Cotton Planters' Protective Association urged to fix market
An 1870s Southern opinion piece argues planters must unite to control cotton production to stabilize prices. It warns current futures speculation depresses value and details a plan for a Cotton Planters' Protective Association to set acreage, aim for middling prices, and restore credit, investment, and regional prosperity.
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Growin Sro
By & United
South
Europe
Apa
America
India
Providence
Planters Face Union to Limit Cotton Planting Across South
A fellow South Carolina writer argues for a coordinated Cotton Planters Protection Association. He outlines a national convention to fix acreage, reduce plantings, and boost prices, proposing a central body to set yearly cotton targets and compel members to adjust production accordingly.
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New York
Gol. D. W. Aiken
Columbia
General State Association
Columbia Association
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Cotton Planters’ Protection Association
Hmve
Riton
Everly
Timmy
South
Begun Crooked and the Path to Ruin
A winter morning anecdote compares a child's remark about beginning crooked to a wider moral warning. The piece argues character and conduct resemble a straight line broken by poor starting choices, noting that irregular habits and deceit lead to ruin, while upright people stay straight from the start.
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Jessona
E Taoak
Yarinbla
Teaberg
Dom Pedro and the Gate Crashers Centennial Spelling Book Tale
A humorous anecdote reports a visitor claiming to be Dom Pedro Emperor of Brazil arriving at a yard for a night with a centennial spelling book. The narrator feigns disbelief, toys with the visitor, and questions how he entered through a gate, leading to a comic exchange and a prankish exit.
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Dom Pedro
Brazil
Howe
Pedro
Cad
Bok Emperon
Frank
All Sorts of Paragraphs and Old Sayings Collide
A miscellany of quips and anecdotes from a bygone era. It laments wasted philanthropy, mocks military panic over ammunition, and portrays a belligerent merchant pleased to fund a Centennial trip. It offers homely wisdom on ambition, a charcoal burn remedy, and courtroom wit from Danial Webster and a Scotch lawyer.
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Snys
Acura
Stout
Danial Webster
Webster
Ibis
Norfolk
Baltimore Gleam Packet Company
Out Dominion Steamship Company
Oradres
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T Camara Coast Law
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Wilmington, N.C
May
Gilreath & Peoples
Ted
Emporium OF Fashion
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A. Reed
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Georgia
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United States of America
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South Carolina Department
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New Orleans
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Sir Hanatt Palleys Kopriad
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