Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-09
BLUFF MAN I|RITEs ARTICLE
 FOR JOURNAL Alexander Advises Pub 1 lie to Remain l Calm
 Ms KETTLE anon l BEATING' TO srof
 \ Public Clamor for Lower [,s Will Soon Die Out { 1s Nervous Condi- S tiOn

:. ho demoralized by the big O' to force everything down do e,+ " of production. The 'Ket- K ting, ts, will soon die out" IS !.ns an of s, G. Alexander, pres 'e +he Merchants and Plant I, 't to cotton growers in the A' 'nnblication, Merchants and Review. 7, ,avander has just returned ;s vacation in Denver. On m ,rn trip he visited Chicago aa m Boston, and New York bs M studied financial and cot ditions. oo4+o, Merchants and Planters Re nnbHcation of the Merchants anters Bank, follows:
 our last report cotton has jolt. October cotton de- in New York has sold under ner pound for middling con This is certainly below cost ,,ction and too cheap in com, with other commodities. Nc ns able to give a satisfactory Possibly it is because it IS aential election year and the nervous and frightened. Pos is a psychological condition n idea takes hold of the pub d it sometimes has to TUT rse-like the measles-befort l state can be regained. In violent fluctuation vii react above and below nrice level before finding it: ium.
 Demands Universal.
 demand for lower price lev all commodities became uni and the machinery once SC on is hard to control. Tn bers boldly proclaim in thei es that everything is too high vernment gives out report Tar will soon reach ten cent nd and storis are freely cir of large quantities being hel' lulators. Bang! Down zoe kket and the newspapers pro he High Cost of Living i One has it that there e billion and a half pound the country. This is enoug pounds for every man, Wo d child in the United States Denver, where this articl ten on the 25th of Angus re advertising sugar, all yo | 15c and 16c per pound.
 in Colorado farmers have ir n high priced labor and ms raise a crop of cabbag las sold at 8 1-3c per pount Colorado farmer is gettin Dc per hundred pounds f. o. hich is not sufficient to pa [ of hauling it to the raj Rtion. They claim that 6s ldred pounds would let the, n without counting anythin lr labor. Again this is hai Further evidence of the dro cost of living, but I haN Do one offering sympathy f, r farmer who has put his l money into the cabbage ere ling it at loss. The idea { everything cheaper has b ppermost in the public mil pushing their demands co is destroyed and many COT forced below cost of pr
 Cotton, wool cabbage al ftle are present examples.
 ave not a large crop of co year. Those now selling D deliveries around 24c Ian ew York will find it difficr the cotton from our farme ofit. The weevil is rampa
 sections. The crop is la Pre has been too much Ia the bumper crop many thil It assured. To the colt l say: Do not become q ed by the big scramble
 verything down below co uctlolf. The Kettle Beatin pn die out. Gather your c, efully' Have it clean, and ndltlon. Market it gradual " ones now clamoring f :. 'es Will soon wake up to t Y the crop is small and tn may yet be a competit, 0oable that they will have
 to 4oc per pound for u on they are now selling a ng to deliver.
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