The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-04

,assoo,oeo on 100000 bales
4, mis- enormous addition to
I, i a. South. the cotton plant
I 1 obtain such a position that
hu.ud NJ cents for their cot
|iNs The manufacturers to pay
4 WIT ~ CENTS.
,s,,,lly acknowledged that one
i otton costs 20 the planter
4 ND Der pound. The farmer,
ina every one else, is entitled
rNdi on his labor and capital,
\ cent and a half per pound Is
n. Thus a fair and Just price
: vruld be 7ls cents per pound.
Eov II CAN BE DONE.
N Who has studied the laws
srh.e the prices of products
n only Ia the law of supply and
=, / basis from which to work
~, then, the present supply Of
tai that there is no more cot
World than will supply the ac-
Il the manufacturers further
III dsy Of October. After that
rut depend on the new crop
lAsn with cotton. or II they
JUN II, they must stop work
arr. 50 that. failing to obtain
vi every cotton mill would be
As middle OF October.
& 70 the cotton reports, whose
I questionable, the worlds
glt on the SOth day of June
" bales, or just about enough
" manufacturers for three
Alter that date. the price of
b TIE hands OF the planters,
1,tet must suit itself to their
Vt them but hold heir cotton
svtf 4 month and what Is the
\ nlh have no cotton TO work
ultss they can obtain 1t they
~ Down and ruin stares the
m ID the face. The cotton
1itdt " cents for his cotton
~ 10 less, The manufactures.
n one Of two alternatives, he
4 py that price on the one
= ruined on the other. Which
~. 4 fair price or RUM Tn
Y ns business man will choose
Nd then both planter and
nap a fair profit from the
saA The manufacturers. too,
Present. position of the worlds
na'n. as Is evidenced by the
" sottcl goods are at present
a,l' q cotton at s cents per
= iht fact that the cotton plant
d The benefit of this rise in
s'ds, we have to thank the
s1''ofs, who, regardless of the
Mpe IN the South dependent
Y Asir livelihood, work solely
~ cement and allow Europe
$4,000 bales which it abso-
~ a. prices which are simply
N1thern farmer.
~ . the demand, We find
~ annually requires 10000, 900
Wy the amount needed is
Iag OF this quantity the
aas to supply 10000, 900
ta the total.
Mo years ago, there was
%Nen, and every newspaper
hMsd a slight idea of what
~ I 'o'lon meant to the manu-
~ saey read how the South
~ aad to run through the
y Guy cotton to keep their
II. "a 1878 there was a
M bales, and the demand
/, - =, a. ample sufficiency left
~ !! isss,ss the crop will be
IN i" mat there will be an
IN 4, !, o. ~, the first day of Sep
Y. J. .Wu'oOO bales. This sur
r, ~ ! only apparent. for il
i a y, that last year on ac-
i,l,. .s'rlns, much cotton was
= and rotted, so that at
,.l v aese surplus bales are
I'm ~, 'ae manufacturers de-
IL aot more than 500, 900
!. n \. the LIST of September
~ ,s ,oe new crop. Further,
I. .aAl The new crop Of cot,
y. y. sent less than that of
s.s.ss',ieultural departments
w. se at Is per cent an
! s,, NV, 900 bales is a very
~ In making this
4 \, NJ h recent disastrous foods
~ ven taken into account,
is,,,ssse :, doubt that they will
Az we amount. How
surplus 100000 bales to
nv u a nnd that the United
n.y. wv, 900 bales OF cotton
IA MIA ~. ., worlds supply,
4, md leaving na a,hin, 'a ao
! latfe,se. no'nihg 10
q, ,' ': to cry out that ,bere
" lor ss rtn and that the
n i, ~ i. The world ought 10
u d. = u, cotton, and il can.
M burden rests to see
ksaus q, in their selfis h
\ ~ am Of a fair rst,,rn
ii, "a MIN organize. Lev
ID Il ~ s,s's,o,w-vorkers to de-.
.s, a, Ain hold his cotton
0,tsAsa'ss Tor it. and before
M N Dc will get IL. Lsr
Nj II e ttorekeeper W.
Il ss|ls him his his , ana With
i ,,,s ,e Southern people
AZ !. a for the South
lI,elf ~ s,,osperity. "A house
icstb IN 1! not stand" and
~ ,cv,nsso fk together with
.isa' ,s,,, the single end
l,pnsltIoa.'ss no obstacle
III ',a defeat them tn
:" shout via one
~ luss.a. - ciark.vi,ie.
4, here today IN A : aase'
issss,,, at clarEsyille.