Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-01-29
~THE CHICKENS COME HONE"

The Macon Telegraph smugly pats itself the back
and tells the cotton Il told So in an editor
slam at them for supporting the movement to fix
cotton prices, which it backed last fall.
At least that is what it did yesterday morning
when the price of cotton was down, What it will say
now after rise of $40 per bale day, will be
interesting
Here is what The Telegraph says under the head
ing Chickens Come Home;
The cotton situation undoubtedly alarming, The
gross mismanagement and demogoguery of the senior
senior from Georgia, two three state officials and
congressman two has led first
ulent attitude toward that trying to
stabilize the price of the staple at somewhere between
thirty and thrty-fve cents and would have been glad
to have fixed the price at thirty five, into general
campaign all the country of damning out everybody
and everything but their stupid and short-sighed
selfshness-and into a holding movement which is
threatening break the country banks and the
suit of all of which cotton is twenty
cents is in sight
The Telegraph has solution of it. This paper
alone of all public agencies in the belt raised its
voice against the insane policy of the seconspated
leaders who because they believed chose gamble
that cotton would forty fifty moved
Washington and successfully fought every effort to
have the price of cotton stabilized on a profitable and
permanent basis Professional noisemakers called US
everything that time and 90 yet Some of them win
come around toward blaming US for cotton going
so low if their present frame mind of bewder
ment and realization of and political disaster
result of their betrayal their constituency keeps up
I'VE right Plenty of farmers responding to the
call Of patriotism common and good national poll
tics it at the time and supported the stand of
newspaper. Men who said forty pound to
raise telling truth they actually
made good many people believe such balderdash and
profteerng propaganda Every who has cotton
row. or hasn't been wiped by buying speculative
basis figure above it, would be glad to see price
fixed at thirty cents pound and would be more than
contented with his profit it
I'VE could have had thirty-fve cents fXed last Au-
gust and september-it would look like bonanza
And The Telegraph a suspicion of Geor-
ga will well remember the gentry who undertook to
lead them out of the wilderness at that tmeand landed
them plumb up to their necks in a swamp
There are elements of good sense and truth in what
The Telegraph says. There also elements of good
truth missing The action of cotton yesterday
in suddenly soaring the limit permitted in day on
the cotton exchange that staple has in
trinsc value far greater than the results of the ham
merng by the crowd indicated And as the
uniustifedy high freight rates down, per
uniting a free shipment European markets
up went the price.
The Times Recorder has not told the farmer who said
it cost him 40 cents to grow his that he lied Maybe
he did. Maybe he didn't Whatever the facts, the South
has long been ridden by the whole world which
had cothe, and cotton worth every that the
South can get it, whatever honorable method may
used to get it.
1t was time the freight rate barrier was re-
moved and those who responsible for removing it
will have the sincere thanks of the cotton states
Europe may now buy cotton The price has start
ed back where it belongs.
Let it climb.