The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-03-24
WILL VISIT RosEDAlE.
President Clark, Of The Mississippi Cotton
Association, Will Speak at the Court
House on Monday, April I6.

president OF the Southern Cotton
Association will visit Cleveland on
Monday, May "A, and deliver all
address in the court house. His
coming should call forth a wide
gathering of our citizens to hear
what the distinguished gentleman
and successful organizer has to say
regarding the highest and best in
terests of the cotton producer.
Enough has already been fore
casted i'll these columns to convince
every intelligent man of the bene-
fits that have been derived from
the organization of the Southern
Cotton Association, and to acqu-
aint him fully with its objects and
purposes. Should there be any,
however, who are skeptical or In
doubt as to the full purposes of the
organization, Mr.. Clark's address
will give them a most opportune
time to learn fully. The achieve
nents won, the advantages secur-
ed and the fight that has been made
by the association are matters OF
his tory, and places it i'll a position
where it may of right justly claim
to be the greatest champion and
defender of the rights of the cot
ton grower that has ever been in
augurated.
1t is a serious reflection upon the
delta districts of the state that there
should exist such lukewarm at
titude toward the Southern Cotton
Association. In Mr.. Clark's home
county (Coahoma) much enthusi-
asm has been engendered, and the
organization of the cotton planters
has been closely perfected. While
this may to some extent reflect the
personality of Mr.. Clark, it is true
that the citizens of that county have,
perhaps. been kept In closer touch
with the aims, the purposes and
the accomplishments of the assocl-
alton. The whole cotton produc-
ing area of the South needs to be
awakened, and no man could have
been selected as a leader of the
movement who would have brought
more of energy and enthusiasm
than Mr.. Clark. All over the
state he has won the plaudits OF
the people, and the spectators
and spinners have long since come
to look upon him as the most po-
tent factor with which, they have
to reckon in their designs upon the
cotton producer.
Throughout the delta there is a
proneness to advance the speclous
plea that we are not in position to
diversity the crop; that in the hill
section of the state and throught
every other state the people can
resort to truck farming without a
decrease of revenues; that III the
delta cotton is king" thus i'm
plying that we are virtually a one
crop" country. These are stated
in face of the fact that there
has never been a year in the his
tory of the delta when we did not
feed our horses from northern corn
cribs and our faces from northern
slaughter houses. Bounteous ma
ture has provided us with the fair
est and fullest opportunities for the
production of both with corn and
meats; we can grow both with less
expense than any other people.
Still we harp about cotton being
king" (and the delta is the one
favored spot on earth for its pro-
duction), and impoverish ourselves
by buying the necessaries OF living
elsewhere, and by reason OF the
cost of importation here. The
freight bills of the country alone
would stagger the average indl-
vidual in their aggregate.
The acreage reduction PROPOSE
ton is the interestes of the south
ern grower. III its analysis 1t
means the same returns from one
acre of cotton that you have been
getting from two acres, with the
additional advantage Of saving OF
lust one half of the expesne of ma
king and marketing the crop. 1t
looks to us that the average plan
ter could we'll afford to abandon
half his land and let it lay out, if
he is averse to diversihcation
Corn, oats, peas, alfalfa and pas
lures are the the things needed,
and no one will gainsay the truth
of this. Diversi6cation may be
made as remunerative here as else
where, if our people will stop IN
their mad cotton race and fairly
consider their interests.
Come out and hear Mr.. Clark.
Get closer in touch with the South
ern Cotton Association. 1t was
organized for your best interests.
Cleveland Enterprise.
The Enterprise states the fact:
SO clearly that we feel that it un-
necessary for us to say more. Mr.
Clark will address our people a
the court house in Rosedale OF
Monday, April 18th, and we hope
the planters will take advantage 0