The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-24
Plant the Usual Acreage Cotton

The spinning world intends To have
all the cotton u needs, and 1.-THE South
ern states OF America do NOT sNppiv it.
10 will In a few years h. made ~is~ " here,
and the most wonderful and unparAl-
leled supremacy and local WonOpoly
that was ever known will be destroyed
irreparably and forever.
The efforts Of foreign governments in
this behalf. must eventually prove sue.
crs.ful II the, mr.. hacked bv he pr sis-
tent demands OF manufacturers for thev
are pursued under the guidance Of
science and without regard to cost.
On the other hand, the foolish at
tempt to reduce production IL gamble
in the dark that has no relation to
economies. and that may result in starv-
inv consumption on the ont hand aud
the producers on the other.
RI. simple question a. acfoae an
no, ~ a.,iots Gee II eoAr4 Fl
unu, 10, oi ,ne ttinrs e'i.- ,R,,t
ing ia max 4. CUttUA e. p, 81 s. ~ha't
lot OF tningG and s0ad'iionH br''ties
Weld, industry and willingness. to A.
sure the harvest after a crop is SIDE
The etemeuts have to be taken into Gc
rouut ut every stage of the game. and
ever last srasnn's vaet planting would
have given a yleil had 80
fallen ~ ". a!'-n 4. u.'A bad 'v"sfh-
~ in S,p,"mb.r. oct""-r @..a NtveD-
her. or e n,inu0ns raine anrh ~ w. ali
rrmpmbrr, rs in ~ Augu
The demapd Of sense aud ordinary
prudence Is that We give TIE usual. con
s~rvative acreage to cotton, and give
due acreage and cultivation 20 all food
crops, and trust TO Providence and not
20 the theories of cranks aud d.rtrin
aires f"r the out III
The Examiner has for q generation
fought. frequently alone among journals
| against every cotton redn1t,Ou scRem'
and the history Of productions and the
record OF prosperity in this section
aust ain the soudness OF it's position.
W. give publicity to tho above
which 10 from our neighbor "The
Aberdeen Examiner" not because
we assent to It's suggestions, bat
because We find in 1t food for re-
Fiction. We are heartily in "a
vor of the plan of reduction of &C.
resge in planting tho next cotton
@, op and can see IN it the proper
course to be pursued in the present
emergency. But We r ready to
acknowledge that on all questions
of great moment TO the people,
like the one they are now consider.
ing, there are two sides. As Il
matter Of present relief from d
very embarrassing situation there
is nothing left for the South to dc
except to reduce production. Mon
ey 10 what the present producers
are after and the best and surest
way to get it is the one to adopt
If the present surplus is carried
until next fall and a ten million
bale crop be made this yea, the
same conditions will confront as
next season as now. 1t would be
worse, in fact, as the price now
would be still further
reduced. We believe that the
mind Of. :. ,stge msiorlt, Of far,
mars ia aIreaay fixed on duci'g
the acreage and til 8 is what ought
to be done aud will be done.
As a broad and comprehensive
view Of the production Of cotton,
We can readily perceive the sound
ness Of our old friends logic.
The South is thu home Of cotton
and cot on ID the legimitate child
of the south. 1t does not take conx.
ing to make it grow dsn here
Orr yo,t a.i climate Xre batter
adapted % it than to Any other
great commercial commulity Other
countries have got to go throngt'
the experimenting and coax'ng
prei,neuaries before they "a Ell
ter into an active competition with
Us. The South is the worlds &C.
knowledg~d habitat Of the great
staple ard consnr,es wiz he re-
uulrea 10 wrest tbs scepter from us,
which We do bot believe will ever
be done. It Will certainly never be
accomplished while the "nigger
and the mule exist
L.t's reduce the acrea@e this
wear ard meet future conditions If
our Judgement may dictate.
JUDGE Sykes TO Continue on First