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ijtfES, SAT1
THE VALDOSTA TIDIES, SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1905.
WR. HILLYERS ADDRESS
DELIVERED BEFORE NEW
LEAN8 MEETING
Of Cotton Planter#—Reduce Your Cot
ton Acreage—Mr. Hillyer 8ay* It Is
the Part of Patriotism for
Southern Farmer to Meet the Issue
Face to Face by Producing Less
Cotton. 19 4
Tbe addrehs of Mr. L. P. Hillyer,
cashier of the American National Hank
of Macon, Ga., on the "Southern Bank
era Financing the South’s Cotton
Crop." delivered before the Southern
Interstate Cotton Association at New
Orleans;
Mr. President, and Gentlemen ol
the Southern Interstate Cotton Con
ventlon: When 1 behold the • arnest
and intelligent faces of thla convention
the faces of men who have come from
every portion of tbe South, 1 think 1
can truthfully say that the forelock ot
opportunity was never grasped at a
more auspicious time than now, nor
have conditions ever been so ripe for
the grnppiing together with hooks of
steel, the farmer and th# banker! Do
algning politicians have attempted
array them against each other;
but 1 say to you that the hanker, b£
his capital great or small, is wholly
dependent upon the farmer for his
tenure of content. Each is depen
dent upon the other, hut the farmer
can live without the hanker, while tbe
banker cannot exist without the farm
•r. While the farmer can flourish to
a certain degree without tbe assist
ance of capital, he can never hope
to achieve the Arcadian dream of com
fort and content without tbe aid of that
commerce whose myriad wheels are
kept eternally revolving by the aid of
the almighty dollar! And for the
banker to Increase hla surplus, ena
bling him to render more efficient ser
vice to those around him. the farmer
must adopt sound principles of business
and must learn that the price of every
commodity is regulated by (he immu
table law of supply and demand. The
farmers' mistakes are reflected in the
published statements of the banker
Raise this year another bumper crop
and you can no more withstand tbe
calamity or 4 cents cotton than could
the Russian Stoeasel. withstand the
Jovt-like bolts of thp terrible Jap.
’Bankers and bonded warehouses are
powerful allies, and both should work
in harmony with the Tanner. But
fcrest as they are, they cannot control
the price of any commodity—no, not
even with the aid of every Legislature
of every Bute, nor with the united
effort of all deliberative bodies,
may resolve and deliberate, and delib
erate and resolve, jnit when it la dis
covered that the rUpply foT’cotton
greater than the dfanhd of ccjtton, thj
prlMwlljsurelvUU.
must be done hv lb
warehouses are properly conducted,
and your cotton properly classified,
tbe banks of America will clamor for
your notes. No better collateral,
when properly handled, exists In tbe
world today than cotton. From tbe
Occident to the Orient it is the recog
nixed king of commodities. We ol
the South, like a sleeping giant, arc
unconscious of our strength. Mr. S.
M. Inman, one of the world's great
cotton merchants and a director In
»b* Kouth’s greatest railway, In a re
cent letter to Hon. Dudley M. Hughes,
the president of the Georgia Agricul
tural Society, wrote as loilows: "Lim
ited by climatic conditions to our part
of the Union, the cotton grower* of
America have the most perfect agri
cultural monopoly In the world. For
nd the difficulties la m analog tbs
cotton crop will bo In crafted or dimin
ished In proportfDh to ta# conserve*
tlsm displayed by the grojwers of ootr
ton.
