The Nevada County picayune., 1909-05-13
ARRANGE FOR FAIR PRICES.
why onouid the Cotton Growers of the South Continue the Tools
 of Spectators?

Farmers should stand together as | one grand phalanx all the time. hut there are two seasons of the year that should have their undivided attention m this one particuar-seed time and harvest time. Permit us to say that It Is more effective in results at seed tune than at harvest time. This fact mas been nurtured by the Farmers union ever since that night that Newt. Gresham and his neighbors of Raines county, Texas, in that barn loft wrote out the Declaration of Purposes' by aid of a lantern light. There has never been a national meet ing but what that point has been stressed. More than once has there been meeting of national scope for the specific purpose of instilline the spirit of cooperation among planters at the season of year before any labor has been spent to make ready for the gamblers market.
 Just little over year ago Presi. dent Barrett called that great national mass meeting in the city of Memphis Tor that specific purpose, "cut down cotton acreage" Cotton is the back bone of the south. When the cotton market is controlled by the farmer he has death grip on everything else he has for sale. Fair price for cotton means fair prices for mules and horses and gives activity to every one. Low price of cotton means finan- cial trouble. The Kentucky farmer feels the effect as keenly as the Mis- sissippi farmer, for the Kentucky farm CT regulates prices for mules in pro portion to price of cotton Here is the situation: Cotton is easily raised in the south, which is a small terri tory compared to the globe Three fourths of the worlds output is pro- duced in Dixie Land. The situation has history. More than 40 years ago an unfortunate war occurred. which caused confusion and distress Mil lions who had been slaves were set free and immediately became very ac- tive in cotton production. but ignorant Tn marketing and financial manage ment. The white men were poverty stricken and with mad rush put out every acre of cotton that they, their children and wives could cultivate In all this confusion and experimentation there appeared golden opportunity for the spectators to manipulate the markets so as to be favorable unto themselves only.
 The entire world sees that the farm CT, especially in the south, has been pulling at the little end of the double tree. yet no one had the nerve to say to the bloodsuckers: Thus far shalt thou go and no farther" until the Farmers union came into existence So perilous had this cotton situation become that President C. NJ. McCarra of the International Spinners' aSsocia- tion declared that the 1903-4 crop cost the spinner over $4S4. 100000: more than the farmer received for it in the bale. To-day the gamblers are betting that the farmer is going to raise a bumper crop in the good year of 1909 To prove it read for yourself the prices they have made for you in the future" even before you hitch the mule to the blow.
 The cotton spectators are publish ing daily to you that you are going to raise a bumper crop They hand that dope to you in the form of low future prices. This gives the farmers an opportunity to counsel in time of peace for war. Next fall will be war time. The present is the time to en- courage crop diversification, in order to withstand the fiery darts of the enemy. Get in line. friends and brethren, and stay in line for staying out of debt Diversfication of crops and good will among tillers of the soil wins the day National Union Farmer proposes to make the fight of it's life for Justice, Equity and the Golden Rule" If the farmers of the south do not handle this question themselves it will never be solved Crop diyersi- iication, financial independence and cooperation under the banner Cf the Farmers union will win the day,-Na- tional I-niOn Farmer