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THE COTTON SITUATION AS SEEN
: FROM THE FIEUX : s:
Put your time into a
business that really pays
"yOU can be busy nine or
ten months in the year,
!omg contract ditching at a
goo3 profit, making as high
as $15 or $18 a day and
you will be your own boss
with a steady business of your .
own. ;
BUCKEYE
JRAC7JON UlTCHUt
A perfect irenchat'on out
The ditcfier that has twenty
years success behind it. The
only machine that cuts ditches
true to grade 100 to 150 rods
a day. Built with gasoline or ,
steam power and. with round
or apron traction wheels. -
Hvnedsof BucheyB owners ar.
prosperoiisxmidindepefident. Tro
turn do what fkey tims dtmt, '
Write for CatttiogQt tnd for
facts from Bucfsege owners
both free. - Write tcdag
The Buckeye Traction
Ditcher Company
Findlay, Ohio , :
, Ba33m alto f Buckeye Open Diteaen tni '
' Gasoline Engines fur farm Knic
LOW PRIGES APPEAR INEVIT
- ABLE - V '.
Fact is;: I guess there was no prece
. dentf for Congress '-to act just as it
THE P ROOTLES SI VE FARUER
If ; toe-people-would begin" to . ship
their cotton - it - would cause ' cotton
buyers to sit up an ti take notice.
-As yourraluable -paper .says, .so
xnucH cf : tbe farmer's' hard-earned
money, goes to the$e' buyers, - who
-neither toil! nor spin, but lie around-
buying icotton away below its value.
did; bat. it was not-bad,' useless as - w v vaiue.
. i -t -i- . Consequently the. majority of the
Food and Feed Crop. , , - to -protect cai action of the . f stance, , the r man rho
THE week has brought no -cheeryto country from ruin, they find time to . cott1f n a"" yrooably . five
cotton market interests. : .In .act;;-spe
the crisis has becorne moacute, and- government. All this section is askV a torm or much rainrf it happens
the situation; is now :thfiwoBt ever g fon is that Congress treat tWiniU
known, Pracricallythelwholebf :Eri- - it W the ullionaire. Can- - ;until late .almost; all, of ,1 be
rope is engaged iin-ardeath:struggle;6t5u the minds of the . J1?"51 a ff cottoned that means
and imdr thejnost favorable devel- reai ;incn -it -Washington that here-- to f bout two ; to two and
opments aiow. conceivable it wiU;re-Ptofo theSonthefrt planter has": been :--"alfs :K,s than it is. actuaUy
quire a longtime to heal the ounds ;VotCT Of
Not f or-a good while can ve expect Jact, been' the mainstay of the party? .iT :l'; )n
the ottcm marketNto, he restored totThbset millionaires i never- Vote the r --BS ?t
normally healthy state:? X . , ; - Democratk ticket if they can iielp it, .Now that is.for .one man.; , By the
.. Good . jniddling is Celling at eiit-afld . if politics is to be played at all,- iim l or nearly all of these people
cents in -the Savannah :marlcet;: in. ; it might be wise to play fo those who tav ben Seated thisway it will
some sections it is said to W -selling jte the 4,Soii(f South" a feahty. ; a vast amount f money Ijetng
a centjower. The country is evi- Cotton is selling, here in Enterprise - Jaken out of.the men pockets it be
dentlv auite demoralized:.: People fail tn(lav fnr ahnut Aoht ttrtL if it is on8s m and put in the speculators'
tp see that -they are putting the mar-;0( cotton ; seed are selling at $13, Ppekets.
Louisburg, N. C. W. M. PINNELL.
Let the Gwernment Insure Cotton
: Exports - .
Icet on too low a'laasis, pending the if a' trade is " wanted, the mills
development of; the plans calculated hre offer us only 1200 pounds of
to bring reUeL-It is qte lUcelj that meal for a ton of seed. Two days ago
ms icompexiuve un4n?r-cnjuig is inuic -th-ey. ottered only 1,000 pounas 01 meal
sporauit uidi sciicidi, .uui ? :'I0r a ton OI seed. 1 niS spells calamity. -K TOTTNn vnnr Fa rm pr' ! f!rnvp f mt
its haneful effect aH the v same, for Kine out Y0f every ten farmers will Wafhon SI- oIr dav
theemand,:too, iery lim te4S m leSffi and other method
viously;.it is,useless to pass resolu- ues, and most of the; merchants will ed ffi LrSeoft
tions agreeing to hold for a stipulat-; break: The section will not recover
Wdjfi if somebody l.eeps onrsell
ing,at any price he can obtain.: ; , to wear when-I thmk that possibly "uTdld W nb JrvbWr Z
We must sell as inuchof the crop could all be averted if we n ?
