The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-11

substantial Results
II have worked on this
mighty hard. and | believe tn: e.
have gotten substantial results
am satisfied that the money tha- Il
been saved To the southern tarHl -
by reason Of all this agitation
UP into the millions. / do rct
whether they Will ever appreciate
or rot. but such are tn dis
facts.
The business community s.....
appreciate what has been dom .f
But Door old humanlty takes e>,g-
thing a. a matter OF course. it All.
had gone ahead and made =.
of things. there WouId have Ett- .a
end Of u~nfayorab!e criticisms. lt
since everything worked out 1.,.E
most people give the late spril4 ..E
bad weather. all of the credit.
II am satisfied that the WorN s.4
did at the beginning and then t4e
originating Of the Rock Hill pI.,.
and the agitation incident TO its cSt4t-
lishment saved the day. II SOME
thing had not been done 10 Scot F
the market, l really believe cotton
would have been sold for s or : cents.
But Just as soon IS the people >-w
that something definite and positive
was going to be done. the market m
IIlSdltleIS btSdn " dON ttltt. anu HAS
kept up the gain regularly
The several State supetintend,utS.
such men as Frank Weldon. #
Georgia; Clio Harper. Of Arkansas,
Fred James. Of Mississippi. j 4.
Brown. of North Carolina. and ". j.
Candill. OF Oklahoma, have also done
their work we'll.
Some Figures.
AS a specimen Of the reports re-
ceived. some of the details OF that
made by Mr.. Anderson as TO south
Carolina, are interesting:
In York county there arc 2.349
white farmers. and 1.o31 Of these who
planted 1851 acres last year have
signed the pledges and have cut their
acreag to 1858 acres or by II per
cent. Edgefield has 1.40O white
farmers: 1887 representing 30.03s
acres in 1911 have cut to 20,S15 acres
or 80 per cent. Oconee has 3,o23
white farmers, representing a to-
tai cotton acreage of 36,S23; Of
these 1926 who planted 27,735 acres
in 1911 are planting %. 061 acres this
year-a reduction Of 20.4 per cent.
In Williamsburg county those who
planted 40,457 acres Of the 1854 de-
voted to cotton are planting 29,212
acres this year. a reduction Of II
per cent. In Marlboro those who
L ~ IL toIot s1 - 80
Of the county-S6.O 10-are planting
this year 54,22S acres or a cut Of
1914 per cent. In Newberry county
915 farmers who planted 44,743 acres
asst year are putting in 1886 this
year-a cut of 1873 per cent. In Lee
county normally 10000 acres are
planted: IT'S farmers who planted
47,668 acres in 1911 are planting IS
1874 acres in 1912-a cut of l9 per
cent. In Lexington 423 farmers have
cut from 1878 acres to 6,337 or 33
per cent. In Laurens those planting
10000 acres last year have made
an aggregate cut of 22,7S1 acres or
1873 per cent.
Move Forward.
Inasmuch as the congress-, with tho
earnest support of every man con
erned in cotton. has not failed in
the initial effort in a great economic
crises, it should now move forward
unfalteringly and vigorously to at
tain its more lasting objects. It's de-
clared of establishing in a
practical, business-like way q method
Of gradual marketing Of cotton
throughout the year. instead of dump
ing the crop on the market all at
once, by means of rehou or
otherwise: Of providing for an intel
ligent method OF stapling and pack
ing; of bringing the producer and
the ultimate consumer into direct
dealing with each other; and Of stop
ping the leaks hat reduce the grow
ers' prof1ts-all these must command
immediate. Dainstaking and active
attention. and 1t is my at the
most oppOrtune moment. at 8 time
convenient to the greatest number
TO call the next annual session t. be
held in Atlanta. Ga, as fixed by the
congress. in order that these mattere
may be most carefully consideres
Inc excellent suggestion has beer
made that the congress be developed
into a permanent. thoroughly ryan
lied body. maintaining central head
quarters and employing a corps o.
the best-eouipped experts ob~tainabie
for the handling OF the purely busi-
ness problems indicated in the inter
ests Of the Southern grower Of cotton
primarily and Of every man. woman
q child in the South necessarily