Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-05-14
ar. J. 8. wANNAMAKER GIVES
SURPRISING FACTS.
STATEMENTS OF FARMERS
Sosth Realizes It's Future 10 at
Stake and Must Act
Accordingly.

tOQ ASSOSlnLlOEk, 0POh SAS ASteNSS -
o we'll known magazine that he fur
.ntsh them with statement showing
tho cost Of cotton to the South" sent
them the following article:
Cost of Cotton to the South.
First, as to the cost Of cotton to
the South. have estimated the cost
OF cotton to the South includes the
following:
!. The production Of cotton cost the
Bouth slavery.
2. It caused the War Between the
Etates.
8. The production Of cotton has
brought slave labor. Regardless OF the
fact that cotton is handmade prod
,uct, a price has been established on
cotton on the basis Of slave-labor,
from which price it has never been
removed.
4. 1t caused the South to become
cotton slaves.
8. 1t caused the South to merely ex-
list: denying to the producers the ne
cessities and comforts OF life.
6. To produce cotton and exist at
the price paid for it by the manipu-
later necessitated the establishment
of starvation wages in the South,
which exist even unto today.
7. It has caused the illiteracy OF
the South, through the manipulations
Of the cotton bears.
8. It has caused the impoverlshment
and pauperism of the South.
9. The production Of cotton has
caused the bad roads Of the South,
through the impoverishment OF the
producer by the manipulator
10. II has driven from the rural
communities the white man, who is
no longer contented to exc out an ex-
1stence; to deny to himself and his
family the comforts and necessities OF
life: to work without fair remunera-
tion.
II. It is even driving the negro
away; he has received new vision;
he is no longer satisfied with his un-
comfortable surroundings; he is insuf-
Mciently clothed.
Has Made Other Sections Prosperous
II. It has made other sections OF
the country prosperous; it has fat
tened the bears and manipulators OF
the North; it has blessed mankind in
every spot Of the globe where the
sun shines except in the South, where
n has proved curse.
13. The production OF cotton in the
south today has caused the descend
ants of the people who fought to
break the chains of physical slavery
from the black man to fight for the
purpose Of forging the chains OF
slavery, Of poverty, Of illiteracy on
the women and children working in
the cotton fields, both white and
black, still tighter.
IL. 1t has filled the srave.yards or
she South with men, women and lit
de children who existed and passed
ayay without necessities, comforts
and education.
is. It has created one Of the great
est gambling hells ON this globe, the
New York Cotton Exchange. extend
ing its damneble and bEshting ma
,nipulations and schemes throughout
our nation; fattening and prosperins
hhe gamblers and manlpulators on the
life blood of the toiler-
?. 1s. The production Of cotton In the
South has caused the producer to be-
come a commercial cannibal, this be-
l4ng absolutely necessary to enable
him to exist. He has destroyed his
forestry, heeced his soil Of its fer
tility; existed on his natural assets;
denying to himself and his family
reasonable hours Of work and proper
working conditions; a decent home;
the opportunity to play and to learn.
IT. It has caused child labor in the
South. It has caused the women and
children of the South. both white and
black. to perform not only labor, re-
rardless Of hours, but even to per-
FORM the manual labor Of tilling the
soil with the plow. white women
and colored women can be seen plow-
ing the cotton fields Of the South,
with little barefooted children plod-
ding alc-> behind them. scattering
compost, and performing their VOTE
from the l,reak of day to the twilight
-underfee, impoverished, half-cloth'
ed. worn aud .wcary.)
1s. It has caused the producer OF
cotton to go without the necessary
cotton clothing-the white man sell
dom having enough to meet the re-
,ouirements Of health and hygiene; the
negro being seldom blessed with more
than four cotton undersuits-one for
life use: one when he joins the church,
ione when he marr;es the first time,
and one when he is buried. (This be-
ing In excess Of the average.)
Az 10 the Cost OF Production Of Cotton
In the South.
requested the Hon. D. Fl. Houston,
Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish
me with detailed-statement showing
the cost Of production OF cotton IN
the South for the year 1918. He has