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M\IM. COTTON P?H I 8. Cotton ami its delation to tl o Na liou\ Wei iure Make Absurd Snuc Suggestion* of l otion >|r'< ulntoi and llu>et Manufacturers Record. The uverage cotton crop of the the years from 1911 to 1913, as teportcd by the United States department of agriculture, wan 14.173.S7J hales, a> compared with 11,449,1)30 bales In ltU and 10.949.0UO bales Ir 1917. The average crop of the last two years is, therefore, 2,9oo,?ou bales short of the average for the precedi ig live years. Last year's yield was 1,100, 000 bales short of the average for the five yearn from 1911 to 1915. These figures indicate an acute crisis In colton production. Notwith? standing the war, |)M ? onsutnptlon 0l coton must go on at an acc? lera.ln-; rate. To some extent it Is tempor? arily hnlted In some countries, but those countries are draining to IV last ounce tholl supple of colton goods. In this country and in (1reat llritaln and Prance and Ital,, while the consumption of cotton ma\ > (le? ased for domestic purposes, an enormous amount of cotton is being used for explosives. The world is, therefore, becoming as bare of cot? ton and cotton goods as It is of food? stuffs. The production of the last two years has been short of the world's needs, and WhonOVOf 00001 comes the demand for cot tos go ode to mi up the existing stocks of the world and to revlotbe the people whose supply i< now exhausted will make a demand for cotton a-* phenomenally great as wl'.l be the demand for food tuffs. In producing cotton, looking toward the future after the end of the war, the South would, therefore, be not only helping Itself, but helping the world situation. In the meantime, however, it seems to be almost impos? sible for the South under visting conditions to produce enough cotton to meet the actual needs of the hour. Increasing cost of raising co.ton by reason of a bisher price for fertilizers, higher cost for labor, higher cost of agricultural Implements and of ev? erything wind. enters into cotton production has completely changed all basis of calculation as to tne cost of growing cotton. Unlike wheat, which Is harvested by machine y. cot? ton must be harvested by ham labor, and the cost of cotton production therefore Increases more rapidly than the co?t of wheat production. While everything that can hfl done to increase food production n ust be done, we should not lose sight of th" fact that coton Is essential to civiliza? tion. It Is absolutely necessnry for clothing, for tenting and a thousand and one things for which ther; is no substitute available. Another email crop would he a disaster, and yet it will be very difficult for the South to plant, cultivate and pick a larger crop than the average of the last tw ? years. It is possible that it ma be done, but It will stretch the resources of labor to accomplish it. It is al? most as vital to the winning of th< war that the government shou d co? operate for a larger cotton crop as It la to co-operate for Increased whoat production. Some of the suggestions put out by New York speculators and cottc n buy? ers to the effect that I low maximum price should be put on cotton would It put Into effect, be a national dis? aster. The South could ?tan I SOCh a situation much better than the rest of the country, for the South can thrive on the production of Other crops, while the rest of the country cannot SSdSt SON l?t in tcrrlftS suffer? ing without an ade.piatc cotton crop. The figures which have been named by some of tin- New York sc-called experts