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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13


ing to the holding of the balance Of
this crop until prices advance. and
consider plans for reducing the cot
ton acreage next year SO as to pre-
vent surplus which is now being
used. by the spectators to harass.
embarrass. and impoverish again
Southern cotton producers.
We had far better produce crop
of 100000 bales and sell it at
profit, than to listen to the spinner's
demand for large crop and sell it
below the cost of production. We
had better produce less cotton and
more supplies, thereby winning IN
dependence In agriculture, than to
go on buying supplies to raise large
cotton crops without profit, giving
our labor and the products Of our
soils to a few milionaries who live
thousand miles from our doors. The
salvation of the South depends upon
every man who now has cotton in
his possession to do his full duty
by refusing to sell at present prices.
Do not get discouraged or timid.
Store your cotton under cover or in
warehouses and there let it rest. The
world wants it and must have It soon.
No farmer should be afraid to retain
possession of a staple which is today
the most valuable agricultural prod
uct in the world Hold tight to
your cotton until the Shreveport
meeting on December 18th, at which
time a definite plan will be adopted
to force an advance in the present
depressed price of the staDle.
The Southern press is respective-
ly asked to publish the above.
Very truly,
HARVIE JORDAN.
President Southern Cotton Growers
Protective Association, Monti-
cello, Ga.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
Mass Meetings Called Cor North Carolina.
CONTINUED from Page L.

months, and they will come into the
market and ~~r a fair price for it.
At the mass meetings, 18th, resolu-
tions should be adopted refusing to
sell cotton for less than<te cents
per pound and to decrease the acre
age next year at least 25 per cent.
There may be surplus of million
bales to carry over, and it will be
much better for the farmers to carry
this surplus themselves than to let
the spectators. have it and carry it
over. In that event, they viii say
to the farmers next fall, Owe have
a million or more bales of cotton
brought over from last year that we
must dispose of before we can buy
any of this years crop" and as
consequence, the market would be
glutted and low price offered in
the beginning of the season. Tt is
just as necessary to provide against
this as it is to withhold cotton from
the market now and reduce acreage
next spring. For the farmers to be
entirely successful, they need to con-
slider all three of these propositions
and put them into practice.
The farmers have never been in a
better condition to hold their crops
than they are now in. They are fair
ly well out of debt and have made
large provision crops, so there win
be much less to buy than usual pext
year, consequently they are more in
dependent than they have been in
years before.
For this movement to attain the
greatest degree of success. every cot
ton farmer should take part in it.
The time from now until the 18th is
SO very short that many of them win |
not know of the meeting on that day
unless this notice is given the widest |
publicity. Therefore it viii be neces-
sary for each person who reads this
notice to- speak to those whom he
may chance to meet and request them
to attend that meeting. That every
farmer may have the privilege of |
joining In the movement, it may be |
well to appoint township meetings |
and appoint an active committee in |
each township to see every farmer
and get him to attend that meeting.
Soon after that have another county
meeting. It will be necessary for
the secretaries of the county meet
ings to report promptly to me the
action taken at those meetings. IF
it is deemed necessary to have
general State meeting, the fact and
date will be announced later.
Usually what is every ones busi-
ness is no ones business, therefore
it is necessary to have leaders in
every movement to carry it to sue
cessful issue. Therefore I appoint
every reader of this notice, who is
In sympathy with the movement, and
who wishes to see the farmers of the
South get just reward for their La.
bors, as a committee of one and urge
him to spare no pains In making
the movement grand success.
Al rrvI
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13


