The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-22

or poor. white or black, We need your
influence. We stand or the poor
man as we'll as the ricl in asking that
our creditors will take that which
We bave-a cotton warehouse receipt
and withhold collecting his notes
and accounts as long as he possibly
can in order that we may obtain cost
or above for this cotton crop. We
visa the cooperation OF farmers. mer-
chants, bankers, fertilizer companies
and all other persons doing business
in the South. We wish to tank the
many friends of cotton for the sup
port they are giving u.s. The ''buya
bale plan has done good Our pa
ptriotic women are going to help US
! by wearing cotton clothes. Some Of
our colleges are taking cotton or
warehouse receipts for tuition and
board Some OF the big insurance
companies have received the permis-
| sion in Washington of investing a part
I of their income in cotton just as tley
have been investing in bonds and
mortgages. 1t is even possible that
some Of the socalled heartless trusts
| like Standard Oil, the international
Harvester company and others may
come in to help us bear the burden.
! The national government has tried to
help U.s. The regional banking law is
! the only star of hope when we look to
the future; except and most important
of all reduction Of cotton acreage in
1915. Our friends in Washington say
they have done for US all they can
and if we expect further government
aid it must be from our State govern
ments. Our South Carolina farm ers
rave a bull dog grip on this cot on
crop and 1 believe if the other States
will stick to us We will win out. Cot
ton is now 1 cent per pound higher
than ten days ago, due, believe, to
the small receipts. One cent per
pound means to the South 75,C00,-
j, 000 dollars on this cotton corp. Mr..
Farmer, however small, you are help
ing to play a game of chance and the
stake is the paltry sum Of hundreds
of millions of dollars. Are you 60
ing to stand and take some hardsnips
like true soldier, or are you going
to take your heels, sell your cotton
on a declining market and help to
make yourself, your neig-bor and
your country, poorer. l urge that
every farmer in South Carolina be
asked to sign our pledge during Sep
tember. First, We ask that, if pos
sible, you sell no cotton during the
month of September. We know there
is no demand for cotton at present
and this will sustain the price. Sec
ond, we ask you to hold one-third Of
your crop till September, 1915, unless
you get II cents per pound at an
earlier date We believe this fair
and reasonable request Five million
bales Of this crop can not be spun by
! the mills of the world. Ii We try to
force the mills to take this 100000
surplus, cotton will go down to 5
cents If the farmer and his friend
will hold this surplus, we may sell
the other 100000 bales at about 10
cents. 1t is fair for every one to hold
one-third of his crop and borrow all
the money you can on it to pay your
debts. If you can not borrow money
on it, better take the receipt and pay
some of your bills with it for year
If you can not hold the third of your
crop, beg or almost force one of your
creditors to mold it for you for one
year. When your county is can
vassed, it should show that one-third
of last years crop is going to be held
for one year, unless the minimum
price, - cents, is obtained for it. If
you told one-third Of this crop, the
other two-thirds, slowly fed to the
mills, as your necessities demand, will
bring more money than all t0e cryp
forced on a market with no demand.
Third, sign the pledge to reduce acre
age (cotton) next year so per cent.
Crop reduction so per cent. is the
most essential thing to give value to
the present crop-to your 1915 crop
and even to the 1916 crop.
cat our State meeting We are go
ing to consider two plans by which
the legislature can help US. First,
we hope to have a State warehouse