The Green Forest tribune., 1910-02-25
TEXAS COTTON GROWERS AlMo
President Weary Says They Are Broad CT Than Selfish Idea of Eene-
 fitting Any Class.

l have never heard anyone doubt the sincerity or honesty of purpose of the Texas Cotton Growers associa tion, but thinking possibly that some 1 merchant, banker, railroad owner or employe, clerk or travelling salesman, manufacturer, day 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 for the farmers and not me; will not read what they have to say, it does not concern me-"
 Now, l 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 benefting any one class or dozen classes, writes w. B. 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 it's blood ebbs and flows in a financial stream to the financial pulses of every living soul in that section, and not alone to that section, but is the life 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 t4e cotton pro ducer. So, the objects and aims of the association are to benefit all, and in return, we, as officers and work CTS of the association, expect every one to assist and do his part; if he can do no more, he can rejoice when 1 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 l his business.
 Those who are financially able can | contribute to expenses of the organi zation. Those who have matured | ideas of benefit to the industry should | therefore, consider it their duty to speak out. Everyone can do some thing, and everyone is directly responsi- ble for short crops and low prices if he does not do what he can, and the | effects must, of necessity, be laid l heavier on him who can and does not l help.
 We invite the bankers associa. | +r,J II, millers' associations and all conner | cial and industrial associations, to se- lect some able man to prepare an ad
 dress on "The Proper Marketing l Methods of Cotton," and have it as a part of their program.
 l The cotton farmer buys your prod ucts, no matter what your business, l and buys it in proportion to the profits derived from his cotton crop. 1 most earnestly and sincerely hope the city, country, trades, and even 1 the religious press, will watch the press dispatches and copy or produce l some article as often as possible, in order to help our work along, for their success, too, lies very close to the tOClOll iClu, dHu Iuc dSSOCldIlOu udS not the funds to send dispatches to all. 1 hope everyone who can will meet with us at our meeting in Waco,
 January 2S, 29. Do not for moment think you are not welcome, or that you have no business there You are interested in what will be said and done, and you are a part of it. Come, | let us have the largest and most en- thussastic meeting ever held in the state, and do some lasting good for all. Consider it not only your privi- lege but your duty to be there. Some of the best-posted men in the south
 will 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 it is for his benefit alone, l the cotton crop is everybodys and
 the cultivation and marketing has
 been neglected so long that the task
 of correcting it is heavy enough to
 give all reasonable amount of eXer-
 else and the benefits will be dstribut.
 ed by natural trade laws and no one | can divert them