The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-23

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do not agree to this. We certainI,
Drought about the biggest hoIdins
movement in the history OF the cot.
.on trade. SO great and so far-reach,
ing IN It's consequences that an organ.
ized campaign has been wageti FOR
nonths 10 make the farmers sell cot.
TON to- start the wheels OF trade. q
part OF that campaign hainr In
threaten that no goods would Ia soid
on credit after January 1 if farmer
did not sell cotton and nav nm I
Halter myself that the last open ef-
tort along that line was saueJched
when congratulated the FLORENCE
salesman on being the best ally thn
farmers had to abolish the credit and
mortgage system and pointed ont tn
him the consequences OF stopping
Tcredtt. 1t may be said that farmers
nave heen selling ccttca and -. ,ine
| their debts. Yes. and they have been
doing 80 on an advancing market as a
result OF our not dumping our cottan
as the conspirators thought We would
| We lost out on every effort to get
ulrect help from the federal govern
ment, the only constitutional power in
this country TO coin money, fix values
ana emit bills of credit. The admins
istration at Washington was dead
wall against any aid to the. farmera
snat Old not flow through the national
banks, and that was not SO heiged
apout as to make O host Of middla-
men the toll gatherers OF fthe people
putrng into the power OF the ruling
sp,rets among the moneyed men the
means to exploit our necessities. All
this was done under the guise f,f .nrn.
tecttng the public credit And 4
must say that We did not have q soIid
south for our direct aid. We hnd
TOO many traitors to the common aocd
VINO wanted TO profit by our Distress
Crisis is Past.
fAs things have turned y,ut. ,a..
lieve we could have done much mora,
Tor our section, IL we had snenf fI,ss
same time and money In thoroinfIiy
organizing the producers OF the cot
ton OF In doing 50 as far as we iconId-.
raiiyiEg around the farmers, union ta
bring about cooperation In It's trrest
sense. But, however. that may be, i,yl
.,,s,. nBht, tne personal econ
~ ls ~ .nahy sniits Ot our people,
nnueu sssas, IA part by the scare we gave
4 sssaslllng gton as 70 what might happen, 4
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passee, ~. eul IA my Judgment, the crisis OF
=. gt,Bht Witn muon less damage than
re ne Lsarea Inen early In September
slsls! s.lsa Was apaolutely no market for
ssi.a5l sAcepS an o limited way at @
3ssnts Of less Tor middling. Should II
sseI s.e =. haves 10 engage Hn such a fight
= nope onr people may never
Slss way 10 such gloomy predictions
-, Me oiq l. last rali. 1t was most
{ sssi y N9. lous renecsion ON the previous use
,a...o oaL " iucn fpoasted resources TO cry
,tlEt tst We We're crushed when the first
apssnse I've VINO struck us. 1t injured cur
slsuiLs ana standing among business
l..l.,1 iasn % me world more than we were
: : ssy .sss nut. ~ casn.s4
s.t,JI. We nightly comprehend the les.
syn q tne past few months. all OK
pur anxiety, all OF our losses win be |
lnAqe up 10 us In the surer prosperity |
yLS ~: tue titnre. 1t Is the province OF |
tnis messing. to blaze the way 20 |
.pian to build ORR business life On the the
" 9 I'm We must
- s.. 10 business. We
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=, :; hsiu sympathizel
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