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

Jordan in Raleigh.

President IIarvic Jordan.s tour al
! North Carolina was ended yesterday
in Raleigh. ana his address here was
the most powerful IF the threc "N-
t~raordinary ones delivered in this
State. He will leave the city this
afternoon FOR South Carolina. Dur
ing the coming six weeks President
Jordan viii speak every DAY. ANA ire
uucntly twice Il day. lie has lust be
gun a tour of the entire cotton grow
ing states and Territories, anu COM
menced in this state.
He said he began tho tour in North
Carolina fo1 two reasons. FIRST, be
/ cause this state occupies the position
Of the farthest east Of the cotton belt,
and second. because since the South
crn cotton Association was organized,
North carolina farmers have been
more faithful to it than the farmers
Of any other State. both in reducing
the cotton acreage ana in holding the
staple for better prices.
n State III the South has been
more loyal, patriotic and enthusiastic
jim his movement than the grand old
state of North Carolina" he declared.
Metropolitan Han was crowded
with cotton planters. business men
and students. Sevcelll ladies were
present. one Of them being the lar
gest woman cotton producer i'm the
State.
The distinguished speaker advised
the agricultural students to return to
the farms when their college curse
shall have been completed. He at
tributed the cause Of the movement
of the young men away from the
country to the unattractiveness of the
farms, the lack of comforts and con-
Veniences. where father. wife and lit
tie children must work Year in and
year out. enjoying none Of the pleas
ures which should be theirs. with 10
school education: that they may pro-
duce a staple upon which two-thirds
of the world depends for clothing. and
then find scant return for the brains
and labor involved. The Young man
VIII not take up a life dropped by his
ather IN that condition of affairs he
SAID. living on corn bread and meat
90 DAYS IN the year. The average
southern family raises five bales Of
cotton, at d cost Of 5 cents per
pound, and is sold for 10 cents. there
oelng a net profit Of $50 for each
1anlily per year. The conditions.
sending a large Der cent Of the rural
changed he declared. and in an cx-
haustlVe address told how the change
may be made.
The meeting began at j O'Clock.
and Mr.. \. q. Green. county president.
presided. President Jordan was IN
%troduced by Mayor james /. Johnsnn
and said iii part.
The maintenance Of fair anna
equitable prices for the South's great
staple crop is rapidly becoming = ma
tlondl. rathcr than q Southern or scr
llonai question. During the nast
Twelve months the South's cxports ri
raw cotton has oun tn morc
man d million dollars per day incIud-
.HS sundays. our Exports Of cotton
idSl year exceeded by $4,000 900 the
ehtlfe eNportSof all other agricultural
pioIuclS from this n including
all a|grIculturdl machinery rnanufaa1
tured in this country and binnod
abroad 1t IS due entirely to the bIIu-
dreds Of millions of E-uronean .goid
i.o"ihs INTO America each wear from
the exports Of our raw cotton that tha
pdIelcc Of trade is held ia favor -
the lhlted states. and that We arc par
illlled u occupy the high position -
ptlHS d creditor nation in our dealing
IN foreign countries. 20 these rea
SONS the large financiers Of the conn
ny favor the Development Of facilities
,iat VIII enable the producers to main
tam Inc price Of cotton at tho birba.,
legitimate levels 50 that these hun
dredS OF millions Of dollars Of foraig,
soid coming into the nation yearly
from the sale Of our cotton win al
NayS act ~ q safeguard against any
1~nipo!dry or permanent panic in the
financial situation of the Tn;tad
States. oiiiteu
The South controls an ab.oIuto
monopoly in the production ~ IL
magnificent staple. and need ,era.
tear competition from other countrioI
1oo IN his wisdom. has pIanted =
tarli1 wall around the South which