The National Co-operator and Farm Journal (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1908 Page: 1 of 16
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FARM JOURNAL
Volume 30.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 5, 1908.
Number 2
ORGANIZER EDMONDSON ISSUES
ADDRESS.
To the brethren of Texas:
It seems that the idea has
gone out that the Galveston plan
or arrangement was inaugura-
ted to destroy the local ware-
houses and that if carried out,
will destroy them. To this I
wish to say that nothing can be
more erroneous. That this prop-
osition is only for the sale of
such cotton as must be sold at
once and all cotton upon which
loans must be obtained should
be shipped and stored at Galves-
ton, when the local banks fail to
accomodate the owners. Bro.
Neill and the other officials did
not contemplate the the ship-
ping and concentration of all cot-
ton at Galveston. On the con- ly scientific co-operation,
trary, they expected and do ex-
pect that cotton that can be held
in the local warehouses shall be -
so held there, for he and all the
rest of the officials believe that
the local warehouse is the cotton
farmer’s salvation and are not in-
tending to discourage the local
warehouse system in the least
because therein lies the farmer’s
power. And only such cotton as
is in distress and must be sold
and such as upon which loans
must be obtained should be im-
mediately shipped to Galveston
and not then if the local banks
will give satisfactory assistence.
The Galveston plan will get
the distressed cotton over the
heads of the little street scalper
and we learn that he is the fel-
low that is kicking so high about
this plan. He is the little imp
who discriminated between new
and old cotton and told you that
old gotton was not as good as
new when there was no discrim-
ination at the ports.
A word of advice. Do not or-
der your cotton sold immediately
on arrival; always instruct to sell
at option, Because there are days
. when the large American and
European buyers are busy pre-
paring to ship the cotton they al- creased port receipts.
ready have on hand and not in
the market. Therefore if your Galveston Monday. There was
cotton is offered for sale on any
of these days, it will not bring
as good figure as it would if it
would if it were held over a few
days until they got ready for
more cotton and you will not be
as well satisfied. No, brethren,
this planas it is now, is not all
we want. But it was the best
that could be done under the cir-
cumstances and get over the
head of the street scalper. At
least it will stimulate the little
fellow until he will pay you more
for your cotton for fear you
might ship.
Yours devotedly and for more
thorough organization and final-
Joe E. Edmondson,
State Lect. and Organizer.
THE COTTON MARKET.
The past week has been a very
quiet one in the cotton trade, but
in spite of the dullness which
usually prevails just before elec-
tion, there has been a slight ad-
vance in the price. This does
not appear to have been caused
by speculation, nor by any pre-
election forecasts considered fa-
vorable by the manufacturers,
but by increased activity in all
lines of trade, strong demand for
cotton goods and disposition of
growers to hold for better prices.
Good weather has prevailed over
most of the states and picking
has advanced rapidly, but sales ment. That the contract has
have not been in proportion. The
port receipts are a little over
700,000 bales in excess, and the
ginners’ report nearly’ double
that of the same date last year.
Still these do not indicate the
large crop which is predicted,
because many things have con-
tributed to early and rapid gath-
ering, while the port concentra-
tion movement has greatly in-
Spots were quoted at 9 1-16 in
no market Tuesday.
RAILROADS TO BUILD SPUR
TRACKS.
Last week President D. J.
Neill of* the Farmers Union of
Texas secured a contract from
practically all of the railr«
which operate lines in Ter %*
which the railroad compa."e,~
agree to build spur tracks and
switches to Union warehouses
along their lines. This agree-
ment however provides that the
respective railroads shall make
contracts with the respective
warehouses along their lines and
that they shall build these spurs
as soon as possible when called
upon to do so.
The building of these tracks
will greatly faciliate shipments
of cotton when same are made
direct from tee warehouses with-
out being compressed. Not only
will it make the handling of the
cotton less difficult and make it
possible to ship with less delay,
but the saving in drayage and
time will amount to an immense
sum each year.
Negotiations to effect the
building of these tracks were
contemplated about a year ago,
but the panic and other obsta-
cles intervened and delayed the
project and it was not until the
meeting of the railroad managers
at Dallas last week that all were
induced to enter into the agree-
been made with all the obstacles
and opposition against it is a
credit to the perseverance of
President Neill as well as an in-
dication of the power and influ-
ence of the Farmers Union of
Texas, an indication of the
broad-mindedness of the railroad
officials entering into the con-
tract.
The following railroad men
were present and sanctioned the
agreement:
Colonel C. Hamilton, vice pres-
ident Texas Central, Waco.
D. B. Keeler, vice president
Fort Worth & Denver City, Fort
Worth.
W. D. Drake, vice president
Frisco railroad of Texas.
W. G. Van Vleck vice president
and general manager Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio.
«W. S. Peters general manager
% Atonio & Aransas Pass,
na* tsky, general superin-
ten. Houston & Texas Cen-
tral.
R. S. Baker, vice president and
general manager Trinity & Braz-
os Valley.
T. J. Freeman receiver Inter-
national & Great Northern.
S. W. De Wolfe, the National
of Mexico, Laredo.
T. M. Wells, Texas Midland,
Terrell.
G. F. Hawkes, El Paso &
Southwestern El Paso.
L. S. Thorne, vice president
and general manager, and J. W.
Everman assistant general man-
ager Texas and Pacific, Dallas.
C. Ludolph car accountant
Texas & Pacific, Dallas.
M. Sweeny, manager Texas car
service association, Houston.
M. J. O’Brien, Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient, Sweetwater.
W. Wilmer, secretary General
Manager’s Association, Waco.
J. W. Robins vice president
Chicago Rock Island & uuif. Ft.
Worth.
G. M. Lindsay chief to Gener-
al Manager A. A. Allen and J.
W. Allen General freight agent
Missouri Kansas & Texas railway
of Texas, Dallas.
Ex-Governor Joseph D. Sayers
legal adviser to the association is
also in attendance.
Always mention Co-Operator when
you write an advertiser.
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