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

Then began the agitation 1or gov c
ao-t nTice upon cotton. The slate !
was made for price OF twenty-five
cents and the public was artfully pre-,
nared for the program. The editorial
cages of the metropolitan press iprih-
finally controlled. as shown by the the {
Kointa letter, by interests more close
Iv identified with London than WIFE
America) rang with attacks upon tng
cotton producers, who were ciasSeG
With the "profteers." Every otheI
staple product had been hGrnesseu
with a fixed government price-"nS
rot cotton? Thus shouted the lac1o
ries and their hirellngs: AhhouiIe
tents said 20 be official were gwen
out 70 the effect that the government
was planning 70 fix prlce upon COY
-on. and that that price woull De
twenty-five cents.
: IN hammer on the cotton market.
Then Farm and Ranch got busY'
and F. p. Holland instructed me 10
and out every fact bearing upon co..
.on and TO put it in TINS CORES
nordpnce. without bias, fear or faveT'
which explains why | came in toucn
with the happenings which are mere
recorded
Then the commissioners of agricul-
ture of the several cotton states got
busy; also the officials OF the IaTm-
ers unions in these states. logeIhSI
they hurried TO Washington, andson-
cited an audience with the president.
After waiting around while, thEou"n
the aid of Southern senators tney eo'
he audience. The audience room was
he private Office Of Mr.. Bernard ba-
5 ruch. After waiting there ABOUT an
hour and chatting about the weather
hev we're greeted by Mr.. Barucn, WHO
appeared upon the scene, moving IN
haste and clad in business suit OF
: ordinary grav, and a beaming smile
: that reachei from the tip OF one ear
n o the extremity Of the other ear. ne
first thing he did was to ring TOT
page and call for cigars. Nhen theS
d came he took the box out OF the hanos
d Of the boy and personally passed IL
d around among the delegates. he eN-
BIZ" p,ained that they needn't hesitate &c
1t smoke; that he, not the government
paid for these cigars. he also snoof
n hands with every man present anC
declared, with visible emotion, ina
n, his forbears had been hitched up w'ti
the cotton patch, had toiled and SUI
is fered in it, and that both tradltioI
lie and experience had taught HIM ina
the cotton producer never got VIVA
Of was fairly coming to him. Ihel
pc everybody was happy and eXpectan'
to Parenthetically, it should be re
IS. rarked that NJ. Baruch missed nj
It. calling when he went to New Ior
on and tackled "the street" No matte
how many millions he may have mad
vn there he will never enjoy the sens
% Of triumph that would be his II n
In would 90 upon the stage and pla
Mulberry Sellers" Widow Bedott,
ry or something Of that sort.
When the cigars were al lighte
and coed fellowship reigned fro
ca pole to pole, Mr.. Baruch impaired II
is information that he had just con
ms from the WHITE mouse, ana was d
of thorized to speak for the presider
int who was too busy to speak lor MI
a sell.
The representatives of cotton, Sc
de- e-al of whom were officials of the
md states, presented their case. Tn
ac- asked no favors of the government
aus although the government was IN
nv scattering it favors with a prodle
so hand among all or most of the bio
nv? Gustrles OF the last. All they ASK
hat was that the government Wouiu "a
the rs hardS OH cotton, anu iedFe
70 a,cre-to WORK out it's own salvati;
ties They pointed to the fact that tbs
was no law which authorizes the ~
,est eminent to fix a price upon colt
,ean and that any attempt to fix COVE
set ment price would be a palpab.e q
Il Nar-rapt u-urDat ion of mower
80, Mr.. Daruch listened with meath
of and disoatch. Among his numer'
Rel. accomplishments must be listed t
aIv. of being a good listener. Whate
how he does, Baruch does well; hat Is
how say, he does it artistically. If he e
GET attempts grand opera, goodbye
find ruso.
,nor The net ruselt of this audience
ntrv that the cotton producers were pas
,tton on to the Page Committee.
In the meantime the bears hamn
\ or ed and hammered away on the col
a es- market.
80. When cotton wen. below tai
NIL cents, the Page Committee graz
,;nos the cotton producers another hea
~ and graciously told them it had /
, ~ decided not to make a prlce--uu
cotton went too high or too low.
MAN. And the bears continued &c %
and pound away on the cotton
mr. as het.
u al as and ~. Snancial AMI indus
We, journals of New York and the
avar recorded with great gusto the achi
4 ~ ment of Mr.. Baruch's Board in I
ing to the rescue and preventing
haa~ ton from getting beyond thier col
rooa and running to forty cents. Onl
aJs,- Texas did the daily press take
lent care to avoid any referenc
this highly interesting and some
6 Mr. important fact.
most r, -. II
rators M eHis'Ans % go g.,
S failure to find boats for cottor
. WI" ports, although Mr.. Hurley, hea
,ar : the shipping board, assured the
resentatives of cotton that there
,,,a no lack of transportation faci
W." waro to supply the allied and neutral {
,ta -. tries with all the cotton they ne
$500 The war came to an actual end
!. sn,'. still Mr.. Baruch's Board kept an
|, IT, grip on cotton.
And the bears continued to han
- and hammer away on the C.
ysno,s market.
= y n ;s And in every nook and corne
49, day Of Wall and Broad streets,
.~ York, the question on every tc
w. nc iS hoIv Y1uch lnnper will tho fo,