The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
EFFECT OF ORGANIZATION.
tHarvic Jordan. in Atlanta Constitution

association ana bgs n,,le or nothing
Nas dove
The consequence aas tha, vs'h ha.
Nttlo or no larger crop mad. IN Ieat
than was harvested in 1000 ana WITH al
tn srindlrs running on tuu ume ami
tho pril. ~ cotton goods selling at aa
advance. th, producers rash.8 their
staplc on the mark.t and sacrifice Id at
the low price 81 cents per pound Ii
cotton was worth IL cents i'm lano. 4t
Was certainly just as valuatle IL not
moro so in 1901. because IN. conditions
for its manufacture and demand by tae
trade was far more favorable Those fsfe
Of us Who lid Eoli until late this. spring
received cents per pound for the staple.
and many holders got even better prices
than that II it was worth crnts III
March. il was worth cents in S,ptom-
Der 1901
WHAT OF TIE FUTURE.
The crop POW hcine cultivated unless
seasons are unusually favorable from
now on is not likely 10 yield more than
10 500 600 10 II ooo GOO bales WITH the
depleted stocks At all the mills and no
surplus to carry over from the crop Of
1901 with the present heavy demand for
cotton goods in all parts OF the civilized
world certainly there can l." no plaus-
iblc reason why the crop OF 1902 should
not scll for 10 cents ger uouud. Tn"
method of marketing the next crop viii
fix the price at which the staple viii be
sold. If tho crop IS rushed on the mar
ket we may confidently expect that the
buyers will force the price down 10 4
and Z cents per pound
If we study the situation, keep posted
through organization. and hy co opera
tion market the crop slowly at the open
ing of the season. ana demand the true
value or our staple. We can as easily Sc
cure 10 cents per pound for the coming
crop as We did in the fall OF 1900 There
are no debts due before the first Of Oc-
tobcr. and there is certainly no occasion
for rushing the staple on the buyers in
August and September, thereby lowering
the market whom obligations are due
The only business way to soll cotton
is to hold il whom the price is below
its legitimate value. and sell slowly
when prices arc good The crop should
be marketed through a period OF ten
months instead OF four months.
The United States interior department
will actively begin this season TO prompt
ly secure reports from ginucrs each
month and the statistics viii hc prompt
" issued. Through that source We viii
know at the end of the ginning season
the exact size of the crop and the
spectators who are alwaye figuring on
big crops, even after January. in order
to keep prices depressed. viii have 10
go away back and sit down" ! appeal
to every member cf the association or
1900 TO make an earnest and active -
fort to get their organizations together
40 r1in al F.,r i'm, f,..s
whore no organization has existed to
issue a call for q meeting and organize
sub branch OF tho State association.
Literature viii be furnished by writing
either to the State president. Hon w 4
Broughton, Madison, Ga. or 10 myself at
Monticello, Ga. Either he or myself viii
promptly respond 10 calls from couutIes
Wherc the people want to meet and die
cuss this question with 4 view looking
to organization. There is q good state
organization now in all the cotton grow
ing States, and all that is needed to sa-
cure results in the sale OF the coming
crop is for the farmers in the different
counties to get together ana pledge their.
mutual cooperation. Every member or
the association Who is subscriber 10
this paper will be kept fully posted OF
the entire cotton situation as tho reports
5Jf gathered from all parts OF inc FElf
With corn at $1.25 per bushcl and meas
selling at - cents per pound, with labor
scarce-and high. how can any farmer
expect to make both ends meet If he
is forced TO sacrifice his cotton this fall
1T and cents per pound? II ls
business proposition which will not work
out except disastrously for the pro
GuceT No need TO sit quietly down and
expect the buyers 10 pay one hundreIth
part Of cent more than they are alb
solutoIy forced To.
If by cooperation We demand fair
price and refuse 10 sell at the opening
Of the season until that price is paid vs.
viii in that event receive compensation
for the value OF our labors and the
rental for our lands. Hard. lahorious
work is done in marketing the crop and
every effort should be made to sell it al
q profit, because out OF the sale Of our
crops comes the remuneration on our
business.
One man can accomplish nothing hv
himself, but let US all get together and
make a strenuous effort to sell the com
ing crop for much money as We did
the crop Of 1900. II can be done and
viii be done unless the farmers yoluu-
-2rily remain Indifferent