Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-11
Encouraging The Cotton
Farmers
Savannah News.)

which Senator Hoke Smith is CHAIR
man, has prepared is Of the most
encouraging character 1t is well cal
culated to hearten the cotton farmers
and also the cotton factors and all
others interested in the marketing Of
the cotton crop. The committee has
studied the situation thoroughly, hav-
ing an abundance of information in
it's possession. What it says therefore
can be relied upon.
First, and above all, in its address
it impresses upon the cotton farmers
not to get panic stricken and throw
their cotton on the market There is
no occasion for a panicky feeling and
no reason why cotton should be sac
rifced.
1t cannot be denied of course, that
conditions are not so favorable for
marketing the crop as they would be
if war in Europe hadn't broken out
but there is no good reason why tn :
crop shouldn't be marketed on pretty
nearly as favorable term as in normal
times.
In the first place there will be arn-
pie means for handling the crop. That
is assured. In the second place there
is no reasonable doubt that the Eng
lish market and that of the Orient will
be open to our cotton, and it is not
improbable that the markets of the
continent will also be open. The mills
of Germany, Russia, France and other
countries will want our cotton and
wanting it will find way to get it.
And as for ships, they will be
forthcoming. Senator Smith, speak
ing for the committee, says within the
next thirty days all the ships neces-
sary for carrying cotton and doubtless
naval stores, will be available The
committee knows whereof it speaks.
1t would not thus encourage cotton
farmers if it had not ample reasons
for doing so.
So, with some of the foreign mar
kets open, the prospect that others will
be open and with a suff1ciency of
money and ships, there is no reason
why the cotton farmer should wor-
ry. The thing for him to do is to
keep up his courage and hold on t.
his cotton until the price offered fot
it is fair and satisfactory one. Those
who are looking out for his interests
will see to it that there are ships to
carry it to market and money with
which to finance it.
AS matter of fact when the situa-
ton is looked at as it really is there
lis not great deal in it that is alarm
ing. The crop, according to present
estimates, will be between 1900, 900
and 100000 bales and the domestic
mills will take at least half of it. Even
if there were trouble in exporting the
other half-and there are reasons for
thinking now that there will not be a
great deal of trouble-there would be
no great difficulty in getting the mon
ey necessary to hold it. There is an
abundance of money and it can be had
on such good collateral as cotton.
AS a matter of fact the cotton farm
er has more reason to be worried
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weather will be favorable for making
and harvesting the crop-than about
money and ships for marketing it. II
was natural, of course, that the Gotten
farmer should be disturbed by tn,
breaking out of war which involves
the whole Of Europe and the closin2
of cotton exchanges, but the situation
in large measure has crea.eG up. Ii
has cleared up so much that the cot
ton farmer has no good reason, in sc
far as market for his cotton is cen.
cerned, for losing sleep.
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