The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08
Our Cotton Letter.

lU-Z ana 1O-Z cents per III. Ou SOuA
cotton then YOU can realize the value
Of cooperation and a slack twisted,
loose. single handed fight for square
deal.
We now know of some good firm
Farmers Union men tnat stood out
through the thick Of the fight on
prices for cotton last season that saw
ed from SIS on short staple cotton
to S26 on long staple cotton per bale
and there are better prospects this
year for a gain Of $22 per bale on
short cotton than there was for SD
for the sane cotton last year.
For The lack Of business; methods,
forathouglt and tLeir share Of ener-
sy. pluck and grit, many easy 60
ins, childish farmers that could 40
better. are now rushing ever each
other to get their cotton off at the
SPECTATORS prices instead Of stor~
inc this cotton until the demand from
the mills calls for it and will take it
for our minimum prices.
This foolish rush Of the lambs to
the slaughter pen is the astund1ng
spectacle Of the cotton market at
present. ~:
These cotton letters put out IN our
Southern newspapers by bears are
there to deceive cotton growers!
Don't you know itY
It is said that these cotton eSehang-
es don't mind paying some neWspa-
per men to publish their stuff, whetn-
er this is true or not we do not know
but this much we do know, that some
papers that publish these Cotton Tx
change letters regularly do not care
70 publish our Farmers Union cot
ton letters that come direct from the
cotton fields with the truth in them.
T here make the charge that any
Southern newspaper that makes a
business Of publishing bearlsh, COTTON
EXCHANGE letters and refuses to pub
1isb cotton letters from Farmers or
carnations in reply to them are IN
the employment Of those that they
must know are robbing the South OF
her honest profits on her farm pro-
duets. which is sure to rebound to the
injury Of the South's prosperity
Remember crop reports are usually
gotten up By straining points by
those in the employ Of buyers.
The cotton crop outlook has beer
reduced very materially since cotton
n,ices we're set at Is cts. and the
n,ice Of seed at $4,000 per ton.
Cost of production and a reasona
HE profit for the producer is the RUE
that Governs prices for other product:
whv not this same rule apply TO 0nf
products of the farm?
No, the farmer has not received NJ:
full share Of the profits, on his pro
dncts, the truth Of this is IN the vas
accnmnlations Of wealth of tnost
that buy the farmers products an'
sell farm supplies to the farmer
whilst the farmer usually demands
very sn,all r;ttanf for ms shire am
he Of course gets no more tnan n
asks for. No one is to blame TOR tn
state of affairs but the farmer VI
oanize and demand a square oea
throueb Ell organized effort then VII
vou get your rights and not till ther
It is nothing but the natural tren
of things, for little things to CIV
wav to big things, or for the un-ol
ganized people to give way to organ
lied. or for an educated, systemat1ze
class of business farmers to be aol
to protect their interests against tn
graft and greed Of a few scoundre
that call themselves fnanciers.
It is mere rot for any men to g
about over the country talking Il
Of hot air about the down trodde
farmers helpless condition and the
sneak off home like a cowardly CT
and refuse to ''jine in' vita h
nieghbors to inaugurate a man!
movement to protect the interest
his wife and children against the
organized self-installed toll ga
keepers that obstruct the roads
free trade and swipe an unjust raj
off Of farm products and suppl
both going and coming. Educatl|
and cooperation along the buslne
side of farming is the only cure I
this evil