as consumers will take ande. ;Wc at .Washington who know .that the 3, ttW
tnnsVhy cooperative action on a wise test otemoency is the ability to SsSSrtn
and
e can f oratsel Surely Pres
BOtHwecanelpseP
to speculators to ne neia as a weignt . fccn(i the extreme gravity of the situ
ion the market over;onr headsl "The. ation. " , " , .
amportant -point; is to take olt the - Pray excuse me . for blowing off."
day or two ago, 20 per cent, which, is
largely prohibitive. France was hard
ly engaged in the war before she
took over .the marine insurance prac-
that we are unable to sell at fairly deal of influence and can be heard. S?!?5: !?7.thSfiL Sh,ppe? m.
reasonaMe terms, to consumers. : - There is !ut me question now before J. 'uul 'up 10 ou pc! cenc 01
It., seems - entirely- nrooer-for-the
When the nemand broadens, , as it the South.
soon will, for American mills will. x'e.-- Enterpriser Ala.-
J. M. YOUNG.
itrr 9 9 is strongest, Stutrtp Puller known.'
. IV. Wocki lflta trowing boat Krnpp
steel Jrame: iiardened forced steel
tKvAnz parts; retsht tnrfy 171 lbs. W eHer
roof nstisba.Ue io chain to toeak;) ash -or
Jerms. - Year Pnarantee . . ; ...
"' B your stump can "beinffled with tndi steel
'sbleA1K,,nrtll dolt. Mtnwrlth K" tan puU
48 tons. U. S. Government uses !K' In Alaska. -flood
an sorts aortas, putting. Get nesba.
advertising low-price otter.
. J. HTZPATRltl,
ft ox 19,1926 2d Ave., 'SEATTLE, WASH.
ROYAL HULLERS
n Made infivcsizeg. J
THE IIULLEB that gives satls
; faction because ist works Jtet
ter, - works iaster and works
" longer . than -any other Pea
HuUeron the market. Cylin
der has malleable Iron aeo
tioas -automatie ian newer
sticks. - Heavy flywheel gives
.- uniform speed and light draft.
sena i or pnoes ana descrip
tive catalogue. . . v
OOaiT BUT UNTHJYOU DO.
rkaifknAAa. Wm ni. n( Mijl Iff11 '
: uuuouuva. uiunwiwii hh vq
Ho. 1 Uoyti StaHon, : . Chattanooga, Tmm.
quire 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 hales and
Sr More Abort Cotton Grading
keep down the oTTerihg'Si vBy so do-; f A FTER reading the article in Tho
ing, the price rrray1e wcrked hack to Progressive Farmer, headed "Will
something better than the, prserrt Cotton B e Properly Graded .This
pittance.- On the other?hartd, if :the: ;Fall?!V 1 feelflike l must tell you
demoralization continues, :the price ahout "my experience with cotton huy
xannDt : fail' to faTlto eveti "lower Cers last spring. :. I had six bales of
depths. : ? - - - Henderson,
A large part of this "crop cannot IsL C, and offered "it for sale, and, as
be, marketed this year, unless sold, or you say, buyer A made me an offer,
ven raway ' almost, to speculators. Iwent tosee B, C, etc. ; they were
"We-' must cohsequently realize that 7 either out of town or were not buy
'we will haTe to carry over a great ing -that day, so I went bacl?; to A to
deal for a year or longer. Low grades see if be would not give me a better
are not wanted vat all, an only go offer, t he could not.; His offer for
to swell the ;::total'of--ihe"-a'arent7ce-s.9centsv:some more 9J4 and
supply. The man who can and will for the, balance 12 cents," as best I Te
ll hold his crop not. inerely ;for a f ew. Tuember there were two bales of 12-
months, but steadfastly through the cent cotton.
crisis, will farel better than the one
United States to insure ' at some low
rate or guarantee without rate, every
bale of cotton - and i other produce
shipped - in American bottoms to Eu
ropean markets. , Getting ; the cotton
to : market is the. main consideration
now in bringing about a normal
status.' - W. J. PEELE.
- Raleigh, N. C. .. - ., - '
Hold Cotton DirtiJ the Anils Need It
THE greatest good" that can be
done now is for everyone to talk
of the value of cotton, and' to strain
every nerve, even to the point of dis
comfort, to hold on to this valuable
product of our soil and toil;until the
world calls for it again. ;We will nd
that-' when peace is declared cotton
will be in such demand that "all the-
I told-him I could not take that for we mX holding will be in
J ' A - . . ... . .
