The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-10

tere = of the southern business world
as whole To that degree, il is no
only the duty, but the individual prot
il. of every element in the southern
states 10 Join hands with the Farmers
/ Union, to the end that the powerful
machinery of This organization ma.
/ be brought to bear with complete sue
cess upon the present situation.
"To the farmer. whether or not {
member of the Farmers Union, m!
/ imperative advice is held your cot
ton" II is worth infinitely more thar
/ The price now quoted You shoulC
/ hist 20 to your local banker, If yol
are in debt, and borrow sufficien
money. with cotton as collateral, tC
enable YOU to hold. Your own banker
knows YOU best. and it is to his inter
est to aid you in the fight. Should he
tail you-and ! don't think he will
YOU can depend upon us for assist
ance.
The Farmers Union does not in
tend that clique of bear gamblers or
domestic and foreign spinners shall
combine to dictate the price of our
product, or TO rob the section Of a
tremendous sum OF money. 1t is for
the south We are working Now is
the time for every southerner to prove
hiS business insight, and it is not the
time for hyprocritical pretensiOns. II
is a cold matter Of dollars and cents.
II the farmer suffers, the business
man, every business interest, suffers
along with him.
1T is no longer possible to produce
cotton for eight or nine cents at
profit. If we could return to the old
prices for mules, supplies, farm ma
chinery. land itself, the proposition
would he feasible. But as We cannot.
the farmer must insist upon the price
OF his product being maintained upon
a level with that of every other prod
uct.
The south ought to be abundantly
able to finance and hold its own prin-
cipal product. The accomplishment
should be a matter of pride, as well
as of common sense. Practical men
realize that the cotton crop of the
opening season will not be nearly so
large as il has been reported. We,
who have Investigated, know that
there will he a demand, at fair price
for every pound OF the staple pro-
ruced. The main thing Is for the far
mer. large or small. organized and
to get together and re-
solve that he will not be cheated ont !
)i the result of his toll.
Every solitary sontherner is inter
'sted in the same result And to eaCh /
me, in whatever calling, | extend a |
'ordial invitation TO work with us 70"
his own monetary interest, no less |
han that of the farmer. As for the /
after another season or two of fai" |
lr.ces means absolute emancipation |
rom debt. That thought should pe
to nerve him for the battle |
especially when he is assured as
,istance in its winning.
Capt Reuben f. Kolb, commits .
,ioner of agriculture of Alabama, has .
allied meeting of the commissioners .
VI agriculture of the southern statcs /
nd of all interested parties. barring
zone, TO devise means for maintainin2
he price of cotton This conference
viii follow the Farmers Union con
ention. TO be held at Shawnee, Okla.
sept. ,, and the convention will be
iberally. If not as a body, represented
{ the conference. | urge all south
rners. who realize the importance Of
he occasion to meet with the com
lisioners ana with members of the
'armers' Union in this conference.
Let all come. not to discuss the farm. {
RS greatness which may be taken
" granted, nor any other subject but
he securing OF a proper price for
otton. That is a big enough job 10, &
gathering.