The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-02
PLAN TO POSTPONE
PAYMENT OF TAXES
FARMERS TO ASK FOR SPECIAL
SESSION OF LEGISLATURE.
Want Proclamation on Closing OF
Gins-Hold Meeting on State
Pair Grounds.
The State, 28th.

The State, 28th.
Contending that the payment q
taxes at the usual time this year vii
necessitate the selling of cotton al
one-half the cost Of production, j
Skottowe Wannamaker, president Of
the American Cotton association, al
a mass meeting of farmers held yes
5 terday at the state fair grounds, of
fered resolution asking the COVER
nor of the state to call a special
meeting of the legislature to enact
measures which will provide that a
part of the taxes be paid in January
and the balance in July, 1921.
The resolution. which was adopt
ed by the meeting, also provides that
at this proposed special meeting ct
the legislature laws be enacted which
will impose heavy penalties upon
planters who fail to reduce their cot
ton acreage for 1921 one-third.
Another resolution, offered by R.
NJ. Mixson, was to the effect that
Governor Cooper be urged to issue a
proclamation calling upon the cot
ton gins in South Carolina to dis
continue operations until conditions
improve. This resolution was also
adopted. though many voted against
it.
Still another resolution, offered by
John ]. McMahan, called upon
President Wilson TO put Mr.. McAdoo
in charge Of the treasury. Another
featare Of the meeting was the an
nouncement made by Mr.. Wanna
maker that he would sever his con-
necsion with the cotton ASSOCIATION
at the meeting to be held in Gal
weston in February.
Hear REFUSING Speeches.
The meeting was held on the
grandstandaat at the football field ard
was attended by many farmers,
many counties being represented.
R. c. Hamer,, president of the South
Carolina division Of the cotton asso-
citation, presided and after briefly
stating the object Of the meeting, III
troduced Mr.. Wannamaker.
Mr.. Wannamaker devoted large
part ef his address to a detailed ac-
count of the conference of repre-
sentatives of the agricultural inter
ests of the United States, which con-
ference was. held in Washington Oc-
tober 1913. He told of the news
paper account of the meeting, quot
ing somewhat extensively from
Philadelphia journal,
''Thirty associations of agricul-
tural sections Of the United States
were represented at that confer
ence," said Mr.. Wsnnamaker, "and
these associations represented
large part of the population of this
county" He told Of efforts made
to have the war finance board rees-
tablished so thai exports could be
made to Central Europe and Of the
attitude of the secretary of the treas
ury on the proposition. He told OF
the Endorsement of the position tax
en- by producers by numerous writer's
and students of finance, saying that
some of them said: "The call of the
producers must be answered. The
South and the West have shaken
hands and their cooperation means
a great change in the manner OF
conducting business.
In discussing falling prices, Mr..
Wanamaker said many lines were
getting the same prices as when the
war closed-the consumer, he said,
finds little reduction in many lines,
yet the selling price of agricultural
products has fallen. Some one 9TH
er than the consumer is getting the
benefit of the low prices being paid
for agricultural products, he argued.
Work Out Salvation.
After saying that he believed the
Washington conference would be of
great benefit to producers every
where, Mr.. Wannamaker said: eve
are in serious predicament, and l
beg the South to work out its own
salvation. We were urged to gro"
big crops and were told that it woul'
be years before cotton went down tt
a low figure in price. When othe,
lines of business saw the break com
ing, they proceeded to unload-th'
farmer could not unload, as his crol
was in the ground.
''The man that tills the soil is be
ing crucifed. He says, I've produc