Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-04
MEETING
OF ALI Cotton Growers
Called
TO MEET IN MEMPHIS TUESDAY,
JANUARY Fl.
ADVICE TO RAISERS.
HOLD THE COTTON NOT YET MAR
ISETED ron A RAISE In
PRICE.
Plant Less Next Year and Thereby
Cause n Decided Advance
IN tho Price.
ADVICE TO RAISERS.

Athens, Ala. Jan. 3.-The following
OF the American Cotton-Growers' Pro-
tee'tve association late today:
H o ems, Ala, Jan. $40 the American
10 Growers Protective Association:
II q. 4 has arrived when next years
acre %% cotton should receive your
most gus consideration. Our
enemie Y bears" are anticipating
matters ~ pstriously circulating re-
ports tina. o. the intention OF the
cotton-growsrs to enormously increase
the cotton acreage and double the use
or commercial fertilizers during the
season, wnieh Will result IN the pro-
uuetlon OF a crop OF from lo.OVO.000 to
l2,OO0,0O0 bales.
Information comes from Texas that
New Orleans "benrs" are reporting
that Texas Will plant for 100000 bales.
lhese reports are circulated to induce
the southern people to sell the balance
OF This small crop at the present low
figures.
According to official data, America
has exported to Europe 1928, 900 bales
less than Inst year. The Northern
mills have taken 45O, 900 bales less than
last year. Stocks of cotton at Amerl-
can ports and interior towns are about
the same US last year, but as the sea-
. son progresses the stocks at the ports
VIII daily grow less as compared with
last year. On the other hand, the
mills OF England, America and the
continent are running full time, and IL
they keep up the present consumption
until next September they Will need
all OF your cotton. they carlot wait
for the next crop. What then prevents
your obtaining remunerative prices for
the remaining portion of this crop?
This Is easily answered-the speculative
bears" of New Orleans. New York and
Liverpool. They are thoroughly in
different to your condition and reckon
little OF your Welfare. They would be
glad to see cotton selling at cents.
and would contribute their aid In press
Ing II down to the lowest point, re-
gardless of the destitution and sorrow
that would ensue throughout the South
under such conditions.
The Southern planter has the power
to depose these reckless despots and
wholesale despollers OF our property.
Destroy the annual surplus, their able
coadjutor, by a judicious decrease OF
acreage. and these gentlemen will be
out of Job. Plant only a moderate
crop and you will be better OFF with
seven to seven and one-half million
bale crop. selling at 10 to IL cents. than
o 10000 600 bale crop selling at 6 to 0
cents. Do not be led into the error
that you can deceive the great firms
that buy your product. They have
their agents in every town and village;
they are ever scrutlnizlng your actions.
and know more In regard to the gen.
eral acreaEe than you can possibly find
out yourselves.
conceivlng this to be a matter of
paramount Importance to tpe inter
ests OF the South and being Impressed
.l,t, tN..t, IN,
hensive form should he consi terrd
gravely, / therefore deem 1t advisable
that cotton growers NEE. In conven-
ton that we may formulate and adopt
some intelligent i'.le VI action through
which we may be enabled to combat
these apeculatcFs waoss pernicious
methods are so destructive to our pros
| perity.
on account Of It's CO. e-al nee Z -
bility, I hereby name Memphis as ,hc
| place. and Tuesday. January Fl, rs the
| time OF meeting. I earnestly invite al
classes of our :it'Hns t,ii,t are i'rertly
or indirectly Interested In n telling
| the yalues of our main commodity. cot
| ton, to Join With us ~ our drlibtr-
| atIons. The invitArion Is extended to
| all agricultural 50 ''ri'es. oil interests,
| CHANGERS. cotton exchanges, cHhmis-
| sion merchants, factory associations,
| etc The movement Is strictly non po-
Nticnl but essentially INDUSTRIAL;
| therefore no man should say us nay
| on account OF political affiliations
respectfully invoke the aid " the
| press. Recognizing Tho deuiaud Tor
| heroic action and the disaster that Is
TO follow without II, ] appeal TO al!
| patriotic people to join In this F'iug-
| gle to emancipate oir peonle IRON a
| bondaEe that is MS oppressive and
| ignominous as WAS ever inflicted ~
the GEAR upon r serfdom.
No longer can We live prosperousiy
| and happily under 20 tyrannical n
system. The demand cf the oe aston
\ Is for honest, earnest men who haN e
| the Intelligence to appreciate pre-
| va!ling conditions AMI The c,,iirnEe to
| take up arms sgainsi sea OF troubles
I and by opposing. end them"
1 / remain sincerely ours.
HECTOR D. LANE,
President American Cotton Growers