Show GREATER LOSS THANIN THANIN THAN THANIN IN HURRICANE Some Som of the th greatest property losses are ra not caused by storms or other violent disturbances by nature according to an n eastern writer who notes note that while Flor FIor Florida's idas ida's loss lo In the tho hurricane was the depreciation In cotton In the tb past month has baa been Commenting on this the Wall Will Street Journal sas sa's ERYE y The Th The people of o the south at least that th t their crop will wUl be treat a great disappointment and they are not entirely Inarticulate The Th fool fool- foolIsh foolish foolish I ish buy a bale cry Is I raised In political circles demands are ar made for Investigation In of ot the cotton ex- ex exchanges ex exchanges changes and hedge selling Is la de de- denounced de- de denounced denounced by others othera as ag an active cause All this Is as futile as re- re re recrimination crimination around a burnIng building while while- the Incendiary a prIncipal sufferer Is 15 among amone the most vociferous of o the accusers This great creat disaster came be- be because be- be because caus be-caus cause the tb tenants south south tenants land land- landlords landlord lords lord an and started bankers bankers started out to produce a crop that an n ordinary ordinary ordinary nary yield would have been JUu 11 larger than could be b consumed ProvIdence alone alon saved them froma fronta front from a still greater disaster With a supply greater than Immediate de- de de demand e mand every ery man JUan Is scrambling to market his share while calling on somebody else ebe to do something And then next year the same thIng will be b done again The Th trouble Is the whole cot cot- cotton cotton cotton ton business Is like a great flock of sheep without a shepherd Cot Cotton ton tort is a world n necessity and Is almost Imperishable ProperlY warehoused It Is a gilt edged bank collateral Yet no staple com corn commodIty commodity suffers so much from met met- inefficiency Inefficiency and lack of organization Annually the tho south has hioS paid a heavy price for Its negligence It IL cannot do this and prosper This disaster should convince those holding 11 fi financial powers In the south of the necessity ot of an organized con con- control control trot of ot credit to those who plant plant and a system system of ot marketing ac- ac according ac according cording to consumptive needs needa No Noone Noone Noone one else will or can do It With With- With Without Without out out It the Florida wreckage will willbe willbe be annually surpassed |