us a maximum price far cot? ton are absolutely absurd. They might have been just died as a mux! mum price on cotton before the W.n, for cotton never has sold at anything like it* intrinsic value, nor have cot? ton growers and cotton laborers ever secured, at h-ast in the last .".?? to I" years, one-half as much for cotton s > a better economic system for this see tlon would have amply jOSJttl) -d and demanded Cotton growers and cot? ton labon is having a monopoly of the most Important single crop In the world, have been held down to a bat" existence. often Sdttag their c? tlOfl at less than the artual cost of produc? tion, even counting, as the small farm? ers and tenants POTS bad to lo. th labor of their wives and children |S nothing on the balance sheet. Tin? erhole policy of the patton buying interests of the World his bOOtl to crUhh out the pro pei it . if the cotton grower, perchance not Inten? tlonally. but actuillv so by rOlOOn Ol th** conditions which prevailed sft< the war and which established pie. , dents In the trade that h r e been rigorously followed to the po\ei|y of the cotton growing interests. While Western farmers hav< gTOWS rich on gram pindiutmn. BoOthctll farmers, whose staple crop is jusl um Important to the world as grain, have, by reason of tlie economic COndltlOIH over which thev hsd n ? control, been kept to i large cssenl m pave ry, The obacco Grow ers E are no to able to offer the trade in unlimited quantities the old, reliable and popular brands, onanza iooacco Guano 8-3-3 - || i HilUUIllCTTMrar"fl>KMf-Ifl iFl Farmers No crop is more dependent upon POTASH than tobacco, and those who have been reducing or cutting out POTASH will find it to their interest to return to their old standards. NEBRASKA POTASH has been thoroughly tested by State Agricultural Department and other experts and pronounced equal to, or, if any? thing, superior to the German Potash. We have an ample supply of this Potash to give any desired analy? sis to users of TRAD B MARK REGISTERED. Please remember! WE HAVE THE POTASH, but it will do you no good if you wait so late that the over worked, congested railroads cannot haul it to you. A ton of fertilizer on your farm is worth two in our fac? tory. Order now. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, NORFOLK, VA. ^ BEBE COLUMEUS COUNTY. it. P. 1?. No, I, Talior, N. C.i Sept. ti. 1917. P. S. Roy: ter Quano (!o? Noi folk, Va. Gentlemen: I used no otinr goods but Roystcr'* brennst- I k< t the best r< tults from ii. J h.id throe acrti *i tobacco which I > ?? $710.66. J have rix tlCrOI Of COtton, which I will tfet six babes or 3 1 ?00 Iba. < i cotton, My corn i> on good m i expei I 1 want 1 {.oyster's next year, lours very truly. W. FIPPS. Read the following interesting letters from Roystcr users: VANCE COUNTY. Henderson, N. i'. R, F. D. N?>. . H pt. IT. 1917 F. S. Roj 11< r Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. Gentlemen i 1 use! hn ton- i R lei 8*3 3 to? twoo) fertiliser, i am pi >ud to Buy ? k twelve barn. off twelve acres. 1 will ;>? ?ragen thousand pounds to ihw burn. I am oxpestlng 14,0 ki .1 ? ind for my wh >l< crop. 1 don't want nnytbli K but Roysti i 8-1-3. 