The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-11


Withholding the Crop Advised.
GALvEsToN, Texas, August 1O.-The
following was issued to-day: ITO the
cotton growers of the South: As prssi-
dent OF the American Cotton Growers
Protective Association, cognizant of the
great wrong that has been perpetrated
upon the masses OF my fellow farmers,
the cotton growers of the South, It
becomes my duty, as far ss my limited
ability extends, TO warn you of the
dangers that environ you, the devices
and plans that are being laid by Gun
ming and INSCRIPTIONS N an to rob YOU
OF your honest toll. But to furnish
you these would enhance the discurd
and dissssisfac ton shat is now domin-
ant in the heart OF the agricultural
classeS In knowledge OF the fact tina {
there is something radically wrong in
our systems.
mo longer Is the proiucs OF honest
toll adequate to our subsistence, and no
longer Is the cost OF the production of
an article any standard of it's valuation
The law OF supply and demand has been
displaced, and in it's stead, intervene
results attained By this "commcrcial
mountebank," the mes: insiduous and
merciless of which IL he that with a
tongue of Ananias ana the heart of the
Malta Is numbering the material pros
perity OF our country. and making pau.
pers OF our people. | refer to that man
who wears deservedly the name of
Bear" He that by false prophecy aad
wilful misrepresentation, robs US OF our
subsistence, imperils our posterity and
leavee us nothing but poverty in our
homes and hatred in our hearts
The warning note has been sounded,
let those 'forewarned be forearred. !
That there is powerful and system
aflzad movement to again dep<ess tho
value OF our staple this season Is patent
to all intelligent men, ard I. rests with
tho planter Of the South, individually.
as to whether he will submit to thus be
sheared again like sheep as he was
last eeasen. The time has arrived FOR
heroic action. The alternative is lefc
to either renounce the growing OF cotton
entirely as profitable crop or to take
up arms against sea of troubles and by
opposing end them
False rumors Of the immensely of the
crop have already been widely aud reck-
lessly circulated to insimidate the
farmers into rushing their crops upon
the market hoping to receive better
prices before decline. This action,
upon the part of the farmers, will &C.
complish the intention of manipulators
OF the market and ia to be deprecated
as suicidal to their interest. The crop
ought to bring fair values, should be
]udiciousiy distributed over the selling
season without allowing the deliveries
to be too srest St any time. And ad-
wise that all farmers that can do 80
without violating a contract should
make their crop as slowly as they can,
or at ratio OF one-third loes than last
season; the equilibrium of prices will be
thus fairly retained end we will come
much nearer receiving the commercial
value OF our product.
ut Will be rem EN- bered by many that
previous 10 our civil war, on account OF
the lack Of transportation facilities, Il
required from seven 10 nine months to
market the crop. We now sell the bulk
OF 1t though three or four times the size,
In about three months, thus congesting
the market, making competitors of our
serves In the mad rush to get rid of our
product. while upon the other hand
judicioue, gradual distribution of the
same over greater period of months
would be conducive to competitio be-
tween the manufacturers, who are
obliged TO have our material, ssand they
should be running after US to buy our
product instead OF our having to run
after them to sell Ii to them.
And desire to impress upon the
cotton growers the imperative neces-
sity OF organization for the accom- plieh-
mentof this purpose. and all tnstru-
mentalities should be engaged in the
achievement OF this consummation
devoutly to be wished Doubtless this
endeayor will meet with strenuous OPP
position at the hands of those who
recklessly speculate upon the labor OF
the farmer of the South. he would be
offered little more than the market
price to bring in hi5 crop.
1.-The argument OF risk Of fire, loss In
weights, would follow with the usual de-
nunciation of advice, but I implore you
for the sake OF your families, rendered
destitute by these despoilers, and for
the sake Of the Sunny Southland for
all that is sacred to our hearts and to
our homes to resist this currens that Is
insidiously, day by day. drawing us into
vortex of poverty and shame and de-
prsving our manhood and increasing
crime. There never was a more cruel
and relentless war waged upon the people
than upon the South by England and
ner emissaries and tory allies, reducing
her people from afiluence to the p!ttance
OF ten cents day"
Falling or in Cotton.
WASHINGTON, August 1O.-The August
report OF the ssatisticisn Of the depart
ment Of poriou1turo ebo,-, . .oa,o.tz-