The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-03
ANDERSON BANKERS
ISSUING WARMING
HAVE BEEN TOLD OF APP.
FROACK OF INSECT
THE BOIL WEEVIL
Heard Address ct Charleston
Meeting Saying that Weevil
Arrives in s Years

One q. AndcraOn's well known
tankcrs said yesterday that the peo-
pie OF this section wculd do we'll tc
tear III mind the remarks made a,
lie State meeting Of South Carolina
l'hnkcrs. l:eld at Charleston, OH the
subject Of tic boil wccvil. This is
danger. hardly TO be termed In,
mnen; a. get. ar! still It Is a fcrc-
gone conclusion that the boil y:ceyil
will reach South Carolina and An
dersOn county within the next few,
ychrs.
Tho hail wceyl ha about $50 mil,
g: TO travel before 1t reaches the
South tniolina- bordor and ut Il: av-
cra:c rate Of migration this will re-
du!rJ ahout five years" said b.
II. lfawl. CHIEF Of The dairy division.
bureau CT animal industry. United
StatcR d"nartment OF agriculture. in
an adore. 4 on the boil weevil deliver
c..; before tho South Carolina Bankers
assoc:r.ion recently In Charleston. On
THIS rrcniite Mr.. Ruwl developed plans
for .hc people OF the State by which
the? can better cope with the situa-
ticn lion the boil weevil appears
and reduces the cotton crop about so
per cent. He told OF the ravages In
other States and drew a parallel of
similar conditions for this State. His
remedy is that the farmers learn to
grow other crops or to raise live stock
and that tho bankers cooperate with
them by lending them money to build
up these new ventures
Mr.. Rawl traced 20 gradual ad-
vance of y III from the
time thr cared In the
Brazos rive. Il Texas. md
showed by stat. he devastation
tbat this little Il Il has done In
louisiana. for instance In 1904. the
cotton crop was over 100000 bales,
but after the boil weevil had fully
entered the State the crop decreased
to less than 250,00 bales, and since
then 1t has not exceeded 100000 bales
per annum. But worse are the figures
for ten counties in the southern part
OF Mississippi. In 1906 they produce, d
I'm aggregate of 262. 486 bales, which
was reduced in I 912 TO 38,13S bales.
Speaking OF the change in financial
creaSe in cotton production, Mr..
: 4 4. {.
"Since cotton. has become unprofit-
able, why do the farmers not raise
live stock? The answer Is. they do
not know how to conduct live stock
business and they have no money 10
get into It.. The bankers are unwill-
ing to lend money for live stock pro-
tluction. because they know that the
farmers are, without experience in
this business and therefore loans for
that purpose would be unsafe
"You." he continued. "the bankers
OF Soutf: Carolina, have In your con-
trul the most powerful single factor
for dealing with this most perplexing
problem It is the S37.000.00O that
you lend annually to the farmers of
the state for cotton production. You
can require as condition OF these
loans that q small amount OF them,
say 10 per cent. be devoted to the
production Of money crops other than
cotton. You can increase. thoir loans
slightly with the stipulation that the
increase ana III per cent. or the loan
dcsiredt, ba,used for something other
than cotton .
Blr. Rawl then went on to show
how tho form demonstration agent
would give any farmer aid In carrying
out snmo of the plans of raising grain
crops, cows, hogs. mules and other
thingsy TO take the place OF the cotton.
:s.ThAt tapproaching boil weeyii."" he
concluded, twill bring to the State
tho greatest economic problem that
has confronted, 1t in the last hall
century. !; It must not be considered
the merchants and the bankers prob
the farmers problem alone, for It is
lem as well; In fact, every business
In the state will be affected by II
Tho task Is difficult and the time Is
short brt there IS a chance here for
& great piece OF constructive work for
South Carolina and a chance for a
great and good work for mankind ~