Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-11-11
Texas farmers Advice.
Houston Post. !

the cotton growing regions, il we
ever expect to hold one own with
other callings, we must organize.
The lawyer, doctor, merchant ct al,
Organize for mutual benefit aud pro-
lection, and why not us, as we are
the carcass upon which all others
feed and grow fatp Why should we
not enjoy the fruit Of our own labor
We can if we will. understand
that the mill men are willing to pay
Id cents for cotton if we will make
it a standing price. Inymy judgment
this is the right course of procedure.
Say we have one price, no more nor
less, it would cure all the evils TO
which we are exposed. 1t would
knock dealing in futures higher than
a kite, because there would be no
chance for fluctuations of the market
which is the basis for dealing in
futures. 1t would also obliterate
speculation in cotton, which is another
cause of extreme fluctuations to
which we have been subjected of late,
and there would not be any more
millions pocketed by greed by corner
ing the crop and thus extorting from
the people unjustly. 1t would give
the farmer chance to pay for his
home. Of course cotton goods
would necessarily be higher, but he
would sell great deal more than he
would buy back hence his advan-
tage.
The man who mortgaged his cot
ton would be all right; he would
know what he was going to get for
it. There would be no such charges
as "speculators run the price down
until mortgages are lifted" but it
would be like our money, it would
pass for 100 cents on the dollar.
1t is no doubt that ID or 15-cent
cottoa would encourage cotton grow
ing in other countries, but that would
cut no figure, as the boil weevil will
ourtail production throughout the
United States. Therefore it will be
necessary to broaden the field of pro-
duotion to supply the worlds re-.
quirements. Mr.. Weevil is here to
stay.
Right now, fellow farmers, is the
time for you to act. The people, no
doubt, are ready to enlist. All that
is needed is for some one to announce
a meeting for organizing, stating
with the announcement the object,
and they will come. You can or
ganize club of 100 in more than a
week if it is known that something
is going to be done. 1t is said that
farmers won't work together. That
is mistake. When they see some-
thing to be accomplished they will
work together. Let some one in
your community start the ball to roll
ing and form a nucleus. Get list
of ginners from the Agricultural
Department at Washington, send a
notice to each one that they are ap-
pointed to organize their customers
into club to hold our cotton until a
contract is made with the mills for a
standard price-say ID or 15 cents
for middling cotton-and it will go
like wildfire. Now, this is possible.
Will we be lords or dupes; will we
make our sons and daughters slaves
to the greedy money-shark or will
we put them in the first rank, where
they rightfully belongP Soloman said
there was nothing better than for q
man to enjoy the fruits of his labor
If the fruit of labor was righteously
distributed there would be plenty
for all, and inst 30 long as we sit
still we will be subject to the scalp.
ing knife of greed and avarice. Will
we organize or will. we notp Let
me soon here that you are moving.
| want all papers friendly to the
farmers to copy this until it reaches
all over the South.
w. III. Redding,
Gross. Grimes county. Texas.