'i our n lend, \v. i:. tVELDON FORSYTH COUNTY. F. S. Royster Guam ( ??, Norfolk, Va. D?ar Blr I used 100 poundi of ROYSTER'ri Ilh.n GRADE fertiliser this .war. and And it to he the best 1 have ever usi d, i never fail la my crop of tobacco or wheat when l use R?yster'fl i have n< ?ohi my tobacco /et? but it Is the bost i have ever raised, and expect n ' price for it. 1 can't >:peak i"" highly ol th2 F. S. K. fert(liter. Tour ttruly, \V. P. BTRUPE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. Reldsvllle, x. C., R. F. D. No. ? .Sept. 26, 1M7. F. S. Royster Quano t \>, Norfolk, Va. Gentlemen: i wish to tell you th .t I u ed y< S-l'-l: fertiliser for tobacco thin yeai ni have the host crop for pom year*, b< tl in color and body, ai ?! i hall ? intlnue. I u?o if I can yet It MR. W. .7 JAURELL ;, r.ti ' SURRY COUNTY. Rockford, N. C, Sept, F. S. ley ti r ?lu.ir.o f.. , Norfolk, Va. Dear Blrs: 1 have been mire.; your fertiliser." f 15 or 2*> years, and Lnlnk It i; tliu b< there is. J have used other iruunoj ih? same fields under my tobacco, nn the part where V. B. It Wan used Wit better front tie- first. 1 could >.??' bottei cures on it than I could on the tobacco where l used other brands, and when i so'.u. the tobacco grown on F. s. R, v eraged nie mor< in the hundred, I raised ten barns myself this year and I hnvi Kood cures on al lot it. My tenants u it this year, and they Bay they are folnj to u-? I". 8. it. again next year. I expect to use your brand as long i i can iit it. Respect fully yours. H. T. DIN'KI" F E03F.C0MEE COUNTY. Whttakers, X. Bept. ::. 7. Roystcr Guano Co., Norfolk, \ u. Dear Btr; ! 1 have h : U. >' ?.!" f ;i s , r f numb *r < i ; n beilev? \ I ? a a ,.. bettei t> uit - from i*. tnan i n> ??.:,. brand u. u \v? h ? ?. e < v. r n tod. It ?-eems to jc no -Uhe.lly udaptftd \ oi ? soil, and o. ;)02lally fo;* i bae o, V take sit .it p!? i\?: ?? in r? i.i ? t. Itnj Maine to larmctd ol ia :. Uurolina. i ours, v I U'Ul} . i. . RICKS. CAOwVLLL COUNTY. l'v'lham. N. t*. Bept, 1, 1917 '.?'. B, Rf>} icr Uu ..?? ?'??.. N i; Ik, \ :.. * I ! n 11 o n i a : 1 II I ? I tu .v. yea . 1 rci nun, Vein s i v LVtfiJiy, i .!? IJUAb UttACK \V!-::.i. FI"? Tw Y L VAN IA C C U N T V ? 'f. ,S. R^>yjtcr Cua.io Co., ? Norfolk. Nr.. i lentlem? n: l boujjat J iJLTA TOBACCO GL'AN'i froth -Mr. J. J. .'. icr; on, ,>"U. rcpr* ? la. .- inv^'. last s nng .va my iabac crop. It made lac a .- ill H ill! Cfoi?; i,:.' entire .ales to lur ua\ i avernj ? . ,roi. s to per hun?i ed. i j ut?i seine p.ade ; ixx higii ; - $78 per hun '. lins was the hls??0Jt pneo imiu on in i?.?:.\i!h- market up lo thl i iv.le. l have suite' on hand thai will brlu to 540 per huuurcd If (ae pticea >? main tin. same. I tru I y a. vvHI J.< Delta up to tii- pre ent Standard. ^ ours v< i v trul . v.. II. OWHN PITT Cr UNTY. Greon ^Ule, N. 1 .. S< 51, 1317 .' ??>. Uoy. t( r Guano Co., Noi folk, \ J rntlcmen: For the past . >ur ycr.ra have u \\ y<-ut tobacco fettiiisvr, and ic.s \ ?. used it ? flu .% ? ly. My tol ahoy ino i> In my i< ? .? tiii.- year with unfavciabie ?:< on sold in,} crop i ;. a ? 1 Utfil, ?:::-;r.n:' i I ?? ?'!.<"??. \. hi a ; ; ? i hv rate, of 3 i '??r ocj o. I on: ? " ?? ii ?y. ier's ub .. ly the I. ... i. UUKVVC11 GREENE COUNTY. Ilookei ton, *'.. H . I. i!. 101 '? B. Uoy iter Guai ? Ci . Noire!;,. 7a. ? mtlemen: l purchased Borne i?f *our ffuano t! ."aar in it Me ? - I ? ? r< n ?'c I nid used n under my tobac?o My t? '??.??Co giow off better from the ntas h a any crop 1 !i ? ,'6 i ' ? ?' hud 1 B, il e I l quality ail i ? i y the croo \>-.: ' i every w y oil t!v I I rould nsk f<T. . II use y iur fi ? ;< rs ni lu. IUmim itfully, \V. A M'< lUUl ' ihorhoo', FRANKLIN COUNTY. : lap: -vide ,n, i .. Bept. i.-it. P. S Uoyster I In ino (!o , Noi, ill;, \ a. <:< nth men: I have the b t er ?p ? C I''1, eco I ev> w. L'nli i prl " Ilm l Phall g( < r $2 ? ? pe ra I ; e< B riJlt , anno utid will ;?: in. J. 1 >IUVER. PITT COUNTY. Crei tivllle, x. i .. Aus. -">. in:7. S, i. ?? t?. Uuana ? o , Norn lu. \ a. ? ir i. : v< u v. i|! doubt Ii i i o \n'. r< itc?1 knou Ir.g In ??' wo m a i*i 11 on ? ? r .M || ):>:. ?. t;u ? ? ,>i,p |0ii couut ?i cxcei v.