Notwithstanding tbe repjuterf demor
alization of labor and the boll fcee-
▼11. you have made the cifeat^st crop
of cotton over recorded " Many ol
yoa are grappling with tfc* ’•bear" fo*
supremacy and Ignoring lt« law ol
"supply and demand." Tale care that
tha bear dots not bug you* hard,
my judgment, he bag all* onderhold
and la aJmoat certain to crisb. you un
less you try that Jiu Jltsu lock, "re
ductlon In acreage." The tyme for ths
adjournment of your convention la
near at hand. To leave this city and
return to your homes without any har
forty years foreign lands have, by [ Teg t aave a deluge of words will
governmental influence and money and; alomst criminal. Put your varloue
by private capital and enterprise, tried! committees to work at once, let your
to build up cotton growing in competl- organization be aa thprough as politi
tion with the South, but the aggregate CftI Tammany—reduce your acreage
foreign crops increased very little, and j ** least thirty-three per cost., snd set
to supply the ever-increasing demand R that •▼•ry man In yqnr comma
about .‘500,000 baJes a year for an: °Ry w ho plants cotton 14\ with you
erage increase in the world's con- heart and soul. Hold up to ridicule
mption, the world must depend on *everlasting scorn ths farmer who
r country. This year’s cotton crop, I Increases his acreage because of youi
Including the seed, wold for $650,000,-j reao,utlon to decresse yours. Such s
Resides furnishing tbe mills j man an ensmy of ths South and do
serves the oontempt of bit countrymen.
Publish him as a traitor to your causa,
and no merchant, warohouleman oi
banker who lovsa honor an<r rsspsete
virtue will advance him a oopper cent.
To reduce your aoresge In a time like
this is the part of patriotism. It It
as much your duty to face the prob-
leave $160,000,000 to the good. | lema °* P eftC « as It Is In time of wai
is the greatest corn growing *° **°* the cannon’s mouth. Go ye
throughout the South with all they
Used, we exported enough to bring
$350,000,000 gold to this country. This
is one-fourth as much gold as Cali
fornia hiH produced since the discov
ery of the precious metal there; $650,-
000,000 was enough to buy every bush
el of wheat raised In the United States
and
10 DAYS HARD BATTLE
RU88IAN8 AND JAPANESE STILL
IN A DEATH GRAPPLE.
Slate la the world, yet this year, af
ter mowing her corn and wheat crop,
Georgia aold her cotton crop for 880,-
000.000. enough to pay caah for arary
bushel of corn grown In Iowa.
Now, If Georgia, with har 81,000
■quare mllei, did thla, what In the
name of heaven, with over Ml,000
•quart mllea, did grand old Texes do?"
Mr. Inman cloaea hla letter with
theia hopeful worda: “It should en-
Into the hedges and hywaya and preach
"reduction of aoraaga.” If you would
tare tha 8outh from disaster. Pro
pall upon tha landlords to curtail their
tenant’s oropa. Da not delude your
■elves with tha Idea that hacauia th«
bank, era able to oarry you, you hav.
won the fight. For If the hanks should
carry every bale of cotton In the 6outh
until next Christmas, misfortune would
surely await you ahould another largt
orop bo made. Aa tha aavlag ot tin
. five, tan, ir fifteen
l one fact remains, and
I* financing of the. crop
must be done by the Southern banker.
Bo muat pay tha cheeks of the cotton
buyer, and make advances to the ware
housemen, and If, perchance, the do
mand upon his exhausts hla reserve,
he must look for assistance to tho|e
faithful bankers on the northern side
of Dixie. This assistance has always
been needed and has always been free-
-1y extended. It gives me great pleas-
ure to state, however, that the bank-
ora of the South are growing stronger
with the years. If the policy advo
cated by the Daily Telegraph, of Ma
con. Ga., Is adopted by tbe farmers ol
the South, the Southern banka wii
•eon be able to finance tke crop with
out the aid of tha money oentera across
the line. That policy Is to make cot
ton a surplus crop—"Less cotton and
more prbrlslous—on those tw8> haul
all the law and tbe profits." If yout
association will thoroughly organist
with every cotton fanner In does
touch with soma actlva sub-offlear ol
’ the association, tha ootton aoreago can
ha regulated and thn product of tha
crop from seed tins to bnrvaat can
be approslmately known by your pres
ident here, long before Wall street or
Liverpool have corned their gueasing.
If the efilclency of your organisation
for giving reliable information is
doubted by the buyers of cotton, then
w ill the bonded warehouses work won-
dors for your salvation.