tured goods this year or next. Then
why should the South submit to Wall
Street gamblers and spectators
Several million bales of this crop
are yet in the hands and control of
the farmers, merchants and local
bankers.
The only salvation of the South
| at this moment is to stand steadfast
together and to absolutely refuse to
market single bale of cotton at
present prices. Sell no cotton vol
unfairly and permit none to be sold
by coercion or intimidation. This
should be our watchword.
If the speculators want to put
down the price on paper, let them
do this to their hearts content, but
when the call is made for spots, to.
fill their contracts within the near
future, demand the full value of the
staple, based upon a minimum of ten
cents per pound for all middling cot
ton In the interior. Wall Street
gamblers are now telling the public
through the press that they will
teach Southern farmers lesson to
remember and stop them from for
ever undertaking to hold any part
of another crop again.
Will Southern farmers surrender
their manhood to the lash of Wall
Street spectators?
Letters are coming to me from
farmers all over the South that they
will not sell any cotton In their pos
session at present prices and urging
that every farmer take similar ac-
ton. Others propose to enter into
an iron-clad agreement to hold all
the cotton they now have until next
September and reduce their cotton
acreage next year 25 per cent. They
urge me to issue this call for volun-
teers on similar agreement and un-
dertake to absolutely tie up from
100000 to 100000 bales of the
present crop unless prices go back
to legitimate figures.
We face serious condition, and
not theory. It may cost us hard
ships, but the South has been
through much severer struggles and
won out in their fight for freedom
and independence from the yoke of
foreign domination. The Southern
bankers and merchants should, and
| believe will, cordially cooperate
with the producers IN their present
effort to put the price of cotton to
its legitimate value. The whole
South is aroused as never before at
the outrageous doings in Wall Street
on the 3rd instant. The farmers were
led to believe last spring by cotton
experts all over the world that the
manufacturers would use, ut good
prices, all the cotton that could be
raised. and yet by the time half of
the crop is sold, lot of gamblers
rro+ 1.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13
HOLD COTTON NOW AND REDUcE
ACREAGE NEXT YEAR.

ACREAGE NEXT YEAR.
This is the Advice Of President Harvi
Jordan-Ginners' Report Contradict
Government Estimate Manufactui
ers' Have Advanced Prices and Raw
Material Should Not Decline.
Monticello, Ga, Dec. 8, 1904.
Mr.. Clarence H. Poe, Editor Progress
sive Farmer, Raleigh, N. G.
Dear Sir:-In reply to your re
quest for some message to Progress
sive Farmer readers next week,
send the following copy of cir
cular letter I have prepared ant
which I hope you will be able tt
print:
The question confronting us is
Shall the South quietly surrender
to the action of few Wall Street
gamblers In depressing the price OF
our great staple crop last week from
nine and half to seven cents pei
pound; or will they rise in their
manhood and refuse to submit to this
unholy sacrifice?
The bearish Bureau report issued
from the Department of Agriculture
on December 3rd, indicating crop
of 12,162, 900 bales, gave the specu-
lators the opportunity they had been
praying for, and in less than thirty
minutes nearly $30,OO0,OO0 in value
was struck from the pockets of
Southern farmers. The Bureau re-
port exceeded the expectations of
the most extreme "bear" speculators,
and but few well-posted men In the
South believe for a moment that the
yield this season will ever reach the
high estimate placed upon the crop
by the Bureau. That report was
based upon theoretical acreage of
about 100000 acres, and indicates
a yield far in excess of that indicated
by the amount of cotton ginned up
to November 18th in the census re-
port.
Either one or the other of these
reports is wrong. The ginners' re-
port is based upon facts as ascer-
tanned at the gins, while the Bureau
report, as issued last Saturday, is
guess work.
The recent heavy depression in the
price of SPOT cotton. has been caused
by lot of gamblers and speculators
who neither produce nor weave a
pound of cotton. Every dollars loss
on cotton sold at present prices will
go into the pockets of these specula-
tors, and it remains for the present
owners and holders of at least 5,0OO,-
600 bales of this crop to say wheth-
er this unrighteous hold-up and high
handed robbery shall be quietly sub
mitted to. The mills had already
bought their supplies for future de-
livery from these exporters and
spectators at prices ranging around
ten cents per pound, and the manu-
facturers will not be able to share
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-12-13

| now call upon every producer
who is holding cotton, and who can
possibly do SO, to attend the National
Cotton Convention, to be held at
Shreveport. La, December 1915,
and there to take definite action look
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-07-08

