The Port Gibson reveille., 1921-04-28
RETTER nE CARFFuL.

Senator !. II. Barrett, who Is now ia
q as on business. sends us a lengthy
lcftsr addressed 70 the farmers 81
roraa ~ Fred ". Davis, ex-oommis-
sionsr n agriculture, who IS now man
ancr IL the Farmers Collective Bar,
gaining Association Of that state.
among other things Mr. Davis
aeys.
'4Yon are being asked 10 parti-
cipate in cotton marketing
scheme which requires you 10 sign
away the control 0f your cotton
for q period of FIVE years.
aIhe plan Is accompanied with
arguments together with endorse
ment 81 bankers and others.
despite the endorsements and
lengthy arguments, We feel ln-
PEELED 10 warn our farmer friends
that the plan seems 70 have many
defects and Il unfair TO the grow
crs.
"In order to employ an agent
you do not have 20 give up all
control Of your property
mo business firm does 70, why
should yoh?
III Il were really necessary for
you 10 do 60 ID order 10 secure
an agency, then that agency
should have the same views as 10
the principles which are 10 gov
ern the marketing Of your produce
aa YOU have.
III you believe that you are en-
titled 70 price your cotton accord
ing 10 The cost of production and a
profit sufficient 20 sustain you N
the business Of cotton production,
then you do not want 70 give un-
restrained control to an agency
that does not believe in this prin-
clplc.
'sThe people who arc asking you
to sign away your every right 70
them, do not believe you have the
right to, or should attempt to ex-
ercise the privilege of contending
for the cost Of production 70 your
cotton"
Mr.. Barrett asks; aWhat do yol
think Of this?' We take the sam
view as expressed BY Mr.. Davis. w
noticed the organization of the cotto
marketing scheme, and thought o
commenting upon It at the time, bu
we do not wish our readers to get III
impression that the paper Is "agains
cotton, az some one has expressed ]
TO us. IN fact we do not want to Sc
our farmers quit cotton raising al
together; we want to see them rails
every thing else they need and the
as much cotton as they can. II thi
was the practice all over the cottol
belt there would Be no need Of cottol
marketing organizations.
But, returning to the proposition;
seems to US that Mr., Davis has abou
covered the ground. No man want
70 surrender his property completed,
to an agent. II appears 10 Us to b
the poorest kind Of business.
There is another objection to tn
proposition; II there is any one thini
more than another which we have al
ways endeavored to stress Il is tn
danger Of surrendcring our personal
ity--or manhood. il you please, Tn
tendency seems 70 be to call for gov
ernmental or some other aid wheneve
there are business problems to solve
The man who does not develop to tn
point Of being largely independent
is failure, and will never amount Il
anything. or course, no one can b
absolutely independent Of OTHERS; buf
as far as development Of ones mentai
capacity goes, no one should be sat
isfed to stop short Of having done hi
best He ought 70 plan and rcasor
and profit by past experience and al
much experience Of the other fellow
as he can get, before he is willing Il
declare 70 government or some organ
ization that he hasn't got the capacity
TO manage his own business.