The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-10-16

ORGANIZE AT ONCE
Mcleod URGES THEM TO HOLD
COTTON FOR 40 CENTS IN
OCTOBER.

B. F. Mcleod, state manager Of
the South Carolina Cotton associa-
ton has issued an earnest appeal to
all of the cotton growers of the
state to enroll as members of the as
sociation at once.
"Merchants, bankers and all other
business men and professional men
should join the association also," said
Mr.. Mcleod, because the prosperity
of the South is dependent on the
prosperity Of the cotton grower
"Organize. That's the big message,
expressed in one little word, the
South Carolina Cotton association
sends South Carolina cotton growers.
"Organize, for the preservation OF
business in your community and
state, as we'll, by withholding your
cotton from the market until the
price reaches level that will assure
a price above the cost of production,
plus a reasonable income for hard
work.
"Get together and unite upon some
plan for. the perfecting the holding
of the South's chief COM
cotton, which is the back
bone of business and prosperity in
the South. The American Cotton
association has prepared the SOIL
and now, you, Mr.. Farmer, sow the
seed, and let it bear fruit. You have
the grit, and business sagacity to ac-
complish this job in a clean, legiti-
mate way.
at will be but short while before
the American Cotton association is IN
real harness, and you see the won
derful results that are bound to
spring from its operation.
AT the meeting held in New Or
leans recently the association fixed
So cents a pound for cotton during
September and added one-half cent a
pound for each following month un-
til it reaches 40 cents. Are you, Mr..
Farmer, merchant, business man and
banker, commanding that price! II
not, then do it. Or else, take your
staple to your home, or to some bond
ed warehouse, and let it remain in
tact until you do get it.
"The cotton that is being sold to.
day is being gobbled up by mills and
placed in storage, or being made In
to goods on the basis of about 81
pound. 1t requires from three to
four pounds of goods to make pound
of cotton.
"The demand for spot cotton is
daily increasing. Mills are begin
ming to come to their senses. They
see a famine in the most needed pro-
duct in the world today, and they see
on their books orders for goods that
win keep their machinery humming
for months ahead without the solicl-
tation of other business. But in their
store rooms they have only small
supply of staple-the cost OF the an
cient hand to mouth policy; policy
used for years, for a generation, or
more, to depress the price OF cotton
in order to secure it as cheap as pos
sible. And they see appearing from
abroad, representatives from prac-
tically all European nations, coming
here to arrange for the purpose OF
buying textile machinery and cotton.
"The unprecedented foreign and
domestic demand for cotton, which
has been talked of for some time, IS
beginning to make itself heard. VI
course the cry is soft and everyone
of those craving for cotton naturally
are going about it as easy as possl-
BILE, buying in quiet ways, for 1ear
that the South will rub its eyes and
become stubborn. It's time to get
stubborn.
"Slap on the brakes and make them
bid for it. Make them bid for it un-
til they are willing to pay a price
that will pay for our hard labor; pay
for the education of your children,
paw for the food that you feed your
family, for your taxes, for your
clothes-everything that it costs to
produce the staple they want. Won't
they make the same demands of you
and of your merchant for the goods?
Absolutely.
"Organize; everything nowadaysls
organized from hornets to your
groceryman."
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Col Ejuord NJ House chief adVl-