Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-01
WAR SHAT- TIERS KING COTTONS
 THRONE
FLEEcY STAPLE MUST PAY RAM SOM INTO THE coFFERs OF
 WAR.
Nation Rlnss With crlss Of stricken
 Industry.
By Peter Radford

By Peter Radford
 Lecturer National Farmers Union.
 King Cotton has suffered more from the European war than any other ag- ricultural product on the American ! continent. The shells of the belliger- | ents have bursted over his throne, | frightening his subjects and shatter- | ing his markets, and, panic-stricken, the nation cries out "God save the l ldngl" People from every walk of life have contributed their mite toward rescue | work Society has danced before the king: milady has decreed that the family wardrobe shall contain only cotton goods; the press has plead with the public to buy a bale; ! bankers have been formulating hold | ing plans: congress and legislative | bodies have deliberated over relief l measures: statesmen and writers ! have grown eloquent expounding the ] inalienable rights of His Majesty | and presenting schemes for preserv- | ing the financial integrity of the
 stricken staple, but the sword of Flu
 rope has proved mightier than the pen
 Of America in fixing value upon this
 product of the sunny south Prices
 have been bayoneted, values riddled
 and markets decimated by the battling
 hosts of the eastern hemisphere until
 the American farmer has suffered a
 war loss of S400,000, ,00O and bale
 of cotton brave enough to enter
 European port must pay a ransom Of
 half it's value or go to prison until the
 war is over.
 Hope of the Future Lies In Co-opera-
 ton.
 The Farmers Union. through the
 columns of the press, wants to thank
 the American people for the friend
 ship. sympathy and assistance given
 the cotton farmers in the hour of dis tress and to direct attention to CO., 1 operative methods necessary to per , manently assist the marketing of all . farm products.
 The present emergency presents as . grave a situation as ever confronted the American farmer and from the viewpoint of the producer, would seem to justify extraordinary relief meas ures, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining business
 rules in order to lift a portion of the
 burden of the backs ,f the farmer, for unless something done to check
 the invasion of the IF forces upon
 the cotton fields. the pathway of the European pestilence this continent , will be strewn with rtgaged homes ' and famine and pove. will stalk over N the southland. filling he highways of industrv with refug 3 and the bank
 ruptcy ( 'rt with soners.
 a All call ties tes us lessons and |, the present -isis g 'es to illuminate a the frailties ou marketing meth P ods and the 2U ss of our CT il F. system, and ol O the flnancia an d guish and travail he cotton mel i. will come a volum f discuss anC Y a mass of suggesh and ally , s solution of this, the 'geF lroblen Y fin the economic life nerica, if e- indeed we have not laid tn, B. foundation for ct leas 7orary re Is lief.
 E More Pharaohs Needt n Agriculture d Farm products hs no credit ani d perhaps can never ve on a perma
 nent and satisfac .y asis unless W i- build warehouses, co storage plants )f elevators, etc, for wi put storage ant n credit facilities. south is com
 pelled to dump its T ) on the marke 't- at harvest time T Farmers Union y. fin the cotton pro, . ing states hay e. for the past ten ye - consistently aC s- vocated the consu otion of storag
 facilities. We have built during thi IT. period 2,0OO warehouses with a ca ID pacity of approximat y 4,OOO0OO bale
 and looking backV rd the result le would seem encoura ng, but lookin aI forward, we are abl to house les gu than one-third Of the ,rop and war, " houses without a ere 't system los V. 90 per cent of their efulness Tn % problem is a gigantic ne-too grea o for the farmer to soly unaided Fl " must have the assistau ce of the banl n CT, the merchant and the governmen .y. In production we have reached tn so high water mark Of perfection in th
 worlds history, but our marketin .. methods are most primitive In th at dawn of history we find agricultuT ,,v blowing with a forked stick but wit ,,s a system of warehouses under gover mental supervision that made tn ,ld Egyptians the marvel of civilization se for who has not admired the vision ,u I3T-'' ""d applauded the wisdom
 Pharaoh '0rh .0 ---iua unt nv demanded by the cunsu.Ier, y.- .re tnls age We nave too many Joseph .ee who dream and not enough Pharaol tIv who build.
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