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Cotton Acreage Not Safe Index As To Size Of Crop Much Depends on Yield Per Acre, and Tlial Depends on Cultivation and Fertilization, Which Are Hard to Calcu late Under Changing Conditions on Plantations By J. C. ROYLE (Copyright. 1924. B* The AtfvitiM) New York. May 22?The question of Just what the "front porch" cam-, palgn of the farmer will amount to this summer, is causing consider able anxiety among those intere-t?d in cotton and cotton cloth manufac ture. This is not a political question, delegates to the meeting here this week of the. National Association of Manufacturers explained. It eouceri.V the amount of time the cotton grow-j ers are going to spend sitting on the porch in the shade this summer, which will have almost as much ef fect on the size of the crop as the weather of the next few months. The manufacturers gathered here however made no attempt to con ceal their disappointment over the real political situation connected! with the final passage of the honus.' They feel that the amount of cash 1 which the honus payments will put I In circulation will have little effect in stimulating trade when compared with possibility that tax reduction cannot be made or that if such re ductions are made it will lead to heavy issues of trust certificates and other government financing. The manufacturers, however, feel that the effect of the bonus will be more noticeable In the future than in the immediate present and are prepared to continue the activity of their op erations as long as circumstances justify them. AY to the cotton situation the number of pounds of the staple produced per acre Is falling lower In many of the old cotton belts. This has been ilue not only to the wear ing out of the soil but to the fact that fertilizers were not always in telligently and properly used. The emigration of farm lahoorers from some sections of the South led to the splitting up of the larger planta tions Into small tracts. The tenant farmers who work such tracts. It Is claimed by cotton men. are prone in some cases to work on cotton culti vation only until the plants have a start on the weeds. Some use fer tilizer and some expend little for this kind of crop assistance. Not all of these tenant farmers can be count ed on to take drastic and efficient steps against the boll weevil. These things undoubtedly will be factors In determining the size of the 1924 crop and the cotton "pars'* J on which government estimates and forecasts are reckoned are being carefully revised in the light of 19 1924 conditions. The new land brok en to cotton for the first time this year naturally will not be so widely affected. The fate of the new cotton crop is becoming of Increased importance to the manufacturer of cotton goods since the strong statistical position of the old crop and the heavy ex port movement on the One hand and tlit* heavy rurtallment of domestic production have each been practi cally discounted. (Nevertheless, the movement of manufacturers toward selling abroad their reserve supplies of cotton not immediately needed, at high spot price levels, and buying options for future delivery in its place, was soon checked. Conserva tive cotton men estimate that a crop two million bales larger that grown in 1923 will be needed this year. More depnds on this year's crop than that of any time since the civil war. The position of agriculturists in general has greatly improved in the lust two years, according to Finley 1*. Mount, president of the Advance Ilumely Thresher Co. "Meeting competition by lowering production costs." he said, "Is the open secret of the most successful manufac turer in the world. This has been followed out in a limited degree by the American farmer through use of better equipment. In my Judgment the farm prob lem Is not a problem of price. It is a problem of profits and profits depend not on price alone, but on! the spread between price and the ? cost of production. The price of farm products is practically beyond our control. Production costs are largely within our control for they may be reduced i by Having labor, by increasing the' yield per acre and by reducing the; farmer's overhead." TENNESSEE FOR McADOO Nashville, Tenn., May 23.?Mc Adoo yesterday won this state's del-< egatioo to the Democratic National Convention. Ol lt STCH'KS must be reduced. T. Turner & Com pany. ltadr "if she worth "while," she'3 worth WHITMAN'S The Good Candy...... THE ? APOTHECARY SHOP Capital Stock $250,000 Member Federal Reserve HERTFORD COLUMBIA K LIZA BETH CUT* Dr. A. L. Pendleton, Pre*. 3eo. R. Little, Cufeler. Sorner P. Hood, Vice-Pee*. ft. C. Abbott, Vlce-Prea. CAROLINA BANKING & TRUST COMPANY Famo and Lebanon Belle Flour absolutely flour* of quality (Old by tie leading grocers. ?Distributed By? A. F. TOXEY & COMPANY Water Street. MOM'N POP Quick Work BY TAYLOR t *** tS*. **? a* Ui *** ?!? a. . CLOCKED HOSE FOK ME.N All Colors and Combinations 75c to $1.00 WEEKS & SA WYER Where the Best Clothes Come from Straws of Distinctive Individuality Plain, split and fancy straws, in the newest col ors and shapes. S3.00 to S6.00 Cravats in the newest styles and patterns, fancy weaves of wool and silk with radio dots. silk knits. and fancy colors in new style bats. 50c to $2.50 A wonderful selection of shirts in the newest col ors and combinations. $1.50 lo $4.50 Spencer-Walker Company INCORPORATED WAcre every mdr\ finds whdt he /ikes to weir" llinton Building <????** Opposite Y.M.CA. CAROLINA TRANSFER LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING Phone 228-W. Day and Night ASTOUNDING REDUCTIONS BED ROOM AND DINING ROOM SUITES 10%to 40% Off on the finer suites of both Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture for 10 DAYS ONLY NO SHOP WORN GOODS, NO ODDS AND ENDS, NO BROKEN LOTS, BUT ANY SUITE IN OUR STORE, AND YOU KNOW WE CARRY THE BEST THERE IS. OUR ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR IS OVERFLOWING WITH THIS CLASS OF FURNITURE AT A SEASON WHEN FOLKS ARE NOT BUYING AS HEAVILY AS USUAL. HENCE THE REDUCTIONS. BUY NOW AT THESE MONEY SAVING PRICES AND WE WILL STORE FOR FUTURE DELIVERY IF YOU PREFER. M. G. MORRISETTE & COMPANY THE MAIN STREET FURNITURE STORE. i ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
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