It is not within my province to dis-
cuss the plan by which these bonded
warehouses should be conducted
take It for granted that there are
those among you sufficiently alive to
your needs, and possessing the requt
•Its ability and oonservatisni to organ,
lie, capitalise and equip them proper
ly. It might not be amiss, however,
to suggest tbst the hondod ware
houses be made of brick with Areproel
compartments,' and with automatic
sprinklers of the latest design, so that
the rate of Insurance may be redwood
to tbe lowest figure. I would alst
■uggaat that tbe "receipts" be ea
graved on steel and printed on ths
belt bond piper with the latest safety
device to prevent oounterfeltlng and
the raising of amounts. They should
also be uniform in .style, size and eol
or, so that the "receipts ' used in Tex
as would be instantly recognized lr
North Carolina With such negotia
ble receipts as these, and with tbt
Southern bunkers' confidence In thi
Integrity ami reliability of your estt
mates, you may count with absolute
certainty upon the Southern bankers
aid. Not only the Southern banket
will he eager to help you, but If yeui
courage us to feel that baek of us we South depends upon you In this nib
have thla Imperial money-producing ] Important crlsia, let ysnr insplraUos
crop. A perpertual Inheritance hedged: U fighting for g reduction ot aoreagi
about by climatic conditions and pro- he tke sentiment expressed bp the el*
' quant Hill, that "Ha who sovaa hit
oountry, saves all things, snd all
things saved, do Mass him. He whs
1st! his country die, lets all thing!
file—diet himself Ignobly, and all
things dying, curse him."
tected from the world's competition
which threatens ths other crops. Onoe
free from debt, let us stay out of debt
snd control our own produot and we
will see no more 6 or 6-cent cotton
crops. W eare getting out of debt;
we are doing better farming, more
manufacturing and tearing better how
to market our crops. We are manu
facturing 2,004,000 bales of cotton a
year, adding yearly 1100,000,000 to the
value of the raw cotton. Ths future
Is bright with promises if we are but
true to the high character, the Indom;
liable energy and- great aoula of the
fathera and mother* who, coming’out
ot the most ^esolating war ot modem
history, fovhd the country a desert,
and brought It to Its present position
of greatness and prosperity!”
Greet as our strides In commerce
and wealth .have been, our atates are
aa pigmies compared with ths other
States of this Union. The Individual
deposits In national and other corpo
rations, banka and trust companies
and In private banks ot the Unite,;
States, according to th* statistics com
piled -In tbs office of th* Comptrolle.
of Currency at Washington, and just
made publle, amounted, on June 10,
1904, to 99,981,859,380. Of this be
wildering amount, only Cti per cent
was In Southern banks. Are you
wlnyoii.gpt.gmGnn oln
content with these oondltlens? Ii
you are not, arouse yourselves, for you
hold the key to the treasures of the
South! It has been stated that more
than 100,000 articles are now In use
among th* people, serving their com
fort and happiness, that wore absolute
ly unknown to our greet grandfathers,
la a vast number of thess articles, oot
ton Is an important factor. New uses
for It are concantly being found tad
^sw markets for It are springing jp
Regarding Prof. Llpp’s Formula.
Announcement to th* publlo by
Slate Chemist MoCandlas* regarding
“Prof." Llpp’s formula;
It haa been reported to mo tbit pap
ties who are selling to tho pnl
light to manufaoture a
mula compounded by “Prof.’
Xdpps, have stated that I sad,
formula, and also that I hav*
it, and that It
]>u.o, Irtl'Ml smphatto
■ that I hav* not analysed this
and that, kcsordlng to th* t,
th* formula Itsalf, It Is Impoi
It to run 10-4-4, and that Ita
Uon Is mors nearly 1-1-1.
more, that If tha reports wfcloh
oelved are true, th* parties sslllag!
formula ar* attempting to swindle
deceive tho agricultural publlo.
I do not approve of th* formnl
Is not sclsntldlo, snd I am ready to
nlsh a better formula free of all
to any who are Interested In th* msb
Ing of compost, and who will apply tl
the Agricultural Departmeat.
JNO. M. MoCANDLESS,
State ChemlsL
lyond th eteas. The Panama *
nal will open up possibilities now gn-
dreamed of, and demand* for cotton
will eventually come from States un
born, and civilizations now unknown.
