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XASHVILLE; North Carolina, November 1C, 1911.
NO. 40.
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To Tho Tobacco Growers: V : ;T - '"J" ;:-V-vl ' ' Rocky Mount, N. C, Nov. 8th, 1911. f
' I am writing you thi j letter ta tell you about a sale that has opened, everybody's eyes. On Monday, November Oth,' my i
vholc t:ilc, floor over, including all prades, made the ' ' ' , . . ' " ' , ' . ,
, UflPRECEDENTED AVERAGE OF glT.a. ' :;,,, v ,
ihis wasn't an unusual sale for r.ic, cither. I am doing almost as well right along, and I can do the same for you for the same grades of. tolrc
( o. c::io ;'.hTte wr; pperc, for instance, I have been selling for $80.00 per hundred. v; Every. claim I have made has come true. People hnov r.o .;
f? t f 'i i i n):ni my cus-tcr.iers to i.:ahe them )hul they sold with me, 1 was not blowing; but stating simple facts. I have re-.ib r -1, r-1 : -V
. - - ; -:1 f.r tl. j IV ?!o ::it rir.rhct is bearing fruit, too, and the farmer who fails to sell here if he's in rcr.ch 'cl tl:h ' ,
Netes Oa tae SUaatlea.
I After the war, when Georgia and
her sister. Southern States were
;strugling under the "Carpet-Hag
! Rule," Georgia's Illustrious son, Ben
Hill, wrote a scries of letters head
ed as above, which served to aroune
our fellow-citisens to . combine and
to assert their rights to govern our
own States.. . Now we farmers who
are being systematically robbed of
the fruit of our labors, need ' just
such an appeal, and what we need
most is eome of , that courage that
our fore fathers had to assert and
to fight for our justdues; . Wacom-
bined labon fertilizer and scientific
skill in making . this cotton crop,
only to see ourselves' robbed of its
value. We rejoice In the wide
spread dissatisfaction that is abroad
in our land, in regard to ' Uie abso
lute Under-valuation they are offer
ing ns for our cotton and cottenseed.
Now we want to call your attention
Mo several matters which are very
petineot. at this present moment.
It "We hear some farmers are so
foolish as to their best interest, as
to predict that cotton will go lower.
Never be guifty of this speech again.
Any man can predict evil, and say,
"I tould you so." You know cotton
is selling for less than it is worth.'
Then, why either sell or predict low
er prices? Resent such prices and
figbjt every known influrance that
you know -that tends to ; produce
thenu We may. not be able to de
stroy the cotton exchange in a day
or to take the power .away from
Wall Street and Liverpool to set
our prices, cut nght mem an me
time, and never predict . that they
will conquer,. We have e means in
our hands to whip the fight this
time if we will only- use lliem,
thought H may take years to do It
If the government ever consulted
the best interest of the South they
Would wipe out all the .exchange,
but we need not look for any . help
except from within our own borders.
2 " The New York exchange is all
the time sending out "advice" to
to sell "cotton will still seek a lower
level thus making all who take their
advice a traitorto our best interest
and a helped towards lower., prices."
Do not pay any attention to their
advice, but insist that our cotton is
worth so much and that we must
have it." Let ail your influence be
in the right direction, vi f
3 Do not; sell your cotton.
You can borrow money on - it. - The
farmers' Union has arranged far $5;"
000,000 to be divided out jn ' j each
cotton states' to help all who are un
able to hold, v:-"- ;:;Jv?tyJ:
4 Do not sell your seed unless you
can get above 30 cents per bushel; j
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tl ravel y .'s OM Standi
put them under grain: feed them to
your cattle. , Use them in place of
5 . Cut your guano bills in. half
another gear.-!, i ; , v ;.
6- Do not buy any more males to
grow cotton. ; Put the land in grain,
grass or1 pasture'.' i-.
7 Let's out the area in half,, that
we have been planting to ' cotton.
