The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-05-25
SATURDAY, MAY %, 1901.
MORE SYSTEM NEEDED.


deploring the fact that because OF
the high price obtained for cotton
last year, the acreage is almost sure
to be largely increased this year
While, of course no planting has
been done, the estimate is made upon
the preparations underway. The
larger increase is most probable in
the newer cotton growing districts.
The experience cotton planters know
that large increase in the crop IS
sure to be followed by disaster. An
exceedingly high price is sure to
stimulate other countries capable OF
raising cotton to an increased ac-
liyily in this direction, and while Ii
may be profitable for few years 1t
will inevitably result in an over sup
ply of raw material.
The wise and successful policy for
the cotton planters have TO follow is,
that of so reducing the cost OF rails
ing cotton in America as 10 make 1t
entirely Improbable for other coun-
tries to raise it at all. This can un-
doubtedly be done in time if the
planters of tile South work together
inlelligently with this end in view.
The opportunity is ours today 10
establish permanently the suprem-
acy Of the South for the production
and manufacture of cotton over any
other country in the world, and it
can be done only by proving indis-
putably the ability of the southern
cotton growers to raise and manu-
facture it cheaper than is possible
elsewhere. TO accomplish this the
farmer and manufacturer must work
together intelligently realizing that
each is absolutely necessary to the
others success. As conditions IN
the South are at present with linn
tied number of manufacturing en-
terprises it too often happens that
after the farmer has supplied his
home market with food products he
still has a surplus many times OF
perishable products which he is
Obliged to ship 70 distant markets
which are many times found already
glut.ed with similar goods. The
only remedy for this condition is to
create an increased demand and this
can be done by building up manu-
featuring enterprises of every kind
necessary to transform into the fin
ished product every kind of raw ma
terial which our country produces.
This will result in constant influx
of money from abroad in return for
goods as we'll as furnishing home
market for food products and raw
material.
1t is money that keeps things
moving in the business world and
where there is no fresh importation
OF the circulating medium there can
be no substantial advancement in
wealth and business development.
Merely changing profits from one
person to another and back again in
little circle will never build up the
country along business lines. Sue
cess rarely comes to an individual
by chance or hap-hazard and still
h more rarely is great section made
permanently prosperous without
: careful, thoughtful, painstaking
study Of its needs, its possibilities
and its environments, by the men
who leads in its public affairs and
mould the thought Of its people.
Such opportunities as are open te
our section today do not always
wait for a people to grasp them
There are other countries which are
thriving to seize the trade which We
want and must have to make tho
South prosperous and if we are slow
in moving out they will get it. The
Southern farmers who want to gel
thoro ,nust koon mn with tho nrocas