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Appeal to Mrs. Cotton Farmer.

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Appeal to Mrs. Cotton Farmer.
NV Dear Madam: I must ask you tc
shake the old chap again. When you
get him awake please ask him if he is
one of those who says the Cotton Asso-
citation has his sympathy, but he amt
quite ready to join.
How much did his sympathy have
to do with giving him that extra Sc
lon the bale of cotton he sold? If the
old chap is wide awake he might see
that his sympathy Of the men who are
sorry for you and y our daughters had
all to do with his getting the extra 800
MY dear madam, will you kindly
take tue old man behind the curtain,
lecture him a bit, tell him he owes ten
cents of that $40 to the Southern Cot
ton Association, and If there is any
gratitude in his heart he will send
that ten cents to his township collec-
tor or to Raleigh at once?
Madam, you can see that this is only
fair. Now, if the old fellow will not
do the fair thing, I ask you to examine
his pants when he gets to bed, take
out of his pocket ten cents Tor every
bale of cotton he raised in 1905 and
send the amount of Mr.. #. B. Parker
at Raleigh.
Mr.. Parker will not tell on you,
neither will I, and the old man won't
miss it. If he does, he will be asham-
ed of himself when you tell him you
have only helped him to get another
$40 on every bale of the 1906 crop.
Mrs. Farmer, the men who are
working so hard to keep up the price
of cotton have families and business of
their own. These men are as devoted
to their home ard as attentive to their
business as your good man is to his.
The farmers say to Mr.. Jordan and
others:
"Leave yonr family and your bust
ness; travel all over the country: en-
ploy clerks; have printing done. Do
your level best to get a good price for
our cotton; a big price helps US to buy
more things for our family.
Yes, you go and do all this for us
while we stay at home and raise more
cotton to sell at the good price we
know you will get it for US.
We amt paying anything, though.
Your Cotton Association officers can
beg your way; 60 ahead, and beg more
business men for funds to. pay your
expenses. But don't let cotton go
down. Rush it up to fifteen cents per
pound"
Mrs. Farmer, don't you think your
old chan would be 8 better citizen if
he would join his township club, pay
the small dues and the bale. levy?
Look the old fellow right in the eyes
and ask him what sort of a piece OF
humanity he is, anyway.
Mrs. Farmer. if you should buy one
pound of " messmerized dress goods
(all cotton) would you believe it would
cost you So. Yes, s. 1850 per bale. If
you buy 500 pounds OF cotton in conf
mon yard wide uEbleached domestic
at seven cents per yard, it will cost you
$l35-your old man sold the same 500
pounds of cotton for $50. He amt
never thought of this. Shake him
again and ask him to borrow q lead
pencil and oil the wheels in his head.
That sewing thread you use day
after day-how much per pound DC
you pay for it? Make the old chap
wind the thread from a spool, weigh
it and figure the cost of a 500 pound
bale of cotton bought in the shape of
thread. 1t will open somebody's eyes
shore as you're born.
1t is simply outrageous for the other
fellow to get so much and we get 80
little. Let's sell at fifteen cents or
keep our cotton.
Mrs. Farmer, if your old man will
not consult with his neighb0rs as to
this years cotton acreage, and if he
thinks he is so independent that he
needs no advice from the Cotton AS
ISOLATION, I want you to see that he
plants enough land in corn, peas,
truck, and such like to furnish the
family and feed for every animal, in
GLIDING two good cows. for your uae
(make him do the mllking). and three
hogs 70 each member of the family.
After that, let him go crazy. on cotton
if he wants to-but listen: If the Cot
ton Association a keep the price up
without the help of such selfish fell
lows, they will not he entitled to the
extra $40 per bale. 1t will be youis.
and I hope you will make him give
it to you for your own use; | am sure
you will use it to good advantage and
that you will send ten cents of it to
the Association.
Mrs. Farmer, I will be glad for you
to read the constitution Of the South
ern Cotton Association. You will find
much to interest you. You will then
know that all this fuss is being made
to allow you 0 comforts than you
have Eve had.
Tell the old man the price of cotton
is going up. Our Association is try.
ing to make 1t go to fifteen cents.
Will be help US?
Well, he won't help if he plants a
great big crop this year.
God bless the wOmen on the farms
and give them comforts, is my
earnest prayer,
G. G. Moore,
President North Carolina Division.
Southern Cotton Association, Ra-
leigh.