The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-31
STILL AT IT.

advocating the cylindrical bale for COZ
ton. The Progressive Farmer created q
sensation by sho wing that the Amerl-
can Cotton Company, through proml-
nent advertising agency, was paying
handsomely for these articles and that
a condition Of their order was that
these article should appear as unpaid
or editorial uEterances. We had re-
ceived one Of the off 9rs but had prompt
" refused it. The Smithield Herald
has had the same experience we then
had. In its last Issue it says:
For several m 0nths TIE Herald has
occ asionally received an off 3r from an
advertising agency relative to running
an ad. in our columns from a manu-
featuring concern A condition OF
the proposition raj that the matter
should "be eet in the regular reading
matter type of your paper, with head
lines in the uniform style OF the paper,
and appear without classification or
advertising mark Of any kind" We
declined to publish it. They increased
the consideration and came at US again.
We declined a second time. Finally
We wrote them that we absolutely re
fused to publish any thing unless we
should be informed of, the identity of
the manufacturing concern" We
were then informed that the same was
the American Cotton Company. Why
this attempt to deceive the public9 We
assure our readers that the 'manufac
turing concern has no unmarked ad
in our paper"
But the round bale is evidently max,
ing slow progress in Johnston, as the
following editorial from the game issue
of the Herald gees t. show:
Mr.. W. M Sanders, come time
since, leased and installed a roundlap
cotton press here, and operated the
same for several weeks. In a short
time, however, he discovered that to
fight public opinion and to antagoniza
the best interests Of the people was
truly an up. hill business. Accordingly
he notified thu American Gotten Com
pany to remove their pres9 and an
nounced his intention to ceaee the
manufacture of the despicabIe round
bale.
''Some correspondence ensued be-
tween Mr.. Sanders and the Company
with the result that a few days since
the entire plant, gins, engines, presses.
&C., was conveyed by him to the
American Cotton Company for a cash
consideration of 81. 600.
I'VE congratulate Mr.. Sanders for
having cold out, and we welcome the
influx of capital which the American
Cotton Company will, necessarily, put
in circulation II this community. We
hope that the concern will spend $50,
600 here and it would not be charitable
to wish it to lose more than half this
amount"
The Herald closes its editorial with
an appeal that ought to rouse the farm
ers of J Jhnston and unite them in op
position to this giant trust. II is more
pc Werful, mora scheming, more dan
gerous than the jute bagging trust, and
the farmers should show it as little
mercy. Let them prove their faith
by their works. The Alliances aud all
tarmers' organic atiors should take &C
ton against the round bale and never
give up the fight until the American
Cotton Company men congent to coll, in
stead of Lease, their machip cry. With
proper effort can 30 forced to do
this. They know they can cell their
machinery at figures that will make
them handsome profits Why, then,
unless they have some vicious scheme
in hand, do they brave opposition and
neglect many opportunities of estab
their plants rather than let the ma
chinery get into the hands Of other
peoplel This is a matter they have
never explained to the satisfaction of
thinking people. The Herald's edito
rial has the right ring. Would there
were more papers with courage enough
to reject the advertising offers of the
American Cotton Company and urge
the people to unite in the fight against
this huge would be monopoly. The
aerald's advice will interest our read,
e1s in all cotton growing counties. The
Herald Gays:
For the past two years we have
heard people speak of their 'undying
opposition to trusts and ext0rtionate
combinations OF capital. They now
have an opportunity of Carrying their
talk into practice It is not necessary
20 visit New York or New Jersey to
find tae enemy, he is here within
reach, where the public can strike him
directly. 1t is not at all necessary to