Macon beacon., 1905-09-16

nre at present engaged in fostering
fight between the producer and the
spinner expecting TO save for them
selves the profits Of business that is
only of benefit to themselves. In the
organization of the Southern Cotton
Growers Association, the good work
it is accomplishing and its fast-grow-
ing strength and influence, the brok-
ers of Wall street begin to see the end
Of their power to speculate in the sta
pie and fix the prices as best suits
their financial interests. That condi-
tion is exactly what the cotton grow
ers of Mississippi and Otler cotton
producing states hope to see brought
about Millions Of dollars are made
every year by these fellows who ma
nipuIate the price and prey upon the
farmer who raises the staple. ThcO-
dore Price and those OF his ilk are
becoming alarmed at the success that
is attending the efforts Of the associa-
tion, and see in the near future the
waning and finally the entire loss of
the business in which they are en-
gagged.
As a means of encompassing the de-
feat Of the purposes OF the Organila-
tion, and eventually causing its dis
intogration, they are at present fos-
tering a conflict between the spinner
and the producer. The metropolitan
press, which Is largely dominated by
the brokers, is giving layishy of space
to h., 20 hut
death struggle is on between the
Southern Cotton Association and the
spinnerS of the country. Every device
and cunning known to these men is
being used TO bring the so-called con
nCt to an acute stage, and carry il
beyond the possibility of an agreement
between the parties most interested.
The result Of the Vaccinations Of
these interested parties is still in
the abstract but It is gratifying to
know that the able and fearless men
who are at the head Of the cotton as
sociation are fully aware of the pur-
poses of this agitation, and will use
every effort TO cirCumVCnt the pur-
poses of The instigators. There should
be close union between the spinner
anu ilUlAf w. W. lit lidENi tl'tA' 'ii'll
interests are identical from every
standpoint What is 10 the interests of
one Is TO the interests of the other A
good price TO the producer gives TO the
spinner a better price for the manu-
faCtured article, and consequently a
chance for a larger margin of profit.
Then, too, tlc consumers are scat
tered over a much larger territory
than the producers, giving to the man
ufact,Wcr an opportunity to increase
his profits largely Less than one
third Of tho United States raises cot
ton. while all of il and numerous other
countries make use of the manuiacl-
ured article There should be little
trouble experienced in bringing the
two interests together in an agreement
that they will cooperate and in the
future work for the interests Of each
other
The committee appointed by the as
sociatiun to meet a similar committee
from the spinners and discuss the mat
ter is competent and fully aware of
the Importance OF an alliance between
these irdeatioal interests. IT is to be
hoped that the conference will result
in offocting the purpose for which 1t
was organized, and that in the future
the producer and the manufacturer
will work together for their mutual in
terestS.
When this end has been accom-
plished, Mir Price and his cohorts will
be compelled TO look elsewhere for
lambs to furnish the fleece that has
for years lined his Golfers. The occu-
patton of the broker and speculator
will have vanished. There will be no
middle men TO exact of the producer
the cost of maintenance, regardless OF
whether the price be six cents or siX-
teen cents. This viii be the realiza-
tion of the dream of the Southern Cot
ton Association. and to that end it has
been laboring incessantly, in season
and out for the past year, The sue
cess attending it's efforts is creating
panic among the bulls and bears, and
their efforts to destroy its usefulness
must be met and defeated, Give the
organization your hearty support in
every way. 1t means much to Missis-
sippi and Misslssippians.
The editor of this department is in
recent Of q letter from a genileamn in
Texas. who states that he and several |
of his neighhorS who went to Texas |
from Mississippi nine years ago have |
been reading in a Mississippi paper
for the past year Of the period of pros |
perity that is being experienced by
the o'd State, and that This fall five
families OF tAem will dispose Of their |
holdrgs in the Lone Star State and |
return to Mississippi This is graft |
flying news, indeed and il the writer
had 10 other evidences of the result |
of his efforts to bring the advantages |
of Mississippi before the outside world |
this ore item would fully compensate |
him for the little effort expended. |
Then let us renew our eXertions to |
evcrastingly speak well of our great |
State ard keep its advantages before |
the people Of other sections.
When citizen puts in good word |
for his town when he is away from |
home he never knows but what it |
will eventually result in the invest |
ment of hundreds and thousands of |
dollars. The good by single |
optimistic word rd to compute. |
Always put in t-u GOOD word, and the
results viii show up sooner or later
The Jones County Fair has been |
postponed from September - to Oc- |
tober 3 on account OF the guarantees. |
Arrangements are being made for the
most successful fair in the history Of |
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