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Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD.
Time Schedule

/ Depart Arrive
LOUISVILLE and NASHVILLE
500 p. m. N. Y. and N. o. Limited 7:55 p. m.
500 p. N. Gin. and Florida Express 7:l5 a. m
9:G5 a. m. CINCINNATI, Chicago and
New Yotk Express 1875 p. m.
$50 a, H.. Montgomery Accommodation Gas p. m
Gulf Coast Limited
3:25 p. m. Daily Except Sunday $50 a. m.
5l5p m. N. o., Mobile Accom- ll:50a. m.
7:30a. m. Sunday Excursion sos .. m.
QUEEN and CRESCENT ROUTE
Terminal Station, Canal Street.
1:@op m. Gil. and New York SOB i. m.
SZ0a a. m Cincinnati $50 p. m.
40 pm. ST. LOS s:3j p. IN.
coca. m Nerd. and In. rs. Daily 40 y. m
$50 u. IN, Meridian Local Daily ~
~ lIattiesburE Local Daily $50 a. m.
Sunday Excursion.
I:25 Il. N. Lulnbertpn and In. Pts. 7:30 p. m.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
9:l5 a. NJ. The Limited. Chicago. st.
Louis, Louisville. and Cincin-
natl sis a. m.
40 p. m. Fast Mail. Chicago st. Louis
and Louisville and Cincinnati 1855 a. m.
$50 q. m. Local Mail $40 p. III.
$50 p m. Northern Express $50 n. m.
80 y. m. McComb Accommodation $50 4. m:
EA2Oo and MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
1o&. m. Nicksburg Express $50 p. IN.
l:l5 p. m. Baton Rouge Accom- $40 4. III,
":l5p. m. Northern Express $40 a. M.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
$50 q. m. Houston Local $40 p. m.
li:55 am. Sunset Express for L..
Texas and California. GAS p. m.
p. N. Lafayette Local lac a m
900 p. m. Texas Express s:35 i. m.
TEXAS and PACIFIC a.
SOD q. m. r. PaSo aad Cal. Express 5:45 p. m,
p. m. New Roads Local 1855 Il. NJ.
=. ~. TT. Wortn ard Hot Spgs. $50 4. m.
NEW ORLEANS SOUTHERN RAILWAY co.
FoImerly N. o.. Fort jackson and G.. /. r. ~
H:v' a. IN. Sunday Only 1875 p. m.
$40 d IN. Daily. Except Sunday 100 p. II.
ECO p. m. daily. EX. Sat. and Sun. 9I5 a. IN,
$40 z. m. Saturday and Sunday 9:45 u. m
LOUISIANA SOUTHERN
$50 p. m. Daily. Except Sunday $50 i. m,
s:i5 4. N. Sunday 1905 a. m.
go y. m. Sunday GEO p. IN.
800 a. m. Saturday 430 p. III.
GUILE aud SHIP ISLAND
';3O a. m, jackson 2:l0p I. N.
$50 a. m. Jackson 1856 p. 2
I'D p. m. Jackson Ills p. m
a. m. HattiesbUrg 81 1853 a.
a. m. Hattiesburg 1921 Il. N. O.
':05 p. m. Ilatties5urg Gas y. n.
':%' p. m. liattiesburr tbs =. m,
:]oa a. N. Gulfport loo q. m.
1870 p. n. Gulfrort 2:55 =. M.
Is p. m. Gulfport 1000 D. m.
lEW ORLEAGS GREAT NORTHERN RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY.
Terminal Station Canal Street.
IS q. NJ Columbia Jet. Boga (f:iO p. m.
80 p. m. tusa, Franklinton. (0.l5 a. m.
Daily
IS q. IN. Vaudeville, Abita Springs.
Folsom, Covlng;on 6.iO p m.
Eaily. Except Sunday.
% i. m. haneevilie, Abi.a Springs.
Folsom, Coving,on $40 a. m.
Sunday Excursion
.U5 a. IN. Covington. Abba Springs,
sfantsVille 7.4G p. m.
RAILWAY and NAVIGATION
COMPANY,
Carro!!ton Avenue Stat!on.)
WA. III. .... p.oo y. M
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
For Sale.

