The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-26
Good Prices Prevail and Farm
 CTS Get Profit
BUSINESS IS PROMISING
One Man Proposes "Let-us-Alone Club" and Lays Down Main Conditions for Peace and
 Continued Prosperity.
By L. POOLE.

Cuba January 25.--(speciaL)-By paying
 S1 cents for seed, selling meal for s25 per l ton delivered and hulls at s7 the Cotton Seed oil Crushers' association seems to
 be trying to break into the ranks of the ! good trustsn and taking position in the same class as the International Harvester company. Consumers are greatly pleased
 with the policy being pursued this season and will be glad for the oil mill people
 to make money The meal is extra fine this year, while the hulls carry more oil than usual.
 Samples of fertilizers sent in by the farmers show extra high percentages, II per cent goods running up as Aigh as r as per analysis of the state chemist. Samples sent by w, U. Shaw, who has the product of Meridian manufacturer, which was taken at random showing an average of 16S7 for goods branded 14.
 gain of 15 per cent is shown 5y the Bank of Cuba in its deposits as eom5 pared with last year. The cashier at tributes this gain to the recent rise in cotton and the fact that several producers had held through the period of low prices. McGowen & Co. paid 95se for cotton last Saturday while H. B. Ward paid 9sc for a few extra good bales. Contrary to expectations quite lot of cotton was still in the hands of the farmers which has been dislodged by this 'rise. A few of the stout hearted are holding for the coveted 10 cents. Members of the Farm CTS union claim they must fave a good price to compensate them for the anxiety produced by the cent price early in the fall
 This section seems to have adopted Lin colns motto: Teach hope to all, de- spair to none," this spring and it is Goczh- full if there was ever a time when peo- pie were more optimistic over the out look. Merchants are buying spring stocks in greater volume than last year, farm CTS are bending every effort to take ad- vantage of the excellent weather, opera tions are further advanced than ever be- fore at this time Said a busy man to- day: Things look good to me. If we can keep the talk of an extra session of the legislature down, adjourn congress in % days and not let 1t meet again for two years, cut out the muck-rakers and let business have a chance we would see the best times we have ever had. Put me down as a charter member of the Let Us Alone Club.
 From IA to 15 hours per day, seven days in the week the year round is what the Alabama Great Southern road appears to require of Its agent and operator at this point. This in the face of constant ly improving revenues, December showing a gain of more than $500 over last year with a corresponding improvement for January. The public finds no fault with the agent who seems to be doing the best possible, but they do feel tAat with inn proving business conditions that another man should be allowed here in order that the business may be properly handled. No community has a better feeling for the company than this, but a continued indifference to the needs here will cer- tainly operate to alienate the present happy relations, If one may judge of ex- pressions made. Complaint is also made that no phone is in the office and the farmers who have lines out of here can not learn of the receipt of fertilizers and cabbage plants without calling somebody in town to go and see for them. The request of T. P. Tate, manager of the vegetable association for such service has not been acted upon.