The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-05
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To Iuka vidette.

}accepting representative PaZzell s
offer to hear suggestions for Legis-
lation at the coming session of the
Legislature.
we need to eoonomize ard
the very best starting point is re-
duc'ion in salaries of County and
State officers and Topping off Of
useless help in many offices of every
county, and in State offices. The
war is over now and we must get
back to where we can travel.
Some of US think the State Tax
Commission and the Board of Par
dons and probably some other USE
less State offices could be abolished
Our Farmers, raising Cotton
in ten of the States of the Union,
are being Pauperized by not being
protected or unionized. They are
too numerous and scattered to form
a Union, with enough money to
protect themselves. therefore. it is
up to the States to protect. each its
own, Cotton raisers. | would like
to see this session of the Legisla-
ture pass alaw, subject to the &C.
ton of at least eight other cotton
growing states adopting the samelaw
Before ours would take effect. The
law should be called The Cotton
Guaranty law, making the Governor,
Stat Treasurer and Agricultural
Commissioner Board of Control,
and should provide that when eight
or more of the Cotton States adopt
the same law, the Governor of Mis-
sissippi shall confer with the ether
s or more Governors at place they
may agree to meet each year, a.
that time they to agree upon fair
and reasonable living price for each
years cotton crop. The State, al
ter naming the price each year, can
handle any cotton they get by each
farmer shipping his cotton to his
nearest Compress. The Compress
to weigh and sample same and mail
to the Office of the State Agricultu-
raj Commissioner. where books
should be kept and cotton graded
and finally sold. The farmer will be
issued State warrant for so per
cent of the guaranteed price OF the
cotton and the State remit him full
price, after deducting expenses,
when sold, The Warrant the farm
er has for his cotton can be circu-
lated for paying debts one to an
other and finally the local Bunk
accepting them can use same If de-
sired with the Federal Reserve Bank
AS security Tor any loan they wanted.
There could be no bettcS security
than cotton as collater2.N There
could be added in this measure
section whereby the Board of Con-
troll could limit the production by1
requiring a report from each farm lr
once every year as to mules worked
and how many bales produced, al
lowing them, say 8 bales to the
mule, tax free, and Soc per bale on
4th bale, ST. 90 on 9Th bale and s,
on, as the Board saw fit to Tax
High Taxes on the overplus could |
be collected when the cotton is sold
and same could be kept in fund |
for the Cotton Guaranty Accountant
expense.
The Bank Guaranty Law of Mis-
sissippi has been the one safeguard |
tothe people in this time of stress.
Likewise the States belong to their
citizens as well to Guarantee Cotton
as to Guarantee Bank Deposits.
Every Labor Union arranges to pro-
stectitself. Business organizes, Fac
tories organize, why not our Farm
ing Interests. 1t is not right for
the Manufacturer to buy our cotton
at his price and then sell us back
the cloth out Of same also at his
price. The difference is too great
1t makes the rich richer and the
poor poorer to do that kind of bust
ness always. Let Mississippi be big
enough to step to the front with this
cotton business and the other States
will soon fol ow. Alter that Mr..
Spectator will grab the cotton a
tie fixed price and no State will
have to bother with handling cotton
enc year out of ten. The public will
I'know what the price of cotton will
be and know it can't be bought any
cheaper. the farmer will know what
he can expect for his crop and he
can raise one bale or three bales to
the mule and put in his spare time
on food crops. live at home, have
money to buy his family some
shoes and clothing and feel like he |
is able to look mankind in the face
You let us go along ten years
more in the slip sLol way which has
been our custom and there will be
no farmers. Because they cannot
make a living as it is. and mu t find
some different work OF more profit
to support their families.
Some great Politician will ex-
claim this proposition to be social
istic. But tits Democratic in truth
and will one day be adopted for the
protection of every cotton growing
State, | believe because a radical
situation will only be cured by rad
ical measures
The State of Mississippi and 9th
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