The Grenada sentinel., 1907-01-19

| indifference is physical rather than OF
the spirit, apparent rather than real,
and that the Southern people realize
and properly appreciate the real value
OF the association and its work, while
failing to give it that actual and active
support which they believe it to de-
serve. But whatever it's source or
cause, this failure of the public to do
its part seriously hampers and dimin-
ishes the vigor and power of the asso-
citation, not alone in its finances but in
its prestige and actual efficiency.
Without the backing of the active sup
port OF the body of the people of the
cotton States, no amount of passive
appreciation and gratitude will avail to
make the association working power
against the hosts of adverse interests.
at is full time that the people of the
South seriously realize, and act ac-
cordingly, that successfully tCimeet the
stern conditions of this advi iced age,
modern methods must be adOpted and
adhered to. Today sees ffery great
field of industry save the agricultural
one organized, and its md ibers pre-
senting solid front to the rest of the
world. Every other body Of co-workers
is in state of highly ofganized eff
cheney. 1t will not do for us to pursue
old methods, however attractive on
dignified they may be, however tradi-
tionally Southern they may be, if we
are successfully to COPE with twentieth
century business methods, AID obtain
our honest share Of the profits of in
dustry and intelligence. 1t is the age
of the brutal but effective fre-arm, not
of the gallant but now futile sword; the
day of steam and electricity, not of the
stage-coach and Jpack-horse. And the
change that has been wrought in me-
chanics is matched by the change that
has taken place in economic methods.
although they hold the whip hand
in the situation, of all who deal with
the cotton product, our Southern peo-
pie have prolited least in proportion to
their Deserts And all from failure to
work together in the broader place of
business. Let them no longer neglect
or give only half-hearted or spasmodic
support 70 a movement which has for
its purpose the bringing to them their
fair and honest share in the wealth
their own hands and lands create, an
association which has already made
good its right to their support. The
larger the territory the stronger the
backing given, the more closely the
organization approximates unanimity
the more useful and efficient it will be.
Ninety per cent of the growers of cot
ton, by cOLcerted action, after wise
consideration, could dictate the price of
raw cotton up to the very figure at
which the manufacturer could purchase
and still have fair margin of profit.
But this happy consummation can only
be obtained by welding themselves
into one great body whereby they can
work in unison.
1.-THE Southern Cotton Association is,
We believe, the solution of the situa-
tiop. Its policy provides for local asso-
cations with independent powers as to
local needs and conditions. 1t follows
the analogy of our political subdi-
visions, and provides for State, county,
district and precinct organizations; and
the great central or national aSSocia-
ton, composed of the Representatives
of these smaller ones, performs the
functions of our national government.
1t acts for the smaller organizations in
their federal relations, and for the
great, body of the members in their
foreign relations, presenting an organ
lied and united front to the outside
world, by which is meant those not in
terested in the producing and market
ing of the great white staple.
SIN the firm and just belief that their
own best interest, and the interest of
the cotton States demand it, the Mis-
sissippi Division earnestly urges upon
everyone interested in securing a fair
and adequate price for the great South
ern product that thay rally to the sup
port of the Southern Cotton Association.
I'D. II. CHAMBERLAIN,
81. F. CASSELLS,
"R. W. MILLsAPS,.
.'HENRY A. MINOR, JR.,
Committee.