- rains a ltd that tl ? I I >n i:iis farm i- In a ve y ^oor r'.-.w of i?.: tili: v ,owlns t ? nec'.c ! of for;, owners, we are more t: .?? a! ased wll Lho results obta ined. \\ Ith kindest personal regards :.: . he for the com !n i d u. :i ?-? ur v iu ii-. fej ... . . \ e oro, V . i .r your?, 'U \\ . .' ::: KINS, Pro; ?. M6CKL E N C J CC ? N T Y. .'. iv i: lyatcr ? '?: ????., Ni : folk, \'.. ' A.- l hti. ? , ?( d ; ou:' i ?: ino for ts ?r i ? pi; . a e In ? ? ;- d:;v you : tird t<> your .. in . t i.-: i... yet to u ?' p'ci us;e i. a o of lobaci o I hr i a eom?? ;v i ?i r t r. <? j- ? v.-. i .ci had lurnoci out for cow pu k.ure, bt eo * ;vt a man t; taue era lari oncusrh. 1 ? i ont I la \ to take oi ? i B3? pounn oi' i.-*5-j on .f. rnd It ? in. us ] ha -e Y v eon. n : y. i w ?nree aen : ?i ??? ? 1 :?? ?>; ?tu.v. I th!i .?'j.orj Is tlv v lai n t. n -e. *; i ? f) ir Bir FRANKLIN COUNTY. EDCECOMOE COUNTY. Ilocky Monnt. N. C, Bept -J, 1917. F. i->. J; oyster i ,u:?it. yt 'o.. Norfolk, Va. Pear Sirs: it giv< me pleasure t.? ray a word of praise Cor Koyster's fertillxera. 1 have noticed very carefully Iiis year v.iKre ' l . v been used, and i ipectali} to'.iacco, d seemi to me/ i bei?? bacco I hav i e a is where Riyster : rtilbiera wer - used. Rxcept io* tke dan ? a the July raUui i have ??? .'or i .... ti better ? "oj. :tn-i 1 used :oystcr*a U r; Uhtcrs. 11. D. I.AKIIK. lur:ENBUQ c:;unTY. M tchell, Va.. Sept. 22, 1017. '. ;5. Loyritcr i Sun no * 'o., .n ", ,vi!i:. V'a. . 'o*:r Si; . : tVi! say i . e i n using yoar goode ' '?? ' litteen ye. rs and it is a ?? 1 . 1 tier tor n: to nay that It ? bettet . specially the ??... .a.:./:-, which ! ; v*- ;; ecu able lo ad for the past . ? ? ? wh ch Kceui iy t'? t 1 have cu livatcd, .1 grew tobacco 1.aster, 1 ha I b< ter - null fr m that than y i luive ever u ic l. j. A. YOUNG. PITT COUNTY. !? i'. Roystcr i ] ttano i 'o., ? Noi f< Ik, Va. Having v cd your feriffixers f?>r the Rst i i s ? as ...Ii.? i ? \ .ux obi..ined ? a highly hatisfaetcry ivisutts, J fool ??? t .? ? 1 ??? be intercHted to knew ?. u 1 ''? nboiit m. grew thirty* ?' ' ? f Lobacco (!ila year . nder - ' < ? ? ? < oar ? ..a x\ ill B4 II for iver 110.000. I als,> hi .; vour goods luall , J ror i ther crops and shall ?? thorn ngaln. \. Ith best Wishes, I ira. B. j:. VLBltlTTON. MECKLENBURG COUNTY. I. V. .. . pt 17, 1917. ' i . I.er Oua o Co.? ( Norfolk, Va. ?> ? ? a :a::r your P"!in for ;cv ? ?? nd l co i say hat It Is all o. r i?t2 crop*?. I exnect i oase it I U ? I b< a |i . -ne other find . ? my tobacco was : n rip ^ tip ten days 1 1 ur a no 11 a it did from R. IU iiXS. .. iCK CC JNTY. V.... Wug. 28. 1917. ii r ttuaito i Jo., ir for the . .1 it \\ Ith other ? i at ieces ??;' la nd, a l ahead, i used llv i eommi nd tins 1?. ichaeor? on shaP Iwoya pvt V ible 1 can do so. . prel e, B. i ItlTCHRT*5 higher prices of lh? lust two ? ? u have boon bringing a few rayi ol - 11r; 11ui?t IntQ the bonu s of cOtton trowers und even ot cotton farm i? borera bot much yet remalni to !>?? ? lone before there van be the same general prosperity amoni the cotton . rowers of the Booth as exists amon.s the grain growers of Kansus and .. I.r isk.i and other Western St.it? s. The fault has been with the system rather than with the growers or with the soil of the South. it should be the aim ol all business Interests in the South to encourage cotton growers to raise abundant I.latUffa Never again should till section have to dopend upon the W< for corn and moat. Indeed, ii look^ as though all oi the Increased corn production of the United States must come from the South, sine.