Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-12-24
EUROPEAN WAR SHAT:
TIERS king COI10N'!S MS
THRONE
FlEEcY STAPLE MUST pAv p.u
SOM INTO THE GOLFERS OF
WAR.
Nation Rings With Cries Of strisk..
Industry.
BY Peter Radford

! ~ Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union
King Cotton has suffered more from
1ne European war than any other az.
ncultural product on the Americas
continent The shells Of the bell,,er
ents have bursted over his throne
frightening his subjects and SKATER.
ing MIS- markets, and, panic-stricken
the nation cries out God save the
hang!" ~
People from every walk of life have
contributed their mite toward rascpa
work Society has danced before the
King; milady has decreed that the
lamily wardrobe shall contain only
COTTON goods; the press has plead
with the public to buy bale".
bankers have been formulating hold.
ing plans; congress and legislative
bodies have deliberated over relief
measures; statesmen and writers
nave grown eloquent expounding the
inalienable rights of His Majesty"
and presenting schemes for preserv.
ing the financial integrity of the
stricken staple. but the sword of Flu
rope has proved mightier than the pen
of America in fixing value upon this
product of the sunny south. Prices
have been bayoneted, values riddled
and markets decimated by the battling
hosts of the eastern hemisphere until
the American farmer has suffered a
war loss of 100000, 900, and a bale
OF cotton brave enough to enter a
European port must pay q ransom OF
half its value or go to prison until the
war IL over.
Hope Of the Future Lee In co-opers.
tIon.
The Farmefs' Union, through the
columns Of the press. wants to thank
the American people for the friend
ship. sympathy and assistance givsn
the cotton farmers IN the hour Of die-
tress and b direct attention to q.
operative methods necessary to pee>
manently sssist tAs marketing o. an
farm products.
The present emeeUoocy presents -
srave . situation - ever confrunted
the American farmer and from he
viewpoint Of the produces. would seem
to Justify extraordinary relief meas.
ures. even TO the point Of bending the
constitution and straining business
rules in order to hft . portion Of the
burden on the backs Of the farmer.
for unless something 10 done to check
the Invasion Of the war forces upon
the cotton fields, the pathway u the
European pestilence on this coatinent
win be strewn with mortgaged homes
and famine and poverty will staik over
the southland, filing the highways Of
industry with refugees and the hank.
ruptcy court With prisoners.
All calamities teach 10 lessons and
the present crisis serves to illuminate
the Aailttes Of our marketing meth.
DDS and tAe weakness Of our credit
system. and out Of the financial an.
guish and travail Of the cotton farmer
VIII come . volume Of DISCUSSES ana
mass az suggestions and nnAliy q
solution Of this, the biggest problem
In the oco0onic life Of America, Il,
indeed. We have not already laiA the
foundation for at least temporary ~
lief.
Mors pharsehs Needed IN Asrieuseuns.
Farm products have no credit anA
perhaps can aewer have ON . perna.
aent and satisfactory basis unless vs.
enlld warehouses. cold storage plaats,
elevators. ETC.. 6or without storage aal
credit facilities, the south - con,
pssled 70 dump - crop on the market
q harvest tina The Tarmers' Ua3oos
n the cotton producing states have
Tor the past ten ysasS persistsntly -.
voeated the construction Of storage
facilleiss. We have built during thio
Des5el 1900 vasehousee With . a.
paellyof appFoximeesly 1900. 800 bales
and lookins backward he results
wosld seem eneoaSa0ing. bat lookiag
forward, " ass s1ls 70 hosse lsss
than saethisd a ~ erop and ware
A6ssss without Q ese11t system Ice
- ~ asat q t1sls usefulness. The
pro6is0 3 . gleaat1e sse-too great
for Tie 6nsnee b solve unaided. He
muse have he assistanee q he hank
@. ~ merchant 81 ~ Oovssnmsat.
n pso1ussieo ~ have ssacAsd The
high wa4ss nayk of perfection IN Ne
WORRIES history. but our marketing
methods ase most primitive. IN the
dawn Of history We dnd agriculture
blowing with . forked stick but with
Q system Of warehouses under govern
mental supervision that made the
Egyptians the marvel OF civilization,
for who has not admired tho vision Of
Joseph and applauded the wisdom q
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.
ANOTHER LOSS PAID.
Spokane, WASH, Dec. 10, 1914.
Parker Loan & Investment Co.