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amcb Biiii" J. F. NISBFT Editor. HOW TO SELL COTTON AT A HIGHER PRICE. A Citizen of Georgia Says the Farmers Can Make it Bring 7 I 2 Cents and Add *142,500,. 000 to Their Receipts. The following letter by a citizen of Georgia will be read with interest. It is along a line upon which thousands of the farmers of the Southern Stales are thinking. When the argument is based 1 upon demand and supply it will at least have a hearing: To the Editor of The Journal: This heading is startling at first ' sight, but if we only consider tor i moment, we snail see that the proposition is one whose accom plishment is not only possible, but with the aid of co operation, certain. Let us remember that the farmers of the South will raise, on an estimate, during the current year 9,500,000 bales of cotton; that an increase in the price of cotton of one cent per pound means live dollars a bile; more the farmer than he pres ently gets; that presently the farmers are only receiving four and one-half cents per pound, or three cents per pound less than a fair price; and that three cents per pound means an increase ot fifteen dollars a bale, or $142, 500,000 on 9,000,000 bales. Thus, to gain this enormous addition to the wealthof the South, the cott-? ~1 < l < ~ i. tun jjiaiucia nave iu uuiuiu buuu a position that they can demand * seven andone-half cents for their f cotton, and force the manufac- ' turers to pay that price. It is universally acknowledged J that one pound ot cotton cost to the planters at least six cents per pound. The farmer, however, like ' every one else, is entitled to a * fair profit on his labor and capi ' tal, and surely a cen? and a half per pound is not ex vs-tive. Thus ' a fair and just price for cottou 1 would be seven and one-half cents { per pound. Every one who has studied the 1 laws which regulate the prices or 1 products knows that only in the ' law of supply and demand can a basis from which to work be found. ' Considering, then, the present 1 supply of cotton, we find that there i3 no more cotton in the .1 a t Ml ? - ? - 1 wunu inuii win supply ine ucin<u fcaeds of the manufacturers fur ther than the first day of < fctober. After t hat date they must depend on the new crop tosupply them with cotton, or it they can not obtain it, they must stop work j and shut down, so that, failing to! obtain new supplies, every cot j ton mill would be stopped by the middle of October. Acccording to the cotton re j ports, whose accuracy is umjuos tionable. the world's visible sup \ ply on the 30th day ot dune was! 3,077.085 bales, or .ju>i about | enough to supply the rnanutac-J ture'rs for three months. Alter, that date, the price <?| cotton is in the hands of the planter-, and ! the market nin^t ^uit itself to I demand <j lot llmm I ,nt Ik.1.1 ; I.#. I - ? cotton for little over a momti and j Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. li P. Olivia, of Barcelonia, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe p uns in the hack j of his head. On using Klictric Bitter-", America's greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left him. He Rays this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knowR that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strergtheus the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muBcele, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50c. Sold by Crawford Bros . Druggists. 1, what is the result! The mills have no cotton to work with, and unless they can obtain it they must be shut down and ruin stares the manufacturers in the face. The cotton planter demands seven and a half cents for his cotton and will take no less. The manufacturer has to adopt one of two al teratives, he must either pay that price on the one hand, or be ruined on the other. Which will he choose? A fair price or ruin? Unhesitatingly the business man will choose the former, and then both planter and spinner will reap a fair profit from the cotton product. The manufacturers, too, realize the present position of the world's supply of cotton, as is evidenced by the fact that all cotton goods are at present sold on a basis of cotton at eight cents per pound. For the fact that the ;otton planter gets none of the benefit of this rise in the price of roods, we have to thank the 'bear" speculators, who, regardless of the millions of people in he South dependent on cotton or their livelihood, work solely heir own benefit and allow Eu ope to get the 7,000,000 bales which it absolutely requires, at trices which are simply ruining he Southern farmer. Turning now to the demand, we find that, the world annually equires 12,000,000 bales, and hat the amount, needed is yearly ncreasing. Of this quantity the United States has to supply 10, )00.000, or five-sixths of the to al. In