The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-08

Extra laDOr, SalneTiHS{ eoih,
Z hay, etc. .......-........ oo.Vo !
Picking 10 bales cotton at 81
per hundred weight. -. 12o.OO
is bushels planting seed atNs2
. a bushel ss.co
10 per cent depreciation on
$500 equipment .......... 60.0o
Incidental expenses ..-...., 30.CO
Ginning and bag and ties 10
b. c. ..,...........'.. .'....... y. oo'oV
s1,s4S.oO
q Income.
Z b. c. 400 lbs. each at 3oc..s $4,000
24s bushels cotton seed at 81 $4,000
= s1,OSO.0o
The above farm should produce 10
b. c. and tenant must pay three bales
rent. After paying entire proceeds Of
sale of cotton and seed. on his years
expenses, he owes balance Of sass,
Land planted in. corn and hay win
produce enough to feed horse.
have been engaged in farming
for 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 a merchant
selling fertilizers and supplies, hay,
ing been extensively engaged in the
mercantile business ser the past thirty
years, &
The above is a correct statement
illustrating the cost Of production Of
cotton, T. A. Amaker.
Referring Back to the Cost Of Cotton
to the South.
Cstton production has cost the
South all that have said and a vast
amount more, The cost is so great
that it would require the judgment CT
God Almighty to render a decision
a, to what cotton has actually cost
the South. No mortal man can ris,,.e
/ the estimate.
Henry Grady more than thirty-one
years ago delivered a speech in New
England, which made more lasting
impression possibly on the country
than any one speech ever delivered
Iby any human being. The production
of cotton in the South has prevented
Ihis prediction from coming true. Hs
said in part;
! When every farmer In the South
shall eat bread from his own fields
and meat from his own pastures and
disturbed by no creditor and enslayed
by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming
gardens, and o. ehards and S.:leyards,
and dairies and barnyards, pitching
his crop in his wisdom and growing
them in independence, making cotton
his clean surplus, and selling it in his
own time, and in his chosen market,
and not at q masters bidding-get-
ting his pay In cash and not In a re-
ceipted mortgage that discharges his
debt, but does not restore his free
dom-then shall be breaking the full
ness Of our day." iss !
The cost OF production Of cotton in
tie South has made the loyad Ameri-
can citizen realize that It Is abso-
!lstely necessary for him in carrying
| out his pledge 70 help make the world
safe tor democracy. to help In every
way possible, using every ounce Of
energy at his command 70 help I'M
prove conditions in the South. 20 that
Iit will be at place Cor people to
i iivs In. He mas made this decision be-
cause he realizes. nrst that It Is 'hia
duty as q loyal American citizen and
because It is his duty in Justice 70
God and man. He realizes:
Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment to decide;
| In the strife OF truth with falsehood.
For the good or evil side.
"Then to sidewith truth is noble,
When we share our wretched crust;
Ere her cause bring fame and profit,
And it's prosperous to be just
"Then it is the brave man chooses,
While the coward stands aside,
Doubling in his abject spirit,
Till his Lord is crucifed."
south's Future at Stake.
The South realizes that its future
existence is at stake, and that it is
absolutely necessary to market, bank
and finance its eotton crop and that
Il this is not done, the cotton produo