The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-18
"7he Reign of The Denagogue'

without foundation. There was noth- ing. absolutely nothing, demagogic about IL Never in ali the history Of time was there leaders and followers cere and patriotic. 1t ss' was a yao memen- s depended the fate. the destiny of about existence at that time counted for nothing more than goods and chattels. which issue probably never could have o sef ths sworS oy sse
 not provfdentia1. When William l.. fancy made his famous speech in the secession convention at Charleston not originate anything. He simply touched a chord that was already vi brating from Mason and Dixon's line Pacifc and 1t played only one tune, men. phiianthropist and the press of pressing pre- @ ii this A question for '! years, and and the representatives of the South had as stubbornly, conscientiously and as sad bscos so sents " at resorf to arms was inevitable. The South had to consent to the emancipation, the gf sro the nsfTo as ns sisss ss attempt to do the latter brought on the great civil war. It was indeed a z bloody conflict and 1t cost the North
  lars worth of property and the lives of thousands of the bravest and tru- est men on both sides that eyer the law had to yield to equity. the legal to the moral, because an Advise Providence had decreed that it must do sS aa strote sse of asfTq s5s seS b Sy came 6 citizen with all the rights un- der the constitution of his former mas ter It was 2 wonderful transforma- To this. the devastation of the South of which Mir. Dale speaks. was att tributable and not tQ the demagogue. this assertion would most respectful ly recommend to Mir. Dale Jefferson Davis's Rise and Fall of the confed.. of which will probably set him right on the question as to what brought on the great war between the States.
 arosy 70 asainst M GoysTnor comer and William ]. Bryan, I must say that this charge is almost without foundation. They might be characterized as en- will. in the forum of conscience, acquit them of insincerity to any cause which they may espouse. think, however, to defend themselvs and am willing for Mir. Dale to pitch into them to his hearts content. If he will only. keep. of the gallant and patriotic leaders of sThe Storm Graded National That James Feagin Jones, Evergreen, Ala, Feb. II. 1908.
 Spot Cotton the Key to the Situation. Editor The Advertiser:
 Farmers of the South own about one quarter of the present cotton crop and rebel against the abuses that have
 crept into the handling of future con tracts. which enables specula@toEs @ ,wa,o wno fare, to sell cotton for future delivery
 in July next at s5 per bale less than
 spot dealers ara paying for actual cot remedy against these abuses, they nat urally favor legislati0nA abolishing fu- ture trading and do not care to argue, should 1t develop that large crop l of cotton for next season will be grown. the price for next year may | CTS wise manner of marketing their | crops are again pursued and only sold when the price pleases them.
 In this season the supply was held
 so firmly and only doled out to meet | the necessary demand from the mills I that 1t resulted in an average of over
 eleven cents per pound tor ., coston n I September last that the prices would | go to eight cents, and notwtthstanding the several months of panic that have gently. There can be no cause for | thIn high range of values, except the. | refusal of the farmers to follow the I actual cotton for demand from actual l users, at prices that satisfied the grow l CTS
 | dealers to regulate values. we should I have seen prices even below the New | York prdicfion of last September, and.
 cotton would have been put on the anc- l ton block for sale at possibly seven, six or five cents pes pound.
 1 It Is claimed that next seasons crop l should be large. and already specula- | livery at about S10 per bale under pres l ent spot values. Farmers should plant | more grain and less ccttons ana 1t IS 1 now admitted that the ealea of fertilT | ixara is far below the normal, and this l will tend to reduce the yield of cottop
 per Tr, Scls. S..raasa in the worlds pro-
 auctiou ne oeSressS ef cotton m for lsST.s viii De | near to 4O00, COG bales, leaving a | growth of about 4,500, 900, which ada
 Cd to the visible ana inysss,sDls sor1 s1npp,S aS make 20,sO6,000 bales from which a consumption equal to last year eS 1I;o cao
 bales on September 1, 1908. which is l a lighter supply of visible and invisi- | bIe cotton, than the world has known
 use more than last year and America ] less, although the better conditions | beginning to be shown in the cotton | goods markets of this country and the ! confident feeling among mills that fur l ther improvement is iminent, may yet | cause a fairly large consumption by | American mills. as the coarser con l structions of cotton goods show the
 greatest improvement in demand, and l they necessarily take a larger per- l centage of cotton in manutacture. than
 do the lighter and higher priced fabrics. .s 1 Ali Conditions favor the farmers who
 own the remnants of this crop and 1 continued and combined wise holding l for a price that will satisfy them,
 whether twelve cents or more, IS cer- l tain to give them success.
 This would be surer and more sane
 than abolishing cotton exchanges which have their uses In modern bust-
 ness nethods and are beneficial, ex-
 cept in their abuses. which should
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