Some of the finest lands in the
State, On the Right Bank Of the
Mississippi River a few miles be-
low the City of New Orleans,
within hauling distance of the
French Market, and constituting
the upper end of Belle Chase
and the lower end Of the St. Ann
Plantations; in the Parish Of
P~laquemines.
These lands are splendidIy ad-
dapted to Truck Farming or
Orange Growing and will be sold
In lots Of on3 arpent or more
front by forty arpeDts in depth.
For Particulars AaEysss
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
Notice.

Hunting, trapping and trespas-
sing on, St. Clair plantation are
forbidden under penalty of the
law.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
ARTICLE l..

The name and title OF this corpora
lion shall be, THE LOWER COAST
GAZETTE CO.. and It's domicile
shall be at Pointe a la Hache,
in the Parish of Plaquemines. State
Of Louisiana. Under this corpor-
ate name said corporation shall
have the power and authority to exist
and enjoy a succession for the full
term and period Of ninety-nine years
from the date hereof. 1t Shall have the
power and authority to Sic and be
sued; to make and use a corporate seal
and the anne to break or alter at
pleasure name and appoint such
managers irectors, officers and en-
plOyes as the interests and convenience
rum for the transaction Of business and
Of this corporation may require; TO
make and establish, as we'll as alter
and amend, from time to time. such
bylaws, rules and regulations for the
proper management, conduct and reg
ulation of the affairs of said corpora
ton as may be deemed necessary and
proper; to own, hold, receive, lease,
purchase and convey, as we'll as mort
gage and h%ypothecate property, real,
personal and mixed; to consolidate or
merge with another corporation, or
own and hold stock therein.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
ARTICLE Ill.

The objects and purposes for which
this corporation Is established and the
nature of the business to be carried on
by it are declared to bf the printing
and publishing of a newspaper, devoted
to the agricultural and other interests
of the Lower Coast antsnf the State OF
Louisiana; to conduct and carry on a
general newspaper business, with all
things connected Herewith. and by the.
sale of such newspapers and other
printed matter published by said Com
pany, to disseminate news and all mat
tiers Of general information.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
ARTICLE II.

All citations and other legal pro.
cesses shall be served upon the presi-
dent of said corporation, or, in the
event Of his absence or disability, on
the vice-president, and in the case of
the absence Of both the president and
vice-president, upon the secretary Of
said CORPORATION.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
ARTICLE w.

The capital stock Of said corporation
has been and is hereby fixed at the sum
of twenty-five Thousand (s25,O 600. O0)
Dollars, to be divided into or represent
ed by twenty-five hundred shares of
ten dollars each; said stock shall be
paid for in cash as it may be callea
In by the Board of Directors, ard the
calls for said cash payment shall net
exceed fifty per cent. the first year and
not excecI fifty per cent. during the
second year. Said calls for said cash
payments shall not exceed five per cent.
per month during the first year and
not exceed five per cent. per month
during subsequent years until the
whole subscription shall have been
paid.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-02-06
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Goth Judicial District Court, Pare
ish of Plaquemines.
Succession
of
Norbert Buras.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
TURNER TRIAL WAS CONTINUED
Session of Calhoun Superior Court
Was Short.

The session of Calhoun superior
court at Morgan last week was
short, and all of the Dawson attor-
neys and others from here who had
business in the court had returned
home by Wednesday night.
The second trial of Allen w. Tur-
ner for murder was carried over to
the next term of court in December
because of the illness of one Of the
counsel Attorney Yeomans of Daw-
son. Turner is under a sentence of
twenty years in the penitentiary for
killing Terrell county negro named
Casey, and was given new trial
by the supreme court.
Will Wakefield, who shot and
wounded Mr.. John Price, Jr., at
Commissary Hill sometime in the
spring in a dispute over a debt, was
found guilty and given a sentence Of
seven years in the penitentiary.
Several pleas of guilty were en-
tered by parties against whom in
dictments were returned for whiskey
selling.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
SET GUN FOR BURGLAR
But Wife Got the Load From
Deadly Trap-WeapOn.
AWFUL TRAGEDY AT SMITHVILLE