Do not plunt for over an -8,000,000.
bale croL.They tell 'Us - about the
world's needs. Let them come to
us witn a good price and then we
can always deliver them all they
will pay a fair price for: Here we
are placed in the absurd predica'
ment of getting only half price for
a crop because we will make 1,500,
000 laje more cotton. For an in
crease of left per cent We are cut in
the prion 69 per eerit, which is noth
ing elae but robbery and there is
no use calling it by any milder name.
?. 8 Do riot give up or lose any vim
or courage, but only learn to divert
your efforts into the. proper chan
nels. We hear on all sides, such
comments as;"I think I'll quit farm
ing," "Icannqtget the Jabor- to
gather my cotton," "I can not con
trol labor," etc Farming- would
neither be a worthy or great calling
if we did not have struggles to make
and obstacles to overcome. We do
not want to see too many following
the avocation of farming. But we
do want to see those who choose it
for their life's work'to get' upon a
higher plane. Our fighting blood
is aroused. We want farmers who
are .willing too fight-to subdue the
earth and make ber yield 100 fold;
fight to learn the best methods in
agriculture fight to conquer the
labor problems and problems that
yearly .will arise; fight1 until they
divert their effort into diversified
farming along" all Jines,. and
nght until they can secure, just as
much reuraneration for our call
ing as the same skill and brains re
cieves in any other ' ' occupation.
What is the use of having a monoply
and then allowing the middle-man
to rob us out of all the profit - in
growing it? . We trust all of our
readers gave careful ; attention to
Mr. Hutchison's piece in our last is
sue, ADout Marketing ine (Jotton
Crop.'' He made use of one sen-
ftence we wish to repeat , here: "The
fanner is too afraid, and, fear of
this type is a child of , ignorance."
We must outgrow childish, vf ears
and; dispell this cloud .of ignorance.
The Southern farmer can be taught
16 manage his business so as to" get
a fair price for his cotton. .JSVe are
Willing1 to idmrt1t.fs..a;jont, hard
struggfe, but we are i.n itjo jvin
to die t in ; the . attempt,' Southern
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" De Net Sell Cora Cea.
- We are glaJ to sen farmers trying
every year to increase the yield of
corn. The man who makes big crops
of corn will have plenty for all his
stock and some to sell. Usually a
market can be found for all that can
be. opared.- We take the position
that our farmers should ' sui ply all
who have to buy corn so that not a
bushel would havo to be shipped "in
to this section. Our Unds are well
suited to corn and there is no reason
why we should not supply the de
rtiand for it. It will be high for the
nut twelve months at least. Owing
to drought in the great corn growing
states it is higher than ' usual even
now. Within the past week we have
seen several quotation on corn at
ninety eight cents per bushel deliv
ered here in sacks - We should not
be surprised at it selling well up to
ward $1.60 per bushel on time' next
summer. I armers should get a dol
lar per bushel for corn sold for the
next ' few : months. Almrt every
year some corn is sold in the ear at
from, sixty to seventy cents per
bushel. Some wait until the winter
to buy What they need in order, to
net it at those prices. This is usual
ly sold by men who need all they can
get for what they sell and in many
cases it is sold by those wild will
have' to buy corn in its place on time
next summer. . If a farmer is raedy
to sell anything he should be willing
to take the market price, but we do
not see why he shonld sell for any
less. There is no reason why," ha
should sell his corn' twenty-five to
thirty cents per bushel less than the
wholesale car lot prices. Do not sell
your corn too cheap.-Exchsnge, jl
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Every day it 4 becomes more and
more apparent that part of the pres
ent crop of cotton will be left in the
field.-, Notwithstanding the high
prices , which have paid for picking
it will not ;ali be, picked, i The size
of the crop." the scarcity of labor
and the great amount of lost time
on the part of some, who could . pick
will make it 'impssibile to house the
crop. ' .While jit? is true that the
price of cotton is )ow, yet5 it is poor
business to make a crop and then
not save it.: We thirik every possible
effort shoujd he , made to save the
present crop. The things just, ahead
make it even more difficult to do
thi&T"T)ie eold leather which is so
near at hand will bother . greatly,
besides, the lime qaa come ; when . it
would seem that all children should
start to. school. Most o the children
wil want to go and their parents
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will feel that they must start them.
