The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1914-08-15
COTTON RESOLUTIONS
Adopted at Meeting Held in
Rosedale THURSDAY.

r,o orr Senators aud Representa-
tives in the Congress OF the
United States:
The Cotton Growers. Merchants,
Rankers aud other Business Men
If Rosedale and vicinity would re-
spectfully represent: That by rea-
son Of the war prevailing among
the nations that consume the bnlk
Of our cotton. and the difficulty
and dangers in transporting
cotton to neutral nations.
and those nations at war
chose potts are still open, and the
distracted, uncertain conditions OF
all trade manufacturing business
Of those nations at war, embracing
practically all the manufacturing
countries Of Europe, with the pos
sibility of war extending to other
nations of Europe and to Asia.
confront the south with a calamity,
such as it has not faced since the
srcat civil war. The normal cot
ton crop of the South
Is from fourteen to fifteen
million bales. Not ex-
ceeding seven million bales will be
taken by the mills of this country,
and not more than three million
bales of American Cotton, will un-
der war conditions, be taken by the
mills of other nations, leaving a
surplus of between four and five
million bales on the producers
hands. This will not ouly ruin
the cotton raiser. but cripple or
ruin all the merchants and bankers
in the cotton growing states. 1t
will leave such a surplus over in
the hands of the producers that the
combined strength of the merchant
and bankers Of the south can not
carry 1t. Such conditions will
force the cotton grower to rush his
cotton on the market for such price
az he can get for it, and enable the
buyers to fix their own price, and
finally refuse to take cotton at any
price. which will bring ruin and
disaster on our people equal to war.
Why should the sins Of Europe
be visited upon our heads? Why
should we be made to suffer for
their wars? The people of this
nation demand that a great navy
and army be maintained at vast
expense, to protect this country in
time of war. Great Notifications
are erected and maintained
at great cost to protect our cities
from a possible enemy. Now,
when war menaces, not only mens
aces, but is surely drawing its cor
dons around tie great cotton grow
lug industry of the nation, with
certain destruction and ruin to fol-
low if relief is not given from some
source, why should not this nation
come to the rescue of its Cotton
Growers? If we are not given re-
lief we will feel that we have been
abandoned by the nation. If Cal
ifornia were invaded by an Asiatic
nation, every Southerner able te
bear arms, would rush to her res
cue: if Massachusetts were invaded
or threatened by a foreign power,
Mississippi would be among the
first to respond to her call. Anc
we do not doubt i
this grave menace :, t
the South, growing out of this 81
gantic Ehropean war, is properly
put before the people Of the natior
that from Main to California. thel
will respond to our call. as WI
would respond to
danger call from them
A4ailure to grant this relief woult
: dampen the splendid patriotism
that now pervades the young mer
Of the South. They woult
feel that they were no
Of the nation. We would al
feel that we had been abandoned
in times Of great trial and need b.
our fellow countrymeu.
That calamity. such a. we po
tray, will follow q congested cot
ton market, such as will occur un
less the Government gives relief
is taught by the history of 189.
and following years. when this ma
tiou went fre m the double to sin
gle money standard. and nation
wide depression ensued.
1t is equally certain tina
the mills will buy as cheaply
and sell as high. as tn
market price will permit
Now we feel. we know. every Mis-
sissippian will do his duty and "
have abiding faith in the Congres
Of this nation meeting the demand
of this serious situation. The thin
is. to know exactly what to do, an
this can best be done by having tn
views Of those most deeply in
terested, as we'll as those not pei
sonally intereted. SO that the coz
6ne brain of the representatives
the American people, in Congress
will end a solution that will main