The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-02
COTTON AGENCY
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wear. There is as much more IN the
cotton belt in cultivation, not in COT
ton.
"If you can't get the money make
good note. This would, all told, make
sum equal to about seventy-five
million dollars. Then Mr.. Land Own
er, this, your fund, regulate the plant
ing of the cotton crop to supply the
demand. If some time there should
be fairly good crop of cotton, don't
send one million men out all trying to
sell some at once; price your cotton
and cotton seed at the price they are
worth. Sell them thru the association
for what they are worth and no less.
Don't try to force mill to buy
enough in week or two 70 last
year. They would rather buy as they
need it, You don't care yourself, to
buy all your supplies at once, to last
you a year, especially if you haven't
the finances. The mill is the same
way.
Stabilize the Crop.
with this fund you can easily H.
nance the situation. Every bank IN
the south will be your friend. They
will feel that your cotton will bring
its worth and that you can pay your
debts; your credit will at once be
better. Use this fund to finance the
members who have to have money.
Don't force it on the mills until they
need it. A horse will eat lots more
corn if you will give it to him as he
needs it, than if you give him too
much and gorge him, and the mills
are the same way. You continue to
gorge them and they don't want it.
Had cotton been held at twenty
five cents a pound, the mills would
have bought as much as they have.
They will buy faster when it is GO
ing up than when it is going down.
Don't give any more of your cotton
away Hold it for it's worth. | be-
lieve the banks will do all they can
to help any man that has cotton be-
hind his note. | am president Of the
Browne Hinton Wholesale Grocery
Company. We have customers that
pay our banks that are carrying us
but don't want any of our customers
to give their cotton away Tor to force
the farmer to give his away. If the
farmer has cotton, let him secure you
with it and carry his account longer.
II the merchant has cotton, and il
he has to have time, on his account
/ let his bank or jobber, if possible.
carry his account on the cotton. Stop
giving it away Start the fund quick.
Landowners, there are not so
many of you and you can easily reg
ulate the production and the market
ing. If it sells for it's worth. soon
the renter can own land and he has
right to.
For Higher Prices.
Who wouldn't be in favor of HIGH
er prices? Fighting prices down will
rum the country. Next year, every
man employed on the farm will be in
town. The farmer you know, can't
pay him anything. The labor in town
Twill go to nothing. Better keep labor
| up. / will subscribe onei thousand
dollars worth of stock because | know
the stock win pay Interest as well
/ as help ssave the country. Is there \
! land owner in a cotton country who
VIII not take as many dollars as he
has acres of land in cultivation? OF
| course, you must have a good fund
This will raise it. Let us all pull 10
gether. Don't get it in your system
4 that your home merchant or banker
IS your enemy Your success and
theirs go together. The principle
that every merchant and business man
IS a crook, from the man that sells i
loaf of bread on up, is wrong. it Is
bolshevism. "
The millionaire and multi-million-
ares are not in this class. The hard.
| esl tlme you have ever seen was when
| prices were lowest. Cut prices ~
two and you double the wealth IF ths
money interest at the expense of the
poorer class. ''''
Il am tired Of hearing Of read
lustment. 1t simply means low
prices, to the benefit of Inc non 49,
interest. Let us all pull together: LEI
prices go up; let labor stay up.e "