Oxford eagle., 1905-03-02
The Gotten Growers Association.

Lafayette county Is attempting
to get in line with the Southern
Cotton Growers Assoc iation. She
has organized and it is now with
the farmers to complete and
strengthen this organization.
The purpose of this organiza-
ton is ito advance the price Of
cotton and thereby bring higher
values to both real and personal
property in the South. Ourbusi-
ness is controlled largely by the
price OF cotton, when cotton is a
good price lands rise in value in
proportion; business ''picks up
as we say, everybody feels good.
but when the staple is down busi-
ness is dull.
There is a remedy for all this.
Something IS wrong when this
state of affairs exists, it is true
the welfare Of the south will al
ways depend in a measure upon
the amount and the price Of cot
ton, but there is something awry
when the price of one product
advances or retards industrial
progress.
The association above mention
en- offers common sense solu-
ton OF this problem, first. by re-
ducing the acreage and fertili-
zers both, to the amount of % per
cent, and then this alone will
cause greater demand, the sup
ply being greatly lessened.
The farmers should learn by
the lessons of the past. Why
work yourselves to death anc
raise 8 and 8 cent cotton when By
iessening the acreage you can ger
the same returns. We know fur.
ther that all these years we hav,
been too dependent, we run t,
town for corn, meat and othel
things that We should raise a
home. 1t is an undisputed fac
that the farmer who ALWAYS ha.
corn is the most prosperous, h,
has plenty of everything else anC
Is rarely if ever, in debt. Thi,
IN itself Is an object lesson. bu
when will we ever learn it? lie
the farmer raise everything he car
at home, we cannot get rich rails.
ing cotton 10 matter what tn,
price is, and if we make a eooc
living and have cotton only as {
surplus We shall then. and only
then, solve the problem. You
say this. is impossible. | ask
you the question if you have triec
1t fairly; we have been failing
utterly in our OLD methods and il
Is high time that we think ovel
this matter seriously and act il
accordance with our best convic.
tons in the light of all past expe.
rience.
The time is ripe for the change,
there never was a time when the
small farmer was as well off as
he IS today, almost every one has
some money ahead. The mer-
chant is the man that that is in
the tight at the present. We put
him off as to his claim thinking
1t is his duty to wait on US for his
account. This is bearing hard
on him; We forget that his GUS
toners are perhaps hundreds and
hence he in many cases that
know is borrowing money to pay
taxes for his customers.
We urge you to think about
this proposition of Giving at
home" and then we will look
after the raising of cotton.
As to the organization and the
inherent powers it has, we may
say it is on the same principle
that the labor unions all over the
country-these unions demand a
reasonable compensation for their
labor, likewise when we perfect
an organization we shall have the
power to demand a living price
for cotton.
Come join the association, read
the papers and keep informed.
Our farmers are scattered and
hard to get together.
The merchants, doctors, law
yers, bankers and all are in this
organization and in for business
Give US your support, tell your
neighbor about it and get his in
terest aroused.