The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-08-19
TEN ACRES TO THE MULE.
THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS OF THE LEG
IsIATURE TAKE ACTION.

THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS OF THE LEG
IsLATURE TAKE ACTION.
The alliance members of the Legisla-
ture, over hundred in number. met in
the capitol the other night to consider
the cotton situation, and the folio wing
resolutions offered by Hon. A. II. Smith,
the representative from Greene county,
We're adopted:
Whereas, Cotton is the money crop of
the larger portion of Georgia; and
Whereas, This fact has led to con-
slant extension of the cotton belt and an
increase, annually, in the acreage given
to cotton and in the number of bales
produced; and
Whereas, This large and increasing
crop, coupled with circumstances and
combinations, over which the producer
has practically no control, has resulted in
prices that are both unremunerative and
discouraging, and
Whereas, Our best interests demand
that we should attempt at least to find,
in our own management, "A remedy for
this end; therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the members of this con
ference of senators and representatives.
VINO are alliancemen, that, in our iudg-
ment, the first step to be taken in fur
therance Of relief, is great reduction in
the acreage to be planted in cotton in
S02-this reduction to be made in each
and all of the cotton growing states.
Resolved, further, That a committee
of five from this conference be appointed
by the chairman at his leisure, 20 bring
this important matter to the attention of
the State Alliance, at the session to be
held in this city next month, to the end
that said body, speaking for the alliance
men OF Georgia, shall declare in favor Of
the reduction of the cotton area as herein
recommended, and take all steps neces-
sary TO secure the cooperation of our
brethren in the cotton states and to make
sure the object of this movement as ont
lined in the foregoing preamble and res
olutions.
Mr.. Smith, in talking about the mat
ter, put it this way:
II don't care how much money comes
down here, if we go on planting cotton
this way we viii continue poor When
the alliance members of the Legislature
met, | asked all who planted all cotton.
bought their corn and had a dollar in
their pockets to stand up. | also asked
those who raised their supplies, made
cotton surplus crop, and had no
money, to rise. Four or five gave their
experiences, and said that they raised
their provisions, made cotton surplus
crop and had money to lend. One man
said he sold his corn this year for a dol
lar bushel spot cash.
Now, what does this mean ? 1t means
that when we plant all cotton and buy
corn, we increase the supply of cotton,
thereby depressing the people and in
crease the demand for corn, thereby in
creasing the price. We bear the price of
cotton that we SELL and bull the price of
corn that we buy. That sort of manage
ment will make everybody poor. Let
the Southern states, through all the alli-
ances, adopt the policy of planting ten
acres to the mule, and the price of cotton
next year will be Il IL cents. Nothing
on earth can prevent it. 1t is the profit
in the transaction that should be looked
at. 1t is better to make five bales to the
mule and own it than to make ten bales
to the mule and owe eleven at the end OF
the year. This year t costs the farmers
three cents pound more to make cotton
than they will get, and the great cost is
due to the high price of provisions they
are buying-Atlanta Constitution.