Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-11

Urged Not to Rush the Crop to Mar
kes All mt Once.


GALVESTON, Aug. 10--The following was
issued today: To the Cotton Growers Of the
South; As president of the American Cot
ton Growers Protective association, cogniz-
ant OF the great wrong that has been per-
petrated upon the masses of my fellow farm
ers, the cotton growers of the south, 1t be-
comes my duty far as my limited ability
extends. TO warn you OF dangers that en-
viron you and OF the devices and plans that
are being laid by cunning and unscrupulous
men to rob you of your honest toll; to fur
| ther impoverish you and to enhance the dis
cord and dissatisfaction that Is now dominant
| in the heart of the agricultural classes in a
knowledge of the fact that there is some
thing radically wrong in our systems No
longer Is the product OF honest toll adequate
to our subsistence and no longer is the cost
of the production of an article any standard
of its valuation; and the law Of supply and
demand has been displaced. and in its stead
intervenes the results attained by the Conn
mercial mountebank," the most nsdous and
merciless of which he is that with a
| tongue of Ananias and the heart OF the Malta
| is numbering the material prosperity of our
country and making paupers of our people.
l refer to that man that wears deServedly
the british name of Bear" He. by false
prophecies and with wilful misrepresenta-
tion robs us of our subsistence. imperils our
prosperity and leaves nothing but poverty
In our homes and hatred in our hearts The
warning note has been sounded, let fore
powerful and systematized effort again to de-
press the value of our staple this season Is
patent to all intelligent men, and 1t rests
with the planter of the south. individually, as
to whether he will submit to be sheared
again like sheep he was last season.
The time has arrived for heroic action.
The alternative is left to either renounCe The
growing of cotton entirely as a profitable
crop or ITO take up arms against a sea OF
troubles and by opposing, end them" False
rumurS of the immPnsitV of the pnminp
have already been widely and recklessly
circulated to intimidate the farmer into
rushlng their crops upon the market, hoping
to receive better prices before a decline This
action upon the part of the farmers will
accomplish the intention of the manpua-
tors OF the market and is TO be deprecated
as suicidal to their interest. The crop
ought to bring fair values, should be judci-
ously distributed over the selling season
without allowing the deliveries to be too
great at any time. And | would advise
that all farmers that can do so without
violating a contract should market their
crop as slowly as they can, or. at ratio
OF one-third less than last season; the euuili-
bruim of prices will be thus fairly retained
and we will come nearer to receiving the
value of our product.
1t will be remembered by many that pre-
vious to our civil war. on account of lack of
transportation facilities, II required from
seven to nine months to market the cotton
crop We now sell the bulk of it. which is
months. thus congesting the market, making
competitors of ourselves in the mad rush to
get rid of our product, while upon the other
hand a judiciOus, gradual distribution of the
same over greater period of months would
be conducive TO competition between the
manufacturers who are obliged to have our
material, and they would be running to us
to buy our product instead of our having to
run after them to sell II.
And | desire to Impress upon the cotton
growers the imperative necessity of organiZa-
tion for the accomplis hment of this pur-
pose. and all instrumentalites should be en-
gagged in the achievement of this consumma-
tion dsvoutly to be wished. Doubtless this
endeavor will meet with strenuous opposition
at the hands Of those who recklessly specu-
late upon the labor of the farmer of the
south. He would be offered a little more
than the market price to bring in his crop.
The argument of risk of fire and loss In
weights would follow with the usual de-
nunclation of advice, but implore you for
the sake OF your families, rendered destitute
by these despoilers, and for the love you
bear for our sunny southland" for all that
is sacred to our hearts and to our homes, to
resist this current that is insiduously, day by
day. drawing into a vortex of poverty and
shame and depraving our manhood and in
Creasing crime
There never was more cruel and
lentess war waged upon the people than
upon the south by England and her
emissares and troy allies reducing her people
from afluence to the pittance of 10 cants
day for their labor, which cotton at cents
per pound means. Mr.. II. M. Neal, of her
majesty's STAFF, some days since issued an
edict. which has since been characterized
by his foreign brothers as an "impariaI
expose" of the cotton situation, intmsting
that all others, etc, are liars, and that he is
the pretty boy" / failed to see the fair
ness of his statement, and its impartiality
exposed. Why shold Mr.. Neal be more i'm
partial than others? 1t is we'll known
fact that he is a speculative gambler of the
bear persuason--at present-and that he is
fitting the shoe to his own foot.
Coal Handlers strike About Broken.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug. 1O.-The
strike of the coal handlers appears to be
broken, as a number of men returned to
work today. The companies have brought in
$50 men and 100 more are on their way here.