The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-02

IS bushels planting seed at 50
DuShel oo''o
10 per cent depreciation on
$500 equipment .......... 6o."o
Incidental expenses ........ 3o.oo
Ginning and bag and ties 10
b. c. o''"o
S1,34S00 |
Income.
b. c. 400 lbs each at 3Nc..S $4,000 |
24e bushels cotton seed at 81 $1,000 |
F.! s1,0So.0O |
| The above farm should produce 10
b. G. and tenant must pay three bales
rent. After paying entire proceeds Of
sale of cotton and seed on his years
expenses. he owes a balance Of $26S.
j Land planted in corn and hay Will
produce enough to feed horse.
I have been engaged in farming
Tor the past thirty years and am
thoroughly familiar with the cost OF
production being now extensively en-
gagged in farming, and also thoroughly
familiar with same as merchant
selling fertilizers and supplies, nav
ing been extensively engaged IN the
mercantile business for the past thirty
years.
The above is a correct statement
illustrating the cost of production Of
cotton. I. A. Amaker.
Referring Back to the Cost Of Cotton
to the South.
Cotton production has cost the
South all that I have said and vast
amount more. The cost is so great
that it would require the judgment OF
God Almighty to render a decision
! 4 to what cotton has actually cost
!, the South. Nm mortal man can make
the estimate.
: Henry Grady more than thirty-one
years ago delivered a speech in New
t England, which made a more lasting
impression possibly on the cou"try
} than any one speech ever delivered
. by any human being. The production
Of cotton in the South has prevented
!. bis prediction from coming true. He
t said in part:
when every farmer in the South
D shall eat bread from his own fields
and meat from his own pastures and
disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved
by no debt, shall sit amid his teemlng
D gardens. and orchards and vineyards,
D and dairies and barnyards. pitching
his crop in his wisdom and growing
U them in independence, making cotton
! his clean surplus, and selling it In MS
y own time, and in his chosen market
0 and not at q masters bidding-set-
0 ting his pay in cash and not in re-
ceipted mortgage that discharges MS
o debt. but does not restore his Tree
0 dom-then shall be breaking the fuIi-
y ness OF our day
= The cost of production of cotton IN
y the South has made the loyad AEerl
a can citizen realize that it is aoso
lutely necessary for him in carr. =.
out his pledge to help make the w1f.d
a safe for democracy, to help IN e.: -rs
- y way possible, using every ounce Ct
energy at his command to help i'm
a prove condition. in the South. 50 thai
~ It will be a fit place for people Il
live in. He has made this decision be
a cause he realizes, first, that it is MS
duty as a loyal American citizen ana
because it is his duty in justice K
God and man. He realizes:
! once to every man and nation
. Comes the moment to decide;
~: In the strife of truth with falssnoca
For the good or evil side.
"rhsa 10 sidMith truth is noble
a, Wheil We share our wretchsd crust;
a Ere her cause bring fame and psoht
And It's prosperous to be just
a "Then it is the brave man chooses
a While the coward stands aside,
M. Doubling in his AFFECT spirit,
Till his Lord is cricifed.
A south's Future at Stake.
rte South realizes that its future
70 existence is at stake, and that it i
u absolutely necessary to market. ban'
and finance its cotton crop and taa
o, e this is not done. the cotton ploduc
t;on OF the South will follow the II
@ diro production, and that the cotto'
nroduction will be referred to only a
"a something that once existed IN IN
N South. o,
" For this reason the farmer mel
=, chant and banker have abslou1esv az
" termined to arrange to market 60
- ton, They are forming s2oo'ooo'oo
cornoratfon for this purpose known q
.he Marketing. Exporting ana fsaaa'
~ CORPORATION. The manipui*t
N gamblers who have fed OF .:
az Nlood of the South will OF conr =
lifEH, tly protest. We realize 'A'
viola ,cial freedom Of the South