Show WHOlE HOLE NATION RAlliES TO RESCUE THE SOUTH FROM BANKRUPTCY BUY L A DAlE BALE MOVEMENT SPREADS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH NOW THERES THERE'S A BALE SALE OF COTTON IN N EVERYBODY'S DYS DY'S BACK YARD AND ANDI I OFFICE IN DIXIE DIXE- I I COTTON FACTS t Spindles England Europe United States India Bales Cotton crop of 1914 U. U S. S can ean use England will take tako 4 Public must hold By LINTON K S. STARR Special Correspondence ATLA ATLANTA TA Ga Oct 23 The Tho southern southern south- south ern rn cotton planter In the midst of pick pick- ins ins- insa nc a gigantic cotton colton crop wasn't both- both his head about Europ European an diplomacy lie le has lias seen In the papers perhaps that t and Austria were ere snarling nt at each others other's throats but he wasn't n nearly nearh so 80 Interested in n that as ag in the tho coming election olec- olec tion lon of tho the county school trustees Lot cm cm fight he ho remarked Makes no difference to us If they thoy chow each other up like Kilkenny cats But Dut didn't It Tho planter soon learned better belter Five minutes after after the kaiser declared declared declared de de- de- de war sr on Russia tho the cotton exchanges exchanges ex ex- changes went mad and prices went to smash A few days dars later the thc exchanges closed Cotton presumably worth 11 to toI I 12 2 rents cents a pound was hardly worth anything any- any thing Thero Thera wasn't any market so eo thorn horo were no prices to quote Tho The war had lad put its grip on the tho South just as effectually as on Belgium Why Doesn't Congress Act Then tho the Southerner confident that ht hlll own democracy could do any anything thInS thInS' to Washington Immediately there was wasa a buzzing about among Southern senators senators senators sena sena- tors and congressmen They The talked currency currency currency cur cur- rency and warehouse certificates and sorry fOrry for tho the farmer fanner and well ha he ml might ht be For when hen the farmer Is broke he quits buying and when the farmer fanner quits I buying there Is a remarkable epidemic of re reducing tho the force In storo store and ta factory tory And An 1 they nIl all wished they thoy could help but th they couldn't seo see any anya a way Tho The cotton cotton cot cot- ton crop runs Into tho the millions of bales and it was too big a n proposition for anybody any any- bOd body but a nation or a trust to consider So the they Just wrote wrote to tho the pa papers pel'S Insisting Insist Insist- in ing that congress do do 10 something Queer Idea Is a Savior But ono one man mun In Atlanta had a n Queer queerly practical idea Men It was so absurdly simple sim sim- simple plo that everybody laughed at It for a while le He Hewa wa was Isaac Haas an elderly manufacturer who wasn't a a. cotton dealer or cotton expert or anything but a rl plain business man maim He wrote a letter to the editor of ot an Atlanta paper about It and the paper printed it on an Inside p page se paying it slight alight attention In tIle the press press' of big news about what hat congress ml might ht do Let every man who ho wants to help helD the farmer buy a balo bale of or cotton suggested Haas There Thero arc aie thousands who can afford to pay 50 for lor one bale vale and hold it Jt ita ita a year ear and if enough p io do this tho the situation will be relieved relieved Simple enough isn't It That's how the great Buy a n. Bale of ot Cotton movement began bes It was a a. week or more after tho Hans lIans' suggestion was wa made mado before beloro the papers paper woke up Canvassing Canvassing Can Can- committees were sent Bent out to round up purchasers and tho fifty dollar ch chocks checks ks began to come in Tho The citizens citizens' ns committee dr drew w up un strict rules for the campaign Cotton was to tobe tobe tobe be 1 purchased only from distressed farmers tannen and not from brokers or agents as Cash was as to be bc paid and the cotton de- de delivered delivered de de- livered or placed In a a. bonded warehouse o which would Issue certificates of deposit The purchaser agreed to hold his hh bale for tor one ona year ear or until tho the market price was above 10 cents per pound or 30 50 per bale balo The seller In In return agreed to cut down nn the nerea acreage e of his cotton crop next year for if It tho the market is flooded with new cotton on the tho heels of ot tho old crop an and before tho the latter after Is 13 turned into cloth tho the situation would bo be worse than now Everybody Owns a a. Bale Now v. Tho The Buy Duy a Bale Dale movement be began an to now grow Purchasers Purchaser's put their bales In their show windows on their front verandas ve ve- randas In their garages In n tI toe the e lobbies of office buildings Atlanta folk tolk have actually actually ac ac- seen moro more real cotton in the I past month than In the decade before for Ith It h has been handled only through h railroad yards ards and factory district warehouses and many a child of or 12 in inQ Ina a Q Southern city never saw a a. bale Then the East st and West Joined In They sell the South a n large larco share of or Us its food tood and clothing and automobiles and arid the I 1 cotton planters planter's s troubles were their own Tho big Chicago packing houses house instructed instruct Instruct- ed their Southern agents as to buy cotton at 10 cents and hold it A big Chicago o mall mail order house placed on an order for tor 10 bales Insurance Insurance comp companies announced they would accept cotton at nt 10 cents in payment payment pay pay- ment of ot premiums Colleges would take taka theIr fees tees in cotton Manufacturers would take cotton In payment of ot old accounts or new The Tho banks began clamoring for permission to take cotton cotlon warehouse re rec receipts receipts re- re c as collateral for loans Within a week the cotton brou brought hl under tho the Buya Buy a Bale plan had reached re t far r Into the tho thousands of at bales baler Tho The worry was s over If the allies keep on driving dri tho the kaiser back and the war is 13 ended the European mills will begin to spin n agate again and nd cotton ollee moro morn will be bo king BUY tt M E. OF COTTON 4 y V co G I I 1 Q Q r 1 L I bonded loans and other things They 51 spoke oko of the governments government's taking over the surplus crop Thc They called conferences and s sent nt telegrams They were an extremely extremely ex ex- ex- ex busy set of ot statesmen But they didn't actually do anything to pull tho the farmer at homo home out of his holo hole Ono One must understand that cotton Is s at once broad bread and meat and clothing and school books book and a It house over ones one's head bead to tho the Southerner Cotton Is the one crop that Is 18 always good for tor cash cash ver t er- er haps bafs S 8 cents perhaps 12 or 13 cents cents- bu but aJ always cash Farmer Fanner Balances Nations Nation's Wealth Th The 5 farmer buys buyo from tho the merchant promising to pay when cotton comes conies In Tho L tio merchant buys buya from the jobber who borrows from the tho banks bauks who borrow from Wall street Bills lIs must bo be met when whon due and nobody can start paying until tho planter sells his cotton That's the fix tho the South Is In For a very largo large proportion of ot tho time South's cotton crop la Is bought ht b by European and when war comos comes mills stop Of courts course t th th hI city Hv ma man n wn war a v N r 1 1 THE BUY A BALE OF COTTON BRIGADE BACKS SACKS UP THE SOUTHERN COTTON GROWER INSET IN IN- INSET SET SETS IS S PICTURE OF ISAAC HAAS |