The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-02

average crop for the last four wears.
ms means that we will have an on
ormous shortage of raw cotton i, all
probabilities the crop will be far be-
i2w the four-year average, in which
case the manufacturing interests are
facing a period of complete exhaus-
tlon OF supply Of raw cotton before
this time next year. =
These are actual facts, actual condi
tons. "The wise man is governed nv
facts.' The manufacturer who fails
to recognize the existing conditions
VIII pay dearly for his folly. The pro-
ducer who sacrifices cotton under
these conditions will simply be enrich
ing the manufactures and robbinp
himself. Cotton is the cheapest COM
modify in the world TODAY. and con-
slderlng population and demand, we
VIII have the smallest supply ever re-
corded. AS result, the highest price
ever paid for cotton Is an inevitable
certainty.
ooiHe otartllnR FaCtS.
we have entirely overlooked the
enormous destruction of material
which resulted from the world war
The following label will throw some
slight light on this side of the pic
ture:
The following facts regarding the
war have been complied from litera-
ture furnished by the government loan
organization, based upon information
issued by the United States Treasury.
lhe total cost Of ammunition and
guns to equip our army amounted to
Sl2 for every hour since the birth of
Christ.
over 100000 shoulder rifles were
produced in the nineteen months of
our participation in the war, more
than either France or England pro-
duced during that period
Before the armistice was signed,
our speed in producing ammunition
was twice that Of France and 10 per
cent greater than that of ENGLAND. At
the end OF the war our production
OF, machine guns was twice that of
France anr nearly three times as
great as England.
Six million two hundred and fftv
thousand pounds Of 75-millmetre am
munltlon were fired by American ar
tillerymen.
1t takes ten months to manufacture
one H. nch, so calibre rifle and costs
about 100000. It's life is $50 shots.
Fro!n April 6, 1917, to December,
1913, "" manufactured 438, ,652 pistols
and ~ 663 revolvers.
On November IL, 1918, the United
States had l,949,316 soldiers in ELL
rore and 22,234 en- route, besides 32.-
395 marines. We had 9,1O4 in the
Siberian expedition and 1,634,499 in
the United States, making a grand to-
tai IN the army Of about 100000.
The enornity Of the supplies pro-
duced for shipment abroad NAV be
gauged from the following items:
Blankets, almost 2O,OOO,OOO.
wool coats, over 100000.
Overcoats, almost 8,0O0,0CO
Shoes. over 2G,000,OOO.
Stockings, almost 90,OOO,OOO
Frozen beef. over 25000O,O00 lbs.
Flour, about 543,000,O0O pounds.
About 2.500,0 100000 cigarettes.
Beans, about 40,0OO,OOO pounds.
Hard bread, about 5000, 900 lbs.
Salt, about $4,000, 900 pounds.
1here were transported to the army
abroad from April, 1917, to November
1913, 4,897 900 tons of freight
We lost 271 airplanes to the enemy !
and they lost 491 to us.
70 equip our aviators there was pro
V'ded, or in course Of manufacture. on
November II, 1918, in excess of S. 600
oo0Worth of material
Estimate Conservative.
realize that our estimate as to the |
worlds need will be startling and will
probably be ridiculed. However r
also realize that as a result of q thor |
ough investigation that this estimate
or ours is conservative. England would
use far III excess of the amount of cot
ton shown, were it possible to secure
same. AS to the production Of the
growing crop for America, even were
you TO accept the figures shown bv the
pear estimate Of 100000 which fig
ures are absolutely ridiculous, still
you would have an enormous untitled
iehand for raw cotton. 1t is stated
mat time proevs all things. and