We Are very anxious that our people
should be educated. . Next to our
churches the most important thing
is the schools, but unusual condi
tions prevail this fall. Of course
there is a food and clothing bide to
"life. Things material must be look
ed after as well as tilings spiritual
and educational. Under the cir
cumstances we think the thing- to do
s to go ahead and house the crop as
loon as possible and then let the
children . remain In school longer
next spring. Smlthfield Herald. -
HtanlBrfleu Brmas.
Any one who turns over the leaves
of the average hymu book must
agree that there are too many
vague and meaningless verses set to
music that is about as destitute of
merit as the, words themseves and
often hardly a single remove from
ragtime. - Congregational ' hymn
singing has declined in , many
chuches. and the praise part of the
service is becoming little more than
brilliant exercise for the choir, in
which the congregation has no part.
. We lave sat in churches where
more than one-half the service was
musical and all the congregation
had to do was. to recite the Lords
Prayer and the creed and join in the
doxology. It is a matter for regret
that in many denominations the old-
style hymn singing has been practi
cally discontinued. Praise should lie
an important part of worship " and
the people should have an opportun
ity to "lift their voices," even if it
should involve the sacrifice of a few
howy selections by the choia.
There is nothing that warms up an
audience like good congregational
singing. .We believe that . more
souls have been won by the power
of sacred song J'than- most : partors
seem to be aware of .The Christian
Herald.
Keep Ob WorKiajt,
That yoaug man who thinks he is
Door because he has no bank account.
little understands the value of God's
free gifts of health and srength, little
appreciates the fact that the bright
est and best of the country are self-
made and come to notice of the world
from just such beginnings. Not ' by
idle moaning that they are poor, but
by going carefully to1 work, swork;
perfecting themselves in their chosen
pursuits and becoming so useful jto
those about them that their services
are always in demand, whether it be
on the' platform, to the shop or in the
kitchen, for all are honorable alike.
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Rocky Mount, N-
The Three Secrets Of Seceis.
My word to the farm boy of the
South would be that the three sc.
crets of success are Industry, Per
severance, - Intelligence. Industry
without intelligence does not win; in
telligence without industry dose, not
win, and the two together must be
coupled with perseverance -and to
this must be added that degree ' of
honesty in dealing with one's neigh
bors that make friends for life, .,
The movement "back to the farm'
is no longer a mere doctrine. It is
actually taking place and it is taking
amongst the most intelligent of the
Southern boys. They are begin
ning" to learn that in a climate that
is almost perfect for agricultural pro
duction, an acre of land with intelli
gent management, good seed, deep
preparation, careful planting, thor
ough and frequent cultivation, with
the soil occupied all the year by
something to keep It from leaching,
can be made worth five times as
much as an acre under ordinary cir
cumstances is worth. John' Sharp
Williams. - '.
Only Way Te Held Cettoa.
Word comes from a number of
counties that the farmers are hold
ing their cotton. This Is good news
and it is the only way to rise the
price. , If the farmers can keep cot
ton off the market, selling - Only
when the price suits them, the price
will necessarily go up.' , To be able
to do this all farmers ought to raise
their own supplies at home. If the
farmers had plenty of "everything
they need, and which they can in al
most all cases ' eaily product, they
would be masters of the situation.
But so long as they raise all cotton
and jdepend. upon some other sec
tion of theP country to feed them;
they cannot . expect to hold their
cotton, for debts for - supplies must
belaid. Raleigh-Times, '
Dea't Sell Cottemseed.
Cotton seed is selling now at (13 a
ton, It is worth much more than
this for cattle and stock feed, and so
useu. the fertilizers produce by the
cattle arid stock ft properly 'cared for
would be worth more than the seed.
The farmer is foolish to sell his seed
at the preasent price. I have reason
to believe there is a careful organ
ized combination to force d!owri . the
price of cottonseed, . Better keep it
and use it ior stock and cattle feed
and make fertilizers also-, through its
use, than to sell it for such a price.
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia.
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