Mrs. Emmett Booker Victim of the
Weapon She Had Helped Her Hus-
band Set in His Store for a Bur-
glar. Received Two Loads as She
Opened the Door Early the Next
Morning.
In Smithville Thursday morning
Mrs Emmett Booker was shot and
killed by the discharge of a tran gun
she and her husband had attached
to his store door the night before.
Forgetting about the trap that had
been set for burglars she went
in the store early Thursday morning
and received both bullets in the
stomach. She lived four hours. dy-
ing about 10 o'clock.
She was Miss Bessie Carpenter be-
fore her marriage, and was the
daughter of Mrs. Alma McLain Car
penter of Smithville and a relative of
Messrs. w. A, D. F. and R. B. Nc
Lain of Dawson.
A pail of gloom was cast over this
place by the unfortunate accident.
The husband is Frustrated with
grief over the occurrence.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
HEN PICKS UP $1,000 GEMS
On the Trail of Worms She Finds
Mine Containing Stolen
Jewels

NEW YORK.-After police and
private detectives had searched since
last April for jewelry worth $1,000
which was stolen from the residence
of William NJ. Skinner in Lakewood,
N. j., a plain, ordinary hen yester-
day developed detective instinct to a
remarkable degree, and discovered
all of the stolen gems.
The scene of what is believed to
be the first entrance of the hen into
the field of the recovery of stolen
property is laid under the front porch
of the Skinner residence. 1t was
there that the hen, an understood
black Spanish, whose previous
achievements had been confined to
the laying of eggs, went prospecting
for worms yesterday afternoon.
Toying idly with the dirt the hen
was surprised when she unearthed
a jeweled bracelet. Tugging the
bracelet from under the porch the
conscientious hen returned to the
spot whence she had taken it. At
ter few minutes hard work she re-
appeared, this time conveying a dia-
mond ring. Then came a couple of
stickpins, and finally a locket and
chain.
Charles Goldstein, who was in the
yard, wrapped \up the jeweIry and
restored it to Mr. Skinner, who had
offered a reward for it's recovery.
Last night the gold-digging hen
was the topic of conversation in
Lakewood. The police, who came
in a bad second to the Industrious
fowl, came forward with the expla-
nation that the thief had probably
become frightened and had secreted
the jewelry under the porch.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
y VEHEMENT DEBATE SUGGEST.
HD THAT OX-CARTS MIGHT
As WE'LL BE TAXED.

1'LAAIA.-The house of repre-
natives today defeated by one vote
proposal to put a specific tax
automobiles, the amendment los
Oot after considerable discussion
d vote of so to 70.
'De proposition to tax automobiles
embraced in an amendment to
'oA act offered by Mr.. Hardman
1ovkSon and others. 1t provided
Irs. 'ue tax should be graded as fol-
bscon Automobiles carrying two
Rnr 'usefS, 5; automobiles two to
rrr passengers, IS, and automobiles
| d '0S more than four passengers,
H. L ersons of Monroe proposed to
an WI OK carts $3.50 per annum
lggi IC uhDering the public roads, on
b. ana wagons drawn by one
sapr Ut mule IS, and on the same
Tb"a ny TWO horses SIS per annum-
b. most exciting passage at arms
III Doe.V"een Mr.. Mcconnell of Gwin-
knnoonnu Mr.. Ellis of Bibb. Mr.. Nc
|ea5 g,I was denouncing the rich,
N'lad FOOLS" who own automo-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
SELLS VAULT WITH HIS DEAD.
Novel Auction Sale Held to Satisfy
Creditors.

