The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-07-28
ATTENTION, COTTON PLANTERS
AND MERCHANTS.

There ia . time in the individual.
life that opportunity knocks at his
door and if he grasps it, his fortune is
made. The sane Is true Of Nations
The South has q great opportunity to
sell her cotton crop for more money
than at any period since the Civil war
II she win grasp it promptly.
The European war is likely to end
soon, probably by Thanksgiving Day,
and then you can look for cotton to
soar in price; it may jump five cents 4
pound over night. 1t went down five
cents when the war broke out and you
can look for a big advance when it ends.
There are u number of conditions that
have changed, that point to higher
prices and If you will keep informed
you will be able to reap some of the
| benefits.
knowledge is Power and unless you
keep informed you may wake up when
it is too late and set up another com.
plant about Wall Street and the spec.
ulators robbing the South; they are
alive all right, and they are now selling
out stocks which will decline when the
war ends, and are buying large guam.
titles of cotton futures, anticipating the
rise.
Preparedness is a virtue, and you
must prepare to reap the benefit that is
coming, rather than let the other fellow
get it. The cotton traders are aware of
the conditions, but they are not going
to tell you for obvious reasons. They
employ the best talent to keep them
posted. They don't depend on their To-
cal papers and hearsay. However, our
local papers are our best asset, thy
have fought IL battles for better
markets for years, but they have other
things to do than to study cotton all
the time.
We are establishing a Bureau of In.
formation, The Southern Cotton Review
for Cotton Planters and will issue trade
letters monthly, direct to them, so they
can have all the valuable information
pertaining to cotton and the cotton
trade.
1t is our aim to collect this inforna.
ton, condense it and give to our sub
serlbers in such a manner they can't
help understanding it, and when any
important event is about to take place
that will affect the price of cotton we
will issue an extra letter telling you.
The first Of these letters will be mailed
August 10th and will be a revelation
to you because you do not realize the
conditions. This crop will be smaller
than the world is looking for, we will
tell you the reason why. From two to
Ave million bales will not be marketed
until the end of the war, except at very
high prices. This means a cotton fam.
inc to spinners for some time to come.
With the prospects before us planters
will not sell cotton early as heretofore.
There is not an institution of this
kind in the South and we think there
should be one. Think of a man raising
and selling one to ten thousand dollars
worth of cotton a year without being |
Informed about the conditions he has to
meet in doing it. Rather funny ism It
itf The price of the service we are 90
ing to give has not been permanently
fixed, we don't know just what it will
cost to collect this information and get
to the subscribers, but, if you will
send us names and addresses of twenty
five progressive planters, and one dol.
in money we will put your name Oh
our mailing list this season. When the
value of our work is established we will
know better what it is worth. Every
industry has a trade paper or let.
advising them Of the conditions OK.
listing in their line. The cotton plan.
who produce the worlds clothing
ought to have something Of this kind as
they, certainly a learn enough to save
of dollars.
"Be a Twentieth Century Planter"
-- Southern Cotton Review.