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1t is learned that Hill will not be
chairman of the resolutions committee,
but that John a. Mcmahon. of Ohio,
or Senator Bailey, of Texas. will be,
and that Bailey had been selected TO
cross swords with William j. Bryan
in the debate over the platform on the
floor of the convention.
An interesting feature of the pro-
ceedinss here is the development of the
waning influence of Bryan. The ma
tional committee. selected four years
ago 10y convention following his I'M
qestion,d leadership. turned away from
him in settling the Illinois contest.
Bryan had made the fight against Hop
kins his own, and the unanimous ac-
ton Of the committee indicated clearly
that he no longer wields his one-time
marvellous control Many times dur
ing the past few days the suggestion
has been made that Bryan would swing
his strength to this or to that candi-
date. and the Democrats who were
anxious TO organize winning coali-
ton investigated and found that out
former candidate had no following save
a few scattering delegates who were
bound by the unit rule and instruc-
tons.
1t is expected that there will be a
clash with Bryan over the platform,
but that document is expected to be a
conservative utterance. Bryan is TO be
accorded respectful hearing. but the
dominant element in the convention. it
is freely asserted. will not temporize or
attempt to placate and conciiate him.
The forces which will adopt the plat
form and name the candidate for presi-
dent will also name the vice president.
and this element has allowed it to be-
come known that no concession to the
minority, no vote-catching expedient
is TO be adopted in choosing the NOM
inee for second place.
AS to this point the friends of ex-
Senator Turner. of Washington, be-
ieve that he may be dominated, but
what il wanted l. a man who will add
strength 10 the ticket in Illinois and
Indiana. David :. Rose, Of Wiscon-
sin. is mentioned but the Wisconsin
delegation will not hear OF him, for
fear of being considered disloyal to
Wall for president. benjamin +. Shive-
ly and John w. Kern. of Indiana, and
David X. Francis, OF Missouri, have
been mentioned In connection with the
second place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-07-08

money In circulation. and said But
wheat going up had another effect
When wheat went up during the cam
paign, while silver bullion went down,
there was thereby furnished seeming
object lession of the inaccuracy of the
contention of Mr.. Bryan and his fol-
lowers. OF whom | was one, that there
was necessarily connection IN price
between the two" This he said caused
a stampede to the Republican party
and elected Mckinley, because the adj
vance in wheat had put up the prices
of everything, including labor.
He claimed that il was the Demo-
Gratis who led I'm the war against Spain
and In setting Cuba free; he denied
that as to the trusts the Democrats
had failed to enforce the laws on the
statute books. although they had only
had four years opportunity, and de-
clared that the Republicans In any
proper sense did not deserve credit for
what they had done.
He took up the tariff plank Of the
Republican platform next and declared
there was only one way to make pub
lie interests" known, and that was ito
vote down the men who say that all is
well enough and that the gospel OF hui
manity as far as the tariff is concerned
Is all included in the phrase stand
pat Then he made an argument
against the tariff as 1t exists, especial
~ making a point OF the fact that
United States manufacturers sell goods
in foreign countries cheaper than they
sell them at home; and during his dis
cussion Of this plank he said: "Of
course this platform had to contain the
usual historical untruth, tO-wit: that "A
Democratic tariff has always been fol.
lowed by business adversity-a Repub-
lican tariff by business prosperity"
After vigorous presentation Of the
objections to the Republican tariff idea
the speaker took up the other planks In
succession to the end OF the Republic.
an platform.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-07-08

der the great hall had been rapidly
filling with those privileged to seats
either as delegates or spectators. No
convention i'm years will be more large
~ attended than that which opened
today. Seats were i'm great demand
right up to the hour of opening, and
were unproCurablc. The supply had
been exhausted. and almost any premi-
UNI could have been exacted by such
persons as always find some of the
much-sought cards for purposes Of
speculation. Several Of the state dele
cations appointed committees TO visit
the national committee i'm order TO get
increased supplies Of admissions Most
of the applications awaited nothing.
Hail "a Biaze Of Color.
The auditorium was Il blaze Of col
or. From all points in the roof stream
ers Of red, white and blue fell, to be
caught up and loopcd to the pillars
that sustain the roof. Fcstooued i'm
front of the balconies were the same
colors. while i'm all places that room
could be found were palms and other
plants, that waved in the breeze and
made people think it was cool. whether
or no. From the stand sea of faces
arose in front, to the right. and to the
left, While the 1utter OF fans and dele
cation banners, the movement OF peo-
pie on the floor, including ladies i'm
radiant costumes made scene to be
remembered for a life time.
Leaders Are Cheered as They Arrive.
AS the leaders came i'm the cheers
began and drowned the strains of the
band which was filling up the time
with patriotic and popular airs. Hill,
Sheehan. Bryan. Bourke Cochran,
Hoke Smith, Guffey, Eliot Danforth,
Davis Of West Virginia, John Sharp
Williams, Governor Vardaman (of
Mississippi, General Weaver, Campau
John +. Hopkins, Tom Taggart John
w. Kern, Governor Dockery and host
OF others were applauded as they made
their appearance In fact there was a
succession of cheers from different
points in the hall that was almost con-
tinuous until the time arrived for the
gavel to fall.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-07-08
HEL0ST HIS BEARINGS
Switchman Did Not Keep Cool, So
He Caused a Considera-
BILE Smashup.
FRIGHT KILLS AN AGED MAN
Stern Justice Puts IA Period TO the Do.
Jugs OF Bad Man Michi-
gan State News.

