The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-29
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! Manning Tells Of Conditions
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Richard l. Manning, retired COVER
nor of South Carolina, sailed yester-
] day, with his wife. on the steamship Z
! Adria.ic OF the White Star line for
! England on q two fold mission. He
went as the last representative Of the
committee under Oscar s. Strauss as
! chairman, which has been sent by the
League to Enforce Peace to the peace
conference. In addition while in
Paris, Governor Manning, on behalf
of the cotton growers of the South,
plans to confer with Food Admins
traitor Hoover with regard to Stahil-
izing the price of cotton seed by llav-
ing the food administration export it
During the war" said ex-Gover-
! nor Manning before he left, cotton
growers had conferences with the
! food administration as result OF
which cotton seed, which had been
quoted at $50 a ton, was put at s68
to $71 by the government.
The farmers and seed crushers ell
accepted these figures with the under
standing that the prices were to be
stabilized at them and the cotton seed
products were to be sold according to
this rate.
With the signing of the arnlist;ce,
, Oriental oils and peanut oils came
into competition with the cotton seed
product THE cotton mills of the
South couldn't sell the oil, on the one
side, nor take the seed off the hands
of the farmers on the other But
they have felt that the government
had assumed a moral obligation to
dispose of their products.
"The bill which has been signed by
the president for the food adn1inistra-
ton places in the hands Of Mr.. Roov-
er sio0,cOo.000 as an emergency fund.
The cotton seed producers Of the
South feel that with part OF that fund
he can take over the cotton oils and
export them to foreign countries
This is necessary, not only to fulfill
the governments moral obligation,
but in order to prevent the loss Of
80 per cent. of the cotton seed IN the
hands of the farmers.
This stock is perjshable, and its
loss would be not only a pecuniary
but also a food less, since the Oh: is
used il compounds OF lard and si:ni-
lar products. Mr.. Hoover has spoken
Of the necessity Of conserving oils
and fats for tne sake Of their food
values during the next two years, and
1 expect to see him about this as soon
as Il arrive in Paris
Mr. Manning also touched upon the
surplus of cotton anG the reduction OF
acreage planted with this staple for
next summer.
'9,he whole South" he declared. SIS
effecting an organization from Viz
ginia to Texas to insure the reduction
OF acreage. They are adopting sxs-
tenn similar to that used in the L.o-
er.y loan campaigns and gong 20
the schools and the individual farm
ers with the object Of obtaining from
the farmers signed returns showing
the number OF acres planted in cot
ton n 1918 and the number intend
ed for 1919.
HIn this way they will get exact
figures on the reduction, and they
aim to make this reduction 33 1-3 per
received a telegram from the cotton
growers Of my State informing ne
that the organization is proceeding
successfully and that the farmers are
showing lively interest. Such q
raising Of the price OF cotton is neccs-
sary by lowering the supply because
last season the cotton growers had
to sell cotton al less than cost.
There was moreover q large sur
2:us left over, and unless this stahii;iz-
ing takes place this year it would
be necessary TO lower the price OF cot
ton still further below the cost OF
production. This would be neccssi-
tated, moreover, by two other inlpor-
tant factcrs-tne increased cost OF
fertilizers and OF labor.
"The telegram I received from the
cotton growers also states that the
returned negro soldiers are no longer
willing to work on the cotton farms
1T the cid wage scale and under thc
poor housing conditions that prevail
ed before the war The message
Sc2LC3 tltaL. tNc iCSiCSot NS1S pNit'io
stirred UP by ag;tations to move to
othe: States"
Mr.. Manning, however, did not eN-
pect any Bolshevism or revolutionary
sabotage in the South from this IN
rest, principally because the peccen-
tagc Of foreigners there was very
small. Before going he wrote let
te. Of regret 10 MAJ. Gen. John 4.
O'Ryen AZ being unable TO review the
Twenty-scventh Division before &C.
parting, as he had been invited to DO
Ne commended the division highly N
his letter. having taken a personal IN
terest from the fact that it trained in
South Carolina while he vas COVER
nor Of that State and also because It
fought alongside the Thrtieth Divis-
ion, which came from South Carolina
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