Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-12-28
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Paul NJ. Potts, in Commerce and
|inance)
In 1914 the United States produc-
ed in round figures about 100000
bales Of cotton | am Il producer Of
cotton and observe closely, and never
did think 1914 could be called a
good cotton year. The boil wecvil
had covered about half OF our cotton
growing area at that time. There
fore, | believe that if we had no boil
weevil we would now be producing
20,000,000 bales OF cotton annually.
Yet it is even doubtful whether Il
production Of 100000 bales per
year can or will be maintained unless
we destroy ihn wccvil
Ii the spread ~ The wocvil hsNd
been chtched l}'e lsx5tiDA~ nlEht nQ%
De the richest couu,rE on The Gi0to.
yet some people say ,hat the bon
weevil has been blessing in dis
guise, and expect to erect monu-
ment to ii, placing gold boil wcevil
on top OF it. | cannot subscribe to
such view. | would very much
rather grow cotton for eight cents
per pound under normal conditions
and no boil wecvil than 10 grow il
for forty cents per pound under pres
ent and boil weevil conditions. 1t is
true that the wccvil has caused col,
siderably higher prices for cotton,
but there can be no doubt thai the
producers have been more injured by
the wccvil than the consumers who
had the higher prices to pay. and
that the destruction of the weevil
would immensely benefit both.
AS sure as the rayages of the wee
vii are allowed to continue consum-
ers may expect to pay very high
price FOR cotton and face a famine
supply year after year, and produc-
crS will find it very difficult to make
living even at the high prices that
Will nave to be paid. what good
does it do me if the price Of cotton
should advance to 40 cents per pound
when the wecvil will not allow me to
make any cotton?
believe that we would gain TO-
100000 bales Of cotton in production
by the end Of three years if the plan
that ! propose for the destruction of
tho wecvil should be adopted.
TO arrive at this 1t must be con-
ceded that our average annual pro-
duction Of cotton now and from now
on will be about 100000 bales. If
we prohibit by law the planting OF
any cotton in 1922 we would reduce
the production by the crop Of that
year, or, say, 100000 bales. BY
the process, however. we would de-
stroy the boil wccvil. and in 1923
we would make 2O.0O0,OO0 bales or
more. and in 1924 we would again
make 20,000,000 bales or more,
which would give us total produc-
ti0n for three years Of 100000
bales Of cotton by the process Of 60
ing ont Of cotton one year to destroy
the wccvil, while if we go on ana
plant cotton with the wecvil as We
are now doing our total production
for three years would only be 30
100000 bales. We destroy the wee
vii, while if we go on and grow cot
ton continuously under boil wecvil
conditions we only reduce the annual
production of cotton without DESTROY
ing the wccvil.
My plan for destroying the wecvil
is to first quarantine against all
countries on all raw products Of cot
ton. Establish zone between the
United states and Mexico and per-