Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-09-28
Whs WIN Get de Profits 7

From the following figures II will be
seen that the price Of cotton nnsi, if the
law Of demand aud supply he suff-r-i to
control, advance considerably before the
SEASON. IL over.
The most reliable estimates in JAY
placed the growing crop At 6, Nv, 40 bales.
Latest aud carefully prepared reports
show the damage by drou,h to De =. per
cent. We allude to the report Of Brad
street, prepared a few weeks ago. Since
that the weather has continued nnfavora-
bic and ih" hrcrrss" must I've now fully -
per cent. which willleavr the crop I, 200 60
bales. Now, II the demand last year was
as claimed, 6.tsIHE bales, II will be this
year fully rs much, Il not more. and the
supply being inadequate by nearly 1850
GD bales 1t follows surely that II lef, Ia
itself cotton will go up to Is or 10 cents,
Now. Il the people, the farmers, those
who pr,s,uc- can hold on to the cotton
made by their labor until January. at
which iim- these prices viii likely rule,
they may for one time get something morr
than the cost uf production.
VIM. Van Btht,~r. Of Cincinnati, from
whose letter to y. q. Times We get our
he made To drprr>s the market IN order
that spectators may srrnFr the -H'iFe
crop at low prices. tlln"s ia New York
aud Liverpool can control the ,ntir- market
ifthcy eau induce planters tn sell ~ rapid
ly "a, the crnp - gathered. They
already hold the New York stock on baud
aud are not selling. in fact they want
more. and eau count With Reasonable
certainty ON getting II.
Il the farmers will work, the entire crop
will i~ gathered giunrd and picked 10y
1T al D,'e"mb~i. And when r-aay Ter
market the greater part OF II mnst he -"ld
Ii is pity. great pity that the bard
WORKED flrmrr cannot bc btueftt-d tS
the xd,anc-. hut the merchant who hi>
supplied HIM With treat. torr and cl"thiug
eau not wait. In order tn purchase the
gop,is s.ila the farmer. he has goue 10 debt
The Wholesale merchant hurrl-s him NJ.
Or thu commission m-rrhsut, who la.
loaned HIM money, insists that now = the
time la be- pad. and - thu rnnuiTA mr.
chant, -..,in. hi, customer. hl- debtor At
his store, hcg- that h. viii hurry up hts
cotton, or sends hrs Young clerk {" tn"
home III hl, debtor with the cty. cotton.
cotton
We soc 10 hope to defeat tie schrmcs II
thu Spectators. ard prevent III IN from
p"ckrtins several milE"u, dollars profit on
the cotton rru,, "f l--l Ira. there are
few farmers herr and there who viii ""
abb. 10 hnnl ali tArir cotton, and 10y
scouting To, ai:u price CERTAIN I" com, lu
January ~ q lit'i' later. :" con i',H,At, 80
some dcgr,c for the los D., ttr tGcutu
but there ar :" few ot the lurA! om~., that
It III make u"spPr,v Liable Il der &c ~ the
sum total ri profits 10 the >p,gu'ntot.
THIS j, al! tad ucU~. which ntu~, cause
the farming community To gua>h th'r
teeth ia vrNat"n. We would he 1 al
indeed Il they c"uld prevent II. Hut with
the n,'FrhaDi prr>>sa. tsrH al iA~ ,''n".
~ perhaps other Pr,>>in. ur',i>. tnrciu /.
them I" rA,-' money M some way the cot
ton must :" iol = -,us - Il v.r,. :" h,-c..ii...
the property Oft the SO, ulaior~. men Who
to-, u't heather do They >p.u: Vet >nioiGnu.