The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-02-27
WARNING FROM ,MISSIS
SIPPf COTTON
FIRM
COTTON SHOULD BE l5c
Some Sane Advice TO Mer.
chants and Growers.
Special to The Daily Leader.

Lexington, Miss, Feb. 27.-The fol
lowing card was sent out today. On
November 12 we mailed out letters of
inquiry to nearly every cotton grow
ing county in the south and on the
18th day Of the same month we made
an estimate Of this years total yield
Of 1o167,74O bales or about the gov.
enrment figures Of the 4th Of Decem-
Der.
After a careful investigation once
more of every cotton growing county
in the United States we are convinc-
ed Of the feet that the total yield for
1906 will not be over 1O,SOO,OOO
bales.
Gotten is selling too cheap as com
pared with the prices Of everything
else; cotton goods are higher than
they have been for years and are not
plentiful at present prices, it being
almost impossible to buy heavy goods
at ALL
The South has wonderful possibi-
litles of a remarkable opportunity of
continued prosperity Why not grasp
lit?
We can sell a crop Of less than
lO,OOO,0oO bales Of cotton ncxt season
at from u to Is cents, one of 1i,0O0,-
600 bales for IL cents and better. and
yet yet if we go ahead and make an
ether crop Of 13,5OO,00O we may see
5-cent cotton again.
Now what is the common sense
view to take of this matter? II we
raise moderate sized crop we are at
less expense during th@ entire year
ana owe less at the ena of the year
an1 receive more dollars for our small
crop than we will for our large one.
Furthermore, If you viii reduce your
acreage in cotton you win necessarily
increase your acreage in corn a.i
peas and other feed stufs and will
hence be absolutely independent and
can hold your cotton or sell just as
you see fit and not at the behest of
other parties. Again, the money that
Is spent in other states for corn, hay
and feed-stuffs would be saved for oLr
home merchants and as Il seems to
US that every merchant who reads this
should consider this one feature alone
and insist that every customer that
I ha fc f,,,,fc fcbfpey ,Iauf apo,,.,br Iord Ia
corn to make plenty to do him another
year BY raising enough corn to run
him will reduce the average farmers
account $4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
II the South will stand by the S. c.
G.. A. we wiz all be prosperous; it is
the best thing that has ever been
started for the Southern planter; the
spinner knows this, and the speculator
knows this; now why cannot the
planter see 1t too?
II we live up to the teachings OF
the s. c. G. A. we will never have
any trouble getting what our cotton
is worth, as We can have the spinner
at all times anxious to buy, and fur
thermore it win largely do away with
speculation, for every one will be
afraid to sell cotton which he has not
on hand to deliver Each and every
farmer will be like a gentleman who
was in our office a few days ago; he
had some cotton 10 sell, and when We
told him the very best we could give,
he remarked. Wen, | won't take Il
I don't have TO sell, have a crib fun
OF c1rn, plenty of meat to run me and
some to sell, so viii hold my cotton.
Now, what price could we get for our
cotton next year If every one who
farms could say this?
We win appreciate It II every one
Interested in the South win be so
kind as to write us giving his idea
AZ to how much cotton yet remains
in his county umsold and as near as
possible how many bales have been
ginned form January 16 to February
%. Also the per rentage of increase
or decrease of acreage. We will be
glad to furnish you with any informa
ton we may have at any time you viii
write Us. We are not spectators but
friends of the south.
From information received to date,
this state win reduce its acreage
about 8 per cent. and probably more
Cotton is all ginned and most Of it
Is sold, the small remnant not yet
sold being held by farmers who have
a crib fun OF corn and meat to sell
Hoping TO receive at least ten let
ters from each cotton growing county
In the South. we are,
Yours truly,
Barbour-Herbert Co.