The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31

the New York Commercial signed OBJ
server"
do not believe that Observer be-
longs N Alamance. ! am II the opIn-
Ion that Col. Theodore Price was down
on Haw Greek bird hunting and wrote
that letter from Burlington
The time was. when the cotton
grower paid some attention to such
wild letters. but that time is past
mere are thousands Of cotton grow
ers over the South VINO know as much
IS Observer" about The movement Of
cotton, the worlds demands. consump-
ton and where the supply comes from
The daily paper of today carries re-
llable Information from intelligent
men Of the South telling our side Of
the cotton matter, the paper going by
the rural route. caches every part Of
the cotton belt. besides this. ZACH week
the central office and the state diVis-
Ion office of the Southern Cotton As
ISOLATION. sends out the very latest in
formation on the position If cotton.
If Observer could spend the night
in a farm house which is connected
on a rural phone line. he would near
the bell ring about 8 p. m. if he could
be in every house on the line at that
hour, he would hear every bell ring.
then taking the receiver. he would
hear the township chairman give the
cotton situation as he had heard it
from his own source of information.
and then he would tell what the Wall
Street, Liverpool Bears" have TO say.
Nine cents may look big for cotton,
but sure as observer" lives the cot
ton grower will hang on to what he
has a long time before he parts with
his cotton for nine cents.
With meat in the smoke house. corn
in the crib, wheat in the bin. no debts
to pay, taxes paid and the children at
school. pray tell me why a man should
sell cotton at nine Genus?
1t is a great pity that our South
ern mills have not been in position to
buy the cotton needed. they have lost
out because not having capital of their
own, nor being able to borrow from
banks. the foreigner has quietly
grabbed up the best cotton 1t a ridicu-
lousy low price and shipped it away.
Fifteen cents is the price Of what
is left, and there will be a strong fight
made to make it sell for fifteen cents
c. c. MOORE.
Pres. n. G. Cotton Association.
Charlotte, n. c., Dec. 28, 1907.
New High Record.
Undoubtedly before another week
passes a new high cotton record will
have been established at the port OF
Wilmington, the receipts at the pres
ent time. with less than -four months
OF the cotton year passed being not as
many as 5000 bales behind the high
~
port.
W~ilminston's biggest cotton year
was III l9G4-'05, when the receipts fos
- months were 375,383 bales, while
the rcceipts for this season since
September Is, nave already reached
f 2GT.SZ4 hale, and TIE bales are con
tineiog % poUr into inc ely by to
thcrs2G9s.
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'EumorS are q -; haze not c.
pressed an Opinion sineu my return
, n uayflne loo m.Ics through III
; cotton he'll cid noI see one loci, 0
} cotton TO be picked, and am Of tn
onluiO7 that TINS crOD is smaller thai
thought vlen in New York. / fodn
!, the retail trade il Chicago, Memphi
e and the best-informed have change
l their opinion as t. trade receSSions
being more than very moderate.
If cotton does not advance from
y two to six cents per pound, / viii qui
f~oEecasting the future. Let tn
plungers continue to sell. as the roun
= up, which IS inevitable, VIII be NOR
5 exciting and jolly. Tell George Eide
10 get ready tor the dance.-J. NJ. {
CARPENTER, BAGGOT & CO.
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e Caldwell Texas, Dec 23.-Jh
I Farmers Union passed a r~eSoluto
= requesting all to reduce cot
Il ton acreage 10 per cent next ytdi
s Delegates TO the naIlohal cohNehllo
S We're instructed TO SUPPORT any le9o
0 luton offered looking to reductlol z
9 acreage.
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7 1T is to be that the Tel
dency to carry as httie stock as VI
S to h mlils, hnaliy leaNeS ne 10
{ on the cotton merchant or lie pIdulo
especially the latter, ana II - l4iS ISd