The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-28

to gambling operations of Mir sully and | his associates
 Even Secretary Wilson of the Agricul-
 tural Department went out Of his way | last summer to denounce as gamblers the operators who were fighting for higher
 price cotton for the South, leading spin
 ners not to buy until prices could be ham, mered down. When by the combined in- | fluence of these great operators, who are
 the worst gamblers that have cursed the cotton trade MT. Sully was whipped out ] they won 9 victory against the South which has already resulted in a movement for still lower prices. The department at Washington seem to be working some what in sympathy with the "beare gam biers in trying to convince the public that Europe is going to become independent of the South for its cotton and the papers of all sections are flooded with false re- ports about that situation. The fact that mills in New England and in Europe have had to close by reason of an actual shortage of cotton in the worlds supply Is held up as an illustra- tion of the disastrous effects of the ''bulp' movement in throwing operatives out of employment.
 Great care Is taken to avoid telling the actual facts, namely, that mills are clos ed because cotton cannot be had, the sup ply being practically exhausted, and equal care Is taken to avoid pointing out the fact that while some thousands of opera tives have been thrown out of work Tor few months by reason of the closing of mills, on the other hand high price cotton brought millions of eotton-grow- CTS out of poverty into comparative pros- perity. The tremendous fight made by Sul- ly w. P Brown Frank Hayne and oth- CTS last summer and fall against the com bined influences of the United States de- partment of agriculture and cotton bear" | gamblers in mill managers and specda- tors against high prices forced the price | to point where the farmers got the bene-
 fit of the advance early in the season and
 gave to the producers of the south so6o.- 00O,000 for last years crop, against ss25,- 100000 for the crop of 1898, the largest eyer
 produced
 Same Tactics Used.
 Today the same tactics are being used
 as heretofore to break down the price of
 cotton. Every effort Is being made to
 create the impression of an enormous l crop, simply because of a larger acreage | The uncertainties of the weather the lack of sufficient labor to properly cul- | tivate q large acreage, and the still great | CT lack of labor in picking a large crop
 are ignored, and already reports are be- | ing sent broadcast of q possible crop of ] 100000 bales. This is all done for the purpose of breaking down prices during
 the summer in order that the mills and l the gambling operators on the bear 1 side may be enabled to buy the new crop
 at low price early In the season. that | they and not the farmers, may reap the benefit of any advance later on.
 | Mir. Sully represented an idea which has
 walked the South to it's possibilities, and though he has been temporarily downed | by the combination against him, the Sou
 thern Farm Magazine believes he will
 again become a powerful factor in other | fields Of activity In which equally as much can be accomplished for the good of the Southern farmers
 The Southern Farm Magazine Is in the | fight for the Southern cotton-grower
 It invites from its readers throughout the cotton section of the South correspon- dents bearing on every phase of the cot | ton industry, such as conditions affect ing the crop. labor seed and soil deteror-
 alton, and everything else which would | throw a light upon cotton-today the
 dominant subject of discussion In the | business world.