The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-04-27
ADDRESS OF HON.
F. c. WE|HAR1 1T i
4 FARMERS UNION
,continusd from last week.


cottonf Are you no, entitled 70
know what you are sellins' Are
you no, entitled TO know the worth
Of the cotton. and II the sample
GRADES mlddilng you can so any
whore aud hnd out wha, mlddilns
cotton Is WORTH How eau you know
wha, cotton Is worth unless you
know what grade you haye' We
have been trying to amend THIS law
in so far As possible. Instead Of pro
vidIng for three samples, to provide
for one. Weighing from four to SIX
ounces Your government has es'
tabllKhoa tho fact that one sample Is
sufficient upon which to base the
true quality Of your cotton TINS Is
their report. This amounts to some
thing especially when you know that
we import three hundred thousand
bales from which two extra samples
are taken at the gin and then tell
me that you cannot rely upon our
dinners 10 take a fair sampler DO
YOU think they will BE- satisfied by
cutting oui one sample now out OF
one corner and they are no, satisfied
10 cut one side They mus, have one
more sample. they cut both sides
why are We so careless In preparing
our cotton for protectloni AS
told you ia the beginning. we must
make an honest bale, and then we
are In position to ask homes, treat
ment In return. Don't you know that
the round bale system last year In
Texas saved Thousands Of dollars
they ginred two hundred thousand
bales. aed they took the same out
Of thu ginning. and you did not
hear slagle complaint, My son and
|, glnned 100 bales Of cotton last
year. have never pa,ronized tho
round bale system. We stuck to the
square bae nys,cm The square bale
ginners h,se lost. talked to man
at seguin Who owns compress, and
who compressed 10000 bales OF
cotton iaat season He said the
square bale was six per cent tare,
and the round bale was one per cent
tare. Therefore. he said, see that
your law was right when II said that
The MANAGERS Of your department
should have q right to prescribe the
elasecs OF cotton. thus reducing the
producers loss There 10 loss Of
bagsIng aud tics on each bale, and
we have to pay the transportation
charges on all cotton shipped from
our country to England. and from
England back to NJ. Just look at the
loss sustained BY having to pay for
the iranapbrtation OF this bagglng
= and lles The square bale is loss
to the people BY reason thereof. The
producer must learn to be more
economical. why They tell Us
that in the preparation OF Irish po-
tatoes Tor the ordinary meal there
Is one nth or more loss In the peel.
lng. They tell Us that seven hundred
millions Of dollars are lost In waste
In the kitchen every year Just look
how proud we are. whom We would
say With pride that we waste more
than other nations need to feed
their pcopie on We are coming to
II nov We are up against IT, Til,
famine sufferers in the other natlonI
are wahting1 something to eat And
they say We must eonscripi tho farm,
10 work hatder say. only give hin
fair i5al. and he will do what Il
right.
| have nothing against the cotton
buyer. have nephew at DALAI
who Il Al expert buyer Why should
be not buy cotton and make his prof.
Il when tho sltautlon Is like II IS.
would like to see the system chang
Cd 50 that II he could not make llv,
Ing that way. that he and others pillow
aud produce the feed and food.
say II you will give tho farmer a
square deal he will produce the stua
n he gets the proper price for ihI
nnn he will do the rest. | believe
that We are confronted with an i'm.
mediate change. This Is your prop
os,llcn, ! tell you now, and there
are uen here from long distance
Interested In this proposition. DO
ileve "a the farmers Of TeaHs NY
holds :. are on the farm. have
no city property | have a home Al
my homo town. and my children
two or three OF thom are farmers
nm, A banker and another Is a law
YER. therefore you can see that
certainly have no grudge against AM
of them You might striks fellow
from college who can tell you whA
kind o. a bug you have on your iarn