The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-03-04
TEXAS COTTON GROWERS AIMS
President Weary Says They Are Broad
er Than Selfish Idea of Bene-
fitting Any Class.

have never heard anyone doubt
the sincerity or honesty OF purpose
of the Texas Cotton Growers associa-
ton. but thinking possibly that some
merchant, banker. railroad owner or
employe, clerk or travelling salesman,
manufacturer. Say laborer. doctor,
school-teacher, horse breeder or cattle
raiser. minister of the Gospel, or the
politician or some one else receiving
an honest living from some source
might say: THAT is fer the farmers
and not me. | viii not read what they
have to say. 1t does not concern me-"
Now. | want to here impress upon
the minds of every citizen or person
interested in Texas or the cotton
growing states. that the objects and
aims of the association are broader
than the selfish idea of benefiting
any one class or dozen classes. writes
w. II. Yeary, president OF the Texas
Cotton Growers association, in Farm
and Ranch. We feel that the cotton
plant is the heart of the south and
its blood GIBBS and flows in a financial
stream to the financial pulses of every
living soul in that section. and not
blood to many others.
At this point allow me to say that
| millions are employed in raising and
manufacturing things. not alone in
Texas or the south, but throughout
| the world. the sale of which depends
upon the profits of tie cotton pro-
Queer. SO, the objects and aims OF
| the association are to benefit all. and
in return, we. as officers and work
ers Of the association, expect every
| one TO assist and do his part; if he
can do no more. he can rejoice when
the weather conditions are right, he
can express his gratitude for an up
ward turn in prices, and condemn
| anything that tends to reduce them;
| he can do some thinking along the
| line of what the cotton crop means to
| his business.
Those who are financially able can
contribute to expenses of the organi-
| cation. Those who have matured
ideas of benefit TO tire industry should,
| therefore, consider It their duty to
| speak out. Everyone can do some
thing, and everyone is directly RESPONSE
| BILE for short crops and low prices if
| he does not do what he can. and the
effects must, of necessity. be laid
| heavier on him who can and does not
| help.
We invite the bankers associa-
tions. the merchants associations, the
millers' associations and all CONNER
cial and industrial associations. to Sc
| lect some able man to prepare an add
| dress on The Proper Marketing
Methods of Cotton" and have it as a
part of their program.
The cotton farmer buys your prod
| ucts, no matter what your business,
and buys it in proportion TO the
| profits derived from his cotton crop.
| | most earnestly and sincerely hope
| the city, country. trades. and even
| the religious press, will watch the
press dispatches and copy or~produce
some article as often as possible. liz
| order to help our work along. for their
| success, too, lies very close to the
| cotton field. and the association has
| not the funds to send dispatches to
! all | hope everyone who can will
| meet with us at our meeting in Waco,
| January IS, %. Do not for a moment
| think you are net welcome, or that
>
| interested in what will be said and
| done, and you are a part of il. Come,
| let us have the largest and most en-
| thusiastic meeting ever held in the
| state, and do some lasting good for
| all Consider il not only your privi-
| lege but your duty to be there. Some
| of the best-posted men in the south
VIII be there. If you should hear a
| banker making an argument for bet
| ter methods, do not say the bankers
| are going TO swallow it. if a manu-
! facturer do not be afraid he will
! gobble the while thing up, if farmer
/ do not think ii is for his benefit alone,
/ the cotton crop is everybody's and
| the cultivation and marketing has
| been neglected so long that the task
| of correcting it is heavy enough to
! give all a reasonable amount of exer-
| else. and the benefits will be distrihut-
| ed by natural trade laws and no one
| can divert them.