Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 229, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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E. B. Uyiimtii
J. U. Porter
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FOR LATEST STYLES IN
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Also have fine line Glothing
Furnishing Goods etc. Call in
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Groceries
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Roberts Phone 293
'163 PINE ST.
SAVE LABOR
ON THE
By coming here for Labor-Saving
Implements.
Sickles Grass Shears
Rakes . Trovels
and other gardening tools. A good
line of Hose Nozzles; Sprays etc
Boone-Mueller
Hardware Comp'y
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MONTHS OLD
$192000.oo
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Directors:
A. Oi Scarborough
IJruce E. Oliver
Morgan Weaecr
J C. Russell
THERE'S A REASON!
Sugar American Standard
Granulated lSlba $1.00
Banner and Union Oats pk 20c
Soap Clariotto 7 bars .25o
Good Luck dak poWdT 3 cans .. 25c
Canada Sap Maple Syrup gal 1.15
" " " 1-2 ' .C5c
" " ' " 1 qt . 3so
Shrod Cocoanut A pkgs ..25o
Mince Meat 4 pkga 25c
Vewirfmake threo prices on Mon-
days only
& Company
S-W .Phone 400
LAWNS RUlMEHS' imiotf cor.iiMK
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ft ftcnofal.
Edltdr .ftcporler: I bcojUjo PtirmorB
Union hna tho cotton speculator ori tho
run and they nro spending money to
try and defeat tho nlnm and purposeo
lpf tho Union petitioning tho legisla
tors itnd righting nny inw opposing
bucket shops nnd gambling in ftfturcd.
Thoy oven go bo far ns to hlrO men
to write nrtlclcs defending tho future
gnmblltig system which 1b only buying
and Boiling wind In direct competition
with tltb actual products of tho farm
Mid then they will hollow "famtno In
China war clouds In 13urOpe( money
panic irt Wall Btroct" or somo other
devilment to depress tho price of" cot-
ton. Supply and domand now soems
to havo nothing whatever to do with
It. Also keop youf oyo pn thoae now
organizations that are springing up
and that nro llablo to contlriuo to
spring up here and there claiming to
bo the "whltowaslied and sanctified
oloments." They ara only part of the
enemies' plan to defeat us and keep
tho farmers in bondage.
When I see a man or" brother so hide
bojnd with suspicion and hollowing
"graft!" 1 cannot help but think of
that passage of Scripture which says
"judge not for fear ye be judged."
Persons living in glass houses must
not throw rocks. Say who Is the dad-
dy of the Cotton Growers Unldn any
way? Who wrote or copied the constl-
stution from tho P. E. nnd C. U. of
A?
Don't all Bpeak at once but let us
know. Wo have several of these
bright-eyed farmers that kick nt every-
thing doing all thoy can to tear dowli
nnd do nothing to build up Thoy
would not hold their cotton last year
and' it is mighty doubtful if they ha$o
any more sense this year than they
had last. Some of them want the Un-
ion to do everything for them but they
do nothing for the Union to help it ac-
complish its purposes. Let mc give
you a pointer. The speculator Is a
parasite which feeds upon labor values-
and creates nothing. So never mind
about crop reports It does not matter
what tho acreage is or what the condi-
tion the crop may be in the only thing
is to hold your products for the mint-
mum price answering nobody's ques-
tions making no statements in other
words keep your own business strictly
to yourself. Never show your hand or
give away your plan of battle. No mer
chant ever tells you what his goodsJ
cost how much he bought on credit;..
or paid cash for but keeps his business
to himself and you do llkewls?. Tho
most important feature is to hold your
products for the fixed prices. To do
this you must stay out of debt do with-
out a whole lot of things until you
catch up and then you can buy what
you want for cash. Yours for justice
and Reform.
OBSERVER.
COTTON.
About tho time -of the beginning of
the annual movement of a new cotton
crop to market reports may be ex-
pected from abroad calculated to cre-
ate an Impression that foreign coun-
tries a'ro shortly to become growers
of cotton and to compete successfully
wltlrthe South In that particular.
Along about the middle of April may
bo expected exaggerated estimates of
the acreage planted in cotton. Between
the beginning of the marketing and
the ending of the plnnting nnd just
about tho time whon tho farmers are
planning for the next season's crop It
mny bo expected that discussions will
bo projected tending to lend tho farm-
ers to believe that there will bo during
the next 12 mouths an unusunlly largo
demand for cotton Thope various
movements are for ths benefit of tho
influences who have not the slightest
interest In tho cotton growers who are
entirely willing that they should
starve-along on cottodn at five or six
cents a pound and who will resort to
all sorts of devices for tho purposes
of depressing prices. An Interesting
variation this year from the usual out-
givings Is a statement that European
buyers thought that a 120Q0000-baIo
crop"would be ample fdr this year and
that If njoro'woro put on tho market
prices wouiu siacKen uui mat inu up-
pedrancu of more than 13000000 bales
has failed to knock tho market down
because thero was.Buclra demand for
consumption; that thqjjest grades of
Amorlcon cotton will ACe eagerly
bought by Great Britain because of
a largo shortage of good cotton and
that Franco is. also short of cotton It
Is n fact that up to last Friday 11813-
731 bales of cotton had bqen brought
into sight slnco September 1 au In-
crease of 2578164 bales over the move-
ment of .the preceding season; that In
that period 3700010 bales had been
taken by American spinners an In-
crease al 3tOG18 bales and that 0800
344 bales had been oxported In in-
crease of 1844164 bales of. which In-
crease 77045? .bal?B wore in tho ex-
ports to Great Britain and 170333
bales In the exports to Franco.
