The Huttig news., 1914-11-28
EUROPEAN WAR SHAT. TIERS KING CO1ION'S
 THRONE
FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RANSOM INTO THE COZ
 FERS OF WAR.
Nation Rings With Cries of
 Stricken Ini Istry.
By Peter Radfcrd. Lecturer National Farmer Union.


 Lecturer National Fa1mers' Union
 King Cotton has suffered more from the European war than any other agricultural product on the American continent. The shells of the belliserents have bursted over hls throne, frightening his subjects and shattering his mark cts, and, panic-stricken, the na- ton cries out God save the king
 People from every walk of life have contributed their mite to- ward rescue work. Society has danced before the king; milady has decreed that the family ward robe shall contain only cotton goods; the press has plead with the puf.ic to buy bale; bank CTS have been formulating hold ing plans; congress and leg;sla- tive bodies have deliberated over relief measures; statesmen and writers have grown eloquent ex- pounding the inalienable rights of His Majesty and presenting schemes for preserving the fnan- cial integrity of the stricken staple. but the sword of Europe has proved mightier than the pc ] of America in fixing value upon this product of the sunny south. Prices have been bavoneted. val ues riddled and markets deeimat- ed by the battling hosts of the eastern hemisphere until the 7 American farmer has suffered [ | war loss of S40O.OOO,OO0. and $ bale of cotton brave enough t : enter an European port must pa , ransom of half it's value or 2, 7 to prison until the war is over.
 Hope of the Future Lies in Go operation.
 The Farmers Union. through the columns of the press, wants to thank the American people for ! the friendship. sympathy and as- sistance given the cotton farm CTS in the hour of distress and to 1 direct attention to cooperative methoos necessary to permanent 1 ly assist the marketing of all farm products.
 l The present emergency pre- sents as grave situation as ever 1 confronted the American farmer and from the viewpoint of the producer. would seem to justify i extraordinary relief measures, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining busi- ness. rules in order to lift DOT ton of the burden off the backs i of the farmer. for unless some thing IS done to check the inva- ! sion of the war forces upon the \ cotton fields. the pathway of the \ European pestilence on this con- l tinent will be strewn with mort gagged homes and famine and poverty will stalk over the south land, filling the highways of in- dustry with refugees and the bankruptcy court with prisoners
 All calamities teach us lessons and the present crisis serves to illuminate the frailties of our marketing methods and the weak ness of OUT credit. system. and out of the financial anguish and , travail of the cotton farmer vii come a volume of discussion and a mass of suggestions and finally a solution of this, the bieSes, problem in the economic life ol America, if. indeed. we have not already laid the foundation for al : least temporary relief.
 More Pharoahs Needed in
 Agriculture.
 Farm products have no credit and perhaps can never have on a permanent and satisfactory basis unless we baiild warehouses, cold storage plants, elevators. etc. for i