The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-08
THE COST OF COTTON
TO THE SOUTH
MR.. J. 8. WANNAMAkER GIVES
SURPRISING FACTS.
STATEMENTS OF FARMERS
South Realizes Its Future 10 at
Stake and Must Act
Accordingly.

| soh ASSoCialion, upon the request Oh
we'll 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
I following:
1. The production Of cotton cost the
South slavery.
Q. 1t caused the War Between the
States.
| 3. The production OF cotton has
brought slave labor Regardless of the
fact that cotton is a handmade prod
uct, price has been established on
cotton on the basis of slave-labor,
from which price it has never been
removed
4. 1t caused the South to become
cotton slaves.
s. 1t caused the South to merely ex-
list; denying to the producers the ne
cessities and comforts of life.
| s. To produce cotton and exist at
the price paid for 1t by the manipu-
: tor necessitated the establishment
Of starvation wages in the South,
which exist even unto today.
| 7. 1t has caused the illiteracy Of
the South. through the manipulation
Of the cotton bears.
g. It has caused the impoverishment
and pauperism OF the South.
9. The production Of cotton has
caused the bad roads OF the South.
through the impoverishment Of the
producer by the manipulation.
TO- 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 Of
life; to work without a fair remunera-
ton.
H. It Is even driving the negro
away; be has received a new vision;
he is no longer satisfied with his un-
comfortable surroundings; he is insult
ficiently clothed.
Has Made Other Sections Prosperous.
IL. It has made other sections of
the country prosperous; 1t has fat
tened the bears and manipulators OF
the North; II has blessed mankind in
every spot OF the globe where the
sun shines except in the South. where
It has proved curse.
49, 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 on
the women and children working in
black. still tighter.
II. It has hlled the grave-yards OF
the South with men. women and lit
tie children who existed and passed
away without necessities. comforts
and education.
Is. II has created ono Of the great.
est gambling hells on this globe. tho
New York Cotton Exchange. extend
ing it's damnable and bfighting ma.
nipulations and schemes throuehou out
our nation; fattening and prosperins
the gamblers and manipulators on the
life blood OF the toiler.
16. The production Of cotton in the
South has caused the producer to be-
come commercial cannibal. this be
ing absolutely necessary TO enable
him to exist He has destroyed his
forestry. fIeeced his soil of it's fer
tility; existed on his natural assets
denying to himself and his family
reasonable hours of work and proper
working conditions; decent home
the opportunity to play and to learn
IT. It has caused child labor In the
South. 1t has caused the women and
children OF the South. both white and
black. to perform not only labor. re
gardless OF hours. but even to per
form the manual labor OF tilling the
soil with the plow. white women
and colored women can be seen plow
ing the cotton fields OF the South
with little barefooted children plod
ding along behind them. scattering
compost. and performing their worn
from the break OF day to the twilight
--underfed impoverished, half.cloth
ed. worn and weary)
18. II has caused the producer o
cotton to go without the necessary
cotton clothing-the white man sci
dom having enough to meet the re
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negro being seldom blessed with more
than four cotton und"rsuits-one fol
life use. one when ne Joins the church
one when he mar~ies the frst time
and one when he Is buried. fThis he
ing In excess Of the average)
As to the Cost OF Production Of Cottor
In the South.
requested the Hon. d. Fl. Houston
Secretary OF Agriculture. to furnish
me with a detailed statement showips
the cost Of production OF cotton II
the South for the year 1918 He ha,
Just telexraphed me as follows:
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