The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-09-22
MORRISON CALLS
COTTON FARMERS
WILL UPHOLD PRICE
Rapid Ginning and Selling De-
press Market-Meeting in
Columbia September 2s.

SOuuuid september ZS.
Columbia, Sept 1s.-A cotton
holding movement will be launched,
at meeting of farmers to be held,
in Columbia September 2s. The
call for the conference was issued,
yesterday from McClellanville by H.
t. Morrison, president of the South.
Carolina State Farmers union.
The following is the call which.
was issued to 1.-The cotton farmers OF
South Carolina"
AT a meeting OF the State presi-
dents of the Farmers union held in.
New Orleans. La, September and
o. resolution was passed urging
upon the cotton planters OF the South
'he Importance of holding meetings
In their respective States for the pur-
pose of organizing cotton holding
movement
While the price was apparently
hlsh on the first of September. the
rapid ginning and selling of cotton
are already depressing the market
almost twice as much cotton having
peen ginned as was last year at this
time. The buyers are naturally talk
ing advantage of this fact and unless
we can check up the selling the
price will go still lower.
Reports show a very short crop
and probably not more than 11.O0O.-
7 900 bales and when all remem-
! per that two years ago. under war
conditions. 100000 bale crop
was consumed we can appreciate
where cotton will probably go to IL
slowly marketed.
"Harbins report gives onlv 5S7
per cent OF crop for this year, with
South Carolina at 1872 per cent
(about half of crop which as far as
my personal knowledge goes 4.
about true)
Somebody is going to sell cotton
before the next crop comes in at 90
cents and up, and why not the man
who makes? With our State ware
houses. money at low rate of inter
est and cheap storage and insurance.
there should be no reason for the
majority of the farmers OF this State
to depress the mrket by selling now
In 1914 we made big crop but got
nothing for 1t; in 1915 the price was
falr but the crop short. The 1916
crop will probably be the shortest
we have had in ten years and the
world may be facing a cotton fam
inc. Why not the producer reap the
harvest? To do this we must act TO-
gether, unorganzed we can never
bull the mrket.
You remember that two years ago
when the Southern farmers asked
congress to pass an act opening up
the ports OF the warning countries TO,
their cotton they were told that con-
gress was a slow working and con-
servative body and that nothing
could be done in time to save that
crop even if it bankrupt the entire
south But when organized labor,
100000 strong, threatened the coun-
Try with general railroad strike,
President Wilson discovered that
congress was not as slow and con-
servative body as he thought it was
and the eight hour law was passed
in less than that many days Whether
this was right or wrong we are now
discussing, but it proves very clearly
that if the farmer wants anything
he has got to go after it and be organ
lied well enough to demand it.
ITO start this cotton holding
movement I have been requested to
call meeting in Columbia, Thurs
day. September %. at 8 o'clock D.
m. This I will do If farmers are in
terested enough to attend such a
meeting or will join in the holding
movement and will so indicate by
writing me card