The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-12-18

cotton goods the press has plead
with the public 10 buy . bale:
bankers have been formulating hold.
ing plans. congress- and Legislative
bodies have deliberated over relief
measures: statesmen and writer's
have grown eloquent ex]uoundinr the
iualicuable rights az Ills Majesty"
and presenting schemes for preserv.
INK the financial integrity OF the
stricken staple. hut the sword NJ Eu.
rope has proved miuhticr than the pen
~ America In fixing value upon this
product Of the sunny south Prices
have been b]nvoneted values riddl"d
and markets decimatcd by the battling
hosts ut the eastern hemisphere until
the American farmer has suffered =
war loss Of $500 ono. O00 and bale
~ cotton brave enough GO ,u'rr q
F%uroronn mort must nav y rnusou u
half It's value or go 10 prison until thv
var II over
Hope Of the Future lies In co.opers.
ton.
Tho Farmers Union. through the
columns ~ the press. wants ~ thank
the American people Tor the friend
shin, sympathy and assistance given
tho cotton farmers In the hour of dis.
trnss and 10 direct attention TO co
operative methods necessary Ia per
manontly assist the marketing of an
farm products
The present emergency presents as
grave a situation as ever confronted
the American farmer and from the
v]iewuoint Of ;ue producer. would seem
10 Justify extraordinary rclipf moas.
uros. oven TO the point Of boudiu" the
constitution and st~nininp business
rules I'm order TO lift a norton " the
burden on the backs Of the farmer.
Tor unless something Is done TO check
the invasion of the war forces upon
the cotton fields, the pat way Of the
European pestilence on this continent
win he strewn with mortgaged homes
and famine and poverty win stalk over
N" southland filling the highways "
industry with refugees and the bank
ruptcy court with prisoners.
All calamities teach us lessons uul
the present crisis serves 10 Illuminate
the f%railties Of our marketing meth
DDS and the weakness Of our credit
system. and out OF The financial an.
Euish and travail OF the cotton farmer
will come a volume Of discussion ana
a mass OF suggestions and anJlly o.
solution Of this. the biggest problem
I'm the economic life Of America. a.
indeed, W. have not already laid n,
foundation for ut least temporary re-
lief
More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture
Farm products have no credit and
. perhaps can never have on a perma
, nout and satisfactory basis unless v
builH warehouses, cold storage plants
elevators, etc, for without STORAGE and
credit facilities. the south ~ com
ugIloi 20 dump its grop on the markou
ri harvest time Tho Farmers Union.
~ the cotton producing states hay,
- for the past ten wears persistontly ad
roC9t'd the construction Of stOrag,
facilities We have built during thl.
period 1000 warehouses with a ca
uacity Of approximately 1000. n0n bn'n.
and looking backward the result.
would seem encouraging but 'ookiU.
onward We are able to house lp
'"uu one third of the crop and Naro
BONUSES without a credit sy tenn 10
o." per cent " their uscfulu, ~.
rnn. 20 f n Gigantic one too grpu
Ir" farmer To solve unaidnd IIl
'.r have the a~ssi',nnco Of the buu1,
fh" merchant aud the government
r. ~ production We have ~..,laI fn,
high water mark OF perfc, ion 20 thO
In rr'd'S history, bur our marketing
n ..'' rtr are most primitive. In m,
M AVN Of history We find arricultur,
piow .Nr with a forkod stick n". wiz
, % system Of warrhou es under govern
r. mental supervision that made thr
n Egyptians the marvel of civilization
10 'or who has not admired the vision ID
90 'osuuh and applaud"i the wisdom %
Pharaoh ~" storing the surplus unit
g. I,rudpd : the consumer. but il
n mis- axe We nave Toe many JosephO
,r NhC dream and not enough Pharaoh
pr Sho Guild