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2 Agricultural V ^ Department Ths Cotton Situation Shall the South Surrender $150,000,000 in Gold!? , That's "What will be Done if the Crop Goes at Present Prices. precodented prosperiiv duo osi- t tirciy to the good prices reoeiv- ( ed f1 r the c > 1 ton crop It -eems c tint the ' ot'on Lu\ >ng world h is j decreed tint this age of Southern c prosperity shall not longer con c tii tie. As evidence ol this there t was during the summer a report >ent to the coitonpactorv centers of the world staling tlie SHither d cotton crop would approximate 1 <>,000. 00 bales ail I the prediction m*de that the price wouh! go to eight and po^sibly as low .n 0 cents per p uind Such a report very na'uraUv demoralised the cott n ' ra ie end every manutaenrer wm'itig to get in on the groin d ll or wa unwilling to 1 ?y up :tock, and so curlail d produc'iu : and hough' cotton from han i t > mouth, c n iiuually looking f?r h \v pric ?. Another I net <? '* in Impressing theprice or cotton is tin c'o ing < f the Lancashire units in Kngland. Tin se mills arc said to repie-cut halt the spindle cap t it- of that country; eons- rpiently < li ir < lo ing will v ry ina'er'ah all' c' the prices nt coin n. Such briefly is the situation. vVhat are iie rcmedie A > y (jno-tion t> ns'r, but a f.?r mo o difficult one to answer. In my opinion, the li st thing neces-ary is lor the cotton far mers themselves to determine in ad ttieir might and m inhnod that tiny will no' SPii a bale o cotton at present prices i xcept to satis'.v existing obligations; and then first endeavor to rto.e Ilio entfmi unit tnt ,ii]iioh/i.s - v ?? *? f. v/v '? ? v (ull/1 3 u ' 1 it to meet tho nere-sity of the occasion. Ah long as sufficient cotton to meet the requirements T. It. Parker in tlio Progressive Parmer. The flippant way in which some people speak ot the present price of cot ion argues that they do not lully appreciate the gray- < ity of the situation. This is in- I tensified when they say that .the ' farmers have put the pries of 1 cotton too high and that it is < now seeking its natural level. | Such people leave the impression ? that they are not looking beyond ' their personal interests an 1 ' therefore tail to see the stream I1 of gold that annually comes tojl the South from foreign countriesj1 in exchange lor her cotton ciop 1 ?i ms amounting 10 Hundreds ot ' millions of dollars, which is the * mainspring to all business lite * and activity in tlia Smth. Cur-I lail this inflow of gold and we at j once cripple every industry in the South. Augment i* a id at once the electric efleet is seen and felt in every line of industry. The price of cotton is today 2k cents per pound le-s than it was one year ago. If this depression in price is to continue throughout the season it will mean a loss to the South ou , a 12,000,000 bale crop, c f $150,- j 000,000, a sum equal to more than half of the capital invested | in the cotton mills of the entire j South; likewise a much grea'er sum than will be spent in the South this year for public education. These illustrations are g ven to more forcibly illustrate the enormity ot the loss to the South caused by the present depression iu prices, and to endeavor to arouse a determination among our people, irrespec ive ol v >c ition, that it shall not be so. WIIAT CAUSES THE DEPRESSION. For the past few years the c South'ha* been enjoying an un- r THE Lt o the mills is offered there w be no need fm them to aivat prices. Therefore hold the c ton off the market until the pi plus is worked off. If the cott mill meu can not sell their go they can not be expected to b co'ton at. its full value, so I thing to do is to not offer a cotton for sale until the tra wants it at a price that will j: i ft? I lwi fnamca r? cnl I VII * i no iai iii^i tu con. At present prices the pur< colt >11 farmer is making no nan money on his cotton than he v leu yeira ago when cotton w soiling at 6 cents per pound, that time corn, meat, labor, a other things that the cotton If mer buys was selling at t little over halt of the prices th ure now bringing. Six-cent ct on at that time multiplied mo Sages 011 the cotton farms of t South. Notwithstanding t ew years of good prices we ha lad have enabled most ft liers to pay oil' the mo rages then incurred, con i lotion of present pric ind conditions will bring abo i repetition of those days. F hat reason the manhood ol t 30'itli should he against 1< iriced c ?tton. It is not yet tii or the South to assume the rr if a philanthropist and sell c< on lor a puce less than the cm >1 production so as to fi iish the world with cheap cott mods. Do we want farm values ncrease instead ot decrease? ] ve want factories of vatic iinds to multiply and enlarge he South? Do we want to ed ate our children and beauti >ur homes? Di we want an ; >1 prosperity all over this Soul and o! ours, with new lite, vis iiici activity into every line jiii-iness, vocation and proh ion? If so. let us without i rard io vocation be a unit, loj o the South and her every i erest, and save to her this $15 )00,000 aunually by maintai ng the price of cotton at a i nunerative figure so that pri jerity may continue to smile >ur people. Let not the farmers be fool mother year by tho siren sor >t tho-e who toll them the woi viil take as good prices all t otion they can produce; b a her lit 'hem first see Mi heir crops are so diversified o insure to each f .rmer a su io'.cc ot corn, meat, and oth ?roduct8 nocey ary tor his hoi on ump'.ion. Do lhat and t o'.