The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-06
which it is quoted Anything else of false currency. unsound money.
 WHAT IS YOUR REMEDY?

Senator Elton Smith of South Caro- lima proposed bill which understand limited deliveries to four grades, good middling to strict low middling white and to be delivered at the value of spot cotton. This would have reme- died the trouble, but did not pass Through MT Lever. member of the House from South Carolina, a new cot ton futures act has just been passed, and. l understand. signed, and will go into effect April l. This limits the delivery on futures contracts to 10 grades. middling fair to low middling, all white, seven grades Good middling and strict middling tinges and good middling stains, three, 10 in all. If the agricultural department and the bureau of markets will see to it that the delivery of cotton on these con- tracts shall be at the value for which they will sell at the point of delivery
 as compared with spot cotton. then Tn my opinion. never again will the agricultural department have to inter- iere with the market limiting the de- elines to Pc per pound per day. as the cotton market. like the grain mar ket, will take care of itself
 our southern congressman have not stuuled the question and seem not to understand the serious conseuuenceS. They urge the price was not stabilized "F '"c government along with other agricultural products. The government would have been fair and we should have trusted it, for cotton gives the greatest beneficences and Americans should see to it that the poorest of their fellow citizens should be called upon to make the product of their la bor benevofence. Americans should feel the cotton crop is theirs and should help the cotton south to get A fair price for cotton Eya, product. of every state should be to the government like the Stars and Stripes to our flag
 HOW SHALL WE SUCCEED?
 The holding movement and the cur tailment of the crop-how is this to be accomplished? In the first battle of the Marne. General Joffre said to the French that they must stand or die: there could be no further giving back General Sir Douglas Haig at Ypres said to the Eng fish that their backs were to the wal, and there could be no retreat. The French at Verdun held against every of- fensive, and the Americans at Chateau Thierry and in the Argonne Forest broke through every impeachment, every Hun line.
 DO AS THEY DID IN FRANCE
 Gentlemen, farmers, will you do like wise? If you will, the battle is won. If you SNe way, the pattle IS lost. Hold your cotton till you get fair prices hold your cotton till the cows come home
 Cut your production one-third. You can get more money for the two thirds, besides getting a full price for the cotton you have on hand than you could get for full crop, besides the losses you would sustain on the cotton on hand. To accomplish this, you must organize You must stand as one man. You must be true Americans You must, if need be, exercise the espionage act
 HOW THEY DID IN. KENTUCKY
 In Kentucky years ago when the bear combine on burley tobacco had appor- toned out the crop, giving every opera tor his special division of tobacco. and at a price the lowest ever, one that would confiscate everything, the planters organized the night riders, It was fear ful, but it broke the combine and won the fight.