The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-06-25

which the farmer could sns Sapplel
have made, produced at much s ,10SA
cost than the merchant can nos.s s1lallss
tain them at. 9'0ll %
Statistics prove that the MI.
commodities is regulated. "a : 49,. Y az
tent, first, by the political. a go, ras e.
financial, condition of the civili, .s1 y
ton Of the globe; and, second AZ = p 4
ratio of supply and demand = sas
first, if there should be ceyts a. 'as
itical and financial disturbance 49, p
tai, every coy, seeks haven q ~
ty, business relations are distnrbas
prices fall. In the second. Il NJ -la
ply is greater than the demand 1SF
our present enormous cotton
the producers are at the uo..
consumers. For example. in 1sss !, y
corn crop was large one, in 'o0
short; the consequence is corn. wh Saa
went begging one year ago at "A s.-1
bushel, is now eagerly sought III ".
the overproduction cotton mar I. K.
cents bushel. Here we have tba ~. 49,
tacle of farmers producing cotton g.
1000, 600 bales in excess OF the wo~1s'
needs, the price of which barely n. =
for the cost of production, and 6 AZ.
corn at IS cents bushel more thar I
would cost them to make it!
Cotton has built the towns ana aa,..
of the south, extended her RAILROADS.&C.
filed her ports with the sails Of eys-.
nation, which bear to distant cl;m..
the sweat and Drawn of the soutbss.
farmers. 1t is stated that the eotton
crop of the past four years has NM
for 81, 400, 600, 900, which is 5000 OOo M
more than the entire gold produe,
of California since its discoyew
forty-two years ago, and where has 4
gone? Not to the building IN or ius
proving our lands, as the last eolur0n IN,
table No. 2 shows, and as is further j.
tested by our SCARED and quilted Nm,
from which all vegetable matter ~.
been absorbed, and which are exposed
to the heavy and washing rains Of win
ter, as well as the burning sun Of sum.
mer, denuded by clean culture Of The
kindly mantle which nature would
throw over these wounds. Nor has tbs
larger sum been applied to making our
farmers independent, as is shown by
the tables of Indebtedness. but 1t has
helped to build up towns and railrOads
trusts and monopolies.
Another most powerful reason for NJ.
ducing the crop is the difficulty Of secur.
ing the labor just when it is necessary
save the crop in good condition The
larger portion of the cotton now on hand
is of such poor quality as to command
only very poor price. This is owing
to three cause.-the delay in gathering
so large a crop, some of it remaining il
the fields for weeks, exposed to the fall
rains; careless handling; injury BY sz
posture to the weather after beiHs
ginned and baled. / have known D
several lots of cotton which have los
one-sixth of their value by being al
lowed to lie in the owners yards ez
posed to every vicissitude of weather
Once more, and am done. motto
in one of our weekly papers thefollOg
ing:
''Some time since the Lee county d
lance sent out o circular calling upo
all alliances in the state to take thi
matter under consideration, and adv
Gated smaller acreage of the staple a
a means of solving the problem. It
commended that with less production h
demand would be increased and Il
price W ould naturally be higher.
That is true. But let's see how I'll
farmer would be benefited by adoptin
this plan: Take, for instance, this sei
sons crop, estimated at 100000 bale
Say that Z cents per pound was ii
average price paid. That would CIV
the farmers of the south about Slso
600, 900. On the other hand, had Il
crop only been 1000, 600 bales, and ha
it commanded on an average II een'
per pound the entire crop would bay
brought the south only about S1sO,O0
OOO-a difference of SIG, OOO, 600.
The mistake here is that the cost
production is not considered. II
fact is that the farmer makes d
100000 bale crop at los
for it costs him at least III cen
per pound to make it, while on y
100000 bale crop, at IL cents
makes a profit of 81 cents on Z
pound, or in round numbers Eestimati
the bales at 500 lbs, he makes S7o,Oo
900 clear money! What stronger arg
ment do we need IN favor of the small
| crop?
The farmers co operating their ag
cultural clubs and sub-alliances, cou
soon decide upon a line of policy, WIN
we have every reason to believe, won
lift them out of their present dificI
ties. Therefore hope they will sta
shoulder to shoulder in this grand az
cultural campaign."-R. 7. Nesbitt
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