The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-12-07
THR FORUM
Open Letter TO U. s eonsrss.
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Ln. ur' 80. called bi go, - B Col
quit. VI rcSs. with due respect ror
inr governor. and representative. ~ the
COTTON producers, I rguUo' bopc tor much
r"llct 10 rdm' to ~. pfOdu,rf, ui the
present rUp Of cotton bv restoring the
value Of uusOll ryiLsu aud 10 relief tor
the fHiiuri WnI vas been robbed b, 'hs
exchange cotton ggublcfs Thm con
ference oi go, efuOr, aud cotton farmers
Wa thought ~ " called ~ restore tLe
prize" ~ Gotten ~ ,omstu OK IKE cVsi VI
production uod guatd against % similar
uoudi' ~ 10 future.
When tine \.w Iofk and New Urlran.
cotton exchange prosidcpt. ,nd exchange
gamblers auI southern cotton
uuiOb ADD farmers ru'vu ptesidca', we're
invited ~ the .nm" conference aud 30
Thoroughly bNpuotiled ,ha' Tue, could
be- put o ID" same bed Then What
c"uld the actual producer hope Tor with
these Two extreme. 10 the same bed
''' '"'' '''Vu"'uu 'N''''"'u'I ou'
Tno Iatg" land ~ ucr, doD : want diver
.itrd crop. except 'ueN receive money
TEN. Thr poor rrt'pi NAV have 20
move ''"'N wear ~ 80 Ni'"i ''n@idcf
ug rnr nt''cr liyarsiGcati0n . only
, partial remedy. ~Ill pa. several ~
rommrndail ous.
Reduction VI acreage 10 i"l2 j. ,
dangerous proposition. NAluel"ss except
ever, farmer signed ~" pledge 20 n"
due his cotton acreage - prr rrui be-
low hi acreage ~ 1911 tbs = . c,u
hinntuuu ~ roUsrrtn'v ~ diminish pro.
duc,rou 18th % view Of controlling 'h.
price Thu would bee t-riiou,', near
forming e 'ru.' N'huu' capital Z thar
ron hr don" To" oh I"rt rSuuo' hr ar
]rompli,hrd for ",rrnl ira.uus. First
there are MANY reuters ~hu hr," N,gued
contracts based IN Il cotton crop u"
'u'al would raus" ~ t""Itrg' ma1" ~
rmrrs If former warm friends Ans a'.
tempt 10 use force o. white rarptng ~
wa done bN tbS Tobacco growers anton
IN krnfurkN would result ~ % state
of d"stitutton Of lite and property Su"b
e. ToNas u"'rr ma seen. To" prop"
,Iilon t. utterly ygiuslsss without the
consent ct r,vtN cotton fais-r Which
they can 2 OF Won : Civ" II = nv b~
licf that there ) but ou" safe anJ sue"
tual remedy, rngt - 10 thr power OF
congress 10 wipe from the face at the
earth 'hS New iorE aud New Orleans
rotion exchange. and an concerns
gambling IN cotton fu'utr' Th"r" are
ttusts With billions VI dollars infested
employing thousands ut nru ~ prvduo
my valuable aud useful ibings nr"d"d
nv tie human family. They should net
h" DESTROYED, bu' brought :" = proper
obsrrvauc. Of the iaw,. Vow Il ,bose
eS"6angrs Gao b" roli"d = trust - mu''
b" 40 infgmou, Sobb~r trust, They uaNe
no capital Invested except 10" exchanges
aud . lew thousand bale. Of low grad"
cotton 10 tender Instead ~ mihdling
when the actual cotton " demanded by
u buyer. II there we're 20 bulls there
would be no bear gambling IN rotioN
futures Thev oav" b~su Engaged tor
many ycafs IN robbiug both producer
aud customer. They have e ~" Sa"
placed % fbs back. NJ -" producer aud
consume. III" huii on one rud, ;G- Dear
ou 'hr other Waco the bear goes up
the producer ~ rohhed, Nnrn the BUN
goes up the consumer u robbed Con
gres, outlawcd tbe Louisiana lottery 10
the ruiere, - good mora's aud 10 pro.
,ccr tue foul against l~Iniseli These
operator, ou The eIcnaugr. q. thrv style
themselves have robbed mil ous Of men,
women and children o. the lust reward
Of ibeir iabot without asking their
consent ans more than q p'gh~aymsn.
Tho cotton produrcr ADD Consumer -"
entitled 10 protection bV congress
against these exchange robbers Jud let
the 0aw supp, aud demvud control the
marker. Tbru - the cotton raiser pro-
ducei uorr cotton tRaa me world ir
msnds he Gould choose for himself
whether 10 uold Or sell ~ the market
price. European governments bs,e ,peot
miliiouS 10 bouptie. experimenting 10
raising CO irving ~ raise cotton 20 CON,
pete with cotton ststc. VI the South.
| With the ~eIcbsngs- out Of The N9y