Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-10
EUROPEAN WAR SHAT.
TIERS KING COTlON'S
THRONE
wLEECv STAPLE MIST PAY EAfs.
scM INTO rig copTERs o.
WAR.
Aatlea 'slnss with crgss o. ssrscksa
Industry
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A@NtAFsF RsAkhettAt y Assfs&tN h3ttFttsAs 3s.eas
king Cotton has suffered more grur
the European war than any oshss ag.
rtcaituFaI product on the American
continent. Ths shells III the heIIiger
sats have burstaa over hia throne.
frightening his sHbiacta and ahattsr
ing biz markets. and. panie-strtcksn.
the nation cries cut God save the
king"
People from every walk of fife have
contributed their mita toward rescne
wcrh Society has danced before the
king miiady has derreed that the
family wardrobe shah contain only
rstton goods the press has plead
Nth the public 10 shny haIe's:
bankers hare been formulating hold.
ing plans congress and Legislative
bodies have. deliheratA6 over regiaf
measures statssSnen ind writer's
Rave grown eloquent expennasng the
Anaiienahie rights ~ efIis Matenty"
asad presenting schemes for pFesery.
I1x the HnsnciaI Integrity 81 me
stricken sfapla. bat tlae aNord of Rltt
rome has pr0Fed naixhttar thar the psr
eF America III fixing value upon this
prodaef oF the sunny south Prices
have been bay0neted, values ridiIed
and markets derlmated BY the battling
hnsts III the eastern hemisphere until
the American farmer has suffered j
slar loss OF 800 900 900. and bale
uf cotton brave enough Ia enser d
European peFt nast pay ransom 81
half it. value or SO III prison until tbs
NNr IA over
Hope 81 the Future Lies IN co-opera.
ton.
The Farmers tFnl0n. through tAa
calumns of ne press, wants ID thank
tte American people tor this friend
ship. sympathy and assistance given
the cetton farmers HI the hour 81 dia
frass and III direct attention Id 60.
operative methods necessary ia per
stlanentlv assist the marketing al MI
fa~yn. products
The present emergency presents aN
srNve i situation a. eSar confronted
sste American farmer and from the
viewpoint 81 the producer would seem
t1 Justify extraordinary relief meas
nres. even To the point IN bending the
constitution and stralaing business
rnias In order t0 IiEt pertlnn of the
Burden OF the backs Ol the farmer
far unless something III done 10 cheek
the sisFasixsu nf the war forces upun
Tho eoston fleida. fhe pathway 81 the
Fstrapean psstllenea on tilis continent
viii ~ strawn with nnrt9nged homes
aad famine and poverty win stalk over
the southland, tiiitng the highways nf
Industry With refugees and the bank,
ruptcy court with prisoners.
All ealamltEes tsaeh M lepanas and
the present crisis serves to illuminate
the fratltins on our marketine meth,
.oss and the weakness of our credit
systena, and ont az the financial an
euish and travail of tha cottrn farmer
Nial come volume of discussion and
! mass Of suggestions and finally
solution ot thia, the biggest prohien,
IN the ecnnnnic life uf America. II.
indeed. we have NOT already laid the
Foundation Cor nj least Temporary re
lief.
More eharaohs Needed In Anrieaisurr
Farm products have no credit ana
perhaps can never hare Oh perma
nent and satisfactory basis unless We
build warehouses. cold storage plants.
elevators, etc. for without storage ana
credit facilities, the south ID com.
pslled ~ dump its crop I'D the market
~ harvest time. The Farmers Unions
~ the GOTTEN producing states have
Tor the past ten years persiseent.y "A.
voeatsd tbs construction OF STORAGE
facilities We hare built during sisla
period 1000 warehouses With e.
pacity of approximately 1000. 900 bales
aud decking backward the results
would seem encouraging. but looking
forward we are able 10 house iass
than eilc-thsfst of the crop ana ware.
houses wtthoat i credit system lose
~ per cent Of their usefulness The
fr1haem II i gigantic une too great
TOR the fariner II solve nnaided He
ntat have the assistance III che hank
~. The merchant and the govern rnens
y production We hays reached ina
hsEh waser mark III perfection in tho
worlds history but our marketing
nsthassa ara most primitive. ia the
siawn of history we ard agriculture.
ricwifg with 4 forked stick bat with
! systesn Of warehouses under govern.
Taa@ntaI Supervision that made the
KgypfIans the marvel Of civilization.
f0r who has not admired the vision 81
foxeph and applauded the Weldon 81
Pharaoh tor stortag the surplus antil
1ennaadad III the consumer, bus Ii
mo dream and net enough Pharxohs
uh0 build