Watch the demand—plant for It alone,
and ahould Providence give you a larg
er crop than you planted for, put your
cotton In your bonded warehouses, re
duos your acreage for the ( following
season, and your faithful friend', the
banker, will see you through. The
financial Mure of this dear Southland
of ours is entirely* with -you, my
friends. I You can steep us in pover
ty, or you can roll us In wealth. Have
every farmer to join your organise
tion, eliminate politics from your ofeun-
ells, give to the politician and grand-
stand players with bees In their bos
nuts and axes to grind the frozen
shoulder and marble heart, see to 1t
that provisions are raised at home, and
that only a reasonable sore age la
planted in cotton, and I predlot that
the banks of the South will double
their deposits In the next five years,
enabling them to finance the orop with
out outside assistance. Disregard till*
I*)nnlction, go It alone without orgiti-
Ized effort, every man for htmte\f,
plaiting all the cotton ho can, and
raising no provisions at heme, and
poverty will be our portion l Like th
French at W^trloo, tke cry will gc
through the South, from farmhouse
to farmhouse, "Every man save him
self who can." He ye rieh or poor,
remember this: Tbe banker la youi
frioipl. You are indispeasable to bin,
—your grievances are his grievances
and yonr success his success. Th*
Intercfts of the cotton farmer and th»
Southern banker have always been ! 1&Q3-
are now, and ever will be, Identical,!
Our Present Wheat Situation. |
The present wheat situation In tl}«
United States was the subject of ap
address by John C. Williams of Wash
ington before the recent meeting ol
the Association For the Advanoemai
of Sclenoe. According to Mr. WiV
Hams, an Increase In the consumpttob
of wheat lues gone steadily forward h
this oountry since 1»01, while the p»£
dootlon haa declined, so that at-fret
ent, temporarily at leart, the/ heme ooi*
sumption and tho home supply jtitt
about balance, leaving but little for ea
port. Roughly stated, the wheat croj
of 1904 la 652,000,000 bushels, aral&al
638,000.000 in 1906, and 748.000.0u0 la
1901.
News and Notes.
Cement posts for Ifarm fenolng
where timber is scarce seem to be at-
trading attention. . , . tJ1
Official crop report, fro* SL Peter* B, ' d 1,ollUuE tho ,103ltlon f
burg show th. winter wheat crop la Tll ° cannonading in tho neighbor-
European Russia to be good and ths hood of Tatcheklao is now increasing
Fierce Fighting Along a Fourteen-
Mile Front—The Issue of the Bat
tle Not Decided—Both 8ldes Have
8uffered Great Loaaea and Both Are
Fighting Desperately.
Mukden, March 7, 4:36 p. m.—Fight
ing of the fiercest nature, which is
likely to decide the issue of the bat
tle which had been progressing for
ten days, began at dawn today and
haa continued uninterruptedly up to
the present time on a front fourteen
miles long west of the railroad and
i a line with the Shakhe river.
The Japanese also have made a
desperate attack on Bentsiaputze, and
reports are arriving here that fighting
was renewed this morning on the ex-
eme left of the Russian army.
Both sides are fighting with desper
ation to the westward, though the
troops are well nigh exhausted. The
Issue of the battle may depend large
ly on the relative physical condition
of the rank and file.
The losses In the ten days of battle
on both sides are already far greater
than were the casualties in the battle
of Liao Yang, and are likely to in
crease as the days pasq before the is
sue is fully decided.
Beginning at 2 o’clock this morning
the Japanese made a succession of
desperate attacks on Gen. Tserpltsky’s
division on the west front south of
Mukden, repeating the assault at In
tervals of two hours with constant
reinforcements. About 50,000 Japan
ese, with 200 pieces of artillery are
participating. All the attacks were
repulsed, there being enormous losses
on both sides.
Changed Hands Many Times.
One extremely important position
changed hands several times. Finally
Gen. Tserpltslcy on horseback, placing
himself at the head of his troops, led
his regiments to tho attack, with col-
flying and music playing. The at
tack was successful: Tho Russians
captured sevoral quick-firing guns and
many Japanese prisoners, including
officers.
It was reported that Gen. Gerngross,
of the East Siberian Rifles, toward
evening, had taken and held Tatche
klao.