\ n crop will no longer pro o be a mill "tone dragging Bra*.; oil font liolrls 4 rjuar islic d in iapan and ni< kol. I 1 The.R&yb Lair ^5| winlrt ?S brilliant litdit to read, sew c bra??, nickel plated, late?t in burner. F.very lamp warranto ??| not supply Perfection Oil I I write our nearest agency fc STANDAHI) Oil. llnrorpora , w~. - m\-rmm-' ' i n "i?L1?'irr"" ?NCASTER NEWS. OCTOBER ii) Making Good. i0e There l?s no v .iy of making lasftng friends like 'Milking tiood;" and Doctor ; ' ' Ot Pleree's medicines well exemplify this. ljr_ and tlieir friends after more than two . , decades <.f popularity. are numliered hy nn the hundreds of thousands. They liavo ,? "made good" and they have not made &.V ><** drunkards. >"? ; J Uy A good. honest, square-deal medicine of . J known composition is Dr. Pierce's Golden H6 Medical Discovery. It still enjoys an lmHY mensc sa|?>, while most of the preparu- ' ' tions that have eome into prominence in id J the earlier period of its popularity have is. "tone hv the board " ami are never more heard of. There must be some reason for this long-time popularity and that is to ? be found In Its superior merits. When 3'y once given a fair trial for weak stomach, .or for liver And 1.1...^1 .. i?. - pie woukl enter into the liiiht for ed better pi ices lor coll on with only j i?s one-fourth the enthusiasm they rid are giving to the politic* of the! ij he country it would be but a short ill while before prices would be far [ ?t above those ot today, as J The Farmers' Alliance, the tl'-j Farmers' Union, the Southern or j Cotton Association should all no join their lorces in ondeavoring he t ) wit! h >ld c ttoa f o 11 the mar. ve.kefs un'il a much better pi ice is u- ollerei. Let those organizations ,[ Turn I wfAe Wickl as high as you can?there's no B| ^ 'J?! danger?as low as you please H ISttS! n ?there's no smell. That's HB because the smokeless device &>S3| prevents smoke or smell ? Kg ' vfl that means a steady flow of j 1 v plowing heat for every ounce f PERFECTION 1 05] Heater f (Equipped iIh Smol.rlrss Dfvice) jSfc I care f >r it jn-t as easily as a lamp. ,5,, ts burning 9 hours. I i.mdsomely fin-very li?at. r warranted. V* . adds < b? enness r*-^S j! i t o t h e I o n g J*-? '.proved mitral draft r?t r* ' Kf* d. If your dealer can( iter or Isayo I..amp ^ ^ r descriptive circular. y ?33 COMPANY ^ ^ Jitr " ? rior curative Qualities urn soon manifest; >5 ; . ras hence it has survived :ind grown in pop- ' , ular favor, while scores of less meritorious articles have suddenly. Hashed into favor At for a lirief period and then been as soon , forgotten, titl l<'or a torpid liver with its attendant Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, perhaps dizziness, foul breath, nasty coated )llt tonguo. with bitter taste, loss of appetite. ov with distress after eating, nervousness y and debilitv. nothing is so r??> I )t- Pierce's Guidon Medical Discovery. It's . an honest, square-deal medicine with all ri* its ingredients printed on botlle-wrHnper ?no secret, no hocus-pocus humniig, . therefore tfon'f accept <t suhstiiuli that . he the dealer may possibly make n little hip- ' pa per profit. Insist on your right to have v what you call for. ' ir- Don't buy Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrlption expecting it to prove n "cure-all." It 1Is only advised for woman's special allII. m?nts. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. Less advertised than PS some preparations sold for like purposes, its sterling curative virtues still maintain , Its position In the front ranks, where t* or stood over two docadcs ago. As an iu* t vigorating tonic and strengthening norvIU Ino it is unequaled. It won't satisfy those )\V who want "boo/o." for there is not a drop of alcohol in it. > M? Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the ortyi )lo Little Diver Pills, although the tif--l pill of their kind in the market still lead )t? and when once tried are ever afterwards In favor. Kasy to take as candy ono tr. three a dose. Much imiUilcd but never jr. equaled. O' t down into penury and want. Too to prosperity of all is involved ? [)o In this endeavor for better his prices lot the merchant, I ho in banker, the manufacturer an 1 a- the profession ?1 man strike hands fv with the farmer; for they, too, ur are^nnwilling to see the South h- deprived of the millions of do cor lars so necessary lor iter growth o' ami development. The liev.spais. per men. too. these giants of m o fluence and moulders of pt.bltc ral opinion, can do the farmers of in- the South a world of good if 0,- they will wage a battle for bet in. ter pricjs for cotton, encourag ie- ing the farmers to hold cot'on. fap Hold Cottonl HOLD COTTON!! iP on for better prices. 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