The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-23

the cotton did not benefit, as rule,
for little of the product was in first
hands. Now it is different.
The farmer who has sold a part
of his crop has averaged a fancy
price, and those who have still a large
percentage on hand, as many of them
have, will get the best price. they
have ever known. Twenty-Five or
thirty cents will not be too much to
expect.
The ginners' report, published yes
terday morning, was of more than
ordinary interest. AS most of the cot
ton is now out of the field, a very
small crop is indicated. All cotton
growing states were hurt to great
extent by the lack of fertilizer and
most of them very seriously hurt by
the boil weevil.
Many farmers had no money with
which to buy fertilizer, and fertilizer
was too scarce to go round even If
the planter had been able to pur-
chase it.
Alabama suffered more than any of
the big cotton states. 1t not only had
more torrential rains than most states,
but it had a harder fight with the boil
weevil than any of it's neighbors.
There was a time not so far back
when Mississippi ranked as the third
cotton state-Texas being first and
Georgia second. Alabama then ranked
fourth. But a few years ago Ala
bama gained third place and held it
until now when Mississippi passes it.
AS shown by the government report
as of November IA, Texas had ginned
{, 1871 100 bales, Georgia 1851, 683,
South Carolina TAO, $50, Oklahoma
685, 493, Mississippi GAG, 434 and Ala
bama 451 $40. Thus it is seen there
will be several readjustments as COM
pared with the recent past.
The south as a whole will be
flooded with money this winter on ac-
count of 20-cent cotton, but in "par-
ticular spots" there will be so little
for sale that many a farmer will find
himself hard pressed. Next year will
be better. In the first place it is not
to be expected that we will have floods
again for years to come. The weevil
will be bad, no doubt, but no worse
than this year. Cotton will have to
be made again without fertilizer, but
all the cotton states will be in the
same boat in that respect.
But the price next year will be
high and whatever the farmer does
in cotton production will be extremely
profitable.
In the meantime crop diversification
will progress and with the cotton
grower exercising patience he will
come out we'll year or two hence,
and the poor fellow who had little cot
ton to sell this year will forget that
he had ever fallen upon hard lines.
The fact that one of Alabama's electors
is charged with embezzlement is no re-
Election on President Wilson's admins
tration. Such things happen in the best
regulated families.
n
Uneasy lies the head that wears
crown could have been applied more
truthfully to the late Francis Joseph than
to almost any other monarch in the
world.
It makes a woman mad all over to
climb into jitney bus on her way to
town and meet some acquaintance of hers
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However, il King Ferdinand of Ru-
mania loses his kingdom, the allies will
see that he continues to get three square
meals day.
Flying to football game in an aero
plane is a good way to avoid the crowd,
but the air is going to be crowded be-
fore long.
The west thinks one thing that helped
to defeat Mr.. Hughes was ''Pinchotism, -
regarded out there as fatal political
complaint.
A group picture of Villas relatives
drinking to his health was taken on
American SOIL Everybody's safe in
America.
The old-fashioned soda dispenser would
have died laughing if anybody had asked
him to serve soft drink in paper cup.
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New York Reluctantly acknowledges