The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-09-05

might prove disastrous. Aside from}
the loss in money that might result
from too hasty action we can not es-
innate the loss that would result to
the cause of the farmers, if after TAX
ing a stand we fail to hold it. The
movement for concerted action on the
part Of all Southerners interested in
the cotton crop advances slowly be-
cause in the great stretch of country
that it covers there is such a diversity
of interest. A change Of policy that
would suit our section might bring
calamity to another. We should wait,
therefore, until such time when
there can be no possibility Of a great
mistake in the estimate Of the crop !
Basing our figures then on sure esti-
mate We should count On the support
Of all Southerners.
and if when we are ready to mar
ket, consumers are reluctant to puf-
chase, we need fear no disaster. Ha7-
ing arrived at a fair estimate OF the
crop we may easily retire percent
age of it, leaving available only SOL
much as will supply the market at a
fair price to ourselves. If We are to!
produce 100000 bales, let us re-
tire 100000 bales and stand firmly
by this fixed pledge.
Market Carefully.
with all the attention given to the
raising of cotton the industry is but!
partially developed. A crop must not
only be economically and efficiently
produced, but it must be wisely mar
keted. Heretofore all our attention
has been given to the growing and
we have bestowed but scant care upon
the disposition of the crop. AS much
energy, as great labor, as fine busl-
ness judgmert is needed in the mar
keting as in the raising of cotton. AS
the growing is a science, so ought the
marketing to be a system. With unit
ed effort we can place Southern cotton
in every market in the world. We
can all join in memorializing our con-
gressment to aid US in finding new mar
kets for the staple, in opening all the
ports of the world to Southern cotton.
There is no possibility that the pro-
duct of the South can food the world
market. -:
"The foregoing facts having en-
phasized the deep concern that all in
terests have in the great crop of the
South and in the proper marketing
of the same, let us call upon all to aid
US in Strengthening the markets. Not
alone the market for the raw material
but for the finished product of the
mills. We are all farmers in that we
deal with the product of the farm.
The interests of the South are COM
mon to all Southerners whether bank
ers. merchants, mill men or farmers.
t'The history of the South should
bring US a lesson on the value of unit
ed effort. Through many revolutions,
commercial and otherwise, she has
passed and has been able to Withstand
them only by united effort. When the
rarmies of the nation were arrayed
against her in the sixties confedera-
ton was all that saved her from COM
plete annihilation. When she lay at
the mercy Of unscrupulous men dur
ing the period Of Reconstruction all
failroad to free her from the curse OF
the false government AS in war so
! in business, events of the last 20 years
seem to argue against her prosperity
Having by united effort overcome re-
verses her industrial development has
been wonderful. And yet when the
one great crop in which all interests
centre seems success, something con-
spires to cut the price, to decrease its
market value. The profitable market
ing of cotton demands union OF
forces as real as that Of the sixties and
seventies, a constant steady pull for
the industrial freedom of the South.
Without the martial spirit of the six
ties but with the same loyal devotion
to Southern interests, let us rally to
her support in this, her day Of oppor-
tunity. As We have been brothers IN
all movements for Southern progress,
let us not forget that comradeship and