The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-08-15
Warning Note to Farmers.

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aud 70
,ludipg Warning Note 10 Farmers.
into r1oy. Tx. The following
'uol' nal Saturday: 70 the Cotton
'n rs n of the South:-As president
'arel . American Cotton Growers Pro.
Olc.. association, cognizant Of the
''i'l @ wrong that has been perpetrated
I eA'' tie masses Of my fellow farmers,
d. Hon growers of the South, il be.
nv duty, rs far ms my limited
extends, to warn you of the
.'a. s which environ You and Of the
a'l' and plans that are being laid
s'9 trHing and interruptions men to
n - Ton of your honest toll; TO further
~ NTish yUu and to enhance the
''u' nicnt and dissatisfaction that is
I Y, y dominant in the heart of the agri-
- pal classes in a knowledge of the
'Il'' 'M' tiat there is something radically
:. ~ in cur systems. No longer is
n, r0duct Of honest toll adequate to
4 4. flosstence, and no longer is the
: !. y 0i The production of an article
n sallard of its valuation; and the
- d supply and demand has been
49,. isi and in its stead intervenes
! ~ lazlts attained hy the CONNER
4 Il no1ntebank, the most insidioua
,on, neclless Of whom is he, that with
4 u onsue of an Annanias and the
boar 'Ao Malta, numbering the ma
4 b prosperity Of our country, and
rag paupers OF our people.
.n5 ieier TO that man that deservedlv
M + the name of "bear." He, by
hs o prophecy and willful misrepresen-
birsi 2, robs rs Of our subsistence, i'm
.he our posterity and leaves us moth
rcsr 0ut poverty in our homes and
- nj "a IN our hearts.
miuf y warning note has been sounded.
Y " ioreRarned be forearmed." 4" That
all Is a powerful and systematic
bs suehi . again depress the value
y asa'lle tins season is patent to
.sHiSent men, and it rests with
as lai'er OF the South, individually.
Bis whether he will submit to be thus
nh = u8aih Ike a sheep, as he was
bin easol The time has arrived for
"a Y heuon. The alternative is left
,Fu w. ner renounce the growing Of cot
kn' -'AeiS as q profitable crop or ''to
d " arms against n sea Of troubles.
BE Y opposing end them.
r. ~ famors Of the immensity of
. sOming crop have already been
hn ala reckleesly circulated 10 in
ID '4'9 'ne farmers into rushing their
El.. upoa the market, hoping to re-
o..'ef prices before the decline.
N aVuOn upon the part of the farm
n - accomplish the intention Of the
d Fuiu'ors Of the market, and it is
q aspfeeated as suicidal to their
~ ne crop ought to bring fair
~ ana should be iudiciously dis
e .n.- ND o'er the selling season. with
Il -9"ihg the deliveries to be too
~ aly time. And / would adj
~ ' uil farmers who can do so
r. ]. ioalng a contract should
!, .neif crop as slowly as they
s.. ratio one-third less than
y a'oI' ~ The equilibrium Of prices
oo,. 'nus fairly retained, and we
!. ner.;,i "iuch nearer receiving the
-.,'lal value of our product.
iona ny De remembered by many that
n NV Io 70 our civil war, on account
\ on; ;aCE Of transportation facilities.
norLe. ea from seven to nine months
M 1e' I,e the cotton crop. We now
Tyo '''iA Of It, three or four times
pes,;. ~; ~ about three months. thus
a. the market, making com
IN ~ ~ ourselves in the mad rush
otbo. u our product, while upon
ribn.: nand, a iudicious, gradual
abs b'.on u over a greater period OF
Dn bo.uiu sOuiu be conducive to compe-
obl;r.,e obl;'seen the manufacturers, who
,oe 70 have our material. and /
pro5. ,u De running after us 10 buy
afss afSse1' % instead Of our having to
~ ~'Sr them to sell t.
op a,. desire to impress upon the
b Owe. s,osers the imperative necessi-
N y tsss,nlzation =, for the accomplish
eavo. 'nis purpose. Doubtless this
6oo N " wlll meet with strenuous op-
ssa, az the hands of those who /
fsrm speculate upon the labor Of
ofs,as ofA of the South. He would
p1os ps. little more than the mar
h.ot ts . bring his crop in. The ar-
Hld soIl N RISK, Of fire, loss in weights,
., ,'oiloW .s with the usual denuncia-
nt. taace' but I implore yon for
" hpts q your families, rendered
w these desnoilora and for