The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-06

II Does Not Hold to Any ST6cIat rig
urc, But Asks the Big Farmers to
Reduce Much-EavOrs the Diver
sificd Crop Fcaturc-GOod Meas
urcs in BOth-thc Gentlemen Who
Originated the Rock Hill Idea
Were Present Ycsterday--TWo Scs-
sions OF the Agriculturists.
The committee Of the Farmers
Union and the Department of Agrl-
culture meeting yesterday afternoon.
determined to adopt the North ar
olint, rather than the Rock Hill plan
Of cotton acreage reduction ana
they VIII put ~canNdSSfrs into the llelu
shortly to conclude the preliminary
work.
lhiS meeting was held in the after
noon at 3 O'Clock and WaS not public,
The earlier session beginning at noon
in the courthouse was an Interesting
one with Dr. II. O.. Alexander, Of
MccklcnhurS; Col. j.. j. Watson, of
the South Carolina Department Of
Agriculture, and j. T.. Green, head
of the Farmers Union as organizer,
lnaking the principal addresses.
The MO was well represented.
Dr. Alexander, j. T.. Green. Or. J. II
Tcmplcton, ". q. CroH Ter and T.. G
FarrisS were present and attended
The meeting in the afternoon. all
hearing III Rock Hill plan as given
by Nh. j. q. Anderson and Colonel
Watson.
Mr.. Anderson first spoke. He gave
an idea of the of the Rock
Till plan, which III few words. is the
common agreement imunr farmers Il
reduce their crop Of cotton twenty
live per cent. The plan appeals to al
people. They see to it that there j:
a banker, a merchant, and a gooC
farmer on every committee Of three
TO solicit funds n they have V
failed in their work. IN Rock Hi
each bank has given SIS and tn,
merchants have subscribed an aver
< OF 50 each.
w now have II counties can
NasScd,' Mr.. Anderson said. and q
YOU know, u counties are large
than yours. This is half Of our state
the money has been easily rails
ed. ] have in my pockets now som
letters from business houses in tn
North, giving literally towards tn
campaign. You see there has been
great falling off in their business Q.
account of this cotton situation an
they have done a lot Of trading Wit
the southern people. We never sc
any amount for them, but one fir
gave $50 and several $25 each. The
asked us to call on them for more
we needed it. In ALI we have collect
cd $64l for those counties and tina
viii carry the work into those sever
teen counties thoroughly.
1T Will eUuire from ten to tWely
dollars to organize each TOWNSHIP
We have really more than we nee
for those counties but we are goin
to use it on the other backWar
counties. | hin II you will ado,
our plan, get all the mayors IN liz
With you and prod the people ever
few days. o can organize everyboC
before planting time"
Mr.. Anderson, the originator of tt
plan. spoke especially of the canvas
ing for funds. He did not touch
closely uuon the inWard cotton sit,
alton as did MIR. Watson. who 70
lowed.
This gentleman told how the D
cemher fright called him to Angus
one night. They drove, he and a n
gro. a mule all night in the rain
catch the cars for the North. VIII,
they reached New York they -four
Senator Bailey and the Governor
Alabama there waiting. The stu
ton was very alarming. The colt,
spectators had frightened the whC
country. The men saw Colon
thompson, q man Of immen
wealth, who had made his fortu
largely in cotton. The assuran
that he gave steadied the who
country, n the Southern gentlem
took all the cussing that they recej
ed in good nature until time broue
out the reasOn for their reticence.
There is no use for us to cover
f~A ~A
%nipulated by the New York Stock
change" Mr.. Watson said, and UT
we conceive some wise scheme
distribution, until we learn how
market our great monopoly, we sh
continue to be at its mercy. We
here for as lard a fight a. the Sou
crn farmer has ever had. We
here with a consciousness OF a
10000 crop and my first word is
the nature OF q warning. The e