The spectacle of a vault, wherein
lay the owners dead, disposed of at
forced public sale, was witnessed
at the Unity cemetery in Green's
burg, Pa.
Inc sale was necessitated by the
insistence of creditors of the owner,
once a wealthy landowner of La
trobe, Pa. The creditors demanded
that the cemetery property be sold
and the proceeds divided.
James Keenan, of Greensburg, the
authorized referee in bankruptcy, af-
Ter hesitation directed that the sale
De held. The auctioneer and others
urged that the sale be held outside.
but 1T was decided no course was
open for the auctioneer but to cry
the sale in the plot where lies scores
of pioneer dead
The bidding was started at $3.50.
Others raised it to 5000 There was
"a pause. From out of the crowd
emerged an old woman whose only
daughter and grandson law in the
vault. IN broken voice she bid
|$605
A few more bids raising the figure
80 were offered by her and each was
met by the other bidders.
With an agonized glance at the re-
ceptable of her dead she turned and
left the cemetery. The vault was
hnally sold to j. J. Peppary for S745.
Notice was promptly given on the
part of the owner that the sale would
be contested.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
MUST STATE GO BANKRUPT ?
Mr.. Reid of Campbell Makes a Start
ling Declaration.

"The state of Georgia must reduce
its appropriation, raise more money
or go into bankruptcy" declared
Representative Reid of Campbell on
the floor of the legislature.
Mr.. Reid, who is chairman of the
ways and means committee which
framed the general tax act now under
consideration, was discussing the
provision of the act which raises the
occupation tax upon corporations.
The tax is considerably increased
over that of the past two years. The
maximum occupation tax placed up
on corporations at that time was
800; this time the maximum tax is
increased to $1,000, graded accord
ing to capital.
Mr.. Reid declared that Georgia,
with its increased appropriations, is
confronted with a deficit that is
alarming in its proportions. He
thought the enlarged tax upon cor
porations is just and wise and should
be imposed.
Mr. Boyd of Spalding opposed the
increased tax He said that while
the state might need the money it
should not seek to wiring it all from
corporations.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
MEN WHO HAVE HAIR
THAT'S AS GREEN AS GRASS

1t may be news to many people
to learn that there are men living
today with green hair, although this
shade of head covering is popularity
supposed to belong only to mermen
and mermaids This weird color is
not curious fad, but the result pro-
.duced by working in a copper mine,
where, in order to become a mark
etable commodity, the crude ore is
roasted in furnaces.
1t is stated that, although no Of
fensive odor emanates from this pro-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
By TwO-Thirds Vote Senate Pass
ed Biennial Session Bill.
OPPONENTS INJECTED POLITICS

1t Was Recommended by the State
Democratic Convention, and Was
in Governor Browns Platform.
Senator Irwin Was One of the
Eleven Who Voted Against 1t.
ATLANTA.-Senator Slater won
his battle for biennial sessions in the
senate this morning after one of the
hardest fought and most closely con-
tested debates ever had in that body.
The vote was 80 to II in favor of
the bill, thirty being exactly the two
thirds vote called for by the con-
stitution.
AS several senators who were
known to favor the bill were alb
sent there was some fear that it
would be lost, and on the call of the
roll the vote first stood 20 to H.
Before the result was announced
however, Senator Mcclure entered
the senate chamber and asked to be
changed the issue of the day and
gave the biennial sessions advocates
the two-thirds majority needed. But
had Senator Mcclure not come in the
bill would have been saved, anyway.
President Slaton was known to favor
the measure, and would have voted
for it had his vote been needed
A vote was then unanimously car
ried that the bill be transmitted at
once to the house, thus cutting off
all possibility of a reconsideration.
Together with the bill an amend
ment offered by Senator Gordy was
carried, making the sessions sixty
days long instead of fifty.
Partisan Feeling Injected.
AS there was an effort made on
the part of some of the senators who
spoke against the bill to make a par
tisan matter of a measure that had
been called for by all the people of
Georgia in their last platform it will
be interesting to know just what the
lineup was. The following are the
ayes and noes:
Ayes-Akin, Bowen, Galloway of
the 10th, Galloway of the 10th, Cal
houn, Gates, Conley, Day, Gordy,
Griffith, Harden, Kemp, King, Long
ley Mays, Murray, Morris, Mathews,
Mclean, Mcdowell, McCurry, Nc
Clure, Patterson, Price, Pitts, Ruth
erford, Slater, Sellers, Womble. To
tai, 80.
Noes-Burwell, Blackwell, Har-
T1aNrr n nj II
Williams, Perry, Stevens, Ward of
the Fifth, and Wood-11.
While Senator Jackson was speak
ing in opposition to the measure
Senator Calhoun wanted to know if
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
WANTED; MORE REVENUE
SODA FOUNTAINS ARE THE BIG
GEST THING NOW.
The SOlOns Are Grabbing Desperate
ly to Find Way to Make Up
Deficit in Treasury.

