The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-10-06

his duty during the coming months
and to throw their full moral and fl
nancial ability in the great fight that
we have engaged in. The Bear"
spectators of Wall Street and Lon
don are using every device known to
human ingenuity to depress prices.
The international Cotton Spinners OF
Great Britain have combined to crush
the present efforts of The farmers to
maintain fair prices, and exporters
are doing all in their power to ham,
mer down the market The solution
of the problem is easy and simple.
The ability Of the farmers to win this
fight is unquestioned Stand togeth-
er as brothers, battling for the pro-
lection of your firesides and your
homes, your wives, children and your
country Stop selling cotton at pres
ent prices. Call upon your merchants
and bankers to aid you in the heroic
struggle that lies ahead. Store your
cotton in the seed wherever possible
and do not have it ginned until later
in the season. Store the lint cottonun-
der good sheds to keep it dry on the
farm Or place it in warehouses, where
the receipts are needed as collateral
to borrow money to meet maturing
obligations. All orher lines Of busi-
ness borrow money, why not the
farmers, when by so doing they can
hold their cotton off the market and
materially advance its price? Pay no
attention m the "bearish" literature
being printed and circulated broad
cast throughout the South. This is
done with but one object and that to
discourage and induce you to sell your
cotton at prices below its value. AS
producers you know that the crop is
short and that unless you get good
prices, at least eleven cents per pound,
there will be but little or no. profit
in this crop. .-.
Hold your cotton and check up the
present heavy receipts and demand
not less than eleven cents for every
pound of 1niddling cotton you have to
offer. The Southern Cotton Associa-
ton, The Farmers Educational and
cooperative Union, The American
Society OF Equity, The Farmers Al
lance of North Carolina have all
agreed on the minimum price Of
eleven cents and the membership OF
these powerful organizations standing
together in unity and harmony, can
DEFY the combinations of the world
and win another notable victory, the
like Of which was never witnessed be-
fore.
Cali your county and district meet
ings throughout the entire belt. Build
up your membership in the Southern
Cotton Association and stand firmly
together for justice and protection.
If you will check the sale of your cot
ton for 30 or 60 days this Association
will guarantee an advance in the price
easily to eleven cents per pound. Do
not rush your cotton on a depressed
market, but sell slowly and prove to
the world beyond all question Of
doubt that Southern farmers have
the ability, the determination and the
strength to force the world to recog-
nize their power in maintaining fair
price for their products.
The Southern Cotton Association
must be maintained and financed by
the farmers of the south. Its power
to protect the interest of the pro-
ducers is recognized and feared by all
the leading speculative and cotton in
terests of America and Europe. If we
20 down in defeat the enemy will be
merciless and il will take twenty
years for the south to recover again.
Stand by the association and thereby
protect your individual interests. The
south is both mentally and financially