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Will Gain by Holding Cotton.
In a statement on the cotton
situation, President Barrett,of the
Farmers’ Union, says the majority
of members of that organization
are holding cotton, and that if the
farmers generally in the South
will act in concert with them,
prices will from this time ascend
to the level justified by the
intrinsic demand of the Public.
Mr. Barrett’s statement follows:
Te the officers and members of
the Farmers Union, and cotton
farmers generally:
The Farmer’ Union has outlin
ed a definite program looking to
the holding of cotton, and it is
thus far meeting with success. The
majority of our members in the
Southern states are, I thiuk I may
state with safety, holding back
their cotton from the markets un
til such time as the price corres
ponds with the value of the staple
to civilization. Even where cot
ton has been sold by the farmer,
it is, as a rule, being held by the
local merchant who realizes the
price tendency will be upward and
who is determined to reap a profit
on the transaction.
If the non-members generally
will co-operate with the Farmers’
Union and refrain from selling
their cotton at present prices, the
campaign to secure a just figure
will be an unqualified success. It
ie needless to state that the quo
tations now prevailing are far be
low the actual worth of the staple
but they are also sufficient to show
to every farmer in the South,
whether or not heis affiliated with
the Farmers’ Union, the advantage
of coming in with us that we may
win this fight.
Our interest iB mutual. The
business man who has bought or
will buy cotton, the Farmers,
Union member or nonunion farm
er who grows cotton all have mil
lions to gain by getting from civil
ization what the staple is actual
ly worth. You can rest assured
someone is going to reap the pro
fit. Logically, that some one
should be the man who raised the
cotton. His has been the labor
and waiting, and his should be
the reward.
It is from a solid business mo
tive, therefore, that we ask co
operation of all elements in the
Southern states in this important
campaign. The price of cotton is
going up as certain as sunrise. It
remains to be seen whether all
farmers will get the advantage of
the rise. <>r whether they will
thought!'- s'.v sacrifice their rights
Hold cotton! That should be
the keynote, in 89lf protection, of
every man in the South remotely
concerned in raising or handling
the fiber. C. S. Barrett.
How to Make Good Bread.
To insure good biscuit, then,
whether the leavening agent is
baking powder, w-ith water or
sweet-milk or soda with butter
milk, we must keep in mind that
the retention of gas in the dough
until we get it to the oven, is the
thing we are aiming at. A large
proportion of housekeepers do not
realize this principle, and as a re
sult, what do we see? First, there
is usually ail excess of soda, which,
at the start, destroys the digest
ability of the biscuit, ns well as
t the gas reaction. Then, there is an
titmost deliberation in the entire
process. The dough is kneaded and
rolled and worked until not a
trace of gas is left. It is then put
into an indifferent oven, with the
result that we have a heavy, sog
gy, yellow mass, thoroughly bad
form from start to finish.
Ihe proper plan is to sift with
the flour the salt, soda and cream
of tartar, or baking powder or
soda alone, when sour milk is to
be used. Add the shortening, then
the liquid last, using all possible
haste after the liquid is added. In
mixing use the hands as little as
possible, pressing lightly with the
rolling pin, cutting with a bis
cuit cutter, and hurrying the
dough to a hot oven while the gas
still remains in the mixture.
“Speed should be the motto in
making biscuit Time is required
by the yeast, plant, to make gas i:i
the “light” loaf. In “risen”
breads, the gas is already presen r .
The thing we wish to do is to uti
lize it before it escapes.—Pro
gressive Farmer
For coughing, dryness and tick
ling in the throat, hoarseness and
all coughs and colds, take Foley’s
Honey and Tar Compound. Con
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druggists.
Collins Route No. 2.
Kind Editor, will you please
allow me space enough to say a
few words in reply to the .J. M.
piece that came out in the Pro
gress. We are huving some bad
weather for gathering cotton, but
it is sure hue on al 1 who have pork
to kill. I notice several of our
farmers have lots of good pork to
kill. Ah, don’t you know they are
going to enjoy sitting near a good
warm fire eatingjpork and new syr
up.
There is lots of cotton to gather
in our section yet and the farmers
are getting tired gathering and
selling for such a low price, but as
long as they have cotton they have
a dollar. We know that our good
farmers here made too
ton for us to get a good price for
it, but never the less we must not
be grumblers about what we have
made. We planted for it and by
the help of God we made it. Next
year we must plant less cotton
and more grain. My advice to the
farmers is to plant just as much
ootton as they can gather with
their own force, and there will not
be so much made in this section if
the farmers will just do this. We
will get better prices. It looks
like some of it will have to be
plowed in the ground. That is
what I call over stock in two
ways. I dont want any law fore
a farmer to plant any certain
amount of cotton. Have judgement
enough to plant what he wants to.
We note the farmers are bad be
hind with debts, or some of them,
but we must put our trust in God,
and pray for the future. The peo
ple we owe realize that our means
to pay with are short and most of
them will carry us until we can
make some more cheap cotton.
Our farmers made large run bills
this year, thinking we would get
fifteen cents for our cotton, but
we are getting about eight cents
and if every farmer could have
gathered his cotton and not had
to hire it gathered, he could afford
to plant enough to pay for his fer
tilizer and his run bill, and then
get more than they are going to
get this year, for they are not go
ing to get it gathered.
We have a good old world and
God sends to us the richest of bles
sings, and some of us dont even
thank Him for it. lam a farmer
and have made lots of cotton, but
I am not grumbling I give my best
wish to all the fanners.
SUASCRIBER.
Special Cotton Seed.
I have on hand a few hundred
bushel of special, selected and
hand ginned cotton seed, taken
from a field on which the yield is
from five to eight hundred pounds
of lint per acre, and I am offering
them for planting purposes, at
reasonable price. I guarantee seed
to be pure and those who use them
will be satisfied. Write me for
particulars and price.
J. D. Coleman,
Route 2. Collins, Ga.
Mr. Gushington—“l heard Sen
ator Talksmith make a four-hour
speech without once referring to
his notes.” Mr. Meekinmild-Thats
nothing. I’ve been married 12
years and my wife has’ut had to
use notes yet.”—Chicago News.
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