The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-22
.xr11E ROYAL OVER COTTON
~ 6 G. SENTER in the Farm ano
Ranch

,;ne has come for plain speak t
The big question now hanging ID !
,hs balance which affects dlrec.i!
.,srv man. woman and child IN the
.o,,on states is not whether the IN
hab;tants of Bessarrabia shall De lEee :
but whether the citizens OF i eN"'
shall be free. ~,
There is no freedom where me
principal industry of one secuoh Il
.,h;ect to the absolute control OF vuI-
$50 somewhere else which and 1at-
Ten mon il, and fix the terms upon
which it may live.
There is a battle royal today, anu
every artifice that money, power anu
d;nlomacy can employ is being oseu
a. deceive and mislead hose w
v;tal interests are at stake to hght
against themselves.
The English spinner wants cotton
hut ne wants it dirt cheap.
The American spinner wants cotton,
and he wants it dirt cheap.
The financial power Of Europe IS
hitched by an inseparable cord 10 the
spinners Of Europe. -
The aominent financial powers OF
New York city and the Atlantic slope
are tied by wisps of invisible steel TO
the American cotton manufacturers
Every great financial influence out
side the cotton states is arrayed upon
the bear side of the cotton market.
Every European state has thrown
the fun weight Of its financial and DO
litical power into the scale to help
the cotton bears.
This is a condition known to every
man who has access to the facts.
England is pleading with America
not to start up business until it IS
good and ready, and by that it means
until it can batter down the price of
raw material and labor to a uoint
which conforms to its theory of a
proper scale Of prices.
Millions of soldiers are being de-
modified throughout the world, and
are clamoring for employment. Fac
tories are idle everywhere. Bureaus
of employment are maintained By
governments Contributions are SO
licited. Children 90 hungry. Why
Because the industrial powers tina
be have decided not to permit tn,
wheels to go round and business t
move on until their terms aad rate
are adopted.
At the peace council the bi2ges
question is not how dispute betwee
RotmaBia and Bulgaria shall be SET
tied, brit how much cotton grown i
the southern part of the United State
shall be awarded to the mills OF Enc
h Nd tNz L.
France; how much to the mills of Be
GUM; how much to the mills of Ital,
how much to the mills of Japan; no
much to the minis of Germany; no
much 70 the mills of Austria, ct ce
era. These countries can all fin
other kinds Of raw material elsewhel
but one and all are dependent uno
the. sSouthern States of this count,
torsrAH material to keep their cote
nhil& 81 motion.
M9Xerld is being RECALLED with o
5t6fies which tell of plans to e
perpetual peace. But it hea
ng about the plan to contr
and commerce. These thin
IN kepG behind the screen. In d
1vantima the bear fight goes
10einsts cotton. g..
And where does our govenrme
!. Ask Mr. Bernard Baruch. As far
cotton Y concerned, he is the COVER
ment There have been many powt
since time began, but no mower ey
existed before which exercised
complete mastery. over all busin,
1airs OF the universe as has be
Soncentrated in this one PERSONA
me introduce him to the read
Ladies and gentlemen. this ;s
Bernard Baruch, one of the m
soccessful cotton and stock onarat
wno has ever hit "the street" 3
enc Of the most urbane. A man "
never lost his head, his temper O.
- He b . wizard and a wonder
e2n md no record in history of ,
Snef man Who could say to the wa
~ Sommerco, ssbe still" and thew w
~! 81 BE alive" and they awoke
eee1oA His headquarters at pres
Ar N Wa1hinnbon. He Is the
1xof Tor the War Trade Board.
War industries Board. and ali ~
Govexumontal boards which h
much 70 Do with making the wa,
roQ1d When he is at home he |;
New 1ork, and he sometimes tbs
41U up on the street" Also
s9e1e t4lng1 down-for B. B.
az b<ono4 When he gets real b,
- mou Try becomes mere mix
Ane94 ~ things for which h,
ee = 9onerosity. Common rer
~ 01t AFTER the election in I
e1eEo mite deficit in the tr
0emocratic campaign fl
zeeh wiped il out with