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

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proper
colonel Watson continued 10 SAo"
the danger II false estimates on me
IRON The great misfortune Of having
c.nt ont reports tina the crop Is L.
200. GOO when It IS in reality l~3,OVV'-
900 He declared that the only thlnS
10 do in the Iigh of these facts IS
10 eat the acreage down - seventy
Eve per cent, that II there shoniu
next year be a thirteen OF f1teeh
million bale crop the prlce "ouid go
10 seven cents, if not less
He loneed for the time when the
share enanc in h cotton crop. es-
pcciaIly. would be abolished and lis
coming to pass would be the first
million bale crop the price would De
thing to make the white farmer IN
dependent. He told how the New
York banks have held the money
! strings, have manipulated the mon
ey which the Southern nave
! held, andthe calling al the Gotham
banks has forced the Southern banks
to come across with their gold. and
this has forced the cotton FARMERS
TO hurl their cotton upon the mar
ket too early.
Mr.. Watson declared. that the early
opening Of the season had rushed cot
ton on the market three weeks be-
fore its accustomed time. The con-
dition which now confronts the farm
yers OF The South, he said, is that or
having two millions Of bales left
over. There will be as many left
over next year if the fifteen million
or twelve and a half million crop
should happen to be raised this Year.
He referred to the statement sent out
by the Neal Brothers. Of london.
whose estimate is based upon that Of
unpatriotic Southern correspondents.
who are already gambling with the
weather. This statement told in min
ute way how the lands are being pre-
pared, and how early everything
would be in shape for q bumper cot
ton crop. Il have denounced these
men as traitors all over the South
and ! believe they are"
n South Carolina Commissioner
Of Agriculture went on to tell how
the sal. of cotton at 9 cents would
destroy the South. Some one has
figured that at this figure the South
would lose $224,Oo0,o 600 a year he
said, and l doubt not that it is cor
rect. It costs about II IL cents to
raise cotton now, with labor as hig1
as it is. The thing TO do rs to get the
farmers pledged. Unless We do,
am sorry to say there ire many farm
, ers who will take advantage of the
: general reduction and where a neigh.
: Dor reduce his, another neighbo1
} will increase. We cant accomplish
what we want if thu is going TO b,
the way. And get them to raise some
$ thing else. If it hadn't been fer 9th
q er this year, the farmer woul.
G have been ruined.
I Governor ColQuitt says Texas i
all right and organizing Texas is
G mans job. h year l undcrstan'
that North Carolina will raise abOu
a million bales. (Major Graham sal
it has now reached 996,00Ol and I'll,
900 was your highest yield before
I You see if there is a single Souther
state to fai! to organize, the who'll
scheme is lost. The moral effect wi
c be very bad. We are facing a bill
e lion dollar proposition. The Sout
e has the greatest monopoly that Go
a ever gave or ever will give. But "
+ have been marketing with so littl
q intelligence At this point DR.. j. Z
folks something about his plan, an
~ he again briefly declared tina tn
> thing to do was TO organize and re
duce that II the price of cotto
should go up now, it would rui
Al everything. 1t would start anotht
1 big crop and spoil the plans.
DIR. II. Q. Alexander.
- g. u IL
he could not help feeling that
20 would be better to agree upon som,
Is thing more than a temporary exp,
'o dent. THE departments at Vast
ington and Raleigh have told us no
ne to produce more and now since u
~ have learned to produce it, we a.
~ making too much They are now tel
ing US how to curtail. What we wa,
ne is to have an intelligent system
market ing and then We can find al
SO position for all OF the things III
We can raise"
IL Here Mr.. j. T.. Green arose TO
point Of order" He pointed to Il
pencil men who We're taking dov
ia the happenings. Or. Alexander co
e tinued TO say his mind. He believ,
70 in Investigation as the natural thil
Ell to practice. With diversity comes 7
ductiOn in specific lines and increa
OF in general lines. The Farmers Uni
"a recommends it.
He said thai the Union is going
oe ask the banks to help the farme
lei 'ho1f ~ their hands ara fia1 o,3 ~