The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-25

Statistics show that you are TODAY snena
| ing more money IN the cause OF ctlucn ION
and building more aud heyter school houses
| than any Stutc IN the Union. New York
city with her vast wealth. millions ~
population and hundreds 81 mIiiionaircs
Is not expendlng as much money for elm
cational purposes as is the great Lone star
state OF the Southwest.
INDEPENDENT FARMING.
Making the farm self,sustaInlng Is n
child. might say the drst born. OF the
right results from proper education AMI
the proper utilization Of the resources NJ
our command on the farm. Wherever M :
c cmTs mas sv . sprSad her gifts. IN asr
must naturally follow that the farmers
who TIL Southern soils Should So cmninS
asemeni Of their anas ' as n me me- man ma,
4 the treasures they coutain VIZ ~
This is being done an thousands Of Sou.b
ern farms, hut too many farms arr, Welding
hui the dross, and the golden NSaith
s5 n st,,,S1 a9 make the farm nrst
any farmer. L should be his drst ana
| foremost thought al al times al the begin.
n nn,g OF each year through NIL the difer-
rht seasons ms they come one following
/ upon the other. Study tho resnurrce IN
your SOILS. make them yield abundantly,
! hrst the Necessary food supplies for homo
! consumption. and second, the production
| Of money crops. which will give prodt 70
\ the business TO follow after tho mans f1T
| independent living have been provided for
COOPERATION.
! The third and last yet not least. essential
I Is cooperation Once this feature of busi
! res was looked upon as side Issue; now
| II has become an absolute necessary
/ 40 not mean by CO operation the orrSnize'
| ton of a body Of men into "A poWerfnl ma
| cane for the purpose of creating a force
/ hurtfui TO trade, or TO dominate aud die.
/ tate from the standpoint OF unfair and nm
righteous methods. | believe aud know
! that we must come together as A ho,fy NJ
I llf n looking rho riuhfpptta =
our homes and Interests, study together tho
value of our products and by co.operation
enforce the payment Of fair and Legitimate
Pics by the buyers who come into our
markets to purchase what we have 10 sell
II Is only 10y cooperation that we can In.
olr products needed in the different mar
hetS OF the world. II is only hy co-oppra.
Ton that we can command the respect Of
the buyers who want aud must have our
products. II Is only by making our farms
seit-sustainlns that we can become strong
Ieice our legitimate demands, aud become |
the pricers of our products as the mer.
Grant does his wares.
EducaNon united with determination |
to make the farm self sustaining is ina /
great underlying foundation ~ strength |
ypon such a structure we can safely forge |
ahead and cooperate Tor oar mutual |
protection and the Advancement nnd |
uppullding of our gvocation aud the conn |
Wy We love SO well Without these threc |
essentials hnrmonizing together dlsappoint. |
ment will continue to he the reward Of |
thousands Of hard worked farmers ana the |
wheels of agricultural progress viii con
tinue to he Clogged with mlstnkes foilures
md regrets.
COTTON GROWERS PROTECTIVE AN,
ISOLATION,
p, As the. president of the Southern Cotton
growers Protective association / desire
To briefly outline to you the objects and
purposes OF that organization, which has
miagns MS Us amii5ea career rec, saved SO many
o. the South In the sale of the last crop.
rms movement began In Georgia one yeaI
ago, aud today we have a strong state as.
ISOLATION in nearly all OF the cotton grow,
Ing States. We propose TO secure Within
our own ranks, and for the protection or
Il m concerning all the varied conditions
surrounding me cotton crop, including the
a srne value of TIE raw product, he finished
Tor the staple, and then introduce such
system Of marketing as will regulate the
mate demand of the spinners.
Correct information will never be Insured
So lSng rs we depend upon present methods
whose prime object Is to get control of the
cron at the lowest possible prices The
eyaet acreage can be ascertalned by each
FARMER VINO makes bis tax returns, stat.
log the actual number of acres planted,
ana that question can be Incorporated by
sheets There is a difference NOW In the
present estimated cotton acreage of two
and half million acres, under present
day be known absolutely had every cotton
producer In the South reported his acre.
age to the tax receiver. We have secured
the cooperation Of the United States cen
sns bureau department. TO aid us In secur-
ing reports from ginners. Every bale Of
cotton prepared for market must pass
through the hands Of the cinnCr. 'l'hs
consolidated reports of all the ginners IN
the South will give 10 us the exact size
81 me crop az the close of the ginning sea.
son, but nine months sooner than under
existing methods. II will break up specu
lntion on that feature of our business, and
We trust that the ginners Of the country
will actively cooperate with us in this i'm.
lcrtant matter, and promptly give to the
census bureau department the information
amount of cotton 10 he harvested. the
number Of bales required for consumption
by the mills, aud the price OF cotton goods.
i VIII he an easy matter 10 determine n
fair price for the raw material.
rms Information, when gathered and cou
densed by your State association. will he
mailed 10 the postoflice address Of each
member of the association. and the prodnc,
ers VIII then have as fun and complete
the spinner or the specuator Instead Of
seeking information aud prices from the
buyers you will be able to give Informa
ton ia the buyers and demand from them
a fair and legitimate price for your staple.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
We must cooperate TO regulate the sup
ply to meet the demand. We must become
The Independent owners OF our cotton, free
from cncumbrances of any Kind 50 that We |
ran market the staple as the mills need IL
md only when It win command It's true
value
The spectators and industrial enterprises
through whose hands the products OF our
farms have passed during the past half
century have grown enormously wealthy
How has II been with the producer? As ,
practical farmers With dearly bought ex
pcrienccs. you can safely answer that ques
don. New England abolished her farms.
went Into the manufacturing business
handling the great staple grown hY the ,
southern farmers and In half century,
.he greatest concentration Of wealth In this ,
country Is In that section. From whose Z
pockets did that wealth howl From those
II the Southern cotton producers who sold
heir cotton to New England at low
price, and, as consumers, bought back the
inished fabric al an enormous pr0ft to
he mills. | want 20 see enough cotton
mills built IN every cotton growing county v
n the South 20 consume every pound OF &
'aw material produced In those counties. / a
want 10 see the mills OF our country pros 4
porous making a legitimate interest on =
heir Investment. But, above all things, .
want to see an era Of prosperity dawning O
,ver the hills and valleys Of our Southern a
'arins We can not afford TO stand idly by !
md continue 10 permit the great agricul
.ufa1 Interests Of country to remain -