The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-23

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That is not running train" said
the old gentleman.
The young man took him to the
road ana showed him a train stand
ing on the track with an engine with
out steam, The old man said: ".She1l
never GO
The engine was fired up and started
OH down the road with the train Of
cars.
What do you think Of that" said
the young man
by Cad, you'I never stop ncr'' cx-
claimed the ola * optic.
Many said the cotton movement
would never do anything. Now they
Say, you'll never stop her.
Tie SDuti.'s Capital.
The speakr showed that cotton is !
| our capital. We have monopoly +
of the worlds supply. We can nor +
compete with the grain growers, or .
the hog ralsers OF the Northwest. nor /
with the cattle raisers on the grassy
! plains of the West, but no country
| or section Of country can compete /.
| with the South in cotton production. +
! one great truth. Mr.. Smith repeated-
! ly expressed is that cotton is the gold. .
| the silver and the greenbacks OF the
! South. The volume OF the currency
/ that we convert the cotton crop into !
clared that while the South has a !
| monopoly on the worlds supply of
! cotton, yet We sit down and quake
under the lash Of a half dozen gamb-
( lers in New York city.
4 stand here before you today. to
ask" said MI. Smith what is your
place in the selling world. With
the cotton growers brain and train
ing and education put into the pro-
duction Of cotton, together with his
| labor, he gets the same price that
| the blackest negro on his farm gets
for nothing but his labor.
Pay for Brains
He went on to illustrate the posi-
biities in the combination of the cot
ton growers of the South, by the
methods and success Of the petroleum
oil producers. He says the law OF
supply and demand does not obtain
when one goes TO buy Il suit OF
clothes, pair of shoes or hat He
has not only to pay for the
intrinsic value of the article
purchased. but he has to pay for the
brain put into the production 81 the
article. The cotton producer gets
nothing for MS brain and training,
but rather the pay due for a negro s
brain and talent.
Combination Seen i'll Nature.
Mr. Smith asked what part God
plays in the principles OF the Southern
Cotton Association. He went on at
length to show that the principle OF
combination is everywhere seen
| nature. llnG Single SNOW make -
harmless and hurtless and melts when
it comes III contact with the palm OF
the human hand, but by the laws OF
nature known as adhesion and comb
nation it forms the 4 Valanche which is
all powerful and a mighty force of
, destruction. The laws OF nature are
the laws of Goa. The individual
farmer is ground 70 powder before the
combined brain and capital OF tn nnah-
cier. But let the farmers combine un-
| Il q of
ton Association and they come to theif
own. The thing that has ruined the
South is the damnable doctrine Of IN
diVidualism. You and Will be new
ers Of wood and drawers of water un-
til we learn Gods law of comblna-
ton" exclaimed Mr.. Smith.
Then the speaker went on to
enumerate some of the facts that un-
= der!ie this great question. He sald
; that last year when we were asked to
hold for ID cents some said 1t was a
blunder. And he warned the farmers
, to beware of the man who says that
= 10 cents is enough for cotton. 1t IS
t not the grower who depreciates the
? value Of cotton, but the fellow who
= sits in the shade. He is the fellow that
t assumes to know that it is not worth
e over 10 cents to produce pound OF
= cotton He says. 4 call upon the men
\ of the South to see to it that the pro-
O ducers of the SOuth's wealth. shall
! share that wealth" Last year the cot
q ton crop brought into the South from
Europe four million dollars. The pro
;. Cucers ought to have their share OF
q this money.
+ Organization W. Jndiyiduaiism.
e A bale of cotton is a part OF tht
s currency Of the South. Who prices 1t
e The representative Of the foreign capl-
d talist. YOU bring q bale Of cotton tt
n market the buyer walks UP BESIDE II
d on his side is organized brain anC
d capital on your side is the disorganiz
e ed poverty of the Soutn. ofSahlzet
q brain and capital = Obs the cotton pro
O! ducer of several million dollars an
Q lually. The individual can not go u
s against the organized brain and capl
v tai of the world. We can combine tn
% cotton, the brain and the capital of th'
= South. put it in Southern warehouse
10 and turn a Southern key on it.
a ME-. smith referred eloquently t
\ the heroic battles and victories of tn
ie South in the sixties. He spoke of
IS areat nroblem before the South-tha
g, of forgiving and forgetting. He re
- viewed the conditions that existed af
! ter the close of the War-hoW W.
came out of the war without capita
or credit how the cloud of ignoranc
and poverty huns over the South
~ how chain of credit was formed o
N three lnks.-the northern banke
Of credited the Southern banker, tn
$ Southern banker credited the Southern
S. merchant and the Southern merchan
at credited the Southern farmer. Whe1
IN pay day came the Northern banke
as drew on the Southern banker and n
q i nturn drew or the merchant and s
e on This process has been working eve
since.
iy What They Taught rs.
The financierS taught us to gro'
ut cotton at cents. He thanked IN
e- Lord we have learned the lesson. "
n have been advised to diversity tn
crops. The South has been too Doo
he to diversity. We must have enoug
money from cotton to pot us yea
re ahead before we can diversity, T