The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-23
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.

ers pay cents more per pound for
cotton than they couid get for theil
products [ reckon Mr.. Thompson got
his ninety days cotton for 10 cents
per pound, and / take it that he has
enough to last him three months more
but if he should pay ID cents for cot
ton when his present supply is eX-
hausted ne will not have paid more
than II ID cents per pound Tor all
the cotton he will have used, and this
allows him a larger profit than he
says he will get. Mr.. Thompson and
other manufacturers could well afford
to divide with the poor farmers VINO
did not get a mill Tor each drop OF
sweat that they lost in making their
cotton This condition should not eX-
list, things should be evened up. and
will be- The association should and
will stand by President Jordan, who
has shown himself To be a wise lead
er. friend of the farmers, and While
the factories may not be antagonistic
to the farmers. / question ii, and
believe they are bears as rule, but
still our fight is mainly with the
English mills. which have thrown
down the gauntlet at our feet saying
they will not pay II cents for cotton,
and will shut down ninety days iirst
Mr. Jordan did right in cabling them
that the farmers of the South Will
close down for ninety days too, and
we are thus thrown upon our man
hood. Every day factory stands idle
there is injury done to its machinery
the value of the property decreases
but when the farms stand idle they
gather some of that S11, 100000 worth
of nitrogen which the scientists say
hangs over every acre of land, ana
the farms improve. The farmers can
make living without cotton, but the
mills cannot exist profitably unless
their machinery is put in operation
We are here today 10 hold up the
hands of Mr. Harvie Jordan.
Col j. Bryan Grimes, Secretary OF
State said that there had been too
much talk and too little action al
the meeting. He thought he saw III
il an evidence of its transient eXiS-
tence. and said the association was
moi permanent and might live through
this year. but would have 10 be re-
organized next fall. All recognize the
need for farmers organization, he
said, but they must be made usefui.
Mr.. Ransom Hinton moved that a
committee of five be appointed to
solicit funds for the employment OF
a permanent secretary with salary
10 canvass the county for the purpose
of securing pledges from the growers
ia hold their cotton. and who aitel
the meeting on the second Saturday
IN December will canvass the county
for the 3 cents per bale tax, winch
will make the association Self-suStain-
ing. The motion was seconded by
Mr. f b. Parker. and carried unanl-
mousiy.
The committee consists of l.. K
| WYATT. Wake Forest: Y. p. Jones
Marks Creek; Ransom Hinton, st
Marys; r. l.. Sorrell, House Creek
and r. H. Jones, Raleigh.
Mr.. A. C. Dockery made a speech
which was frequently applauded. he
is president of the Richmond county
division and large cotton planter
He said that the matter of backing
President Jordan in holding the B.
900. 900 bales of cotton was question
| of loyalty The association was only
| ten months old, he said, and under
| the management OF Mr.. Jordan ia:
| had wonderful success, being one o
! the most powerful organizations in th'
world. Every person interested in the
! South. he said has been benefited b.
! the association. The farmers have
| learned that they must take care O.
| themselves, and despite the profes
| ions OF guardianship of the manufac
/ turers. They want do it. We have GO
| to hang together or hang separately
| The Southern mills have got rich OF
| the poverty of the farmers, and II i
right that the farmers should receive
| justice when they are Ill position u
demand it. They must stand shoulde1
/ to shoulder.
Before adjournment those presen
pledged themselves to hold about l..
| 600 bales, and the secretary or agen
| to go into the various townships vii
| draw the figures up to the fulfillmen
! of the duty of Wake county.