The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-06

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would that such trust
might be established through
out eytry nook and corner - th-
state lt is fair and just that you
should get a legitimate price for your
product. which You haze toued to
make
Don't desert your organization.
Mark d,serter~ as Nraitors deserving
the condemnation and scorn uf every
member of the association. stand hy
what you say. ana don't forget your
obligations
Decrease your acreage. TIE day
may come when the South viii pro-
duce annually 20 001 600 bales Of cot
ton. and still get 10 cents. but lnat
I day Is not yet The South does not
4 produce all the cotton. About One
fourth Of the worlds supply comes
from India, Brazil and Egypt When
y ever the United States exceeds Il r.
100000 bales crop. the price Of cot
ton is low, but when il is between
| 900 900 and 10 .000, 900 bales the
price is high. In the neighborhood Of
! 1900, 900 or 15,00o.0o0 bales Of cot
ton are consumed by the world. i
/ the farmers Will keep under 10000. 900
bales they viii get from 10 TO L cents
for their staple, ana possibly.
grant it.-15 cents But ii the crop
| exceeds 20,000,00O bales the price is
6 o. I cents
Il am glad to know that the south
! ern Cotton Association is planning t.
establish q system Of warehouses,
whereby the crop may be mark tied in
the interest of the farmer"
In summing up the points Of his
j speech Governor Glenn laid especial
emphasis upon the necessity for or
ganization. reduction Of acreage, and
diversifcation Of crops.
Governor Glenn said he had read
lc,x1I
| asked him why he talked to cotton
growers, farmers, educators, manufac-
turers, business and professional men,
and why he travelled over the state
so much. The people Of North Car
olina," he said put the sacred obli-
! cations Of Governor upon me, and eN-
cept in this way | have no opportunity
/! TO learn the conditions that obtain in
/ this State. The next session of the
ICGcrefal Assembly is to be one Gf the
most important ever assembled in
| Ncrth Carolina. | must secure infor-
| nation. How can ] tell the LeSisa-
| ture what TO do unless | study the
/ conditions; learn what the people
want and this by gOin~ to all the
! counties and seeing all the people ]
! can? So help me God. / expect to go
| 10 every county III the state before
| the next Legislature and, then / snail
| be qualified to tell the General As
1
olina want and what they do not want.
| The only way / can take care Of my
| self is before the people Of the state.
My God. can't you give man
credit for doing something for the
good OF his State his country and his
Coo without belittling him. his office
ana work by charging him With using
his efforts to obtain some petty poliu-
cal job? No man has ever heard me
say, imply or suggest that | would
ever oppose either Senator Simmons
or Senator OVerman for denomination
to the United States Senate. MY aim
is to make an agric dltural and indus
trial Governor, to make North Caro-
lima take its place among its sister
Southern States. When | came into this
office / SWOre 70 serve God and my
state I then declared that the agri-
cultural. Industrial educational and
moral uplifting and welfare OF North
Carolina was my platform, and it is
still
IN what have I offended? I have
dared to stand for temperance. / am
not a fanatic. There are some men on
the other side who are as honest as ]
and as we'll intentioned | want to-
AXE the money that is being wasted
n the State in the stomachs Of drink
ng men and use ii for the betterment
)f the farms for building new fac
-ories, fOr erecting schools aad edl-
e2ting the boys and girls for the glory
Of eternal God. There is not man
who can say Wniskey ever did him q
particle Of good except when used n
Ease of sickness. I have not always
9een a teetotler. but / am now ana
shall be ever after. It has made me
stronger and better and strengthened
NE to do something for the state ana
for Him who has done 50 much fer
ne.
Chairman H c. Dockery, OF the
state Executive committee, next spok :.
lie said he considered the cotton move
ment next to the Christian religion,
and the duty Of the farmers next
to their religion. he considered was
to the Southern Cotton Association. It'll
IS first intended for men TO look after
eternal things. he said. and next for
their worldly happiness and comfort |
He was for the South's managing the
Southland: for one bale Of cotton TO /
be worth what two have been; for
diversitication of crops; organization; |
modern machinery on farms, and op-
posed to immigration We need bls
families" he declared.
The speeches We're concluded b. /
President c. c. Moore. of the safe I
Division.
He related briefly the objects and
achievements Of the association. and
then suggested what Wake county
should do with the result that an
executive committee was appointed. I
and within q few days there will be
forces in the field 70 make Wake 1
county the banner organization county !;
n North Carolina.
Col. Burgwyn, Of the First National
Bank of Weldon. seems to have q \
school for the instruction OF young
men in banking. The Weldon News
says that three young gentlemen from
Northampton county. Nessrs. Simon L
Coker Joseph Suiter and r. Harris ,
nave taken positions with the First ,
National Bank Of Weldon, to be taught |
I1oa al-i,1- acfhnGS