The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-19

grade bales any one state produces except Texas
annually used in making automobile tires Within 10
years cotton will be used for aeropane wings than
are used for automobile tires.
Cotton figures In most Of the inventions which
into general the world over Unless England col
lapses and it will not, England will take lot
Of cotton because an lot Of English capital and
English labor function in cotton Asace will take cotton
for the same reason, and SO will Japan.
So our people are going to plant at least an aver
age amount of cotton maybe more
How are they going to fix it SO they will get
enable profit for their cotton?
In times past fpur people struggled to get enough
interest on the moftage they paid debts they did it
by lower standard Of living.
Those who have been buying American cotton will
find that from now going to struggle to get
reasonable reward from our cotton
We will not be contented with mere hand-tomouth
existence.
This will be sharp fight The spinners abroad still
look upon 1Ocent cotton about right The SOUTH
whole able to produce and sell cotton for 10
cents at profit 'Wel, but you lived" 10-cent man
might say Yes We lived, but we supplemented the in
come from cotton by other labor and by bringing new
land under cultivation. We went into natures capital in
the south instead Of accommodating surplus"
We are gradually coming out of debt. Now, how to
stay out Of debt and how to guarantee freedom
is the big question before
This will be terrible expensive crop to grow. Ii we
grow nothing but cotton then may stand out for what
the stuff will be worth this fall but We this year. at
this of big prices for cotton stand firm and follow
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be in an unassailable position.
We have to grow enough stuff in the south to feed
the south this fall during the winter and next
Now this does not that land that is best fit for
ton should be put into something else but it does mean
that every should utilize all the producing land
his place after he has planted enough cotton for his
labor to safely handle.
We do not mean for every man to grow on his farm
enough food Of ali sort to feed himself and all his en-
poyes but there should be enough food grown in every
|neighborhood tossupply that neighborhood.
There is no reason why alfalfa and corn should be
imported into Arkansas into Mississippi These two
things be grown in these states in sufficient quaint
ties to care for the needs of the state.
It we insist upon buying meat and beef through the
packers we must grow enough live stock and hogs to
Icounterbaance foot the slaughtered stuff we use
We shall be free this fall if we let it be known that
we intend to have reserve line of food behind our
front line of cotton.
Land is not high in the south. Our people should
not be stampeded into letting go at sacrifice price if
there is any sort Of furry.
There is plenty Of credit in the south which, used by
our bankers carefully will be able to carry us along In
spite OF threats OF government prosecutions the lumber
market should not become demoraized where the pro-
ducers would sell at price under cost and decent prof
lit.
Labor is the SOUTH but not as scarce as it is
IN other parts OF the world We should be careful to do
those things will not cause stampede of labor
The employer and the employe can go forward in
this region this year confident of the result if they de-
termne to keep their heads on their shoulders and put
their minds and their muscles into jobs at hand
There is nothing to fear.-Commercial Appeal