August, two yearn ago, t tere was a scarcity of cotton, and jvery newspaper reader then rained a slight idea of what a ihortage in cotton meant to the nanufacturers, when they read how the Southern mill owners had Lo run through the whole South buy cotton to keep their mills working. In 1897-98 there was a jrop of 11,000,000 bales and the lemand was supplied, and ample iufficiency left over. Again in 1898 99 the crop will be 11,000, 900 bales, so that there will be an apparent surplus on the first lay ot September, 1899, of 1,000,900 bales. This surplus, however, is only apparent, for it must be remembered that last vear on ac count of the storms, much cotton was damaged, stained, and rotted, so that at least one-half of these Burplus bales are unfit to supply the manufacturers' demands, and thus not more than 500,000 bales will be left on the 1st ot September to carry over to the new crop Further, it is now known that the new crop ot cotton is fully 10 per cent, less than that of last, year, some agricultural departments putting the reduction at, 15 per cent., so that a crop of 0,500.000 bales is a very conservative e-oi mate. In making this estimate, also, the recent disastrous Moods in Texas have not been taken into account, though there is rm doubt that they will materially decrease the amount. However adding the surplus 500,000 bale.to otn estimate, we find that the United States will have 10.000, 000 bales of cotton to contribute toward the world's supply, or no more than sullic,tent to supply the A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs, Ada E. Hart, of (iroton, S. I), "Whh taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in Con sumption. Four Doctors gave up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above My husband was advised to gel Dr. King's New Discovery tor Consumption, Coughs and Colds I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at Crawford Bros. Drng Store. Regular size 50c and $1. Guar anteed or price refunded. 1 t~ : :r j\m present demand, and leavi nothing to fill the natural i crease. Thus it is vain to cry out tl there is an oversupply of cott and that the price is not too lo The world ought to pay a f price for its cotton, and it c* On the planter the burden rei to see that it dons, and it is I him to defeat the "bear" specul tors in their selfish schemes defraud him of a fair return I his labor. Let him organize. L him club with his fellow work* to demand his rights. Let hi hold Ins cotton and demand se en and a half cents for it, and h lore the middle of October will g.-t it.. Lei him combine wi the store keeper who suppli him with his goods, too, aud wi the merchant who sells him I fertilizer, indeed with I he whc Southern people. In union the is strength tor the South, and union tnere is prosperity. " house divide^ against itself ca not stand/' and so let the wh( South work together with a sim purpose towards the single end seven and a half cent cotton, h ting no ahstaide daunt them, opposition deleat them, (ill last, they are able to shout wi one accord, "Success." A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrit Burn, Scald, Out or Bruise. Bur len's Arnica Salve, the best in t world, will kill the pain a promptly heal it. Cures Oid Sor Fever S ?res. Ulcers, Boils, Felo Corns, all Skin Eruptions. B< File cure on earth. Only 25 eta box. (Jure liuuraote. d. Sold Crawford Bros., Druggists. ORDERED TO MANILA. Three New Regiment* of V unteers Will Leare at Once. Washington. Ainr 1ft tary Root issued orders for t 27th, the 31st and 34th regimei of volunteer infantry to proce to San Francisco at once. Th< regiments will sail for Man when transportation is provid< The 27th regiment, command by Col. Bell, is at Camp Meat the 31st at Fort Thomas, Ky., t 34th at Fort Logan, Colo. The quartermaster's depa ment today directed that t Glenogle and Taeoma of the N them Bacific Steamship line . chart hero.) tor curr.ving troops Manila 'Hie (Jlenogle will cai 800 ami Tacoma 050 men. Orders ?i'rp issued in the v , department today placing I majors, c ipt lins and lieutenai {appoint I? r the new regimei on recruiting duty. They w assist i lie nearest recruiting ofl j lor a pei i<>d ot ahouf one \vr I and will i lu ll conduct th iiecrmi* t?? the rendezvous. The Or-' 'en regiments of v ilun'eer-i ire complete and tin ; is a surplus ot ihout. 2.000 m ilor tiie regiments in the I'hil | pine, and the next ten bei draised. Tile enlistments vest May were 280, making a total ' 14.005 i sl leaking ot the orders isst ' ...a..,, .>i... I aiMHiv i ?? 'ii v~ i iii'-c l rj;i iiiuu is ] proceed to San Francisco, CF jCorbin said that not only wot he oilier regiments follow sc , but the ten recently ordei ' would be sent to Manila as sc ; as they could be organized. | ?? 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