The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-12-19
EUROPEAN WAR SHAT.
TIERS KING C01IORs
THRONE
FlEEcv STAPLE MUST PAY RAN
som INTO The GOLFERS OF
WAR
Nation Rings WIts Cries Of Stricken
industry.

King Cotton has suffered more from
the European war than any other az
ri~cultural product on the American
continent The shells Of the beIliger-
enfs have bursted over his throne,
frightening HIS subjects and shatter-
ing his markets, and, panic~strfcken.
the nation cries out God ave the
king"
People from every walk OF life have
contributed their mite toward rescue
work. Society has danced before the
king; miIa5T has decreed that the
family wardrobe shall contain only
cotton goods. the press has plead
with the public 70 buy a bale;
bankers have been formulating hold
ing plans; gre and legislative
bodies have deIfberated over relief
statesmen and writer's
have grown eloquent expounding the
inalieuable rights OK His Majesty"
and presenting schemes for preserv-
ing the financial integrity of the
stricken staple, but the sword OF Eu-
rope has proved mightier than the zen
Of America in fixing value upon this
product OF the sunny south Prices
have been bayoneted, values rfddled
and markets decfmated by the battling
hosts Of the eastern hemisphere until
the American farmer has suffered a
war loss Of $500, 000, 900, and a 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 fs over.
Hope Of the Future Lies IN co-ocerz-
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.
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 sSrainfng business
rules In order to lift a portion of the
burden on the backs Of the farmer,
for unless something is done to check
the invasion Of the val forces upon
the cotton fields. the pathway Of the
European pestilence on this continent
VIII be strewn with mortgaged homes
and famine and poverty will stalk over
the southland, filing the highways Of
industry with refugees and the bank
ruptcy court with prisoners.
All calamities teach Us lessons and
the present crisis serves to illuminate
the frailties Of our marketing meth
DDS and the weakness OF our credit
system. and out Of the financial an
guish and travail Of the cotton farmer
win come a volume of discussion ard
a Of suggestions and finally a
solution Of this. the biggest problem
in the economic life Of America, IL,
indeed, we have not already laid the
foundation for at least temporary re-
lief.
More Pharaohs Needed in Agriculture.
Farm products have nc credit and
perhaps can never have on a perna-
nent and satisfactory basis ~n.t4ss W.
build warehouses, cold storage plants,
elevators, etc, for without storage and
credit facilities, the south Is com
PEELED to dump its crop on the market
az horuoo< tina Th1 Ero.1- rns~,x
In the cotton producing states have
for the past ten years persistentIy adj
vocated the construction Of storage
facilities We have built during this
period 1000 warehouses with a ca
pacfty Of approximately 1000 900 bales
and looking backward the results
would encouraging. but looking
forward, we are able : o house less
than one-third of the crop and ware
houses without a credit system lose
80 Per cent Of their usefulness. The
problem Is q gigantic one-too great
for the farmer to solve unaided. He
must have the assistance of the bank
er, the merchant and the government.
In production we have reached the
high water mark Of perfection In the
worlds history. but our marketing
methods r most primitive. In the
dawn Of history we find agriculture
blowing with a forked stick but with
a system of warehouses under govern
mental supervision that made the
Egyptians the marvel of civilization,
for who has not, admired the vision Of
Joseph and applauded the wisdom of
Pharaoh for storing the surplus until
demanded by the consumer. but In
this age we have too many Josephs
who dream and not enough Pharaohs
who build.