The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-03

1 Germany sells one CD, and England sup plies the remaining sixteen Q6) republics l lying south of us.
 Panama Canal We are spending S500,0O0,0O0 for the con struction Of the Panama Canal, and we are dreaming of great benefits coming to the United States and especially the south when her flood gates are opened in 1914 We expect the doors of the Orient to be thrown wide open to receive our cotton textiles and we feel sure of South Amer iea s trade. but if we can only send out of this country today there and one-half (3Ia) percent of our manufactured cotton goods how ean we expect to export more when the Panama Canal is opened?
 The west coast of America is due south of New York, and is practically the same distance as New orleans to these ports, but England is closer than New York to Brazil and the eastern ports of the South American countries, therefore 1t Is naturol that England will control the trade unless the tarih is reduced an cotton textiles.
 In our last treaty with Japan we gave that country all the use of the Panama Canal and to their ships all the benefits which we gave to our own ships except in our coastwise trade England is now exacting greater privileges in the use of the canal.
 Fools Paradise
 Mir President the wall around the an- cient Chinese empire pales into insignit- canoe when compared to the tariff wall which surrounds the Pools Paradise in which we live.
 As southern cotton growers we realize the full importance of lifting the heavy burdens of taxation placed upon the con sumers of this country by an unjust pro tective tariff through national legisation,,
 Advice
 We are southern cotton planters, we live upon our lands, and are practical growers of cotton we belong to this or eanzation for the purpose of protecting our interests and for the betterment of our mental. moral and financial condition. With us the price paid for cotton is of first importance in our business affairs. My opinion Is that the wisest course we can pursue is to deal directly with the subject at home until the anchors are raised and our merchant marines can float upon the high seas laden with our fin- ished cotton goods at a cost which will place them in every market of the world, This can only be done by revision of tho tariff downward.
 We have now arrived at the business point of this discussion.
 There are three classes of cotton grow efs in the south, The tenant, the small farmer, and the cotton planter 1t is said by the trusts and combines. manufacturers spinners and cotton buy CTS that these three elements are hard to | harmonize. and to reconcile their interest In an organized effort to regulate the | price of our. cotton crop
 l TO a certain extent these facts are true but 1t can be done either directly or in- | directly.
 | The tenant is usually one who is con trolled by the manager of the plantation that is owned by an agriculturlst, who is usually professional man living in town or city.
 l small farmer is one who owns his l land and does his own farm work, and | produces from one to ten bales of cotton. l A planter is man who usually lives up- 1 on his plantation and directs the labor, and who protects his tenants, and comes ] in close contact with methods employed | in cultivation of the lands. and the finan- | cial aid necessary to make the crop of cotton.
 Land Owners Organization 1 The Farmers union includes in it's or ganization these three classes of cotton | growers. If this organization cannot | effectually handle the situation 1t is my opinion that a subsidiary should be or | ganized and composed strictly of the
 land owners of the highest order of intel | ligence for the purpose Of protecting the i tenants and to act in harmony with the Farmers union upon all questions relat- | ing to the price paid for cotton. which is marketed by the cotton growers. As a remedy for the conditions which