The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1919-11-11
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER II. 1919.
eighteen Points" ol Cotton A>>ocia-
tion.

American Cotton Association. t0fnlu
lated By President j ;. Wannamaker
and showing the cost OF cotton, ganb
IN importance second only TO Mr. VII
sons famous 1t points go the peace
treaty
The production ST cotton cosi
the South slavery.
u caused The Ma, Between The
States.
Th production ef COTTON hu,
touchi slave labor REGARDLESS o.
tle lac' thar cotton Is hand made
product. price has been established
o. COTTON on The basis oi slave labor,
from which price L has never been
removed,
4 Il caused The South 10 become
cotton slaves.
:. Il caused the South 10 merely
exist, denying 10 the producer the ne
eesSilleS and comforts of life.
s. To produce cotton and exist at
the price paid for 10 hy he u.auipula-
ter ueeesSiJated the establishment OF
starvation wages in the South, which
exist even unto today
:. Il has caused the illiieracy OF
the South through the mJnipulaliOns
OF The cotton bears.
:. /, has caused the impoyerisn-
neut and pauperism of the South.
s.. The production of cotton has
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te tn nrodnction of cntfon i'm
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nr o conditions ! decent home
The opportunity to play and to learn.
Il 1t has caused child labor Ih
the South' II mas caused me "u .,l',a
an" and hia ,, - - ~ norpo,,n M onIy labor
regardless of hours. bur even 10 per-
form the manual labor of filling the
SOIL win the ploW =" hlte "o ''.
anu ny Nv n 80 salds of no Sontb Win
nttle barefooted children ploddne
along behind them scattering compost
and performing ,heIr WoIh o', ''.'
s ~ s"H , ~ ua@ ~ Male elotbsd worn
ana weary
Is. Il has caused the producer OF
cotton 10 90 Wilhoul ,he heCeSSal
S s VtV,,''n nor1 IN - moot no -.
nniremenfs Of health and hygiene.
the negro being seldom blessed with
more IMAM Tour COTTON uuue lsui ".
, Vae ~, az o u w6an he marries the
6rst time and one when he IS buried
this being IN excess Of the average.
Tho aSsociation's drive for mem