The Southern herald., 1895-04-26
70 ooTToH GaoWEHs


Eruat1sas Iale Warns rhrm AEaiust a.
a az tha Maulrulaiur tlriiltoli
Frfua
Froeiur "a. 2. lane. president 81 the
AmsFican Groser' Protective assoeia-
tioa. has issued the following address,
ArHuV7 tlr M1rrs n
To EHE CorrcE GaouEzs oF rHE soUrH-
I Hlzh to oal Ne ateulirn @ ttc c1It1l gruu-
eEz - tae slratsEie nnVemeni being mate ~
cltteu uzlip1ilt1rs % dclufe them into ne
zlic-t1l 80 q pllHIllE aElin q large acre1Ee
e easiaa- Ehaf uHessiless has beeu icli ir
LiFerpooi far . tine In retcre1ce % the Dr.
crcssed acreage Eles uithoui sayIlE. AMI had
tAis meaaes noi sEistsd. cott1a values would
have heen laEeF than they have been, and noW,
IS re ead q the season Is a. hand. The
ssaRle Is substantially cut o. the hands % ne
farners thsss Eeutiemcn uho hare represented
tAe eear slsmeut Cor 30 many mouths Whilc
eetioa sas moving In larEe volumes resort q
thiz meihod q running valves up simply % in-
dnee ne farmer % plant more cotton than,
poSsiolI, be inieadod
sara the farmers Of the south that ne
price Of the last lev days Is hciitiOus and is
ne product of conspiracy Of men 20 sys-
tsmatically rob the prod0cer q his legitimate
gaia d IS = delusion and snare 10 catch ths
ansusPecting farmer, 70 inveigle him into tbs
toils q another 3ooel0OO surplus. SO that they
ean bear down values lower than last season,
via ~ Increased surpl As on hand
Let The people beware. Il Is bait 10 catch
all Who win bite There can be no legitimate
reason shown for this Increase In values. ne
production has exceeded the most saRguine
expectations Russia has placed a virtually
prohibilive duty on American cotton. so we can
no longer expect % sell her $1,000 bales
There can be no change made By next season
IN the financial laws Of the nation. Therefore,
where Is the legitimate cause for this rise Z
cotton has been selling at legitimate figures.
II Il simply the old spider and fy game, a
recurrence Of the farmer and the "bunko steer
er." and / am eonstrainedstO exelaim: "HOw
long, Oh, Lord. how lOngF Isit 70 be ever thus
that our people are 10 be Waylaid and robbed Of
their meager substanees
l deny the proposition that any man car
produce cotton legitimately for i've cents with
any reasonable profit; and l state, advlsedly
and emphatically, that the southern cotton
grOwer-I mean, literally, q man who digs ths
ground: the unfortunate who pulls the bell
cord over the mortgaged mule'-is not realiz.
ing twelve cents a day for his labor the veal
round. What is to be the fate Of this man 4
cotton goes down one 10 one and one-hah cent
"A fall which Is not at all improbable whai
We recognize the conditions that eOnfrOny
rs and take into consideration that we hit
a most phenomenal season for picking our erOI
last season, and its classification was hlghel
than ever known, hardly any grading less Il aI
low middlingi
"Stnl Il averages under 1--WE cents. ant
though We may make q smaller crop the en-
suing season Of ls9S-9e II we have a rainy o.
unpropltiOus gathering season. cotton, In al
probability, will grade lower, and mayhap W
will have q recurrence OF the season Of 1881
when we had u superabundance Of the pOOre
qualities. We could then expect the sat1i
relative difference In the grades, which must
Of course, result In considerably reduced 70
turns from the whole crop.
invoke the most earnest attention n cot
ton growers 10 this nefarlous scheme and ad
dress YOU this letter as caveat that y5u ma,
not be deluded by this wolf In Sleeps cloth
ing" or, in other word,this bear in bull clota
ing"