The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-11
TIE HEFL|N BILL
 UNFAIR TT00 ID FARMERS
WOULD UNSETTtE AND REVoLu.
 TioNlzE COTTON MARKET.
SPOT COTTON FUTURE PLAN
Enables the Farmer to Sell His Pro. duet at Better Price Several
 Months In Advance.

The following address was deliver ed by N. T Blackwell at Conway.
 Mir Blackwell said in part:
 ''I address you not as an editor and writer, but as farmer, and I am a farmer and landowner. want 10 ad- dress you briefly on issues Of the most vital importance to every man, woman and child in the South dependent di- rectly or indirectly on the cotton plant
 The subject of fertilization is just beginning to seriously engage the at tention Of our people Tn Texas and other sections of the South, with rich virgin soil, we are prone to overesti- mate the lasting qualities of same. We permit fortunes- of fertilizer to go 10 waste for the lack of energy and a proper knowledge of the chemical needs of our soils to apply same. Ev- cry ton Of cotton stalks burned robs the soil of s9 in value in potash which said stalks annually take from the soil. We cannot go on and on rob- ping the soil and never giving back the chemical properties taken from it 10 produce cotton without being dis appointed finally in the yield.
 T want to urge my hearers to take as good care of cotton after it leaves the gin as they do a 15c bale of hay. Cotton left in the weather will con. tract country, damage and the short sighted farmer who leaves his cotton exposed, invariably loses in weight, as cotton once wet will lose when dried out. Take care of your cotton. wrap lt up fully and neatly and avoid row with the buyer over country damage and help make our American packages reach their destination without look ing like the miserable shabby OF. phans they are when they reach the other side.
 Another important question wish to discuss with you and urge you to begin now is to ask your state leg islature to make provisions for the establishment Of cotton grading schools in the high school of each county seat Of the entire South. It is inconceIvahle that only two per cent of our cotton planters are able to grade their cotton. and thereby ar. rive at an intelligent appraisal of it's value-the most valuable product Of our soil These schools can be estab- lished with slight cost and conducted in the summer months when the young men of the farms have leisure time
 The only way to get anything near cotton ia worth is to hold a million bales or two of this crop over into next years crop and reduce the acre age 25 per cent 4 14,0o0, ,o00-bale crop in 19l3 will bring cents per pound. A 12.o0o, ooo bale crop will bring 1z cents per pound. The only thing that can prevent a good ad- vance of say S to slo per bale in cot. ton, if held for few months. is for the bill Of NIT. Heflin, Of Alabama, seeking 10 abolish future dealing tn cotton to pass or even 10 he reported fsvorsby by the committee on agri- culture. Either would break the price of cotton S per bale al the present time.
 On the question of cotton ex- changes. the future trading feature or the application of the hedge preoraga- tive to the spot deal. our people are very poorly informed or rather mis- informed In fact when very few of our shlest editors or statesmen have siyen the matter any thought hc caN Ve expect our farmers to know any