The news & observer., 1905-09-02

TO a fedllZdI1Ol1 OF what ne call uo ditti
by Loyalty standing together has won
for himself the admiration of ths
world, and he has won the fear of the
. entire cotton world. | hae repeatedly
made the statement that | Will not sell
my cotton for less than ten cents, an
! YOU may ask what | will do with it i
| the prices neer go to ten cents. / maE
not in that case, remain in the cotton
| growing business long, but when | die
| will put it in my Will that my llttle
boys do not let her go till she brings
ten cents.
THE South has deeloped strong
backbone and manhood IN It's Iopa.
struggle since last winter, when the
condition of prices looked desolate.
The question is now up to our people.
whether they will stand un ION tn
eAles and demand what is just and
equitable, or whether he will contln.,
to take whatever is offered him. We
are giving the buyers the big end of tn,
rope and they would be fools if the!
did not hang US. But these condition
will be changed. 1t makes no differ
ence what combinations come agains
u.s. and we will whip them eery one o
a standstill and make them pay for tht
crop of 1905 When the Southern Cot,
ton Association meets at Asheville Sep
tember 9Th to fix the first price OF cot
ton the interests of the spinners will b.
considered. We will meet the worlC
on the highway of equity and justice
and we will build. not tear down, th'
institutions of this country.
"When we fix fair price on thie
crop it is going to be accepted. Theo
dore Price and other spectators do
not bother me. Tehy may sell futures
of cotton down to fie cents per pound.
but spinners can't spin futures, they
must hae spot, and must get it from
the farmers. The wheat growers OF
the west have fixed the price OF whea
yet that crop may be grown anyWher>
upon the face of the earth: but in tht
South has a complete monopoly on cot
ton yet year in and year out we haeV
bent the knee, and now l ask how long
will we farmers of North Carolina be
content to feed upon the crumbs that
fo'l fro~1 the tables of the million
aires. Let us learn to market cotton
We months instead of three monthS
in the year.
we have succeeded in getting the
President of the United States to have
a commission appointed to investigate
conditions in the Orient, Africa anc
South America with the lew to broaden
our markets But we have also a
splendid market at home. The time
will come when eery pound of guano
must come in cotton sacks, and II
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, and Alabama will insist upon this,
it will AXE the entire output of thirty
cotton mills to supply the demand for
these cotton sacks for commercial fer
tilivers The Southern merchant, as
we'll as the farmer can abandon boxes
and barrels, ana jute and hemp bags,
and substitute cotton sacks, there Will
be established the need of more than
l, 100000 more bales of cotton. There
is a small reSere of cotton amounting
to about 1,250,000 bales, about five
weeks consumption. If we should
shut down the growing Of cotton for
sixty days there would be an absolute
famine in the cotton world"
Farmers Hymn.
Following the address of Mr.. Jor-
dan the choir sang the hymn OF ded!-
cation. the Farmers Hymn, composed
for the occasion by Mr.. J. w. Bailey.
While this was being sung the large
audience stood The hymn is as fol-
lows:
Lord of the field and far and wide,
Spirit of work aGd harvest tide.
Power of nerve and seed and sod,
CoWorker, Master, Father, God;
Gladly wc raise our voices now.
The children of the scythe and ploW,
Tuned with flower and bird and bee
And all Creations harmony,
Singing thy praise.
Thine are the fields and we alN thine,
Keeper art thou of barns and kline,
Thou art the sower and the seed.
Thou art our harvest and our need.
Thou Workest in us and we in thee,
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