The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-22

ing hotel in New York the o1hcf
night. and ] met the man VIII makes
them. He is going to send me 4 pair.
Do YOU know that the southern States
use up thFee-fourtlls of all the cot
ton they produce? Where is the cot
Egypt cannot be enlarged. You can
not grow cotton IN sand. India Is tn
only country where the area Of cotton
can be increased. ana the quality i
not fine.
Take the United States crop, Last
year it was 13,S00,U0 bales. This
season ii is $500. 600. During tn"
coTnirs year America wants l3.300,-
o00. Can it get it? You haVe heard
OF the b~oIl-weeviI2 You are going to
hear a good deal about it soon. The
boll-WeeNil tlarVa Of q moth which
DESTROYS the cotton plant IS extend
ing its territory. It Is now all through
Texas. Louisiana and south Missis-
Sippi. and it is going to spread all
through the cotton country. bHt cSpc-
cially IN the wooded country east o.
the Mississippi, because it ~hibernate@
in rotten wood. They cannot stop il.
and don't know what the end Will
be.
4 tell You there are possibilities
ahead III the cotton trade that viii
astonish the spinnere. America has
got to raise 1900, 900 bales this Year
to keep the prlcc down % u - cents
per pound. If there is more drought
than usual or excessive rains. there is
! going to be a strange market III cot
ton.
'I eS. | am in cotton, and have been
for MANY Years. But l have not come
to England on aCcount OF cotton. NO
] am here for = rest. My partner.
MIR Pierce. was taking q two months
vacation III Europe with his Wife II
q - ~. 49,, i1,-Y iJaA IL Nc hGiarE { n e
ship sailed 10 make up my mind 70
come too. Mr.. Pierce buys and sells
wheat and knows more about 1T than
any man in the United States. All !
do IS give ray advice when people ask
for it. Nork hard. but not too haFd.
/ get t. my office Ut nine, and leave
at four. with an hour for lunch. On
Saturdays | get away at twelve. !
cannot afford To DO clerks work or
dictate letters. a man in Il big trade
must leave that to others.
Have ! made enough money! DID
YOU ever know d nan who aad "
Making money is just q habit. Jet II
and Nou cannot get rid of l. LOOK
at Carnegie. lie gave us E2.090.0 oo in
steel stock to form a fund for pen
sicning professors. i am on Ebe COM
mittee. Well, sir. what did he do but
hold that stock after he gave II uhtli
half q years dividend was due. Then
he cut OF the coupons ana HctIldFo 10y
stock TO us. There Is just as much
/ chance for q young mar 80 make
money a. ever there WlS-more
nance. ! should say. Let him work
hard and live within his income aac
the nance will come it he IS ahre"a
enough. am not a -~eetotdlltF'
hong1 practically one. | have had
lust one drink IN board this ship. 4
man in a big trade must Keep way
from lcoh0l. He must have 4 normal
brain: alcohol gives YOU courage, ana
voa do tho wrong thing because
cure not afraid OF it As YOU ought 70
be. What &c | do with my money {
/ don't spend much personally. 4
couple OF InOtor-cdrS gives one IeSH
air. am on the board Of \ eo1pl"
OF hospitals. ] am putting ip a gym
nasium st Chicago University. hey
call me the Boss OF Evanston. the
place where Cbic2eo sleeps. @aS
mayor for one Year. There ife one
or two fanatics who come 20 ne when
they want money to help people VII"
are in trouble and generally get ~,
land spent I1,260 last year - IN
down rlc baIot-boN frauds IN ne
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