Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-31


bale. put into my bales i2s0 pounds
Now there Is fixed and undertaking
| rate nnon bale OF cotton. Those Mhs
handle Il at the levec and at the rail,
ROAD Know no difference In its weight, II ii
can he shipped bale for bale In the chr
or boat No have many sorts OF taxes
TO Ray YOU know not OF In tho North. We
have n levee tax. Cotton. being the life
production OF much OF the South, Is
harassSd BY natural and unnatural para.
sites The planter must sec all these
things In their exact relation and not
trust his business to anybody else. 1 told
you that left Now Orleans at night and
arrived In the midst OF the growing cot.
ton or the product as grown, next morn
ing. By evening or night | am done. kfy,
tfaln comes along, going back to New
Orleans. ] get into 1t and sleep TO my
destination. AT the breakfast hour next
morning Lam at home, There / recon-
n ehce the life OF merchant In cotton
l do not delegate my Interests either as
merchant or planter or stock-grnNer
or farmer TO anybody. OF cour,e |
trust those whom / have. yet to thon /
am never u dsad man, appear among
them m each OF those fields. How else
cen man. North or South, be a suryivnl2''
You have Just spoken OF the difference
that Governor Flower referred to when
cotton sells at sac a pound and 7isc
AiAAA hiA'AfAAf ltltAHths nv INV governor
properly says, nearer $3.50. 0o0 geo upon the
American cotton crop than slo0.OOO. OOo.
The margin OF value gives us and cur
labor The money TO spend. Now, the ne.
gro Is vast factor IN cotton. ! have not
the prejudices OF those who lived la sume
former historical time, see the negro
as my acquaintance employe, etc. He
is In the present day one OF the mercantile
dlEits In the productions We raise. We
may say the negro, for what he knows.
ia the most lntclllEen, being on tho globe.
He knowa a mule for example: he knows
oxen and how to drive them he knows
what physical contents to give animals
that they may work Out human results: he
IL absolutely reliable within his oondi-
items. But She negro has conditions which
are as clear 90 him Ia their restrictions
AS 10 other people lie In an honest self
stndont. one OF the things he Is deter
mined not to he IL a fnanc,er lie loves
his wife, his patch OF ground or farm
IL perfectly acquainted with tho raising
OF cotton, hut 1t does not pny the negro
al things now stand TO be an economical
or rich entity Why Every ncaro OF
his connection or blood comeB and sub
STATS upon HIS prudence ana advantage.
l have Known negroes 10 pass 10000 In
accumulation, and to 20 IN TO tho hun.
dreds OF thousands OF dollars and beyond
1t. But what they got their color Dor
rowcd, Finally, tho colorcd man who
has the true philosophy as far A. hip
present condition goes-that he was made
ior occupation ana happiness, and not fo.'
While / want my due. I
don't expect TO become your rich pnrt-
ner,' Now. SIR I have reached another
point 10 which your Inquiries tend: We
must cease TO do business as u partner
with the negro
"Qf course. We inherited cotton and the
Ia afrH4n DO, q La. -.
after tho war We took tho negro into mart |
nership. We provided his subsistence gave
nun inc ground und manufactured his |
raw material Into a shipping product. and |
Ne got one-half Of the product OF his |
labor In the progress and economy which |
HE cotton crop has made It Is absolutely |
that We pay that coiorcd man |
and take him out Of the partnerhip'
Negro labor In general may be said to |
earn 70 cents n day. That IL an enormous /
advance over nothing. All In all. 1t com
narcs very fovorably with tho ratea OF
labor paid elsewhere In the world The
'olorcd man IL mastor-mnded In regard
10 ms litile crop. hio patch hls hogs his
mule. etc. Land, however valuable with
~. stlll IL and must be given 10 tho col.
ired factor IN our problem But we are
working for pecuniary result NJ mcr-
'hnnts In cotton. The colored man has
Voluntarily said that he would rather be
occupied and paid than carry our mental
lnrdens. Cotton, therefore must enter
ipon a new lifo II can have no divided
ownership, Tho man who grows IL munt
ie solely responsible for the management.
10 must have tho machinery as far as
loseible to absorb not only his staple. hut
ts refuse lie must manufacture, as Tar
N possible, the lint into cloth lie must
llso manufacture the cotton seed. its cake
VI. etc. The smallest Of these things IL
" the value Of the largest IN his general
economy. He must also watch the matter
u shipment with the greatest cn1e. and
oneoding 10 the railroads ara steam-
'oatH their traditional vicwa, must bale,
empress, tie etc for himself