Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-03-02
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The cotton farmer and his family.
Why?
Because we have chained our
selves to cotton for over one hum
dred years for every one to get rich
but the farmer. They can educate
their children, hire servants, but we
cotton farmers get nothing for our
labor-but we go in and plant more
cotton to make more rich men to
rear more children to cali US "hay-
seeds" and "old country bucks"
The spinners Of two continents
met last year III New Orleans and
raised howl for more coEton. They
said, "The South must raise fifteen
million bales, and we will guarantee
fair profit above production" Did
we get it? No. Now they say that
there are nine million bales of sur
plus cotton to carry over. Nine mill
lion bales of what? Low grades and
linters. The man who tells you that
there will be million bales Of good
and strict middling cotton by next
August tells lie blacl1er than mid
night in Norway. We are paying to-
day fifty cents to five dollars O
pound for low grade cotton products.
Examine your roping and see IL it
isn't made OF low grade cotton and
linters. Examine the cotton goods
you buy to-day and see If the filling
isn't made from low grade cotton.
Sixty per cent Of the cotton goods
that we buy In Oconee Is made from
low grade cotton. The finer grades
Of cloth are shipped to where they
know they can't pan off such stuff.
But we do not know any better.
Does the government help us? Let
us see. We asked for the farm loan
system. They gave 1t to us, and then
they found out that a few poor ten
ants would own their homes, and
they tied 1t up in court until the
next generation.
This fall we asked for credit. and
they said, "No, take your medicine"
We have got to melt one hundred
million silver dollars and send it to
England so they can coin 1t and
send it over to India to the snake
charmers, for they are getting un-
ruly; and they loaned billions to
Europe.
The railroad howled and said
More pay" and Uncle Sam said,
"Pay them, and we will charge more
freight on cotton, for we have got
tho cotton farmer where he can t
howl" Fertilizer men said, stick
it to them while the sticking is
good. And now they say, pay US
or we viii sue you" How can we pay
with nothing to pay with?
Cotton mills are still paying divi-
dends. Have you heard Of merch-
ant busting in Oconee founty?
Have you heard Of a farmer that Is
not "busted?" Listen. men! Let us
make sure enough cotton famine.
How? Plant everything to eat for
man and beast, and then plant como
cotton. Look at our grocery stores
full Of Maine-grown potatoes, but
ter beans, soup beans, California
fruit, canned tomatoes, beans, okra,
peaches, hominy, cheese, fat-back,
peaR, -four, pickles, meal, lard, vim
egar. timothy hay, candy, peanuts,
popcorn, mules and hay. 1t is a
shame to us. Let us quit it. What
can we raise here in Oconee? Here
are a few things that we should
have on our tables during the year:
Cornbread, green beans, roasting
ears, pumpkin, butter beans, soup
beans, English and field peas, sweet
potatoes, Irish potatoes, mustard
Brussels sprouts. pie plant and egg
plant. squash, cucumbers, beets, to-
matoes, lettuce, celery, cabbage
okra, watermelons, muskmelons
onions, apples, peaches and plums,
grapes, raspberries, dewberries and
Strawberries. blackberries, figs and
pears. Any Of the above can be can
ned, preserved. jellied or dried, and
1t Is easy to can or dry our beef and
sausage, backbones and ribs. home
made molasses and honey, ham and
shoulders and sides. We can have
chickens. eggs, butter and milk, pies
and custards, ice cream, pop corn
with sugar and cream, extracts from
cherries, grapes, strawberries and
| other small fruits. naanlits for non