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COTTON NOT TOO HIGH
Richard H. Edmonds Discusses
the Cotton Situation.
“American Spinners are Played By
Foreign Buyers for Suckers,”
Says Mr. Edmonds.
New Orleans, La~Discussing the
cotton situation, Richard H. Ed
monds, editor of The Manufacturers’
Record, who {8 in the south making a
study of crop prospects and probable
consumption, said:
“The American spinners are being
played for suckers by foreign epin
ners, and they are being played with
an energy that ought to satisfy the
most enthusiastic flsherman, In oth.
er words, foreign spinners ave en
deavoring in every way possible to
eonvince the spinners in this coun
try and all other people ldeutified
with the cotton trade that the price
of the raw cotton is too high, and
that the way to bring about a reduc
tlon is to shut down mills until cot
ton declines to a point satisfactory
to the buyer. |
“The American spinners are taking
:hfl talk of the foreign spinners seri
y, and while they are, to a large
extent, as compared with previous
years, keeping out of the market, for
efgn spinners are buying every bale
of cotton they can get their hands on.
The question of price does not seem
to enter into their actual calcula
tions, although they are struggling
to impress upon American spinners
the folly of buying at present prices,
“No one familiar with the shrewd
ness and the knowledge of business
econditions throuhgout the world of
foreign spinners should be surprised
at the game which they are playing.
It has been played steadily for more
tban half a century, but there is room
for surprise that American spinners
should so readily fall into the trap.
“As a matter of fact, the present
price of cotton is not unduly high. It
f 8 not in fact even at present figures |
ylelding to the farmers the proflt'
whieh should be won out of this, na
ture’s greatest monopoly. -Considering
the increased cost of production and |
the increased cost of living, it is
doubtful whether 13-cent cotton is giv- .
ing better net results to the producer |
than 8 or 9-cent cotton would have |
done seven or eight years ago. To
assume that the world will not con-‘
sume this entire crop, even if it sold
at 15 cents a pound, is absurd to any
man who is thoroughly familiar with
the worlds business conditions and
who recognizes that, until an article
reaches a practically prohibitory
price, consumption is not materially
lessened by what, under other condi
tions, might have been regarded as a
high price.
“All mankind is living on a higher
plane. Wages in the Orient and in
Europe, as well as in this country,
have been steadily advancing for
some years, with occasional brief pe
riods of reaction, such as that follow
ing the panic of 1907. But, - broadly
speaking, there is a steady, world
wide forward movement.
“The iron producers, the growers
of wheat and corn and other agricul
tural products, and manufacturers of
nearly all lines are sharing in this
increased activity and increased prof
it to a greater extent than the cot
ton growers of the south. If there
had been no material shortage in the
yield of cotton compared with last
year, there should have been, mere
ly to keep pace with the advance in
other things, a rise of 25 to 30 per
eent in the price of cotton over the
average of the preceding crop.
“The world's improved Dbusiness
conditions would have justified this.
When we remember that whatever
may be the actual final outcome it is
an unquestionable fact that the crop
will be very much less than last
year, while the consumption will cer
tainly be as large, it would seem that
present prices have not yet reached
a point of fairness to the grower. It
is incumbent upon every business in
terest in the south to recognize the
gituation and to unite to help the
farmer in securing a price in keep
ing with the present increasing pros
perily in every other industry. Instead
of secking to depress the price of cot
ton, the south should unite to seek
to advance the price. At present ev
ery man who is paying any serious
attention to the talk of foreign spin
ners is simply helping them to laugh
up one sleeve, while with the other
hand they are reaching behind his
back and gathering in every psssible
bale of cotton.
“Later on, when the foreign spin
ners have secured the best of the
crop and the American spinners un
dertake to supply their own needs,
they will wake up to the game that
hes been played upon them.”
SPANISH CABINET RESIGNS.
Spain Tranguil Under New Order of
Government.
