The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-14
HIGHER PRICES
FOR COTTON CROP
SLOGAN OF HARvlE JORDAN
,Dprss ISSUED TO SOUTHERN
~ COTTON PRODUCERS.

saws Ginners' Report Indt-
he Crop VIII Not Exceed
ooo0JO Bales if Ii Reaches
a.t Figure-Stutemen Made That
.,er Has Played Into Hands of
bv Crowding Market Al
~ and Advice Is Given That
cotton Not Yet Marketed Be
n,d for IL Cents Pound.
uon Harvie Jordan, president Of the
.thern Cotton Growers Protective
-ooiation, in continuance of his cam
g. 49,, 70 induce cotton planters to
let their cotton slowly. with a
,aw of getting higher price for it,
.as recently issued an address, which
- homes to have reach all Southern
....on producers. He says:
prompt and definite action on the
- Of producers and holders of spot
.otton all over the cotton belt is abso-
,.,.Iv essential at this time to break
-. nresent bear combinations that
.,s so perfectly organized to depress
,.icas. The open season has permitted
y. farmers to gather and gin fully 80
~ cent. of the crop by Nov. l, and
.,opsh cotton has been rushed upon
,ba markets to largely meet all de-
lands of the spectators. While it is
,rrs mora of the staple has been held
hack this year than ever before, the
asjIv receipts at interior markets and
0orts are still too heavy to force an
sdvance in prices equivalent to
sSa true value of the staple. The
nroduoers are to be congratulated for
he Arm stand they have already taken
10 market the crop slowly, and that
Ssot alone has prevented the price from
Ealing to cents during the month Of
October.
raneEaIIy are paid and it is no longer
absolutely necessary to sell the balance
nj the crop. The ginners' report recent
" issued from the United States Cen
s,s Bureau indicated that up to Oct.
il only 100000 bales of cotton had
been ginned. This report clearly indi-
Gates that this crop will not exceed
il000000 bales, II 1t reaches that fig
ure. The spinners can we'll afford to
pay the producers IL cents per pound
for every bale OF American short sta
pie cotton made this season and do a
profitable business for the stockhold-
ers The price of yarns has advanced
5 cents per pound within the past six
ty days and an unprecedented demand
for cotton goods exists, while stocks
generally are lower than they have
been for the past twenty years.
Give Markets a Rest.
THE duty Of the producers is plain
and simple. They have crowded the
markets for the past two months, con-
costing every facility for handling cot
ton and playing into the hands of the
bear SPECTATORS and spinners. The
thing to do now is to give the mar
kets and shippers rest during the
next sixty days and allow present
stocks of spot cotton be gotten out of
the way. Let the spinners who are
living from hand to mouth run short
OF cotton and force them into the mar
kets as active buyers. Let the bear
speculators begin to feel the lash of
the Dull operators when the latter call
Tor the deliveries of spot cotton which
the farmer will be unable to deliver.
Let every holder of cotton abso-
iuteiy stop selling and sit down at
come and quietly contemplate results.
Let each holder determine to put no
HvIe cotton on the market until prices
suNAnce and never sell a bale on a
uepressed market. Port receipts are
already railing off, due to the resist
Snce oHered by the producers, and If
uhlteu concert of action is secured ali
1lVns the line the fight will be whip-
-. anu Southern farmers will demon
go tnelr ability to become irnpor-
49, dIlo dominant factors in fixing
sold. staple snal De
wants Farmers to Pull Together.
~, Nt county meetings be held all
o ot the belt and strong and active
Ups s pc taken to defend this most
r raluaple agricultural product from the
ipaIous greed of the selfish snacu-
~; Let every man who still holds
An th Oh cotton in his possession ioin
oa,tnS ss county, or local meetings and
sT S,oS.e the Importance of this sten
snconss ms neighbors to the end thar
sr.oS Ss IN the near future will be as
ssr W, we have held our own well So
ao.l,- We Odn 90 much better and
c s1,iy advance the price from to 3
zen sra's by persistently refusing to sell
eng tightening up present receipts We
ss ~vu our minimum at 10 cents for this
S seSson and maintained the price witbin
. HJI. cent of that figure through DC
t tSoer the heaviest month. Now let
se price be fixed at. u cents for the
VII vrIa d Of the crop and the world
m r,d accept i at that price, which viii IN
M ST mn an additional gain Of nearly $50
nf on WIN be pleased to have reports
Sivisn a. county meetings and from in
S5 5tuuai farmers throughout the belt
SNanag the above position taken and
StaG..aIi,eeing their active co-operatIon
sr ss' eve. wee presidents of the associstion
n Urge. Urged to push this matter activeIv
m ;o e1er respective states. Farmers,
Are sy,.On rs and agricultural clubs eeneraiiv
vsluo esaFnestly requested to give their
r5 u,Seu AID and cooperation 10 the
nrese and the daily ana weelxIv
ouosto VI me South is respectfully re-
epcs % to use the power and infu-
mis- oil Gl their columns to dissemInafe
aid s U,'t s letter and give such other
- as LneV g.. 1870