The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

and his associates. has cost the cotton
nroducers of Texas more than SZOO,-
600 600 within the last twelve
months. If it shall be persisted IN, the
result will be to make the cotIoh
growers of the country mere hewers
of wood and drawers of water for the
mountaineering districts CT the last
and of Europe forever and ever. |
AS said to the Texas legislature,
7 am for war upon that policy, ana
believe that it should be fight 10
finish. no matter what complications,
political or otherwise, may result.
have discovered that the manufactur-
ers of cotton are in politics solely
FOR manufacturing purposes. heIce-
forward | refuse to support tnelr
game merely fer the sake OF pelng
Dernlitted to play in their backyard:
If that be treason, make the most ol
it.
Since the above was written, the
following cable dispatch has been re-
ceived from Parish, referring 70 the
| proceedings of the Peace Council:
Announcement is made that the
economic drafting committee mas
completed its work upon wnlch the
peace treaty will rest in so FAR as the
worlds economic relations are con-
! ceraed. Bernard Baruch is the Amer
Iran member of this committee, ana
ne IS 10 be appointed member OF the
Gnai committee waich will dehne the
PRINCIPLES Of an economic settlement
which will go to the supreme comm
&c council.
In cher words. Bernard Baruch,
king of Wall street operators, whose
absolute voice, speaking n the name
, of the government, drove down the
: nrice of cotton from thicty-ciSht L
th1r.y cents within 2 lew days, anc
whose policy would make the south
ern states dependent provinces, Is
low writing the terms OF an e%onoEl-
ic settlement" which is expected to e.
auleh - ali yeats 20 come the pa
! sis for the commercial relation be
1 .veer tbs and foreign countries, ans
Il 20 provide regulations 1ot the dlspC
sition of all export cotton. sir. Be
Iuch. who believed that twenty-five
cents per pound was sufficient for tn
Y ,,,u, e. Of CO. rU,r IN! al the man
! ufacturer should have price for HI
= PRODUCTS which fairly called foc SIX,
=. cents fer raw, cotton, IS now EiLrlE'
u terms with Europe for marketing c
all TIC cotton we shall be peTmltte
. TO sell abroad. a.
5. What have TIE cotton producers C
&c the South, who have had a spIendl
:, opportunity to get well acqualnte
IS with Mr.. Baruch, to say to that!
Of In CONGRESS the. first skirmish hs
lust been won. The representative
VI there Of the cotton producing state
" have been eye witnesses of the ettec
&C. of Mr.. BarEch's embargo policy. Iha
ne know how cotton, when just with
re touching distance of forty cents. W.
ny attacked from the rear, and thf
lily know who led the attack. In COME
re ence they framed the amendment
on the sundry civil Appropriation b
which provides that no part CT y
appropriation for the War Tra'
OF Board shall be available unless 1t shi
.cn lift all embargCes on exports OF &C
ton, and this amendment has ~
, been adopted by the House-5ince I
above article was written-to ia
effect on June 30th. It is now up
the Senate, and every cotton produ
ing state should promptly cal! for
adoption of this measure by the Sc
ate.
This action by Southern Congre
men confirms every word | have w
ten for Farm and Ranch on this ST
ject. r