Madrid, Spain.—The Spanish- cabi
net, which was formed January 15,
1907, under the premiership of Anto
unio Mauria, resigned as a result of
the bitter attacks made against the
government by the former premier,
Moret y Prendergast,
The fall of Premier Maura and the
conservative cabinet has produced a
‘feeling of relief and encourages hope
that a period of internal tranquility
'hag been ushered in. It is now an
sggop secret that M. Maura’s refusal
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By E. L. Worsham, State
Entomologist,
Atlanta, Ga.—The Georgia State
Board of Entomology has recently
concluded a series of experiments
with various oils* and lime and sul
phur compounds as remedial meas
ures for San Jose scale, The results
of these experiments, soon to be
sent out from the department in bul
letin form, are sure to be of value
to fruit growers and orchardists of
Georgia,
The purpose of the experiments was
to test the efficiency of soluble 01l
compounds as compared with the
standard home-made preparation of
lime and sulphur, and the more re
cently introduced manufactured com
pounds of lime and sulphur. Six dif
ferent oils were included in the test,
as follows: Target Brand Emulsion,
Scalecide, San-U-Zay, Soluble Petro
leum, Kil-O-Scale, Schnarr’s Scale
Compound No. 1, Schnarr's Scale
Compound No., 2. Two brands of
prepared lime and sulphur were used
alongnide of the oil, One plat of
trees was sprayed with the standard
boiled mixture of lime and sulphur,
prepared on the grounds.
Several of the soluble oils in the
above list have been known in Georgia
for a number of years. They have
been used in different sections of the
state with varying degrees of success,
Primarily they were intended to fill
the demand for an insecticide other
than the home-made lime and sulphur,
with which there was considerable
dissatisfaction because of the trouble
involved in making and epplying it.
To a large extent they displace lime
and sulphur, Reports on the results
obtained from oils have not always
been satisfactory. It has been the
experience of many fruit growers
that they were unreliable, and there
has been much complaint from varl
ous scurces that they, as scale de
stroyers, were not entirely satisfac
tory.
Within the past two years prepared
concentrated lime and sulphur has
made its appearance in the field. This
compound is a reddish liquid, strained
and perfectly free of solid matter.
Two years ago it was tried in an ex
perimental way by the department,and
promised well as a scale insecticide.
Last winter it was used extensively
in the commercial orchards of the
state, and in every case where it was
well applied the results were of a very
high order. Although not showing ob
the trees as plainly as the home-made
material, it leaves them a dull gray
in color, suciently so to determine the
quality of the spraying. Besidefithe
home-made product of the lime “and
sulphur wash, the manufactured arti
cle compares most favorably. When
manufactured by a reliable company
the latter is really more uniform in
composition than the former.
The following is a summary of our
report on preparations used in our
expzariments:
“It will be seen in the preceding
pages that all the oils included in the
test, particularly those whose reputa
tion is well established, gave excel
lent results in controlling the scale.
They may be depended upon to give
satisfaction, as a rule, when properly
and thoroughly mixed and applied.
Too great emphasis cannot be placed
on the necessity of doing the actual
field work thoroughly., An inch of
badly infested limb or twig left un
touched by the spray is capable of
largely reinfesting practically the en
tire tree the following summer.
“While each oil was applied as a
spring treatment and as a fall treat
ment, it was found in every case that
the fall treatment was of superior ef
feativeness, This is a rule: The earlier
the spray can be applied after the
leaves have fallen, the better will be
the mnet results.
“The mechanical appliances of ap
plication are extremely important, es
pecially with soluble oils, A good pump
developing a high pressure and a noz
zle throwing a direct, forceful spray,
are very necessary to obtain good
results.
“The concentrated lime and sulphur
solutions, being free cf all solid mat
ter, cffer no more serious obstacles to
easy spray than the oils. They are
much more caustic in nature, however,
and it is well to be protected from
continuous physical contact with
them, Under well regulated conditions
they spray as easily as water might, l
and no more harmful to the person, |
compared to the soluable oil com- ‘
pounds for efiiciency; they yield quite
as good results as the best oils, even ‘
when the latter are used at a greater
strength than recommended by the
manufacturers. A tree well sprayed
with lime and sulphur always offersa
cleaner, brighter and healthier appear
ance than a trec cqually well sprayed ‘
with an oil. DBesides its strictly in
secticidal value, lime and suplhur pos
sesees fungicidal properties to a much
greater degree than it is possible to
incorporate in a soluble oil.” |
No Right to Cause Disease,
Atlanta, Ga.—A water power com
pany may not construct a dam which
will cause a backwater, stagnant, and
breeding mosquitoes. At least, if it
does, it will be liable in damages
to the parties living along the banks
of the stream. So the court of ap
peals has decided in an opinion hand
ed down, The title of the case was
the Towaliga Falls Power Company
against George Sims, which came up
from the city court of Forsyth.