--n;wii wffAfi' i'i'm4-iri t,4. 4f.. . ucindnu ai. prices mat win maKe us
The nnal step in the program is to -was a good price for my cotton. I if we have let it get into the
plant something else next year. Food rtold him so it was 'for the Harriet . an4s..of th speculators.' t -
crops are high, and promise to be Cotton HH1, for it was no other than . MaiX have asked me , what good
still higher , next summer, and" fall, they making this offer, but was not "ave ese meetings done ? My ,an
There is no hopejor cotton at all if a good price for me, and"! Would not fwer 1S they are restoring confidence,
makeahotherormaKcrop: The sell my cotton at that price. So then rJ a?8 our peopietne ao-
ouimc iuuy oi panic -nna jn:; tne
meantime before cotton ; comes in
much 'Tolume the ' plans will be ma
tured to" retire all that the sbinners
will not take at a profit. We cannot
we
Shirley Aj
sident
profitableVrule : would be to hold ihis r one of my friends who knew some-
crop "instead ' of planting j-another. tbingi about the cotton market ad-
Who dares this .will win - out in the;, vised me to ship my cptton to a deal-
vv.' i. vvj.jui-xi-4.ivi.k3. cr ni iNorjoiK, va- wnicn i aid, cret-
ring aooui xkjm pounas ot cotton more
end.
Savannah, Ga.
Suspe
L50J
flmnaeihres"':
to Cray tsoljaa
"Satlsfaotkm"
or money bask"
Ba aura "Shirley Proatdea' (a
. on bvcklea . ;
Th.lUJEflxartoaJMfc.CSWUyja.'
than mv hm of ladino- called fnr "hf do our country greater harm than by
Congress Should Help the MUlionS only.a few pounds more than what I 5 S nf an felling on low-price
Wi4l thpMillion2ires ' ally hadV But. the point is, I got 12 Ik? nfnext to the open market, we
; WB&tT. Mimonsires-'- : cents for what they offered 9 cents, ca"nt do greater good than to lookf
qHtS cotton "situation is' 'getting 12 for what they offered 954, and 13 and 4p,. iChcerffll and hold" a Stu;
X.near a crisis. , The:silent millions cents for what thev offered 12 cent. PP' "P- E. W. DABBS. ;
of the South have so. far had but.lit'tle i You see there was :one-fourth of a
to say ; they have thought that con- cent a pound difference,, but they
gress, ein Democratic, would make - -were pricing. me dowri' so low. -
some provision tor them. . iiut now - ,-Now the cost of shipping and sell
Two Issues Worth a Year's
Subscription;
that - over 20 dava have' oassed ana i iniy wa afmif Violf o I ...-i-.-. -u- . . ... ...
.T V- a .'. .. wvmi a pvuuu. vujsiuu, wh. inc cuiion siiuaxion
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nothing tangiDie. nas Deen aone, incy-. My saving was. between $35 and 340. were worth h r,v ;.t vth,. -i
are growing restless. .The-danger is ' I had a neighbor who was trvintr ptosis! Parm fr ft,"
LET vm tAl yott hrwr to catch 1 that this rriass Will Stampeder sooner to sell snme rnrfhn T t1
them where you think there ar . ... . . ' " . w,u wui j xfc n grituuurai , juurnais
SSSL w? mikT S :&SS or tcr they. wlU then our country my sale and advised him to : shir, would make the ficrht W tJ,, farm,
a?red2bffib-P -WlU SUffer :re"a,f V. ,Je did, being well satisfied ! and farmers : that The Progressive ;
provea ma year, wrue . I war. .. nr UJ .. ' - t? . .. .a
"t r v-v,,. "m-.. ai. . i; . farmer is maKing, the bouth;wouia .
, 1 notice, that Congress-was, very The farmers -will-he r.nmnriUA ' .snnn'fVlt. ef, 4 u-
.wmpay Heiiaow Man or vvoman iiwu iwwu iu vumc iu Wic ui ic snip tneir ott Cotton it nothintr else ranks of oroirress and nrrvrnerirv
tn dUfrihute 100 V fiEE Dk firs . Perfumed Borax trAA f o . hUpi,iiUid--. t i - ! j e,5t?u""-ul yrutrcss ana prosperity.
Boao Powder among friends. No money required. , w tpiiVZZ. iwi.y.,,prnereWear hit around - w : " ' " : '
tWACI) COMPANY.
211 Instltotc rt, Chicago
Y JARRATT.
Surope when ,war wasxdeclared. here ii 5n nff trrxA Vff Wi-y --T
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