The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-26
A System of Marketing Cotton.

A System of Marketing Cotton.
By request Of n. G.. Murray, presi-
dent of the Farmers State Union of
Texas. hereby give to the press for
publication my views in regard to q
system of marketing cotton.
First, let every State organize their
farmers into the Farmers Union, then
number Of your best men, who are
honest and qualified to do the business.
Select some Southern city. centrally
located. New Orleans being the great
est American center, / would suggest
that city be designated as the place to
carry on the system. Establish at
that point o Farmers Cotton Ex-
change, and in connection with the
Exchange, establish secret Bureau of
Information, by which means direct
information could DO communicated to
the Executive Board of every State
Union of America within few hours
time; each State Board could furnieh
the information to the County Presi-
dent OF Secretary, and by him each
Local notified,
Within three days time every cotton
grower IN America would know the
exact number 0f bales OF cotton in the
hands OF the epinners, and the number
Of bales of spot cotton; also. the mum.
ber Of bales in the hands Of tho far
mer. With this reliable information,
and nothing fictitious connected with
it, the confidence Of every American
cotton farmer would be strengthened,
and when orders we're issued from CEN
tral Exchange headquarters to hold
cotton off Of the market for any def
mite time iI would be done at sny
cost.
By this system Of management all
fictitious reports could be set aside and
confidence in the cotton producers,
one for another, would be firmly es-
ton. producers could swing into line,
and the bears Of our cotton market dis
appear quickly. This beng accom-
plished, uniform system Of prices on
raw material and manufactured goods
could at once be established, and no
longer would the American cotton
producers be the toys and playthinge
Of the cotton gamblers of the world
Why our American cotton producers
do not act more in concert, in holding
their cotton is on account of lost con-
fdence in our statiBticians, and even
in our ginners reports issued by the
government, because of the fact that
in many instances it is known that
ginners have failed to give a correct
I-sopO1t7 AoI peCuuAhiy iSasoue. ME
being true; we have no source to
look to for correct information. .
The only thing left for the cotton far
mer is organization. By the above
| system we can get q report direct from
every cotton producer every two
weeks through the secretaries of our
! local organizations, this information
furnished BY them to our National Bu-
reau of Information at New Orleans
we in return would receive q general re.
port from the Bureau of Information,
of the exact cotton situation. BY this
means the eExchaDgewould be In posi-
/ ton &; Issue correct orders in regard to
the nOi0ing or selling of cotton; and
the growers being familiar with the
4 exact conditions, would bs in Q position
i to act. lsss5.sg f " "s & flS a y5 tsJ
L offer the above, by request, as d
j plan by which the problem Of market.
ing cotton may be settled, and fol
every thinking cotton groWers' con.
Alteration. Some parties, perhaps
will say that all the farmers can't bt
organized. This 10, true. But this vii
c1tno figure 30 far as' reporting the
amount OF cotton raised is concerned
certain the number OF bales of cotton
i raised by all who are not members oil
i Union. And with q concerted actor
i OF two thirds OF the American cOttOr
4 growers system of just and remuner.
ative prices could bD maintained. I d,
not claim the above plan to be com.
II plete or Rbsolutes bns one OF mature
gestiOns may be made ae an improve
ment, and should any ything better bi
offered, Il am ready to strike hands
Il with my cotton producing friends for 9
i forward march, until every enemy i Il
Just and remunefative prices .On nul