Sims claimed that the company’s
dam had caused a pond to form, of
stagnant water, and that it had be
come a breeding place for anopheles
- m]Osquitoes, whembw amily had
i%;fted Pflefi. ia and had been oth.
- erwise m ' inconvenienced.
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5 3 PROMINENT PEOPLE.
William Dean Howells, the author,
with his daughter, Mildred, went to
Carlsbad,
Dr. James B. Angell retired from
the presidency of the University of
Michigan,
Professor Felix Adler resumed his
talks to the Ethical Culture Society,
New York City.
Wwilllam I. Buchanan's death in
London, the autopsy showed, was
due to heart disease.
Prince Tsai Hsun, head of China's
naval administration, left Shanghal
for a tour of Europe.
Theodore Roogevelt was saved from
the fury of a charging elephant by a
timely shot from Mr. Cunninghame’s
rifle.
Dr. F. A. Cook went before a spe
clal committee of the Explorers’ Club
to tell about his ascent of Mount Mc-
Kinley.
At Rio Janeiro, General Carlos Eu
genio resigned as Minister of War and
was replaced by General Bernardino
Bormann.
Isaac Untermyer, who has been en.
joying a Continental tour, finds a
strong centralizing tendency in Euro
pean governments.
The whole east side of New York
City mourned the accidental death by
poison of Dr. Albert Kohn, who uni
ted charity with his prescriptions.
Governor Campbell, of Texas, de
clined to accompany President Taft
from El Paso to San Antonio because
accommodations were not provided 1
for his staff. ‘
Messrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, W. K.
Vanderbilt, Jr.,, and William C.
Brown, president of the New York
Central, were in the third section of
the Atlantic express when it was
wrecked on the Central, at Rhinecliff.
LABOR WORLD.
Industrial disputes in Canada dur
fng August meant the loss of 108,000
working days.
The unions of molders, metal work
ers and mechanics in France recently
voted to combine.
From 1898 to 1909 the Retail
Clerks’ International grew from 5000
to 50,000 members.
A movement is likely toward the
formation of a branch of the Com
mercial Telegraphers for wireless op
erators.
The union working women of Bos
ton, Mass., have organized a choral
gociety for the purpose of singing
labor songs at meetings.
Girl necktie workers on strike in
New York City announced that many
manufacturers had agreed to their
demands of sanitary quarters, legher
pay and shorter hours.
In a sermon preached to union men
at the Church of the Ascension, New
York City, the Rev. A. F. Underhill
voiced the active sympathy of the
Church with labor ideals.
Under the new labor law of New
York, effective October 1, girls under
sixteen shall not be employed in any
capacity where such employment
compels them to remain standing con
stantly.
The action of the Minneapolis
Trades Assembly in passing a law re
quiring its delegates to wear at least
four union labels in order to qualify
as members is attracting some atten
tion in outside cities.
The recent convention of the Inter
national Glass Bottle Blowers’ Asso
ciation, at Milwaukee, Wis., indorsed
the plan to retire on pensions all
members who have reached the age of
sixty years and have worked for twen
ty-five cons_,ecutive years.
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SYRIANS NOT “WHITE PERSONS.”
Wisconsin Court Rules That They
Are Not Entitied to Vote.
LaCresse, Wiss.—Under a rulingre
ceived here from R. S. Coleman, the
chief examiner of the census bureaa
at Washington, one hundred Syrian
voters in LaCrosse will lose their cit
izenship, while hundreds of others all
over the northwest will be aiffected.
The ruling, in effect, i 3 that Syrians,
being of Asiatic origin, are not
“white persons” within the meaning
of the law. _
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