The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

Mississippi division of the Southern
Cotton Association, gave out the fol-
lowing address some days since. Il
is well worthy of careful perusal.
ITO the Farmers of Mississippi:
cat a recent meeting in Asheville,
N. c., the Executive Committee of the
Southern Cotton Association saw
proper to fix the minimum price OF
cotton at II cents. basis middling up
lands at the home market. Doubt
less many of you may be inclined to
think the price is too high, and that
we will not be able to maintain it.
| want to remind you that at the New
Orleans convention much opposition
was aroused by the proposition to fix
the price Of cotton at ten cents. The
| cotton buying world ridiculed the
, idea.
Il did everything in my power on
my return home after this convention
| to prevent the sale of cotton, and
! begged and plead with men not to
sell their cotton at 61a and cents.
have met many men who sold their
best grades at these prices, who later
on sod the lowest grades for 101a
| cents. The cotton buyer certainly
will not pay IL cents for cotton when
he can get it for 10R cents. If you
sell cotton for 10 or 1917 cents, you
certainly cannot raise the price to II
cents, so you see this matter is en-
tirely in your hands. Your Execu-
tive Committee fixes this price after
m q dnlihnroti Thnxy xvoIl
advised as to the condition of the
crop, surplus and dry goods market.
l consider their action conservative,
and believe that in very short while
you will realize this price, and I urge
you not to sell. provided, of course,
you can finance your holdings. If you
are forced to sell, sell as little as
! possible. l would also advise and
urge you to devote your entire time
and attention for the next thirty days
at least. to the gathering of the crop,
and what you hold, hold in the seed,
as the loss is less.
81 have this morning received the
following telegram from the president
of the South Carolina division: En-
courage your people to hold; Eastern
crop shorter than expected
"Your committee were of the opin-
ion that with normal conditions 9R
million bales would be the maximum
crop; Of course, to some extent, this
is guess work, but we shall endeavor
to keep you posted about the condi-
lions in all parts of the country. The
bears point to the large receipts.
For the past eight weeks picking has
been very general in parts of Texas
and the Eastern belt. In many places,
l am informed, that the picking will
be finished by October 10. This cot
ton has been ginned and sold at from
10 3-S to 1912 cents; having been sold.
it necessarily follows that it should
appear at the ports. In many sec
tions the cotton has opened prema-
turely and everything points to the
shortest crop we have raised for
years Do not sell your Gotten for
less than II cents. and do not sell all
for that price. Feed the market slow
ly"
Ripley has an organization of young
boys that is unique indeed. 1t is
composed of some thirty boys who
have signed a pledge not to drink,
smoke, swear, ETC. Johnnie Rains,
son of the Sentinel foreman, is pres
ident and looks after the enforcement
of the rules. A charitable lady is
building the club a handsome home,
and it will be made permanent insti-
tuition. This is a step in the right
direction, and all such movements
should be properly encouraged by all
who desire to see the boys and young
men grow into useful and law-abiding
citizens. The writer wishes for the
club success and long and useful
life.
One of our bright Mississippi pa
rers says a great deal in the follow
ing paragraph:
Lucky is the farmer who raises
his own supplies at home and does
not have to pay out his cotton money
for meat. corn, molasses, etc. He is
safe. no matter how the price of cot
ton fluctuates, and whatever. money
his cotton brings is his to use as he
pleases."
10B CillLCno vi ooltlOAb
are not at all discouraged by the ap-
pearance of few cases of the pre-
vailing fever and are busily engaged
in building a splendid $4,000 city
hall as we'll as a new electric line and
many other handsome buildings. Gulf
port is destined to be a great city.
and the people of the whole State
glory in the enterprise displayed by
her enthusiastic citizens.
Yazoo City is boring additional
wells to supplement the waiter sup
ply. An increase in the demand for
water in that progressive burg is re-
sponsible. The wells now in use are
artesian and of the best.
w. t. Adams. of Corinth. is seeking
to locate fifty families of Germans in
that community. They were offered
by the industrial department of the
Southern Railway. The German i'm
migrants make desirable labor for
this section, and if Mr.. Adams is sue
cessful in locating this colony, 1T will
probably be the means of bringing
more to this section. The question
of desirable immigration is one that
should prove of interest to every cit
izen. Undesirable ones should not be
allowed, as they would no doubt prove
of less account than the negro labor
now to be had Germans and Swedes
have proven the best so far.
The steamer Export and barges
will ply the Pearl this winter from
Jackson as far up as Carthage and