The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13


cal Wy that We possibly knew. lar-
merS have got To ge a. WEI AS Early
- possible and make every nscs~-
sary product If rrovi~ on This the
and ~aIarsea men Canuus
II they are indebted IL an extent
that ) cents cotton vill produce. th.n
they have got To remain =. ard you
n every o&nksr and every menu
Der OF congress cannot help th- mat
ter enc iota- Economy ~ every
~alk of life should g.. exercised and
e that each and every family has got
TO te its own Judge We are now
confronted with AN unique condition
or life which has n..er happened he
fore The United States seems To
think mat the price If cotton and the
condition 81 cotton - the sol, oh rect
that the President ana every m~me.r
OF Congress and every banker - TO
LOOK after Such - not the case
West and Northwest Cited.
The West and Northue~- ~ in
Splendid condition. and the South In
a measure has got to be driven .o
the same condition and put IN a tis.
position As | have said y. fore N.
$4,000 automobiles In North Carolina
which nnmber Is increasing ,isti, h.
giving great employ ent - the West
and Northwest To the cetriuert Of
the cotton planter ana ~ IN. South
generally. ! am glad To see that x,u
have -FOUR bales Of cotton in xour
front porch. but that i~ NOT aroo
in the bucket and You and al other
monied men Of the country cannot
put the price of cotton up. 4, j. GO
ing TO stand at eight cents or no,
over nine until a way is devised for
what cotton is already on the market,
and soon will be on our hands. II
tneSe niteen or sixteen million bales
OF cotton Is IN the United States. II
does not matter in whose hands nor
IN what shape II Is IN: It rs here and
is going to stay. and not going high
CT IN price.
You may make up your mind that
any planter who is indebted To Your
bank Will not get over eight cents for
any of his cotton. and as Soon aS IN.
painter recognizes this fact. and he
comes reconciled to ii. the better IL
Will be for us all If it leaves him IN
dept, hat IS the fault of the condi-
tioh OF the country, which neither the
planter nor the banker could fore
see.
Tne Man Who Needs Relief.
But the planter Is not the man
upon to be relieved. 1t is the man
who Is thrown out Of employment CT
every description who is in The sit
uatlon that he cannot right himself
up, as the planter can do. The pee
pie ugh to stop howling about the
condition of the planter. Nc man is
IN a better condition today than IN.
planter and still he wants to max.
himself out in a worse condition thar
the machiniSt or the salaried mar
who are thrown out of employ.
t ment.
f Every planter in the South car
E soon right himself. Those that can.
= not are few and far between. 1t j.
! the MAJ thrown cut of employment.
without means or opportunities fol
/ making a living that is destitute ant
4 these are the people the 9oVernmen
: should look after.
t Up to the 18th of this month. il
round numbers. only ISL 600 bale
have been exported. This against /.
= 900, 600 bales last year. IL his dinli
mutton in ratio is continued for tn
next three or four months. the pric,
Of cotton will not exceed six cent
: in May. Recollect the great crop q
4 corn hat was made in Kansas an'
T Nebraska several years ago tha
r brought the price Of corn down Z
t fifteen cents per bushe
In 1897. seventeen Years az.
= eleven million bales Of cotton wer
f made and sold, on AN average, at nv
= cents per pound. Now We have IF
o teen million bales to be sold. Wit
n only $4,000 bales exported a
o against 1900, coo bales last wear.