The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-08
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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 1858.
Land planted in corn and hay will
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, hav-
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. T. A. Amaker.
Referring Back to the Cost Of Cotton
to the South.
Cotton production has cost the
South all that I have said and a vast
amount more. The cost is so great
that it would require the judgment OF
God Almighty to render a decision
a to what cotton has actually cost
the South. No mortal man can make
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
by any human being. The production
Of cotton in the South has prevented
his prediction from coming true. He
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 enslaved
by no debt shall sit amid his teemfns
gardens, and orchards and vineyards
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 Ia re
ceipted mortgage that discharges his
debt, but does not restore his free
dom-then shall be breaking the full
ness of our day"
The cost Of production OF cotton n
the South has made the foyad Amert
can citizen realize that it Is abeo
lutely necessary for him in carrying
out his pledge to help make the worat
safe for democracy, to help in every
way possible, using every ounce q
energy at his command to help i'm
prove conditions in the South, 70 thai
It will be 4 1T place for people t.
live in. He has made this decision be
cause he realizes, first, that It is hi
| duty as q loyal American citizen ane
because It is his duty IN justice q
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 il noble,
When we ehare cur wretcnsd cruse;
Ere hcr cause brfag fame and pront
And 'tis prosperous to be just
'Then It is tho brave man chooses,
While the coward stands astdA
Doubling IN hs sbject spirit,
TIL his Lord Is crucifed."
south's Future at Stake.
Tho South realizes that its future
existence = It stake, and that It n
absolutely necessary b market, ban1
and finance its cotton crop and thai
Il this Il not done, the cotton pzoduo
ton Of the South viii follow tho in
diso production, and that the cofeoe
production Will be referred to only ~
something that once existed in th'
South.
For this reason the farmer, mef
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