- the West has apparently, for the Unto being1 at least, very nearly reached its limit In corn production, Uut while Increasing t<? the utmost ?t. nt the production of toodstuft In the Houth for the needi of this section und for shipment elsewhere, there must !?<? ud ? unto production ef <. <>: ton. Cotton Iw not only essential for iis lint ni ' for Its use in the manu? facture of explosives, bui Is essential for the enormous food vulue in col tonseed <'il and the i< .1 vulue in col ton i< cd cako und hulls, in ralslni ?<.ti..ii the Bouth Is thus directly raia Inn an Invuluable foodstuff ami feed ' stuff. The motives of ain man who secUi to decry the cotton-growing Interest or to pul 1111 cotton a maximum pi which would not . i ?ld u large prolit in tln? growor?M"t simply a lair pro M nuiy be seriously Questioned, i" evidently he Is seeking the tidvan tagt ?>t other Interests rat hot Hum Ihe advantage of the cotton grower, who must have primary con idera tlon. Moreover, the coii of rotten ;. ov log has s<? greal) Increased that oven the suggestion which hut been mad* of is cents n pound us < maximum price is absurd t<> my intelligent man. Mooting of Women. Editor '! ru l Kills Item. Tin hi. ( Una called I v iho i >m dli ??! our coiiiiiiuuit> nu i ciiy. i m lood matter Is one ?>f the u u I . rious (juestloiiH before the Americai public today, The greatest uueslion Im foi o each in the warring nations of Europe i nol tu ','-<? i nu ii in ili'' front, nor to < i urn munition to l In men. The no tlons know how (?? do that, The J> work with ;<lI of them is h<>\\ to i food to the fighters at the front an*' iu the workers at home, (iermun? thought ih.it her submarines could fink enough English vessels to starve out the island, ami bring th.it nattoi to its kuccs it lent Its efforts to dc Dying", or lo Lryiny to destroy thelm It used i.? be consumed. Wo 3d ships, not the shlpj carrying thought there was plenty of sugar Uli loops. ? ., i 1.1 hostili- '; a tudden sugar save out. So ? , ,;,.? it; .i'i to rieh to- ?? ? ? will he with beef and pork and . ?. , i, -? not count thai bei wheat. To keep from its giving out ,, ; ..i the men she can useialto ethei utter awhile we must use Hi fcYonch, t-h glish und | of *p; i*inj I) all along. That is the in Iho fact that . < lit ? Tin ladies t tilling the meeting wish i a wheat gro I ouss in a praeti al way the new ? r h?. can trade fi liat wheat a problems confronting vYitnout food soldiers *. iinol I " them. T e meeting should be very uul the i>eoplc ut homo tannot pro gely at mded, a , , HRUBEKT a. aCOBBat, U |s hard for the i ? '? care- I. ?l id inbrtmtion Kcprcscntutive free America lo realise : for the City of sumter. md to Know that we tod must be. - ....... , , i uI In our u W'? havi . i>ll I'ROFITBKR I't MMtrn. i ; a fof so l tanj years living tis w? i nl t, Feb. l .*?. .\ South Cam* please that wc do not n ili?e that linn ?*ho tier today gave the Red wo must liv< w e muitt. ? cow a cieck for four hundred and food everywh : ? wo cannot see ?? fifty do ars. representing excess wo ntusi - Lve. Tin- food i. h e now; charges < i sugar The food admlnio* i ut owin? to the e:;traoi Una y iV ? tration a reed not revoke his 11 i ing made ? ^?'1 n<>l Issl , ... ? condtliofi. His name i ? more comes in If It I* coiuiumed ...;; ; not i ?vealed.