The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-22


lustra. ion of this, the Goldsboro
Argus printed that, upon an order
seat to New York q few weeks ago
for cotton for the Goldsboro Cot
TN Mills, the identical bales
shipped from Goldsboro last fall
were shipped back. From every
source is the statement that the
supply from last years crop is
smaller than ever before
And this years crop. will be /
tiiert.
And yet the price is low.
Why is it?
We ask questions without an
sxefing them.
It is notorious that what the
South thinks about cotton is al
most always incorrect. Few men
who speculate in cotton escape
idifdre.
Cffe- reason is that the Europe
an and Northern buyers, who pur-
chase the bulk Of the cotton, are
not vet satisfied that the crop will
De small. They have been read
ing reports of fine seasons and
bright prospects all the summer.
They do not believe the statement
of the blasting effects of the last
three or four weeks. That is one
reason why the price is low.
There are Others.
What ought farmers 70 do?
TEa&,'s hard question to an
swer. Ordinarily it pays far
mer not to be SPECTATOR, but to
sell his crops as they are ready for
the market. 1t is equally true
that he ought not to rush his crop
to market. A giut in any market
ut any time tends to press down
prices.
Most farmers Will be forced to
sell much of their crop, as soon
as it is ready, to pay their bills
which are maturing. They have
contracted to pay early and they
must fulfill their contracts. 1t
may be that it would be wise to
sell all their crop early, but while
knowing that no advice is infalli-
BILE, our judgment is that the far
mer who sells his cotton gradual
ly as his needs require will be wi
ser than the one who rushes it all
to market early, thus helping to
keep down the price.
The New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat, authority on all matters
relating to'cotton, writing on this
line, says:
"We had hoped to be able, in
time, to get pretty close estimates
OF the prospective cotton crop, so
many are the agencies at work
collecting news of the harvest, but
on the contrary, we seem to be
drifting further away in conse-
quence OF the wild competition
between the bulls and bears.
For instance, it is seldom that
there has been such wide differ
eiice between the estimates as to
the present crop. Some declare
that IL is going to be the largest
ever raised; others that it will be
below the average, and each fac
tion insists upon the accuracy OF
Ms estimates.
''Fhe Times-Democrat is neither
bull nor bear, except in 50 far as
it desires to see farmers get til,
highest prices obtainable for theil
cotton, and does not think i
ought to advise its farmer friend!
O. to what they should do. w,
believe the farmers themselve
know rs much about the crop ant
the prospective yield as those VIII,
have figured it out in their count
ing houses, especially as many o
these are influenced by their wish
es.
1--WE would advise the farmers
therefore, to look around then
md form their own opinions as t
The condition of The cron. The
aavo he es 1anl a#5afr.
whether J j -acc fa
0 b rs @ .aaa
re'ov IA. average ha,.l
''c same condition, rrFi.e
aisughout tie SCOTT. ana .niI
.7o'e >eetion4 ars ta 5a,te
ttmn ,iaers. sor- an H,rl
'-" sno farmer her.Gore
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