The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-04
TALK IT OVER
Farmers Consider Plan to Relieve The
Cellea Market Situation
MUCR INTEREST SHOWN

Committees From State Farmers's
Union Will Consider Cotton Hold
ing Facilities To Publish Names OF
Cotton for Higher Price.
Those Who Give Pledge to Hold
Farmers Union Day" was opened
Thursday morning by, g meeting OF
tho executive committee of the State
union in the office OF the State seere-
tary. Mr.. -Whitner Reid, in the
Hook building, at 9 O'Clock. A meet
ing of the warehouse committee will
be held Thursday evening In the OF
fee of the secretary at 7 o'clock, ana
the day will be climaxed by the gen.
eral open meeting of the union
Thursday evening at 8 O'Clock In the
Richland county court house. on
Washington street.
All the members Of the committee
were present at the meeting Thurs
day morning, which opened about 9
o'clock. President f. w. Dabbs OF
Sumter Is a member ex ofticio, as also
is Mr.. Reid, the secretary. The 9TH
er members are Messrs. H. T. Morri-
son McClellanville, Douglass Mcln-
tyre of Marion and A. D. Hudson Of
New berry. 1t was stated at the con-
clusion of the meeting that only rou-
tine matters had been transacted, and
that nothing of especial interest to
the general public had taken place.
A meeting of the warehouse COM
mittee was to have been held Thurs
til the evening. This committe Is
composed of seven members, from
the different congressional districts OF
the State and has a supervision over
the Farmers Union Warehouse Com
pany of South Carolina, recently COM
missioned by the secretary Of state
with a present cacital Of 100000.
Stock subscriptions are being solicit
ed for this scheme for cotton storage,
from members of the union through
out the State, the first installment of
which, 80 per cent, is due on Decem-
ber !. ,,
The committee will look into the
situation generally to find what pro-
gress has been made, and what fur
ther steps are to- be taken, etc. The
members are, in the order Of their
districts: Messrs. H. T. Morrison, Nc
Clellanville, chairman; Alfred AID
rich, Barnwell; B. Harris, Pendleton;
B. F. Keller, Spartanburg; J. B. o.
Neal Holloway, Newberry; Nv. H. Cur
ry, RHEIMS, and w. A. Stuckey, Bish-
opville.
The meeting Thursday night was
well attended and there were q num-
ber of interesting plans proposed to
help the farmers in their fight to Sc
cure fair price for cotton. DR.. Wade
Stackhouse Of Dillon read his plan
for relieving the situation. The plan
was Immediately adopted, but after
disc ssion a number Of features Of
the plan elsewhere in this paper. One
plan submitted to the conference
was to organize the landlords and
thereby keep the price Of cotton up.
Mr.. Clinkscales proposed that
pledges be secured firm the cotton
growers in the various counties of
the State to hold their cotton and
that the acreage be reduced. He pro-
posed to have a report Of the names
of those who promised to hold cotton
made daily in the papers of the State.
He was of the opinion that If the
farmers will stick together the situ-
alton will be much better within ten
days. Mr.. Clinkscales was very en-
thusiastic and urged more confidence
am ng the planters.
In subnitti''~ lis plan DR.. Stack
tion that "at', farmer be asked to
sign an affidavit that if rs per cent.
Of the farmers agreed to reduce 25
per cent. that his pledge would be-
come binding. This would put a pre-
MUM on lying and surely none Of US
would like to see such a strain put
on our farmers next year. The con-
tract plan is the only solution I can
see Of course the contracts could be
drawn so they would not be binding
unless a given per cent. Of farmers
signed up
But some one croaks that your
plan is as weak as the plan of the
mice when they agreed to bell the
cat.
II will say the American Fedora
tion of Labor is gigantic organiza-
ton: but who questions they have
great power. They contend for \ 1ow
cents to be added to 4 days work.
Southernmen producing cotton snre-
ly have as good fighting qualities as
organized labor in the North. While
they are fighting for a few thousand
dollars in wages, We cotton farmers
are fighting for the greater money
prize on earth losing this year about
$500, 100000 by our slothful neglect
to organize.
The brickmasons Of Nav York
city meet and organize and agree
that certain price per day shall be
charged to lay brick. Some one that
does not want to join the union tries
to cut the price. They call him a