The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-08-30
COTTON SCARS UPWARD.

All Georgia is IN smiles ami she has
a right to be- Cotton is up in price
and the indications are that it will
continue to rise and as result the
people of Georgia are all delighted
High priced cotton means good times
not only for the farmer and the cot
ton towns, but for the business mer
everywhere and the ports too.
| Not only this-but this years cror
was made at about one-third the cost
of last years crop. Furthermore, this
Years crop is not more than eight
million bales and, we are going to be
liable to ship to Germany as the Ger
man treaty will undoubtedly be rati
fled by the first of October-so that
1--we will have another great world mar
ket for our products.
1t is our understanding that Ger.
many under ordinary conditionsa used
sbout two million bales of cotton a
year. This year it will probably use
more than that if it can get it as
lGermany has been cut off from this
country commercially since 1914. So
there is evidently and necessarily a
shortage of cotton in Germany; and
Hit is our opinion that Germany is go-
ling to take all the cotton she can get
fright at once,
/ Furthermore, there are many more
ways of using cotton than formerly,
tBebs ares niany by-products both in
tle dbre and the seed, and its uses
ato many and varied The price of
CLIFTON Is, as with every other pro-
dict governed by the laws of supply
and demand Last year there was a
surplus of cotton in this country of
ABOUT ten million bales, we under
stf ID, and it was due to this fact
M re- than anything else that the
plare tutnbled so rapidly.
'rhisF surplus has probably been all
used up--so that feature is out of the
way. Another thing that brought
down the price of cotton last season
was the fact that a number OF cot
ton mills throughout the country clos
ed down, and number of others were
placed on short time. This situation
has to large extent been remedied,
so that, as we see 1t, the situation is
distinctly encouraging. 1t is our be-
lief that this season the cotton-grow-
ers of the South will get fair price
for their product and will make a
good profit.
Yet even though the situation this
year is encouraging, the cotton grow
ers should not overlook past occurren-
ces. If the farmers of the South want
to play safe they should be warned
by what has happened in the past and
diversity their crops. IL the farmer
does heed the warning that has so
often been sounded, he can play safe.
Each season IS governed by condi-
tions as the arise. You can never
tell just ex,ctly what Is going to hap
pen to the cotton crop, or the price
thereof. The farmers should stabilize
their fortunes by not relying solely
on cotton as money crop. for If they
10, occasional disaster is inevitable.
Cotton is a great world staple. and
vet the growers OF that staple in the
chief cotton growing section of the
world are not prosperous, in many in
stances. This Is due to the fact that
they have placed all their eggs in
one basket. staked all their fortunes
OIL the cast OF a single dice. and when
tie dice do not fall luckily, they lose
out.
This year il seems that fortune is
going TO favor the eotton-growers.
They have some good luck coming TO
hem after the dreadful debacle OF
lsst year. but they should change
heir astics in future. and net rely
olely on cotton as money crop.
stherwise hardship and failure win
aevitahly come occasionally.