The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-08
AN APPEAL TO
COTTON GROWERS


for organization and cooperation in mar
keting the cotton crop of this State.
The cotton Growers Protective associa-
tion is rapidly gaining growth through
out the South. Texas, perhaps, being the
best organized State up to this time. It's
object is to systematic the marketing OF
the Souths staple crop so as to prevent
manipulation by spectators whenever
there happens to be too heavy receipts
of cotton within given period.
The association in Georgia is well Off
cered and branches are being rapidly or
eanized in the various counties.
The following address, which is being
sent out to the State press and to farm
ers throughout Georgia, is the outcome
fthe meeting of cotton growers held IN
Atlanta last week:
Madison, Ga, Sept. 4, 1901.
The Cotton Growers Protective asso-
citation is now an established organization
in the cotton growing States Of America.
1t his its interstate or national organ
ization as it's head and each cotton grow
ing State has it's State organization with
it's State officers of president, vice presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer and execu-
tive committee as it's corporate body. The
object of this address is to solicit every
cotton grower and every one interested
in cotton and the prosperity of Georgia
TO become members and cooperate in the
sale and proper marketing Of our great
product
Although the association last fall was
in it's infancy, and even without the aid
of the great cotton growing state of Tex
as, it was the most potent factor in
bringing about l and II cents cotton.
Texas now has it's State organization
with Colonel E. S. Peters, of Calvert, one
of her largest farmers and most promi-
nent men, as president, who is rapidly
organizing every county in the State. The
ginners are with us and will report every
Saturday night the amount of cotton gin
ned, so that we will know the exact
amount of cotton that may be placed on
the market each week. Bonded ware
houses can be established at all local
markets wherever. required by the banks
and members of the association. Ware
house receipts are to be issued to the
owners of cotton stored, and the cotton
insured if the receipts are to be negotlat-
ed Minimum price will be put on the
cotton. When cotton is above the mini
mum price each producer can control the
individual sale of his cotton, and though
a member of the association, IL he desires
to dispose of his cotton, will be at per-
fectly liberty to do SO. This association
is confident that fair and just price
for cotton and cotton seed can be fixed
and maitained in the open. markets by
the united concert of action ON the part
of it's members, backed by the financial
aid of the banks, by holding the surplus
IL 4. r. 10 ,Iv o{n nph
week or month to meet the demands of
the mills in all parts of the world
All white persons in this State engaged
in the business of farming, banking. mer-
chandising, ginning warehouseing and
other industrial enterprises or profess
sions, who are willing to unite with this
movement for the purpose it has in view
are eligible to membership. Thus you
see if the great number of small farmers
cannot hold their cotton until the mini
mum price fixed by the association is
reached, the merchant to whom he is in
debted can do SO for him, and the NOR
chant has the banker, who is a co-mem-
Der with him, to give him liniency on his
bank indebtedness until a fair and re-
munerative price is paid for his cotton.
The true and legitimate object of this
association is to keep the cotton mar
ket from what is termed as being glut-
ted" Keen the cotton growers from fore
ing upon the market in sixty or ninety
DAYS what requires them three hundred
and sometimes three hundred an sixty
five days to raise and gather, and which
requires twelve months to manufacture
and consume. Place upon the market
Just enough and no more than is abso-
lutely needed and demanded.
This is an age of organization and the
cotton growers of this country are COM
PEELED to organize and demand fair and
legitimate price for their product. This
is business organization, just on the
same principle as that governing the
manufacturers and guano dealers.
You cotton growers are the backbone of
this fair southland of ours with your
bOundless acres and your royal plant
Why should you not price your precious
gem?
You. are masters of the situation, es-
peciafly now, since we are informed that
1.-The banks of Memphis, Galveston and
New Orleans the three great cotton CEN
ters," have enough money of their own
to enable you to properly market your
cotton, and that the banks of the South
will not be dependent on New York for
financial aid more than 10 per cent for
moving this seasons corp.
The statistical report comes from re-
liable source and indicates that the pres
ent crop will be less than last year, that
the Egyptian crop is 6 per cent off, that
the Indian crop is not more than holding
it's own and that the consumption for the
next twelve months will be % per cent
greater than that of 1901. Then why
should you not get l cents per pound
for your cotton if you will organize and
properly place it on the market? The
crop being three weeks late, we know not
how high the price would go if we had an
early frost. The continued drouth in
Txeas and the incessant rains which have
fallen over the cotton belt within the last
two weeks east of the Mississippi will
materially aid you in your demand for
the above price.
Besides caterpillars, boil worms and
rust that are the natural enemies of your
great staple, this year comes new dis
ease in a most deadly form called an
thracnose, which makes dark spot upon
the boil and completely rots the staple
within fpW dayS ago saw a stalk of