The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-08
THE COST Of COTTON
TO THE SOUTH
Mr.. J. S. WANNAMAkER GIVES
SURPRISING FACTS.
STATEMENTS OF FARM MERS
South Realizes Its Future 10 At
Stake and Must Act
Accordingly.

|. Mr.. J. Skottowe Wannamaker,
chairman of the South Carolina Cot
ton Association, upon the request OF
a well known magazine that he fur-
nish them with statement "showing
the cost of cotton to the South" sent
them the following article:
Cost Of Cotton to the South.
First, as to the cost Of cotton to
the South, have estimated the cost
of cotton to the South includes the
following:
l. The production Of cotton cost the
South slavery.
2. It caused the War Between the
States.
8. The production Of cotton has
brought slave labor. Regardless OF the
fact that cotton is handmade prod,
uct. a price has been established on
cotton on the basis Of slave-labor,
from which price it has never been
removed.
4. It caused the South to become
cotton slaves.
5. 1t caused the South to merely e1'
ist; denying to the producers the ne
cessities and comforts Of life.
6. To produce cotton and exist at
the price paid for it by the manipu'
lator necessitated the establishment
of starvation wages in the South,
which exist even unto today.
I. It has caused the illiteracy OF
the South, through the manipulations
Of the cotton bears.
8. It has caused the impoverishment
and pauperism Of the South.
9. The production OF cotton mas
caused the bad roads OF the South
through the impoverishment OF the
producer by the manipulation:
10. It has driven from the rural
communities the white man, who Is
no longer contented to exc out an ex
istence: to deny to himself and his
family the comforts and necessities oi
life: TO work without fair remunera
'tion.
II. It is even driving the negro
away; he has received new vision; ;
he is no longer satisfied with his nm
comfortable surroundings; he Is insuf
.fciently clothed.
Has Made Other Sections Prosperous
II. It has made other sections o
the country prosperous; it has tat
tened the bears and manipulators Of
the North; it has blessed mankind in
every SPOT Of the globe where the
sun shines except in the South, where
it has proved a curse.
1s. The production OF. cotton IN the
South today has caused the descend
ants Of the people who fought to
break the chains Of physical slavery
from the black man to fight for the
purpose Of forging the chains Of
slavery, Of poverty, Of illiteracy OF
the women and children working IN
tho cotton fields, both white and
black, still tighter.
IL It hae flled the grave-yaros OF
tho South with men, women and MT
tla children who existed and passed
away without necessities, eemfert'
and education.
Is. It has created one Of the great
est gambling hells on this globe, the
Now York Cotton Exchange, extend
.inx its damnable and blighting ma
invitations and schemes Throughout
our aatioa; fattening and prosperiaa
the gamblers and manipulators On the
lffe-blood Of the to1lef.
Is. The production Of cotton IN the
South has caused the producer to be
come a commercial cannibal, this be
| INK absofutsay necessary - ensoi<
him to exist. He has destroyed hi'
forestry, feeced his soil OF It's for
tility; existed on his natural assets
denying to himself and his family
reasonable hours OF work and proper