ATLANTA.-If the legislature in
corporates into the general tax bill
all the provisions introduced by mem
bers it soon will be harder to get a
drink of soda water in the state
than it is now to get drink of
whiskey.
Face to face with deficit and
with salaries and bills unpaid the
solons are grubbing desperately to
find revenue producers. Since the
advent of prohibition the soft drink
industry has become the biggest
thing in the state. Hence, it offered
the easiest solution of the problem.
Some Clauses Passed.
Here are some of the tax clauses
already passed by the house:
50 a year upon each faucet of a
soda fountain.
$500 per year for each manufac-
turer of carbonated water.
$25 per year upon each bottline
machine in the state.
A revenue stamp costing 5 cents
for each gallon of syrup or tincture
or extract manufactured or sold.
All of these taxes are in addition
to the tax levied by cities, towns and
villages in which the dealer resides.
and these towns have not overlooked
the soft drink dealers in their plans
for raising revenue. These levies
too, are in addition to the certain
specific taxes which have been di-
rected against certain big manufac-
turers of well known bottled drinks
Several ambitious members say
they have measures being drawn
which will help to increase the funds
Conservative members are alarmed
and declare that unless the assem-
bly, goes slow it will cut off nearly
all the states revenue instead of in
creasing it,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
SHARP TALK ON AUTO TAX


biles and recklessly drive them on
the public highways. He said re-
Gently there was an accident in At
lanta, and that the driver of the car
causing the accident was, he under
stood, on his way to the automobile
club, where more corruption exist
ed than at any place in Fulton coun-
ty."
Mr.. Ellis of Bib sprang to his
feet and demanded the source OF the
gentleman's information.
Mr.. Mcconnell had taken his seat,
and declined to make any further
statement.
The question of whether automo-
biles help paved roads by packing
down the paving material, or tear
them up by their high speed, was We
hemently debated by various mem
bers.
81 do not own an automobile, ana
never expect to own an automobile,
and no member of my family owns
an automobile" said Mr.. Hall OF
Bib in beginning a speech denounc-
ing the proposed tax
THE amendment offered by the
gentleman from Monroe shows plain
ly the absurdity of this tax. 1t may
be necessary to levy tax on vehicles,
but if so levy on all of them alike.
What is the difference between an OK
cart and an automobile except one
of degree?"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
"PEST IN FINANCIAL WORLD"
Is What Chautauquan Called Harri-
man. Says L. S. Ought to Hire
Him at 81, 100000 a Year.

The United States ought to pay
Mr.. Hartman a million dollars a
year to manage its railroads and keen
MS finger out of business. In the
railroad world Mr.. Hartman is a
great magnate; in the financial world
he is a pest
rms was the arraignment of E. H.
Hartman by Charles Zeublin of Bos-
ton, formerly of the University of
chicago, in an address at Chautau-
qua, n. Y, on the over-specialized
business man and public morals.
There is great movement 60
ing on, he said, ''tO merge all the
railroads Of this country into one, to
form huge transcontinentaI sys-
tenn 1t Will be a splendid thing for
the country. The man at the head
is one of the greatest figures in the
railway world. 1t would pay us to
hand him out salary for managing
our railroads and force him to stop
his pernicious meddling with our
business"
Mr.. Zeublin declared that the bus
mess men of America not only rule
municipal, state and national legis-
lation, control means of subsistence
and communication, harrass presi-
dent and supreme court, but also
control school and church. The sue
cessful business man, he says, has
virility, but no courage; force, but
no character; brains, but no culture.
Sage was offered as an example of
the first, Marshall Field of the Sec
ond, Hartman of the third.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04

