1!me on
that.
To be paid by you and rae.
By: I. oughta'e to make US rage.
| And We wouldn', get mad
II they'd only add
A little more IS well 70 our wage.
It's Ave cents on pound Of meat.
4 cen, loaf from the -four o. the
wheat.
And some on the clothes we've got
20 wear.
And oc everything that We eat.
Oh. they haven't forgot ching. not
[ one.
From your shoes and your coat TO
your hat:
Excepting the farm produce you
bring them each day
Then have added nothing TO that.
( Yes. tha,'s the game. I:'s been
played so years. Made the people
heliere-when there was good crop
that there was TOO much. and
right straight farmers went to dump
ling everything OH the farm for sale.
and often Us farmers didn't get the
cos: o; production Blu, that's the
game. The price IS fixed down when
the farmers are selling and up when
! consumers are buying.
You let ne fix the price when
buy and again when sell. and I'll
ax myself blamed quick. bu, !, Will
ne There's not q business on earth
that can live and ie. the buyer FIX
the price no matter how big 81 how
strong 1t would be but question OF
time unit! /: would 20 broke. Even
Rockefeller. with his millions.
couldn't stand il. II he let ,he buyers
| hx the price on his oil. 4 system
| with the power 20 price IS What saves
the business. And that's how Rocke-
telle- go: his millions.
The so-called reduction - meats IS
fictitious. It's manipulation IS DELHI
crate. just as the i2creas" in prices
wcS unjust. unreasonahle. because
meat was priced too high. uncalled
to- by conditions prevailing through
Oh; the country. tie prices were fct!-
,!ous a; the top notch. because they
we're forced there arbitrarily. And
Developments viii! show tha: the
Sharks" are after the producers
again. Bu; what are YOU going 10 do
about it?
!; youN join the Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union and
stick and help one hundr.j;h par: as
gam hiers. we'll :u.n :he trick Well
DO Il anyhow-we have proved ,ha,
in the price we hav. GOT fo- ctoton
and cot;o2 seed--but we could curG
the trick easier and quicker II you
would join: besides you would ge,
square deal :o- you- corn aad hogs.
Try Il once.