All last night and today Japanese
prisoners have been arriving In Muk
den from the west front ! The major
ity of them are wounded and all ap
pear downcast and ravenous,' mqpy .of
them crying,, ^ j-.
FoudHt for rhefft^PtHneri.
Monday night the Japanese/ attack
ed Yinheitun, Alanpu and I&rthtaltzu
and also made four furlobs attacks
on tho village of Lunhuantan early
this morning. On the fourth attack
the Japanese wore temporarily suc
cessful In driving out the Russians,
and rushed directly toward the field
kitchens, where the morning meal was
being prepared and commenced to bolt
the food. The Russian troops, how
ever, with a shout of "Save our din*
•, brothers," fell upon the Japanese
liko a hurricane and drove them out
of the village at the point of the bay
onet.
A captured Japanese said they hhd
had nothing to eat since Sunday, and
that they had been told this morning
either to capture the Russians’ dinner
or starve.
At Edragou, on the centre, a regi
ment of chasseurs made a night at
tack, but the Russians wore caught
by the Japanese flank and many of
them were killed, fifty being captured.
Repulsed With Great Lost.
Bentsiaputze the Japanese
stormed as far as the wire entangle
ments, but were repulsed with great
loss.
An attack on the east front early
this morning resulted in the capture
of several Japanese positions near
Oubenepusa and the seizing of two
Japanese quick firing guns. The Jap-
made a counter attack, and a
long and desperate struggle ensued,
the Russians capturing a third quick
crop of winter rye belew tbe aver
ago.
"Nursing dairy calves’* la a new bu»
Inoea noted by Rural New Yorker. Da>
rymcn who retail milk In large towns
cannot afford to raise ogive*. Th«
milk la worth more to seiL After •
few daya they send the Utti* .creatures
to load farmer who has a hand «*S>oro
tor and sells cream, lie raises them
on warm skim milk and grain sad
■ends them book as yearHngy.
An encouraging fool in fittest cap
Sgemont 4s the growing detcrmlnhcbD
in intensity. The Japanese apparent
ly have brought up reinforcements
and are attempting to crush General
Gerngross. The Japanese are bring
ing up supplies by the Sinmintin road
iind apparently are using the railroad
•'.g a line of communications.
A Japanese Colony for Texas.
Aa a result of the recent visit to
Texas of a number of commissioners
of the Japanese government, a great
Japanese colony will be planted in
of large timber land owners to hfinfitl Southwestern Texas, for the growing
their holdings less wastedQlfy and tft a id manufacture of oilk. A splendid
protect the forests with th# view to e | t^act of land has been secured and
continuous yield of timber. , upon each five acres of this will be
An ares ot 81*093,090 acres seeded settled a Japanese family. It was the
to winter wheat is Orange Judd Farnv opinion of the commissioners that the
or*e estimate, an increase ovor ths Japanese with their methods of culti-
area hanrested last year el XUOfiM v4tlon wouId roap a proflt of at least
aero., bat a decree., ^ fooU 1*00, s2oo acre ln 8llk cultlvatlon . Thc
Z TZTlI^uT i Installment of Japanese number-
ij | Qr persons, will leave Ja
pan In the course of two or three
months.
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We handle all varieties of garden seeds.
Put your order in early and have an
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Bndded Pecans, Peach, Plum, Pear and all other kinds of Fruit
Mid Ornamental trees and Roses. Yon pay for treeo after you see
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Prices are right and every tree fully guaranteed, and the Grif*
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Do yon not appreciate fruit and flowers in your home? Don’t
yon want beautiful ornamental roses for yonr front yard?
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For He Is Coming Soon.
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COAL, COAL,
$6.00 and *$8.00 Per Ton
FOR SPOT CASH.
New wagon and scales, guamtee
full weights, prompt delivery.
Phone orders to
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Valdosta, - Georgia. N
ATTENTION
Of farmers and planters is called
to our stock of Spring Oats, Two-
Crop Potatoes, Garden and Field
Seeds. Also fresh gronud Sage,
Black and Red Pepper, Saltpetre,
Borax, Etc.
School Books Bought, Sold & Exchanged
at . S. BONDURANT’S.