These -facts however promising ub
they are for the crop grown in 1000
8h0i4-m)t Icdd tho fiotijh Into tho. mint
take of laying out for 1907 a greater
acroago for cotton Ihnri can ho handled
With proht. In tho ptfet two Or throo
yenra tho cotton growers huvo learned
tho benefits thnt mtiat accrilo UMhoni
In not putting all their energy all
their time nnd all tholr money into
cotton but m giving greater attention
to raising tholr own food nnd feed sup-
plies In co-oporntlng with Southonl
bankers and warehousemen in n busi-
nesslike marketing of the crop regard
loss of rumors likely to depress prices
and In approaching tho point whoro
through Improved cultural methods a
greater crop may bo ralsod upon a
smaller acreage. It is passible that
tinder certain conditions tho cotton
crop could be doubled upon tho present
area planted ovoraulrtg 27000060 or
28000000 ncres without trenching
upon a vast acrcago which has nevof
yet borne tho staple. Labor dbnilltlons
compelling a resort to more and moro
machinery are leading tho growers to
give moro and moro attention to Im-
proved methods of treating the grow-
ing crop If the South is to contlmio to
meet the reasonable demand! of tho
world for cotton. As a matter of fact
tho wastefulness which has long char-
acterized the treatment of tho Imperial
crop from planting time until tho baloB
reach the mills Is but n part of the
wastefulness of nuich of American ag-
riculture growing out of tho compara-
tive cheapness of American land. What
can
be dono In this country is stig-
gested by somo statements nuulo In the
annual report of tho Virginia Depart-
ment of Agriculture based upon tho
observations nbroad made last year
by Commissioner Kolner. He found In
Germany nnd Holland farmers making
money nt dairying on land worth $1000
nn acre and he found farm lands
vnrylpg In value from 5300 to ?500 nn
acie In Swccden nnd Denmark from
$800 to $1200 an aero In Holland to
$2000 an acre on the Island of Jersoy.
On that island such priced land grows
000 bushels of early potatoes "to tho
acre and the are sold In London for
$1.50 to $2. a bushel. How many of
the acres of tho millions In the South
are valued at even $300 an acre. To
bo sure the prices for farm products
generally in this country may not ap-
proach those in London which return
$900 or $1200 upon an investment of
$2000 in on ncre of land. But L
one acre of cotton land may bo madn
to yield $120 instead of $40 or $G0 it Is
obvious that certain economies In mak-
ing a -cotton crop are passible nnd that
adoption of such economies nro likely
to mnko the grower more Independent
of artificial developments in the cotton
markets and to improve the whole ag-
ricultural sltuatloyin tho South.
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will give you bargains that you will surely appreciate. If you want only a few
pieces we can save you some money; if you want to furnish your house com-
plete we can save you lots of money. Just to give you an idea of the range of
prices we have
Bed Room Suits from
$28 to $140
Iron Beds from
$3 to $50
Dining Tables from
$6 to $60
We guarantee satisfaction to every purchaser
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WEST TEXAS JEWELRY CO.
110 Pino Street. Abilene Texas
VOTES GIVEN ON PIANO CONTEST
Chandler - Hall
Spaulding Brothers
MACHINE SHOP
Best equipped Machine Shop west of Fort Worth.
to all machine work.
Automobile Work a Specialty
Wo also carry a complete stock of Wind Mills Pumps Tanks Wrought
Iron Pipes and Fittings and all kinds of Steam nnd Water Supply Gooda
Automobile Livery
We will keep on hnnd several Automobllos with COMPETENT and SSFE
Chauffeurs for hire by tho hour day or trip. Call or Phone Us
Spaulding
next time you want
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who believes that we cannot
10 ouy r urniture.
Chiffoniers from
$8.50 to $25
Room size Rugs from
950 to 25.00
China Closets
from-
$20.00 to $80.00
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Grocery Co.
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lc frcah and appetising. If you
like cereals wchave them all.
Our hsitns and bricon are the
best brands nnd thrtiout our
stock will le found of the high-
est quality.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
Fresh Fith and Oysters
S-W Phone - - 3 & 81
Roberts - - 3 & 87
Prompt 'attention given
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Sideboards
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Chairs from
$1.00 to $25
Hall Trees
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Shook, L. B. Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 229, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1907, newspaper, April 3, 1907; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth314991/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.