Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-10-20
BARRETT OPPOSED
TO VIEW OF JORDAN
Severely Cciticizes Interview Of
Harvie Jordan.
HE THINKS JORDAN is WRONG

Jordan TO Task For Statement That
Present Crop Of Cotton viii Be Sec
ond Largest In south's History.
Atlanta, Oct. 49, President @. s..
Barrett, OF the Farmers union, was
in Atlanta Wednesday on his way to
Topeka, Kan. where he will attend
on Monday the conference set for
that date. and which will attract
prominent Farmers union men from
all parts OF the south, the west and
indeed the whole country.
On being asked for an opinion con-
corning the outlook for the cotton
crop and the probable price Of cotton,
Mr.. Barrett said:
81 can say no more than ! have
consistently stated every day for the
past six weeks. and that Is, that the
farmers OF the south have a splendid
opportunity this year to get an ade-
quate price for their cotton crop, pro-
vided they are not overzealous In
rushing Il on the market.
"The National Farmers union con-
ventdon. held in Texarkaua. Tex.
on Sept. 8, fixed the minimum price
for the sale OF cotton at IL cents.
We believed that II was right then,
and we know II now. We regret that
the Southern Cotton association did
not stand by US instead OF naming 10
cents as the prtce--obviously too low
1T Is q strange thing 10 me, con-
tlnued Mr.. Barrett. that a great
many people who ought TO be up
holding the Farmers union, are try
ing 10 explain that It Is entitled to no
credit for having fixed the price OF
cotton at II cents, when the South
orn Cotton association fixed Il al 10
cents. Some say II is due TO the
weather that spot cotton has reached
the price fixed by as; some say Il Is
due 70 a short crop; some ascribe one
reason ana some another, but the
Overwhelming and unanswerabe fact
remains that. whatever Is response
BILE for u, spot cotton has sold for II
cents per pound during the past week.
"of my own knowledge ! can say
that | know Of thousands Of farmers
throughout the south who, when cot
ton was selling under II cents. held
II for that figure. when II cents had
been made the minimum price By
the Farmers union. Bad weather or
good. storms or no storms. II the
cotton producers had rushed all their
cotton on the market. the price could
not possibly have been pushed up 20
N cents. fortunately. however. the
Farmers union 10 80 systematically
organized that whom the Convention
acted thousands accepted rs advice
and held their cotton until q reached
the reasonable and Just price fixed by
rs I, an shows the advantage OF
organization n labor can organize
for higher wages. which Is just and
right. and n capital can organize 20
make The public pay more Tor manu-
featured articles. why In the name OF
common sense q n not iust and right
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