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The above farm should produce 10
b. C. and tenant must pay three bales
rent. After paying entire proceeds OF
sale of cotton and seed on his years
expenses, he owes balance Of 1858.
Land planted in corn and hay will
produce enough to feed horse.
1 have been engaged in farming
for the past thirty years and am
thoroughly familiar with the cost OF
production being now extensively en-
gagged in farming, and also thoroughly
familiar with same as a merchant
selling fertilizers and supplies. hav-
ing been extensively engaged in the
! mercantile business for the past thirty
years.
The above is a correct statement
illustrating the cost of production Of
cotton. T. A. AmakeH.
Referring Back to the Cost Of Cotton
to the South.
Cotton production has cost the
South all that I have said and a vast
amount more. The cost is so great
that It would require the judgment Of
God Almighty to render a decision
a to what cotton has actually cost
the South. No mortal man can make
the estimate.
Henry Grady more than thirty-one
years ago delivered speech in New
England, which made a more lasting
impression possibly on the country
than any one speech ever delivered
by any human being. The production
Of cotton in the South has prevented
his prediction from coming true. He
said in part:
when every farmer in the South
shall eat bread from his own fields
and meat from his own pastures and
disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved
by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming
gardens, and orchards and vineyards,
and dairies and barnyards, pitching
his crop in his wisdom and growing
them in independence, making cotton
his clean surplus, and selling it In his
own time, and in his chosen market,
and not at q masters bidding-get-
ting his pay in cash and not In re-
ceiptsd mortgage that discharges his
debt, but does not restore his free
dom-then shall be breaking the full
ness of our day." ...,.
Tho cost OF production Of cotton IN
the South has made the loyad Ameri.
can citizen realize that it Is abso-
lutsly necessary Tor him in carrying
out his pledge to helS make the world
safe tor democracy, 70 holp in every
way possible, uSinE every eancs OF
enersy 1t his command to help I'm.
prove ooaditiens IN tie 6oxta. - that
It win be . At 9jaes Tor people to
live In. He has maAe this decision be-
cause he realizes, frSt, that It 10 his
duty - q loyal American citiEea and
becsuss 4 10 his duty in justice 70
Ged and man. He realizes:
Once to every man and nation
Comes the moment TO decide;
In the strife Of truth with falsshood.
For the good o. evil side.
"Then 70 sidewith truth is nssle,
When we share our wretchsd crust;
Fro her cause bring fame and proAt
And It's prosperous to be just.
Then it is tho hreve man ckooSss,
While the coward stands aside,
Doubling in his ab1ect spirit,
TILL his Lord is crucihe&."
south's Future at Stake.
The South realizes that its future
existence Is at stake, and that it Is
absolutely necessary to market, bank
and finance its cotton crop and that
il this is not done, the cotton produc-
ton of the South will follow the in
iigo production, and that the cotton
production will be referred to only as
something that once existed in the
South.
For this reason tho farmer, mer-
chant and banker have absolutely. de-
termined to arrange to market cot
ton. They are for1iing a $200,000,oOO
corporation for this purpose known as
sha Marketing, Exporting and Financ-
ing Corporation. The manipulators
and gamblers who have fed on the
!ne blood Of the South will, Of course,
violently protest. We realize that
commercial freedom Of the South is
absolutely necessary to the future
progress and prosperity of the South.
The banking interests OF the South
will increase their capital and cur
plus by at least so per cent, and will
accept liberty loan bonds in payment
tor additional stock issued. Oppor-
tunity only knocks once. The South
realizes that It is knocking today and
the door will be opened.
Arc You Helping.
Are you helping in the fight for
commercial freedom OF the South? II
not, you are not a loyal son OF either
America or the South. Not only this
you do not realize that America. OF
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