Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-10-10
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Dispatches from Washington say:
Congressman w. F.. Stevenson ad-
dressed the. house on the subject of
fixing price on cotton. His address,
in part, follows:
There is general talk OF cotton
price fixing. said to be necessary be-
cause the price has advanced to an
extravagant figure. The Washington
Post last week asserted editorially
that 1t was far beyond it's worth. Let
us see IL this statement Is justified.
The four years before the war began
the South made 59,6S7.53S bales: in
the years 1915. 1916, 1917 and 1918 it
made 45.343.125. a reduction OF 1894
Alb bales. or more than a years aver
age crop. The world, outside of the
United States, has made for the last
four years an average OF 6,513.0O0
bales, or for the four years 26.O52 900
bales OF cotton, and add to this the
number OF bales raised in the United
States for the last four years and we
have 71.395.125 bales, all that has been
produced in the world in the last four
years. Consumption has been at
age, or for the four years $4,000 900
bales. which shows that 1t has exceed
ed the production by 9,6O4,S75 bales.
Can we expect the world to get
cotton as cheap when consumption ex-
ceeds production by 2,5OO,0OO bales q
year four years? Again. fertilizers
and labor and supplies and stock and
m a n hov ;,,nr l.,
100 TO 300 per cent. The price of
goods made from cotton has also in
creased on an average OF 800 per cent,
and shall cotton be held down to bare
cost OF production ard less? The
price OF cotton when the war broke
out in 1914 was IA GEMS per pound. 1t
is now 33 cents. and there is q propo-
sition to fix 1t at % cents per pound.
Certainly 1t would be unfair to cut the
price OF cotton down and enable the
manufacturer to increase his hand
some pront. The plea for fixing price
OF wheat was to fix such a price as
would guarantee a safe return and
stimulate production. The fixing Of
any price under S5 .ei.ts will have the
opposite tendency in cotton.
Let supply and demand regulate 1t.
That was what we were told in 1914.
South Carolina Casualties.
Casualties among South Carolina
troops, overseas, as shown by recent
reports from the front. are as follows:
Killed in Action-Privates Wade
Thompson. Sellars; ]. n. Murray,
Blackville; Jacob Pr;oleau, Charles,
ton
Died OF Wounds-Lieut. f. " Walsh.
B.sckville; Privates II. S. Archer An
derson; +. ID. Stribiing, Columbia.
Died Of Disease-Privates Humbert
Hook. North; Eugene Davis. Florence;
Preston Robinson. Anderson.
Prisoners, or Missing p. N.
Gunter. Samaria:, Privates C. 8. Bag.
well. Bolton; G. L. Howard, Green.
vile; III. l.. Waters. Liberty; Luxe
Robletter. Battle Creek: w. A. Doug.
lass. Hartsville; l. C. Quinn, Pacole,.
Severely Wounded-Lieut. L. A..
Freeman. Spartanburg: Private Rob.
ert Jacobs. Pelion: Eddie Saunders.
Orangeburg; p. j. Hh Ross, Pelzer.
Strenuous Labor Situation.
Figures assembled by II. L. Thigh
man, federal labor director in South
Carolina, indicate an unsurpassed Ia
Dor shortage in this State. Mr.. Tlgh-
man has an immediate call for IL 500
workmen on government contracts
alone. The men needed include $500
carpenters and nearly 10000 common
laborers.
The following is the number OF men
needed by various government con.
struction companies In the state as re-
ported by Mr. Tilghman:
Mason & Hangar Contracting Com.
pany, Charleston port terminal, 1900
carpenters: $500 laborers.
Subcontractors OF Mason 4 Hangar
also at work on port terminal construc.
tfon work. 600 men Immediately and
200 additional men weekly.
Charleston navy yard. 200.
Paris Island marine barracks, 200.
Cantonment construction, Columbia
1000 carpenters and 5000. laborers.
Electrical workers and other skilled
workmen are called for to the number
OF 1900.
Dam construction contractors at Lu.
Boff are calling for 500 men.
The number OF men needed for the
$3,OO0.O00 government contract at
Camp Sewer. Greenville. has not been
reported to Mr.. Tilghman. Neither is
the number designated for Camp
Wadsworth.
Appointments by Governor.
Governor Manning made tho fol.
lowing appointments:
T.. c. Allen. magistrate at Latta, Dill
lon county.
w. NJ. billiard. MAGISTRATE NJ Vast