The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-23
WHY THE SOUTH IS IN THE BEGcAR CLASS
VIM Is the south in the beggar elas.1 Thi. IS

Why Is the South in the beggar CLASP This is
N ouestion that has stuck in the minds Of many peo-
pie for long years past, and there may be many
reasons assigned for this but we believe The most
prominent among these is the fact that the Southern
farmer stock raiser, etc, work long and tedious
hours producing stuff that goes to the North and
IA manufactured and developed into the finished
product in a few days or months that bring them
an enormous profit and therefore. they ore the ones
that make the money he south must wake up
They have Rip Van Winkled long enough, and too
long for their own good, and the effects OF their
long continuous sleep will be felt for years TO come
probably generations. The Southern states, and
take our own Lone Star State as AN example; We
raise The cotton. The farmer labors almost year
to produce the staple and gather the crop. They
sell n often on a forced market and get very little
for II. 1t goes into the hands OF the spectators
who make big profits and the spnners get It and
max more profit and by the time II gets back to
the farmer he pays from three to five dollars pound
for cotton that they sold at possibly fifteen cents
per pound Some profit, wonder the South
Is in the beagar class and they will remain there
for al time to come II they do not line up Tor
some definite plans to keep this product IN the
South I'LL II IL finished and ready FOR the market
The cotton plant Is one OF the most popular plants
known now but The farmer is not realizing oil OF
il what he should. Every product OF the cotton
stalk is making milonaires OF Northern and last
ern people well in foreign countries, while
about all the raiser gets out OF il Is thirteen months
work in the year. his children lose their chance OF
an education. and thereby unfit themselves Tor en-
tering upon LIES responsibility This IS also true
Of the stock raising industries Texas is the greatest
breeding ground for cattle and hogs 70 be found
most anywhere but we shoot them off to the North
ern markets before they have developed to halt
their size and sell them to those finishers, who
make enormous profits on a very small outlay OF
cash. These meat products come back to the pro-
duccr in the shape Of canned meats. bacon, hams,
etc. forty and sixty cents per pound. he South
producer never prosper to any extent as
long as this condition exists. he thing tor the
South to do according to notion. is to get busy
and make this the finishing grounds For what we
raise. Finish our meat cure IT, pack it, IT, and
keep the profits in this country that heretofore and
are at present being dumped into the pockets OF
the Northern and Eastern people, who under the
present system control the markets Let's have
more packing houses in the South Let's have cot.
ton mills and manufacturing plants to take care OF
our products Canning factories to take care OF the
fruit Of this land, and save lot OF unnecessary
freight and transportation charges. his can all
be done If the people will stand up to the rack, and
make an effort to protect their own interests