cess, there is nevertheless some sub
stance therein that produces a chem
ical change of the hair and beard.
so that they become as green as
grass. Strange to say the hair suf-
fers no change in texture, but re-
mains as soft and as glossy as ever.
The authorities who have investi-
gated the matter state that the
fumes from the furnace contain Ger
tain elements of arsenical matter
which produce this curious change
in the color of the human hair.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
GEORGIA WANTS FEWER
LAWS AND LESS LAWMAKING

there was not a demand for biennial
sessions in the last democratic plat
form. There was" Jackson re-
piled, land it was the most danger
Gus plank in it"
Ought not a man who violates
the party platform be dismissed from
office" asked Senator Day amid
laughter.
Jackson said he would discuss that
question later on, but he didn't.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
BIG DAY AT BENEVOLENCE.
FIRST Train Over Extension Ran Into
the Town Friday.

friday was a big day at Benevo-
renee over in Randolph county.
An excursion train, starting at
cambridge, was run over the Geor-
ga Florida and Alabama road into
tne town, and was the first train
that ever entered the place. The Be
n,eVoienceites prepared to look after
tne wants of the crowd, and had a
Dig barbecue. During the day there
was sale of town lots.
Inc Shellman brass band was pres
ent and enlivened the occasion with
music. Benevolence is now a rail-
ROAD town, and may be expected to
put on airs soon. 1t is in a fine
farming section, and its citizens are
among the best people of this sec
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
ALLIGATOR WAS IN WELL.
"A Four-FOOt Specimen Caught i'm
Sumter County,

''0RIIltNI NVtEIINgs
On the farm of c. c. Clay, in Sum-
ter county, Anderson Ross, colored,
found an alligator in a well and cap
tured it. 1t seems that the gator
was travelling between two ponds,
and as is customary with travellers
it is thought that the gator hap
pened to an accident, and fell in the
well while in quest of water. How
ever true this theory may be the
gator was taken from the we'll. The
gator was measured by H. H. Wills,
rural mail carrier on route 8, and
was four feet in length.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-08-04
WOMEN HELP SAVE THE HARVEST
teen. ''0N 0u' III
omaha Agency Makes Appeal.

teen. '0oN ouC III
Omaha Agency Makes Appeal.
linen the word was passed down
10 omaha that if they would work
young women could nave emnIov-
ment IN the harvest fields of Gage
county An employment agency
got wise" to the proposition and
inserted this ad in the daily papers:
WANTED-One hundred yonne.
women to work in the harvest folds
Wages SO per day. Board and wash
ing" ''''' " 40 Il
The next day that employment
agent did a big business. He was
IsWamped with applicants. and
they were all young women. They
got the trial and they made good .
Ihey remained with the farmers I'M
I'll the harvest was finished. and
many of them will continue during
the stacking and haying, receiving
from $l.75 to $500 a day and board
All of the farmers agree that fe-
male help on the farm is a success.
HOboes Prove Poor Workmen.
For some years the farmers
drafted hobos who were tramping
through the country. The hobos
would be rounded up at the muzzle
OF shotguns and forced to work in
the harvest fields. But the farmers
have found that this doesn't paw.
So the hobo is no longer sought
after. In fact, if a hobo wants to
work he now finds it hard to secure
it.
The railroads apprehend no
trouble in moving the crop. They
have distributed surplus cars all over
the state and surplus engines at all
terminal points They look for the
crop to move rather slowly, not only
on account Of the way it was harvest
ed, but because of a tendency to-
wards higher prices later on.
The farmers have $4,000, 900
in the banks now, and are in no
need of ready cash. They do not
have to glut the market and knock
down prices now at thrashing time.