The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-03-07

with compound interest. I also want
some mental anguish damages, and
the financial scalp of every one of the
buccaneers of 1914"
What do you think of the price
fixing next fall?" He said:
Here is the situation. The big
spot houses are buying on every de-
cline at constantly advancing prices
They are doing this because they see
In 1917 on the largest acreage ever
planted crop of 3,25O,OOO bales un-
der the average for the five year
preceding the war. They correctly
interpret this to mean that, until nor
NAL conditions return, the cotton
crop must steadily grow smaller. The
consumption Of cotton is les in Eu-
rope than before the war. but 1t is not
because OF the price. They cannot
get the raw material on account Of
was conditions. This is at the ex-
pense OF stocks and good. The CEN
trai powers, were the war to end at
once would consume 100000 bales
In the next year il they could get It,
regardless Of price. Consumption In
France and Belgium. England is
account Of mills and the removal of
machinery. This machinery, how
ever. is in Germany and the German
and English mills will consume
enought to atone for the decrease in
France and eBlgium. England is
bare Of raw material and the goods
are consumed as fast as they can be
made. regard the statement in GER
tain Wall street journals about the
decrease Of consumption to come
from the stoppage Of war orders as
rot. emanating from the same source
that was giving out 100000 males
crops estimate last fall.
From this small crop a consider
able amount Of cotton, which is
mare than half rotten. is now in the
fields. Labor and fertilizer conditions
will further curtail the crop in 1918.
The necessity for food crops is the
most important factor in production.
Heatless Mondays are powerful
object lesson and have made us real
lze the seriousness of the situation.
The restrictions about purchases of
flour and other food is giving the all
cotton farmers a real shock. There
are better educators than tons of lit
erature. In 1918 the South will be
more nearly self-supportiag than ev-
er in her history.
Il feel that l dare not depend on
western meat, -four. nay and corn. II
am planting wheat, hay, corn and
tation. 1t is the first time that RI
nave ever do this. 1t will take at
least one-h my cotton land, but |
am afraiu to do so. This feel
ing is growing and if the government
lakes another turn Of the screws it
would not surprise me by 1920, in
stead of food campaigns to see one
lrging us to plant cotton. feel re-
'ponsible for the ignorant people on
ny land and it Is my duty to see that
hey are fed. When you can't buy
ood Of what use is money? Increas-
ID food production is necessarily at
he expense of cotton production,
which Is now dangerously low. I re-
'ard the Manufacturers Record of
baltimore as the ablest and most con-
ervative publication of its character
n the United States and I would like
o read you an extract from it, A re-
'ent issue loudly calls attention to |
he fact that We are confronted with |
cotton famine. 1t says: While ev-
erything that can be done to increase
'ood production must be done, we
should not lose sight of the fact that
cotton is essential to civilization. 1t
Is absolutely necessary for clothing,
FOR tenting, and a thousand and one
things for which there is no substi
tute available. Another small crop
would be worlds disaster and vet
1t will be very difficult for the South
to plant. cultivate and pick a large
crop than the average of the last two
years."
Senator, what would be the effect
or liking the price Of cotton?" He
replied:
well. that depends on what price
Is fixed. If the maximum price was
too low as compared with other
standard articles it would defeat the
very object it had in view and precini-