Baldwin, Mich, July Z. - West
bound passenger engine No. 81, on the
Saginaw division OF the Pere Mar
quette railroad, ran into an open switch
at Michigan avenue, collding with a
standing freight train, with engine No.
132, one OF the cOmpany's big engines.
The latter was neatly entered by the
smaller engine of the passenger
train, making complete telescope,
though No. 81 is also completely demol-
ished. No one was killed and no one
badly hurt. The accident was caused
by green brakeman, who had first
closed the switch, and then becoming
confused opened it again.
Killed by Fourth OF July Fright.
Grand Rapids, Mich, July An
drew Orstrom, aged 90, was found
dead in a room on the third floor of
the Blue Front hotel and his death is
said TO be directly attributable to his
fright ut the unexpected explosion of
a big iirecracker purposely placed near
him by Il young man. Orstrom had
wife and son living at 10 Third street,
but he made his home at the Blue
Front. After his fright he complained
of great pain i'm the region of his heart.
Fifth Dive Was His Last.
South Haven, Mich, July Z. - In
making a sensational high dive from
a platform seventy-hve feet in the air
into a net below, Fred Horton, of
Grand Rapids sustained severe IN
jurieS about the neck and spine. Hor-
ton had made four successful dives
during the day and was making mis-
fifth and last He started all right,
but did not make the turn in time and
landed on his neck as he struck the
net. People applauded, but the diver
did not rise to make acknowledgement,
but rolled around and gaSped for
breath. He will likely recover.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-07-08
CONVENTION CALLED To ORDER
Temporary Chairman Williams Roasts
Political Antagonists

At noon hush fell upon the TO-
600 persons gathered in the building as
ex-senator Jones. of Arkansas. chair.
man of the national committee. ad
vanced TO the desk i'm front OF the
platform. Then wave of applause
swept up from the throng and was
repeated again and aagin Bowling to
the compliment Jones brought his
gavel down upon the desk and quiet
was obtained. The reading of the call
gates. and other matters preliminary
was soon accomplished. and then Jones
announced that the national committee
had decided to recommend John Sharp
Williams. Of Mississippi, for temporary
chairman. and asked if the convention
would confirm the choice. 1t did; en-
phatically.
Loud cheers greeted Williams as he
was presented TO the convention, and
then he proceeded with his opening
speech, which was a general arraign-
ment Of the Republican party and its
leaders. largely on the tariff and island
policies. The speech i'm full makes at
least eight columns Williams began
by saying:
"This is an appropriate place and
time for Democratic convention. The
place is ST Louis, the chief city of the
most popuous state carved out Of the
Louisiana territory acquired by the IA
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st. Louis, July 6,-Parker's strong
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sition has made many assaults, but has
apparently made no impression. The
solid and substantial phalanx OF the
New York iurist has withstOod all eff
forts Of the friends Of the other candi-
dates, and is apparently stronger than
ever. Assurances of accesSiOns from
instructed delega tons after the first bal
lot have been received from men who
are now tied to othercandidatcs which
the Parker adherents say insures
nomination by the second ballot
The anti-Parkerme have persistent
ly tried TO offer a candidate who would
unite a third OF the delegates so as to
have rallying point when compli-
mentary ballots have been cast for IA
vorite sons. The impossibilty of unit
ing has been made manifest, and the
most jealous opponents of Parker con
cede his probable nomination not later
than the second ballot
4 story was current that David Il.
Hill. flushed with the fruits Of victory,
would undertake TO force upon the OPP
position platform sOradica that some
Of the southern delegations would
break away from New York's candi-
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