The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-15
THE COTTON CROP.
A North Carolina Planter Talks OF the Crop
and its Value if Handled Properly.

and its Value if Handled Properly.
III its issue Of Sept. 26 the Daily OBJ
server, published at Charlotte, N. c.,
contained the following interesting
interview with prominent cotton
planter of the Tarheel State:
The cotton crop now being harvested
can be made the most valuable crop
ever gathered, if the farmers will act
in concert and on similar lines, in
every state, county and community.
There is now no question Of the crop
being moderate, If not a very small
one, compared to what was expected
two, yes one month ago. The whole
spinning world is depleted of cotton;
must have cotton, no matter what the
cost. The present crop can be made to
average at least II cents, fnot Is cents,
per pound to the grower, it the growers
will gin and sellcautiously II only half
the cotton picked each week is placed
on the market and the other half held
back-either stored in bonded ware
houses, when money must be obtained,
or stored on the farms either ginned
and baled or in the seed-there would
be no Cutting the market for October,
November, and December, which is the
very condition the SPECTATORS want, in
order that they may be able to buy what
will be in active demand the world
over at much higher prices after lam
uary /.
What is true Of cotton is also true
of cotton seed. The oil mills are enter
ing The crushing season with cotton
seed oil 10 cents per gallon lower than
last year or for the last five years, and
consequently the mills cannot pay by
S. per ton as much as they paid all
through the past season for seed.
t have almost identically the same
oil as existed for the season 1892-1993,
when cotton oil went to IS cents per gall
Ion IN February, 1893. We have very
short crop of wheat this year, as com
pared with the crop for several years
past. There is no old wheat to be had
at any price, and the present price for
wheat is 50 per cent higher than last
year.
The present corn crop prospects are
for crop smaller than in ten years,
with perhaps one exception, and If as
short as now predicted. corn will go
to Is cents, a--d perhaps higher, per
bushel. A short crop and high prices
for corn means short crop and high
prices for hogs; and with hogs high,
lard will be high, and high priced lard
means high priced cotton oil: then
why not high prices for cotton seed
paid to the farmers?
The crop of linseed now being har-
vested in the northwest is only about
one-half to three-ffths the crop har-
vested last year, and the result is, lin
seed is forty per cent, the oil about 80
per cent. linseed cake and meal 35 t.
10 per cent higher.
But the United States is not the only
country with short crops. All of the
European countries, without a single
exception, have the poorest crops of
grain, feed and fodder they have had
for years. Russia, the greatest grower
and competitor of the United States
for the trade Of Europe for wheat, is
fully employed trying to whip its very
small and, as she supposed, insigni1-
can't agonist-Japan: and the re-
suit is she will have no wheat to export,
and if the war should continue for
several years, as it is very likely to
do, Russia will soon be importing
wheat and all kinds of provisions.
The olive Oil crop of all countries
bordering on the Mediterranean sea is
reported on best authority to be only
one-half to tWo-thirds full crop, and
this shortage amounts to more gallons
Of oil than the total cotton oil crop.
The condition of every crop in every
country should warrant cotton oil
worth fully double it's present price;
warrant the mills in paying at least
fifty per cent higher prices for seed.
But the mills cannot pay more for seed
unless the price Of oil can be advanced
to value all things justify. Oilmills
will not pay more for seed than they
are obliged to pay, and as long as
farmers are selling seed at S12 to s14
per ton, mills will not pay $40 to S22,
the price seed should be selling at.
The growers of cotton and cotton
seed can and should control the mar
kets by holding back both cotton and
seed till they can secure a price th at
all conditions warrant. Unless they
do, they will find they have parted
with three-fourths of their crop before
the advance comes, and the cotton and
seed speculator will reap the benefit
that belongs to the producer. Hold
your cotton and hold your cotton seed
till the advance is here with you. It
will come much sooner II you hold. for
as long as you are parting with your
crop freely. the speculator will held
down prices.
The present CROP, if only about TO-
900, 900 bales, can be made to pay the
producers 800, 100000 or 1925, 900, 900
total. orfrom 1925, 900, 000to $500, 900, COO
for the lint, and from 500, O0O, 900 to
So, 900, 900 for 5000, 900 tons Of seed
sold, retaining 100000 tons Of seed
for feeding. cattle and for planting
next years crop.
All that is needed is concerted ae-
ton and backbone to force the markets
to respond to conditions never so IA
vorab!e to be controlled or adjusted
for the growers interest. It is all
ready for your action, and concerted
action will control the crop movement
and prices for cotton and seed, and
give the producer the benefit hereto
fore always received by the speculative
midd leman.
800 Reward, 500.
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