Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-27

through their agents, to interfere
with the leasing of it 20 others. They
have been open in their opposition
] am going to discuss the price Of
New England and the western peo-
pie as it does my own section. The
high cost of labor makes it abso-
lutely necessary for US to have
cheaper fertilizer to meet the compe-
tition of the world in the production
of cotton. England for two years
has put a tax on every bale of cotton
used by her cotton factories and is
using that money in her colonies
where they have cheap labor to de-
velop the production of cotton. The
time is not far distant when they
are going to take from the south the
monopoly of cotton raising which we
| now have unless we can get cheaper
| fertilizers. We cannot compete with
| those people, because their labor and
many other things are cheaper than
| ours. When that time comes the
| purchasing power of the south is
| going to be so reduced that New
| England and the farmers Of the
north as we'll as the farmers of the
west, who sell us their products are
going to feel it very severely. When
! the south cannot raise cotton at a
profit, the New England cotton mills
will be compelled to so out of bust.
ness, and other manufacturing com
| n
| duction, as they will be unable to
find customers to take the place OF
the people of the south. When the
southern people fail to raise cotton
they will have to plant grain, much
of which they buy from the west
II the western farmers should lose
their market in the sale of wheat in
| the south, they would have q large
surplus on hand and the price would
so below the cost of production, as
it always does when there is an
overprodU The north and west
are interested in cheap fertilizer in
the south and the cheap production
of cotton as much as our section is
The present president of the
| United States, the preceding presi
dent of the United States, MIR. Har
ding, and l think also President vii
son, recommended the St. Lawrence
canal. One of the reasons for urS
ing that project was to set lower
freight rates to help the whea
growers of the west. That was the
principal argument used l beuev,
that project is coming rapidly, ant
if that is true, why should not tn,
senators from that section of tn,
country favor the development a
Muscle Shoals in peace time to hell
the cotton growers down in my sec
ton of the country? 1t is just a!
important TO help agriculture in tn,
south as it is TO help it in the nortl
or the west.
I shall not take longer time to dis
cuss this matter. Mr.. President, bu
| want to call the attention of tn,
senate to the Importance OF cotton
to the Cnied Safes. Except for tn,
gold brought into our country il
payment OF cotton exported from tn,
south our sold reserve now woul
not be much more than one-half o
what it is. The southern Cottol
growers compete with the world. an,
it is necessary 10 have cheap fer
tili2er TO raise ii at a profit, a
much OF the land is wearing out. II
two-thirGS Of the south where cotton
is produced fertilizer is an absolut,
necessity, and they will have to rails
other crops unless we can Sc
cheaper fertilizer 10 use in conneC
ton with the crowing Of cotton
] There can he no general DrOSOevitN
in our country until the farmers ar,
prosperous, When the farmer re
ceiveS a sood price Cor his product:
il helps all business. trades and pro
LESSONS. We have too long mes