Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23
INVESTIGATION VS.. ovER-
PRODUCTION.

The southern Cotton Association
will rot ask thc farmers 81 the South !
10 reduce the cotton acrcgxc for 1905 /
-esS than shat planted in 1906 The
Association does ask and insist with I
al the force az itS eomuand that the
average planted In cotton throughout
the belt Ia 1905 b. not increased dar-
Inc the planting season Of 1896. Let
the Natcaword OF every Southern FAR
mer be Divcrsihestion. and through
that agency produce sn abundance OF /
food supplies 60 maintain each farm.
Permanent independents. Thrift and
prosperity can only b. enjoy -d By
Southern cotton growers throagh the
adoption and maintenance II a sys-
tenn which Will make each farm self
sustaining. 10 - the only medium
through which the present iniquitious
cre0it system which has IN long held
our peolie ma bondage. can b. eficc-
lively broken up and relcgatcd t0 the
past. IL D the only medium through
which the great masses 81 cotton pro-
dueers can ever hope "a control tho
sale % their cotton an the markets
% the country and fore consumers
and buyers % paw them fasr sud ,r-s
prices for the staple. ANY aySteua
~hich forces the producer 10 market
has crops rapidly IA or,icr "a meet ma
turing obligations 20 pay for supplies
that could b. mon. cheapiv rai~.d 40
/ home VIII ever tend - make q slave
II the grower. minimizing the rights
II manhood Nhirh every Southern cot
| TON ralser should ENJOY t. thu fullest
/ sVfeut
over Production . Sorrows &eRacs-
In spring. 1870. q crisis serious and
| potcniiai faced the cotton growers ~
( the south hy reason of over pr,,sluc-
tiou of cotton IA 1904. The southern
Cotton Association NJ that time vs-rd
an active and effective campaign
for a reduction IN the cotton ARA ~
y, planted IN 1905. The advice Of
! The A,~o.. alton WAS LOYALTY supported
~ cotton growers throughout she en-
tire cotton belt and reduction II
fully hvr milllon acres was stricken
| from the cotton area for 1905 and
planted N other crup~- The result ~
this display Of cuod Judgment on the
part Of the farmers u today seen m
bringing the production 81 cotton with
N the legitimate demands Tor con
sumption. coot prices for the staple
and we'll filled corn cribs ana smoke
houses from North Carolina "a the BIO
Grande River. The agricultural. eom-
mercial. industrial and financial inter
.sts OF the South are today enjoying
al era of prosperity far in excess Cd.
| any period experienced within tht
l..
present position. nnl forge ahead ir
NE achievement 81 greater success. II
- imperative that no serious mistuk,
Be- made by the planters who are nos
making t-eir arrangements for th,
spring planting OF 1906 let ever,
man pause and calmly consider hu
tnture even while enjoying the Gusi
II victory which has been the tno-
marvellous ever won an modern times
Present Acreage Sufficient.
The present estimated invent v-ssve'
million acres planted in crtton * -uih
,ient under normal climatic condition
60 raiSc ENOUGH cotton to meet the dc
I mands Of spiuncrS for the American
staple. ANY material increase in th
cotton acreage Tor lloG uill tend q
I ,ia-natr the cotton market and de
press pricrs below their icgitmat
value. The legitimate laws of suppl
and demand is che only true medium
~ regulating fair and lcgtmat
prices for our great staple product
The Southern Cottou Association thr
all ITS sources cf -trcncth and ro-ouel
alive mediums OF di-scmuaimg info.
nation to lts loyal aud patriotic srf