The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-04
Another chance for the Farmers

Mr.. William Perry Brown has demon
strated his ability to hold up the fac
tories of the world till cotton brings a
paying price. and they wait till the new
CROP breaks the cOrner-refusing TO use
the staple at this price except to fill
contracts. They and their hands are
losing the ~usufruct of their invest
mcnts, and they can only wait a limited
tine. Mr.. Brown is doing unto them
what they have SO log done to the cot
ton planter. Is thele no lesson for the
agriculturist in this
What would the manufacturer do IN
Ger the same circumstances? They
would Join hands with the man who had
snown the ability to help them-they
would refuse 10 help his enemies, and
there would be a great trust to domi-
nate the cotton market n divide the
proceeds.
What will the cotton planter do? If
the future may be gathered from the
past he will rush the new crop into the
market and break down the corner that
holds the price on high. He will join
his natural enemy to fight the only
friend who has combined the will n
LIE pow Il - Lltlp HILL vi SOui ~
P. Brown & Co, cannot hold the new
crop back-there is not money or credit
| enough in the country for that, unless
:he producer joins forces with the cor
rer. But if the producer will ALLOW W.
T. Brown & Co.. to handle the new
crop the price will be maintained, and
tie farmer can take stock in the specu-
idtiOn. There should be a trust after
any one of the hundreds of models on
file in New Jersey.
Would any planter be too cOnscien-
tiOus to join such a trust? If so let
| him speak? Does he lack faith in
| Brown & Co.? They are of his own
| people-their cause is his-there must
be faith before there can be a trust.
The opportunity has come at last. Let
Prown & Co, issue certificates to the
planters and take these at par-they
would soon be above par. and the prof.
it on them would go with the better
price to make the planted rich.
This is only what all the factories
| have dOne-it is what all interests in
he country except the agricultural in
~t6IsStS have done or are doing. 1t Is
what the Orangegrowers tried to do.
To force the new crop pellmell on the
market must break down prices. The
L l-tOltN IlNtSleu III llS OlhtI L DC
.o<t on a gIutted market. and again the
farmer will be asked to give his work
for nothing and the south again Ian
guish for lack of capital. Would the
policy be wrong? If not, where will q
man more trustworthy tina w. P
brown. OF Mississippi and Louisiana be
found? Why not have some "Morga'
neering' in the south?
Eut if this be not wrong, then n
other trusts are not wrong. We nav,
been pushed 10 the wall and must sta!
there while We ppose the magazine
guns of today with the flint locks o
our ~fOrefathers. We ave appealed t
the law. and the law has been SO inter
p1eted that it affords us no protection
Let us accept the Interpretation am
organize the army with the new weap
onS. So the old knights protested i
, was unfair to kill Il brave man wit
a pinch of dirty powder" but the worlt
dId not stop its march because the,
= stood in the way.
Shall We see n cotton trust with tn
southern planter on the ground floor
l We have three-fourths of the world
I crop and we can bid commerce stan
1 and deliver if we but have the brains
Sha We continue to a k our price
from Liverpool. or shall Liverpool TAX
q her prices from New Orleans?-FlOrid
\ I TimaS-T-Oinn