Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-22
SO Says Senator George Of
Mississippi.
A REDUCED ACREAGE NEEDED.
Nore Supplies Should Be Raised at Home
and the Cotton Crop Not Depended
upon-Hls Investigations Of
the Matter

Washington, March 20.-Senator
George Of Mississippi who since April
last, under the terms Of the senate
resolution has been engaged In the inVes,
neation of the cause Of the aGricultural
depression prevailing In the cotton states
has prepared an address to cotton
farmers Of the United States Senator
George has thought proper to give i'm
mediate publicity TO the conclusions ne
has arrived nt They are ns follows:
To the Cotton Farmers Of the United
States:
In discharge Of the duty imposed upon
me by the United States senate on the
committee on agriculture 70 Investigate
the causes Of the low price Of cotton
and the remedy, / have made some
Investigations while though ~ yet m
complete, authorize me to state the fol-
lowing conclusions.
There are causes for the low
prices coming from the legsln-
ton IN force and there are other
causes coming from needful legislation
yet 10 be enacted. II ~ certain, how
ever. that those causes cannot he rcmc-
died In time TO affect the price Of the
crop now about to be- planted, even II
their force over eau be- entirely de-
strOyod The cotton farmers must
therefore. FOR the present, resort 20
such remedies or phlliAtives for low prize
Cs as may come from their own notion
INDEPENDENT OF ItaINlNIlNUs ne lNNN fINN
of 1925 has brought u higher
price thnn the preceding one. This re-
suited from the fact that IL was much
smaller The price would have been
higher II there had not been q large
surplus over the needs Of consumption
coming from the very large crop Of the
preceding year The natural rise IN
prices Of the crop now being marketed
has bccu largely lmpcdcd by the strike
among the operatives 10 the cotton fac
tories ut England. In this strike. 90
600 operatives. working 2U.OmuN spin
dies have stopped work The object Of
this strike to date has brou 10 decrease
oil cotton consumed by the british fac
tories since Sept. /. 10000 bales. ual
Is likely 90 amount IN the near future
~ more than 100000 bulys more. This
decrease 100 dcmuud has, hy certain laws
Of trade. diminished the price, or, which
II the suiur thing, prevented tho fan
rise which would otherwise have come
from the small crop. The American
spinuers carried oyer from last spuson
un unusually largo stock of cotton, hay.
ing bought heavily 40 tile low prices pre-
yuilHg iu the spring and summer. aud.
Willie doing nu exceptionally good bust
ness they have taken, su far 100000
bales less than for The same period dur
ing last season. This has also increased
the surplus. Tie prospects, OF another
large crop. coming frum the Increased
acreage. II that should happen. would
not only be an orectual bur ~ any rise
IN prices, but would cause u sin further
decline. SO now, the cotton gasrrs Of
the South prr confronted with this SEE
riOus question for solution:
"Shnll We. 10y Nu Increased acreage
IN the crop now being planted az com
pared 10 the Gcreavr uf last season,
ruisc crop Of O.Cuu.uOD or 1OOOu.OuO
bales and thereby glut the markets Of
the world, causing "a fall 10 the prices
Of 1Sul-O2 and perhaps lower ur viii W.
by reducing the acreage t0 the extent
necessary 10 raise nll our feed ami for
age crops aud work animals. especially
our meat corn, horses and muley: iu
crease the price Of our cotton crop am
Vt the same time diminish the use ul
the proceeds " the crop lay large re
duction ia the amount heretofore ap
Piled 20 buy necessary supplicsF
Their, can be- but one answer To thi'
question IN the minds OF thOughtiu
mon. II 10 be- said that among the uu
merous classes OF cotton ruiacrs II vii
be Impossible to yet Mp uu ugrccmcu
which will result In u combined actor
20 plant reduced acreage iu cotton
aud " this BE- conceded. then the situa
ton appeals with still stronger fore
to each Individual farmer 10 decrease hi
own crop Co the vAtelt Erpdful tO rnis
his supplies. Tor Ia cnsp there shall no
hp such dimiuutinu w acrragc ~ 20 ~
feJt the price materially, 80 that th
next crop Is % be- low.prccd one. ia
advantage To him who has merely rn.sc
his own supplies will be- clear ana mani
feet He win not have 90 hny higl
priced supplies with scant proceeds 81
low-priccd cotton. These proceeds wi
then hc. IN tie mnn. surplus or ncarl
80. On the other hand, Il there sha
be such general movement In the d
rcction Of raising smaller crop as {
raise the price then nh who contribut
10 II In the manner herein indicated
win enjoy this Increased price ns
result OF their own wise action and Il
the same time be exempt from the el
penditurc for the supplies They have \
raised. After much reelection upon m
data collected from al countries ndaptc
20 raising cotton. am satisfied with m
painful truth that We are never,
least IN this generation, 10 have n
generally high prices for cotton We on,
had. Cotton viii never but la oxcel
tional cases, aud for short periods. /
high enough Co warrant the producer
rely upon Il as means Of purchnsif
supplies which cum be- raised at hom
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