The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-06
Jordan at GoIdsboro

Jordan at Goldsb0rO
Goldsboro. March In his address
| TO-DAY before the cotton growers and
business men of Wayne and the sur
rounding unit President Harvle
Jordan explained the Is cents PROPOSE
ton and situation. He declared
| Hold your cotton for II cents, and
victory will be yours before the hot
! DAYS or summer are felt over this land
! Of the free and the brave. II the la"
or supply and demand obtained he
said. the intrinsic value of the staple.
Is cents and over. would be cured
There is a general misunderstand-
ing throughout the south. which never
before has been lifted, in regard 10 the
standing OF the southern Cotton Asso-
citation On the Is cents proposition
At the meeting of the Central or
Southern Executive Committee, held IN
Asheville last September. the minimum
price Of IL cents was fixed. but to sat
isfy the powerful demand Of the South
west tor a higher minimum, a reSoiu-
ton was unanimously adopted author
ling President Jordan TO change this
minimum price. when conditions war
ranted, either up or down, II III de-
| claring for Is cents he VAS only OBJ
serving the instructions Of his Execu-
| tive Committee There is the strength
of Gibraltar i'll the position Of the
Southern farmer. and by holding his
cotton a little longer, by ~organiza-
ton and Investigation. the imperial
staple will triumph more g~lorIousIy
than the dreams of the most optimistic
have ever promised.
Gamblers Caused the Drop.
President ordan attributed the
break Of 20 points in the cotton mar
ket Thursday to the statement of two
! gamblers, one declaring that there
Will be a ) per cent. and the other a
10 per cent. increase in the
! cotton acreage this year, and although
there is every indication that the acre
age will be reduced the statements Of
! these two spectators hurled the price
of cotton down 20 points, when. for
the Two days previous there had been
an upWard movement in the market.
President Jordan stated that the Cen
tral officers At Atlanta had received
hundreds Of thousands Of pledges from
individual farmers to reduce their
Creag % per cent. on the basis of tho
crop of 1904. The South Is being put
to the test. The situation Is critical.
Now is the time for the farmers to OK
hibit their nerve and backbone.
God Bless North Carolina"
The enthusiasm was great when
President Jordan paid a beautiful trib-
ute to the loyalty, the pluck. the in
Nl1lclDio determination ana IlS1lllS
| qualities Of North Carolina farmers,
He was commencing their faith and
their works, when. uncOnsciously re-
peating the words OF the immortal
Lee. he exclaimed:
God bless old North Carolina"
In urging the armers to hold their
cotton. and obtain an equitable price,
he said the present crop is fully $500
600 bales short of last years crop,
but has shown up only 900 600 bales
short. The s]pinners. exporters. and
spectators nave been feeding upon
the ammunition which should have
been used in defense of the farmers
but their supply is now exhausted,
and the viii of the grower must be. the
doing Of the consumer. For fifty years.
he said. the farmer has given both
ends of the rope to the consumers and
spectators, and the farmers of the
South hare been the worst hanged
people in the world. II eggs brought
as low prices as cotton does, the hens
Of the country would be disguised and
quit laying.
He had been warne said Presi-
lent Jordan. that he might kill the
goose which has been laying the gol-
den gigs. Its a lie" he declared.
II am trying to kill the scoundrels
who have been stealing the golden
eggs" His utterances were as the
ln|undefDOltS OF war on spectators
and New England ~SpinnerS.
The business houses of the town
closed during President Jordan's
speaking.
Meeting in Detail.
The meeting Was held in the large
! opera house, which was crowded with
manly faced men Of every a~vOcation.
Negroes in the galleries formed a
shady background to the bright pic
ture. Every countenance was express
siNe of arneS interest.
Mr.. NJ. w. M~uskgrave presided. and
Rev. w. f. Fry, an eloquent Baptist
divine, offered a fervent prayer.
In a speech scintillating with wit.
and full of hope and faith. and love
for the fdrmer-Warrior, the great Har-