The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-12-05
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The financial troubles Of the wild
spectators of Wall street, while
Mississippi has felt the effect Of tho
same, have not troubled the majority
OF our people to any extent. Not .
bank has failed yet and the CONNER
cial assignments are probably not
ahead of the average. Our cotton crop,
worth approximately $10O,OOO,OOO
with seed, is still largely in the hands
OF the planter, and with this splendid
asset, there should be little cause Of
uneasiness on the part of our people.
The senseless disease of wild specu-
lation has not reached us to any ap-
preciable extent, and so long as our
people have the necessaries Of life
at home, they can rest without alarm
while the high fnanciers work out
their own salvation.
The cotton crop is short to consid-
cradle extent as absolutely proven by
the glnners report and the world is
bound to have the raw material for
manufacture. This is conclusive evil
dence that the South will get Is cents
for her cotton by holding. Of course
Mr.. Theodore Price and his allies are
endeavoring by every means to force
the cotton on the market to save him.
self and Others who have sold what
they never owned or had a right to
sell even trying to influence Southern
banks to aid in his scheme, but it
won't. work at this day and time. The
warehouses are proving the salvation
OF tn cotton planter and organization
in working out this salvation.
The gamblers are in hard lines as
they deserve, and while the turning
loose of American cotton would bring
three or four hundred million dollars
Of foreign coin to the United States
and relieve the situation, the planters
are under no obligations to them what
ever, but on the contrary, are pleased
at their predicament. They have made
hard lines for the cotton raiser at will
during the past, arbitrarily fixing the
price on his staple without consent
and now that movement has material
lied among the farmers to make their
own price, the fix in which these same
gamblers find themselves is amusing
to him.
Business is affected to some extent,
even here in Mississippi, but some
inconvenience is necessary to win q
fight Of such great magnitude and each
man, woman and child must make up
their minds to take what comes and
stand face to face with the conditions
as it exists. Once won, he trouble viii
be over and millions of dollars saved
to the South each season
Right now is the time to plan for
next year, and if all the necessaries
of life possible to raise at home have
not been produced in the past, see thai
they are provided for next year. When
our people raise what is consumed on
the farm and in the home, Mr.. Price
and his cohorts will have little power
in fixing price on tie cotton as a
surplus crop.
The writer has many times had oc-
casion to mention what was being
done in and around Crystal Springs
as an example Of what Mississippi
was capable Of doing in general way.
Again there comes from this enter
prising community record that the
word should have. 1t came through
statement made by R. E. Lott Of
Crystal Springs, to Capt. ]. F. Merry
Of the Illinois Central Railroad, and is
a remarkable statement indeed.
"Yours received and in reply take
pleasure in stating that Crystal
Springs shipped from about 5000
acres the following number Of cars Of
vegetables for the season of 1907:
Vegetables. No. of Cars Net ret ms.
Tomatoes 342 S 297, 386.69