Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1895-10-04
4 BULL" LETTER.
President Lane Predicts Higher
Prices Tor lotion and Urges
Growers TO Hold Back
their Crop.


American Cotton Growers Protect.
i've Association. issued the follow.
ing circular TO the cotton growers
tonight:
"Twehty days ago, in'advsrce ct
the bureau report, sssaed |. cIr>
crlar stating the crop conditions
aud warning yo1 against . ahssty
dispOsItien or marketing 81 sour
cotton The 'cottoa buyers and
'bear.," spectators, ridiculed chat
circular, bur when IL wan more tbsu
corfirmed by the government ssu-
r.au. the, tsegan to shsv. some re-.
spect tor my inv.rtIgatiOn.
Since thai a nc the crop has De.
teriorted TO such at extent AS to
amount to q disxsser. No such
weather has ever been seen in the
cotton districts. The worms have
continued to do great damage and
even irom dIstTicts like the ITALIA
hatchie iiver in Mississippi, where
the crop uas ssid to be good, there
,"nes information of forty Der
sent. d. ficirBcy. The best suthori>
iirs put the Texas out put at .750..
100 tsles. or Jess. The cotton plant
Is nou practically dead througbou,
The Soath. and frost to>nlgbs would
do bat little, IL any damage. Iu my
oI,iD,oD this crop ssunot exceed
Il, 300 900 bales. maximum.
Even Mr.. Neil has been com'
PEELED Ia reduce his estimate to a
@sxiwum OF 1850, 900 bales, with
possibilities OF much less. What
he sermed a .asossiTIity" when his
circular WAS issued. ia new nm es.
taelished tact; and II is dffirult tC
see how Mr.. NeilI ~ u statistician
caR fail to recognize this tact when
be issues his next circular.
The situation ~ to price OF cotton
is PLAIN. The European manufac'
turers, relying upon mistaken 10.
formation given SIhem about tbs
s'zs OF this crop, snsl not realizing
IN time that the world Is 90 = trade
boom. have cold manufactured
goods ahead until Joly Of mex
year TO make these goods they
must have your veiion. or RUS
Themselves by violating their con-
iras Is. They, AZ wei! an the Amer
ran stinners. are caught 10 a trap
This crop is TOO small tor all o.
them " gel their toll SHARE. Amer.
ica. Mexico. Canada and Japan WI
coasup,e = minimum OF 5000. 8Ot
bales. This will aeave $500, 900 II
he distributed between Great Brit
ain aea the continent, agsiasi g.,
sOO.OOO bales last year. This wil
wipe out the visible supply and
create pszAc among cotton buyers
The price OF COTTON has eoaIe e
stay, and 10 60 very axcb higher
Last year tbt manufacturer,
'rsis4d gsdd-n harvest Wy hasinf
i've tssit co.e~s,. IL is nov yonI
tosa. Trey know that the crop n
all open sud San t,e marketed be-
fore December Est. They expecl
VOC to bite AZ the bait brlc out by
thr "Rreas rise" AMI rush yeur cot.
ton forward aud press it for sale
They will then stay cot Of tn.
market hoping that the weight o.
The cetton offered would deprrriat.
tie price. l imp6re you not to II
This. Sell, a. they try to boy, 1rou
hard 10 mouth. aud before JA0Har,
sou ~ill have the American, Eng
lish snd Continental buyers out
hisfitng each other for every bale
ef your cotton you have to sell. Dc
not be deceived BY the advice o.
Nee York ssbear" circulars dis,
euised uinier u "hull's" hleir. Un,
der present crop ard trade condi'
tion, your cotton Is worth 10Y cents
Do not sacrifice il because la.t sea-
II 10 .,..l<f g..