The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-05-02

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'AerH cotton planter should
wT,;c for ogrvaluablc illustrated
pamphlet, Cotton Culture. :
I Z e sort FREQ.
.eid ia:iie aal address, - 10
SERENe Ill WORKS. on Nns21u s.. =. V
prosperity. It would mean abundance
Of, the best beef on our farms and in our
towns at cheaper rates than ever before,
milk and butter rivaling the best i'm
portatlons from northern diaries and
creameries, and an independence of for.
eign food supplies that would make the
farmers Independent of the price of cot
ton. which would then be pure money
crop. No people have been more richly
blessed by the bounty of the Almighty.
The best way to show our gratitude to
the Giyer of all good is TO improve the
opportunities presented with such Law
ish hand
'tOnward?' l.. the Word.
When Georgia i'll her hour of need
summoned her SONS to defend her rlXnts
ana honor, the Offering OF property aud
Lie was spontaneous and general When
me heel ot the oppressor was upon mr..
her sous, amid appalling ADVERSE le-,
wrought by the blessing OF Gui her re
demptlon. Will they progs laggirdS
now, " len iortuue Smiles and points
me way In Grea ness ana weulth: 40
Already the onward narch mas ueSun,
ana II will CON luue until Georgia
sta!lt> III the front RANK On all lines OF
III ustvy, Inferior III no lMrucul r ~
any a'ar y. "uf ,t.nd cunsteIia, ON vi
SOW IN states
80 Csttcn.s
- many of the farmers OF Georgia
understand tnt cultivation OK c,,t iot+.
mat tie .nrIpt. alag 10 De ,ii.u OF
tAis II .ett Is - give IA untr of WAtuhiS
again "a Increase OF IN &C. age, lvtlj
c'r'rqueAt Increu,r o. tle >up ~
over tAe ,.etn IA aud the reuuc tp.i ..
the !rlr" "a lac >,ai,.. Dt,,w the u, in,
"t re"snna5ie trotit IL jhr pun,e..
Many .. our most pro&rva>iye #rMvr,
nave, by lnte.ilg"nt use oi tne hest
methods. res,olea txlaus Ell iAl amt
caused hem TO >..,s! rro ,L,.,i Ou
aimo,t euuil To mat OF tIe u3Ig..iti
virgin soil. In iac;, sucn has p.e!. tne
advance of Georgia OH tnls line as TO
eIlci, wears ago, from the complier> nf
the United states ccaSu> the cumUlI
mentary statement that THE nigh post
ton of Georgia Is due. not To natut al
advantages, but TO better cultivation OF
the Soik the use of fertilizers, and the
thrift of an industrious population.
The one thing that the Georgia cot
ton growers need TO learn Is, how TO
avoid overproduction with its accompa-
nying low prices
III, however, they will raise such food
supplies rs may be counted among the
necessities of life, and thus make cotton
n surplus money crop, low prices will
never again be as disastrous as they
have been i'll the past.
But II, in spite of all warning and in
defiance Of all past experience the farm
ers persist III an increase of the acreage
IN cotton, we may look for a crop much
larger than that of last year and of ne.
cessity decrease in the price.
While at the same time the produc.
ton of that crop will cost them more
than 1t has i'll many years, on account
OF the increased cost of food supplies,
mules. fertilizers, labor and other
things.
Combination TO Reduce the Price.
There appears even now strong evi.
dence of combination among cotton
mills, domestic and foreign, cotton fac.
tors and cotton manipularors, that will
prove disastrous TO farmers in case of
too large crop. For then the setting
of the price of cotton will not be with
the farmer, as it was last year.
What. then, farmers of Georgia, is
our duty 20 ourselves and at the same
time the protection of our great money
crop: 1t is more corn and peas, more
sugar cane and potatoes, more food
supplies, more beef cattle and more
dairy products, and after these things
as much cotton as we can raise. Then
we can still name the price of our sta.
pie.
The warning has already been sound.
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