The leader., 1905-10-04
100 TO 4.
Brookhaven, Miss.

DAMN Va ONOOMAlh LIN
Brookhaven, Miss.
your cotton in the seed wherever
possible and do not have it ginned
until later in the season. Store
the lint cotton under 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 other lines of
business 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 to the
"bearish" literature being printed
and circulated broadcast though
out the South. This is done with
but one object and that to dis
courage and induce you to sell
your cotton at prices below its
value. As producers you know
that the crop is short and that un-
less 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 de-
mand not less than eleven cents
for every pound of middIing cot
ton you have to offer. The South
ern Cotton Association, The Far
meTs' Educational and Co-opera-
tive Union, The American Society
of Equity, The Farmers Alliance
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 before.
Call your county and district
meetings throughout the entire
belt. Build up your membership
in the Southern Cotton Associa-
tion and stand firmly together for
justice and protection. If you
will check the sale of your cotton
for 80 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 be-
yond all question Of doubt that
Southern farmers have the ability,
the determination and the strength
to force the world to recognize
their power in maintaining a fair
price for their products.
The Southern Cotton Associa-
ton must be maintained and f.
nanced by the farmers of the
South. Its power to protect the
interest of the producers is recog-
nized and feared by all the leading
speculative and cotton interests of
America and Europe. Ii we go
down in defeat the enemy will be
merciIess and it will take twenty
years for the South to recover
again. Stand by the Association
and thereby protect your individ
ual interests. The South is both
mentally and financially able to
manage and protect her interests
from the dominating and devast-
ing hands of her enemies.
Last January the price of cot
ton was depressed to six cents per
pound and the Southern Cotton
Association was organized at the
New Orleans Convention January
26, 1904, to bring about harmony
among the producers, merchants
and bankers SO as to advance the
price to ten cents per pound. The
world knows that through this
powerful organization the price of
spot cotton was advanced to ten
cents in the South on July 3rd,
just five months later. Not only
this but the assistance given the
Bear" operators by certain Off
cials in the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture was exposed
through the efforts of the Associa-
ton and the rascals were prompt
ly turned out This work has
already saved millions Of dollars
to the South and will continue to
do SO if fostered and maintained
by the people. If the South
could advance the price of a A.
100000 bale crop from 6 cents to
10 cents, clearly it would require
but little cooperative effort to Sc
cure not less than eleven cents for
a 100000 bale crop.
Let the people know the truth,
know the power Of their strength
and then let them act promptly
and the victory for higher prices
will soon be won, then their great
staple will be selling at its real
value to the world.
HARVIE JORDAN,
President s. G. A.