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

yesterday a resolution was adopted
reducing the cotton acreage # this
| county twenty-five per cent on the
basis Of the 1904 crop, or ten per
cent on the basis Of ,ast years crop.
Another resolution was passed which
| endorsed the OverInan bin now pend
ing in Congress, which would extend
the worlds markets for American
| products, and the North Carolina rep
resentatiyes in Congress We're request
| ed to give their earnest ana unani-
i nous support to this important
! measure
A county executive committee was
! elected consisting Of DR.. J. NJ. Tenn
!! pleton and Messrs. George Par5in.
| George T. Gill, Ransom Hinton and
/ Allen u. MarShbuTn. This commit
/ tee held a meeting directly after the
| adjournment Of the convention, and Il
| was decided 10 put an organizer to
| work in the county, so as 10 perfect
the subdivision organizations II IS
! probable that levy Of ten cents per
| bale on cotton viii be made on the
| members OF the county division, for
| the purpose Of defraying the ex-
penses Of the county. State and ma
| uonal divisions Of the Southern Cot
! ton Association.
| county organizer, and he willshrdluu
county organizer, and he will COM
mence work Of Organization ut once.
The meeting began at eleven o'clock
and continued until after three
/ There was z representative attendance
! and the farmers were deeply interest
/ cd. The strongest speech, elecuify-
| ing the audience. was delivered by
| Governor Glenn, who was frequently
| applaudcd. The cotton planters were
! welcomed to Raleigh by Mayor john
son, after which County President A.
! c. Green, assumed the cha6r and
/ Prof. j.. b. Carlyle, OF Wake Forest
-, College, made 4 spirited address. He
, urged the farmers to organize, to be-
| come better informed upon the cotton
| situation, and to diversity their crops.
! He declared that they were marching
! towards the mountain Of commercial
| Independence. You are about to
! achieve a freedom, he said. "fur
| which our sires, soldiers and states-
men, have fought and failed to get;
the last appeal Of the southland for
| freedom is to the farmers"
Governor Glenn next spoke He
gently reprimanded Wake county cot
| ton growers, saying they We're not
| loyal enough to the se-eVidenced
! by very large number of empty
seats. Getting down into his speech
| the Governor said that farming was
the grandest and greatest calling God
| had ever given men, ''Farming, he
! said lis the only business God ever
| established" With Thomas Jefferson
he believed that the farmer was the
| salvation and Independence of this
country; and that those who labor iii
the earth are the chosen people OF
God, whose breasts He has chosen
for the peculiar depositorieS of moral
ity ana virtue In the mass of the
farmers, he said, there is no shame
or corruption. He quoted figures 10
Ch Dy;- a IN, e.
to the wealth of this country $6,415,-
100000, and there was shipped out
OF the surplus to foreign countries
%627,000,000. Every time the sun
goes down there has been added 10
the wealth of the nation $3,400,O00.
The farmers. Governor Glenn con-
tlnued. give to the manufacturers
annually $4.720, 100000 worth of pro-
ducts This keeps 2,154,0O0 people
employed, and $500, 100000 capital
invested. lie said the farmer is the
foundation sub-strata the sinew ana
the bone Of the land
AS much need as there may be
for lawyers, doctors, and other pro-
fessional men. all these can de done
away with and the human race exist.
bu|- the farmer must continue his
work. or the people will die of star
walton and cold.
The farmers in America are buying
in the highest markets in the world,
and selling in the cheapest. You mus,
exert yourselves against unjust tariff
laws, exclusion laws. spectators, ana
miserable government agents. on
must protect yourselves, and you must
help yourselves. Say to the govern
ment: For Gods sake let US alone.
The farmer is entitled to protection
as much as the manufacturer Modify
the tariff and exclusion laws Tha
papers IN Charlotte Wilfully miSuR
derstOod me when | spoke on this
subject there. What we want in the
way Of immigrants is quality, not
quantity. We do not want Vdgabonds,
hoboes, criminals and paupers. We
want men who are capable of working
and are willing to work. China may
become our largest market for manu-
factured cotton goods. Our opposition
to that countrys progress by our un-
just exclusion laws. America viii not
let citizens OF that country come here.
country Of China for the Chinese,
against America We should treat
them as we treat the japanese.
Pay no attention to spectators,
You have elected strong and able men
as your officers in every county. and |
depend upon them for your informa-
ton concerning crop and market con- t
ditiOns. Take what WOur agents say as |
the truth, and treat the spectators |
as liars ana robbers. Hold your cot |
ton till you can obtain a good price. |
You must work against the GOV
ernment agents. These men are liars. |
and if necessary to get the better OF
them. go 20 court, and put the miser- |
able scoundrels in jail
Take care OF yourselves. You |
need ask no others to help you until |
YOU have helped yourselves. Organize |
in every township: organize system |
aticaIy and thoroughly
This Association has been called |
a trust. 1t i rather an agreement. |
But il it may be a trust. it stands 70" /
all that is good, not evil: for building /
up. not tearing down; for clothing the
naked, feeding the hungry, raising |