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


uncerain but universal disaster is not on the cards.
The people Of the United States can control the af-
fairs OF the United States commercial agricultural and
manufacturing, they adhere to the simple principles on
which the constitution of this country is based.
America needs an orderly frame of mind all the peo-
pie must realize that they get along unless they
work.
Paul asked some people why they were standing idle
IN the market place. His question arebuke They
were crtczng others for not doing what should be done
They were idly kicking their heels and doing nothing
When the broke out the power of the nation cen
tered itself in Washington This was natural The lep-
islave department Of the government temporarily was
absorbed by the executive Mr. Wilson was asked to do
everything In the name of the government he plt rep
atlons into force that squarey against the econom
laws that control the daily activities Of men, labor bus
mess, both personal and corporate.
We had arbitrary price-fxing We had rates of
wages fixed upon set Of figures. Men were drawn
from normal activities and placed in abnormal work
Uncle Sam became the FEEDER clother DOCTOR railroad
operator and moneymaker.
Finally the people themselves began to look to the
government for relief from all the ills that happen to
them
It an extraordinary situation. We found our
selves the dominant factor the settling of which
had been Threatening for 45 years. We had made no
preparations for the struggle Things that should have
been done 90 Is and 10 years ago. had be done on top
OF the job Immediately in front of We won but in
winning Wrenched the bolts of every structure in the
nation. We paid awful price for unpreparedness
After other contenders went to work and at
tempted quickly to restore the waste After this
there etup energy productive work stopped and
speculative work continued
Congress, depending upon the president for two
years. got out Of the habit Of thinking The members of
that body Individually above the average in intei
gence but the standard of intelligence Congress
since the war has been low.
But order gradually establishes itself in spite of the
indifference or disorder of people,
The laws of life and the business of life are constant
and finally assert themselves The process of assertion is
sometimes disastrous to individuals groups Of indi-
vduals who have been out of line Our rate Of exchange
with England for instance is enormously at variance
with what should be- Certain prices are at variance
with the process of other things
We are working to a balance sheet A balance will
finally be struck, and just how big will be the profit and
loss account depends upon efforts and our intei
gence. sas1
We are principally concerned in this territory and
It's people We are going into another agricultural year.
Our Mmbermen are preparing to get into the woods.
What will happen to us at the close of 1920 and the
spring OF 1921 can be lin controlled by us now
We had short crop Of cotton. We got big price
for of it. At times it is difficult to market what
should go into the mill in America or in England.
Last year we had agitation for reduced acreage.
This year there will not be noisy effort to cut acreage
Either the world this fall will take big crop Of cotton or
it will take no cotton worth speaking of.
The worlds supply Of cotton in the next 10 years
must come from America this in spite of talk of planting
in other lands.
The worlds consumption of cotton will double in Is
years unless cotton becomes high that other bers will
be used.
Cotton of high grade equivalent to the number Of