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A Reasonable Price for Cotton.
It is within the power of th**
cotton producer to get a reason
able price for his cotton this s* a
son, as The Constitution has al
ready pointed out, if he will feed
the market and not glut it
John Bostwick,of Bostwick. Ga.,
one of the Btates best known farm
ers,presents a plan,the observance
of which he is confident would
mean that farmers would receive
at least 12£ cents a pound for all
of this year’s crop.
The 1911 cron, Mr. Bostwick
points out, was made on the basis
of a selling price of the
spinners took the 1910 crop at an
average of 14 ? and converted ev
ery bale of it; no good reason ex
ists, therefore, why they shouldn’t
take the present crop at and
make money on it.
The minimum price at cents
agreed upon, there is no reason
why non-union farmers,merchants
and bankers should not. through
state conventions, endorse this
action and lend all theii influence
to maintain that price.
In other words, put the world on
notice that the south is not raising
any 11 cent cotton, and the ware
house receipts will carry every
farmer who needs it until such
time as the market will give him
that price.
Mr. Boetwick’s suggestion is in
direct line with what the Consti
tution has heretofore urged : That
if the farmer hopes to get a fair
and reasonable price for his pro
duct, he must not glut the market
with it in early monthß of the har
vesting season, when, experience
has too wellshown,that heavy sell"
ing is the primary cause of beating
down the market below a living
figure.
There is only one plan by which
the farmer may save himself, and
that is to watch the market sell
when it is right, and hold back
when it is depressed by heavy re
ceipts or other causes.
This is just what Mr. Bostwick'B
plan contemplates, only he urges
that it be done, insofar as is pos
sible, through organized effort,
which is, of course, the most ef
fective method.
If cotton producers will aggree
upon as a minimum price
and stick to it, they will get it,
and that, too, comparatively early
in the coming season.—Atlanta
Constitution.
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Around The State Tour.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 22.—Anto
mobilists and good road promoters
all ovt-r Georgia will be interested
m t lie announcement that the
Automobile Club of America, hav
ing headquarters i:i New York
City, ha 9 asked the Savannah Au
tomobile Club to designate “an
ideal tour of Georgia.” The mem
bers of ths club desire to make a
tour of the state and the idea in
asking for the ideal tour is to
publish the information in their
Club Journal so that members
may use it as a guide in touring
the state Naturally there will be
a scramble for recogni ion by the
various Georgia towns and cities,
as thi6 touring route will not only
be used this Fall, when many of
the autoiets will be in Georgia at
tending the Grand Prize and Van
derbilt Cup races at Savannah,
but in the future as well. Chair
man F. C Battey of the Road
Committee of the Savannah Au
tomobile Club has taken the mat
ter in hand and will shortly send
the desired information. Mr. Bat
tey’e idea of the trip is to have it
start at Savannah and go to Au
gusta via Springfield and Sylvan
ia, thence to Atlanta, Macon Mil
ledgeville and back to Savannah
via Sandersville, Louisville
Waynesboro and Statesboro. Mr.
Battey is also busy on a route
across the state from Columbus
to Savannah. With the exception
of Houston, Pulaski, Schley,Mari
on and Dooley counties, all of the
counties through which the route
is projected are envincing inter
est. A number of the counties have
constructed new roads and old
roads have been improved by pri
vate subscription. The greatest ac
tivity is being 3hown in Toombs,
Chattahoochee,Emanuel, Laurens,
Johnson and Bulloch counties.
Georgia has 290,499 improved
farms with an improved acreage
of 12,264,000. The average acre
age per farm in this State is 93.
The average value of the farm
lands is $18.74 per acre—includ
building is $16.78
The solons passed a law for the
protection of one of the most no
torious chicken thieves in this sec
tion —the fox. Really, now, did
they mean it, or was it a little
“joker.”—Ex.
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