Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-29
YEARY ISSUES
STATEMENT To
TEXAS FARME RS


cotton specialist. has issued the lol.
lowing ocmmnnicuiion to the farmers I,
M T"Nga rAailVe toithc cotton indus I
try IN this state. in which be- relates
number OF details relative to cotton I
raisng and marketing +
To the Farmers Institutes of TcNss 4
Some times Il h very irinof ant 20 /
take view Of the past. Farmers -
well as others
No doubt the l-ar talk you have
heard ana rcad lately about tie pricf .
Of this c'tton crop: how low he nrie- ,
u. and u likely o. H. and the causcs /,
i"r them. h,N. guge the ROUNDS ire
-. This II not new pid you cter /
know 81 fall that was otherwise
licar talk u always plentiful and irv'
DO the farmers Il Texas know What
they have accomplished IN N" rast
three YEARS. MANY of them d. not
This ~ o. refresh The minds Il al
What thcN have Gone and encourage
them 90 do u again. and not onl, ih,
same cnca de- their business duiN again
lot take their evidence To- others and
line them M t. help themselves Talk
u To single farmers. GROUPS Il them
and call inertings and explain o.
New listen; Dlrinr 'le summer q
1917 :.Soo delegates 81 the Farmers
Institutes Het IN Austin and plcdg,d
themselves that n Commissioner Fired
w. Davis wvuld throw the AID and in
fluence 81 his department. and him
srlf. n, work 10 aid the farmers g.
price their cotton ard recaye the
Price they would go honc and de-
their beet to follow hi- instructions ~
NNah - A "A
started his maChii erN in molten
The price ~ 20 cents was named -
the minimum price GOTTEN should s-ll
frr. Gotten was selling Tor 10 Co is
cents Seprqnl-r 10 and gang down
daily. Thirty cents was 40 least $50
Ter hale more than u WAS selling TO-
wher the work started. lie urged that
every hole ~ held Tor at least 30 cents
that could h. held. tn. farmers On
northeast Texas made TN. cotton ~
Texas that year and many q th-m
held. In 60 DAYS they were selling cot.
ton fT % GENTS They weT. Urged ~
continue to hold as the railroads COULD
not haul u. and In offer too much
would break the market They held
and gut ~ cents or So pet hal. more
than u started at Who priced this
crop Who md. the price advance
So per bale twas thos,. determined
farmers mainly IL Northeast Texas
md ether stti.s who refused 10 S.ll
en- the farmers price their cotton
and get tho prize Does any on. te.
hcva the price would have advanced
" the farmers had hcen willing o. srii
~ ls tn ~ vents Ind any one ever
80 tho price advance SIS per hal. lie.
fore With the raiiroadS and ships
g. -. a
fnonihiv supplv of cotton. Il the farm.
ers had rushed u on the market cont
No't know they would have rad. the
pitcc 10 cents. Hasn't the farmer.
got u In their psNer Ia make IN. price
and mako u Ia cover cosi and "A proI'
II they work together as they have
hecn doing? II they are indifferent
won't their Indifference make y low'
az .coursc thew hav. the pricing IN
thor own hands
Well Let W 80 further. The ruHe
tJs ccntSl recommended IN 1919. NJ
sSs pr hale higher than u vas sell.
ING for when picsing beIan Again
Northeast Texas farmers made IT,.
crop and Also made the pr,,,. In
about 10 days cotton was S'liinr 2
their nrice, - cents They HAD up.
md downs and fights from every al.
Gle. hut those Who stood their rrorna.
r~civod the price. They pr-ventec the
cop from selling for ls o. n cents.
They whipped the hs-lrs In thor prie.
rNing Srhenre for % cents and forced
the price bark % their wishes.
Last fan TIE price named was about
$50 p'r hale above the street pric,,
S.t.tcmhss !. This time the n-rrv
West reNas farmers made tho c-up ~
Tie s'ai.. and mate the pricc Ry NJ. /
Vent 81 J they were reaping their =
ward. Theit nerve and good judgment |
uisde West TeNas rirh 90 spit. - r
position. ana sorie - Il IN their oan
sc7fion. Again all kinds - schemes.
fficks and combinations were brought
into play. CaIrnr,sses shut down. on.
harvn lgains the railroads hauling r. ..
ton MAS PIT on and ne demand
etrsouflage spread a. ~ grabs q cn,
ton while an saEir demandrp r.olI
. tion eNisid all the I'm. t'ui.rI
sich condiiinns Mailing cot. o. " iild
have sid fof ~ cents 81 "a. farmers
lad not deniandcd their r!ghts AID
,tood their grounds With ;ha exrela /
lion q the last inr'. trop- ms O., :
The iTica ten higher caflv in n. I'm I
.ifn any other time until late IA tee
snrinC Why this chang. ..,rep' hv /
the action " the farmers
What are the conditions sff.efInr I
MS crop Ne tfev wnrs. 90. isaf.. o. /
81 us Look ~ hcih sides 1h,. govern I
aent estimate September d. aleu-,
one and a quarter million hale. mpr. 4
mar We mad. l1f wear Th~rs /. I
inoie thar % million hal,s ies- "a ,t. I
ton. hntefs bellies and doc tai than .
ihsg. Nas last wear \ goa.i psfu,n /
~ the splnahle sarTv-N.r IA iilrh
mostly igN grade j. iu ~. farmers I
hahds. The damaged nails of Eufon. 4
are repaired and ready fof cu'tar. for
,irner- have adjusted the.r business
- H- !" Int oniton ia Lsrgsr tuln- /
us thsn LIS, yfaf the miils hly. b
f, hal st"rAs wihrh wiz D.. 'shrus; q i
's't"re the rev crap 'vin r"tsh 'h-i1 .
there y nothing certain ina, mos. 81. I
tn viii D. made this y..,r ina, L.,
We nave net mad.. I,sa,o, With th. hsil .
""rins ard weeyils N-i md ri. a,il. /
'ge a. tue crop T. ruiniu,iF.-l o. In.
i,ullic, " count ~ al bl,,fns IN q.
the l"th :" 10Th - Ssfsisini.r uI king I
''toh' IN. ws-NllS stopped hi. ming
iu the "" Srande Nallry In Irly. brf
. good crop WAS matursd L. s,,,,tb I
trftia TeNsr ihtN ur,-gtFts.d il.r,,5. ]
INC Angusi "a central n.rtb ,fa
''tsi TeNas hl'ominC csasd aisnit -.
,ent't j. Experience 80 tauglt -
irai when me we-stiis i.cynies ri.f,ii.
tdl enn'tEh a. stop bioouinr they t-sip
wiHk en- IN" small l-,iis and runtinu.
i'~r WINK %, larger nns-s We hsd
hspci Ne-i TeNas would esoap,. an.
-, ages - the worms ana wseKiis but
fecent rri'rts s'y thst section has he.,
seu"il'lN visited ~ the hoil worm.
Ia tact that the crop - about one
ntofih late u locks safe - cl.E!i.r
the S'fiefniEr rstsnrf - about rsfl
ir-rnunr normal August ! report,
No prlce recommended flr tho 1890
ercp IL a. cents which !. ai.nu, a.
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