The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1917 Page: 7 of 8
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COTION WORTH«
CENTS PER POUND
There’* h Rood Hindi road from Bay City to the door of
Thornhill's
Fish
and
House
Oyster
Live
rn
LAUNDRY
Take Notice
stock
and
on
taxes.
Ml-
Good for 13 10 Cent Leave*
Total
Results First
When you get results or
We have the bet
TIIORNIIII.L’N FISH t!\l> OYSTER HOI SI
Matagorda, Texas
2.00
5.00
4.1.5
.(ik
.74
.15
WEST SIDE BAKING COMPANY
Shell Road to Thornhill’s
1.90
I
1.50
.20
IHg.
rHE LE 4//C
n-.e.de one-half
in 11'12
(estimated). .
$22.19
Per Acre ,
$12.S7|
to
farm.
the farmers
meeption of the value!
tlie cost standpoint-
may [
When- Fresh IT I. and Oysters < W III FOl'Nh DAILY.
Gel out and get the fresh air on thin matchless drive and bring home
a supply of Thornhill's Famous Seafood
B\SI It ON ttn \|. ( osr OF PRO
IB < ING I Hili'.
authentic figures, those
Io di Tinted. are those
of the Taft ranch in South Texas Tllf !
cost of prodi. .. cotton on this ranch
during 1912 is itemized as follows: |
Siippleu eiihil Report of < ommitlee '
appointed to Make Investigation*
of the Cost of Producing
the 1917 Cotton Crop.
Labor. Including picking
l-’ecd for mules, in addition
that raised on the
I Supplies and repairs
| Poison ....
F illi
l>e| re G i
equipment
Overhi - I expenses,
pervston. etc. ..
Seed
LOOK
26 Tickets for One Dollar
Ocnsider
Price Second.
75c why pay n ore.
modern cquipmf dl fez cleaning and ptr.*-
Faim Be; di Suh Cleared fci SC c.
People going to Matagorda without celling at Thornhill's always leave
with a dissatisfied feeling and a metallic taste In their mouths,
cheaply and well. Bo healthy and happy.
Let Thornhill Show You the Way
Ar' i . . ie. timated Kin■
nine, wrapping and market-
ing. four dollars per bale and
and as crop
bale per acre
Rental charges
Hon. Prod W. Davis.
Commissioner of Agriculture,
Austin Texas
Dear Sir:
In order that
have a bettc
of cotton f
and that you would have a better ideal
of the price ' ■ u dcsin to urge the
farmers to ; sl> for it. we. your com-
mittee appointed to make Itivestiga-
tion of the < ; of producing cotton
In Toxa-, and (‘specially the crop of
1917, beg to nial'.e 'he following re-
port:
The most
less liable t-
r
hy, sooner
U n ited States Ti res
Are Good Tires
Alikj tire* for motor trucks, motor cycles,
bicycles, and aeroplanes
4"
Li
t
wil' be a u»et of United
A Tire for Every Need of Price and Use
'Royal Cord’ 'Nobby' 'Chain' ‘Usco’ 'Plain'
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Five
Tires”
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Because of the;r supreme mileage-giving qualities.
For United States Tires arc the »K»-Jar<U of low mileage cost.
That is why their sales continue to forge ahead year by yotr,
month by month.
That is why users of United States Tires last year are »’,.!!
users of United Sta :s Titos this year.
That is why, sooner or later, you, too,
States Tires.
Ask the nearest United States Tire dnalnr which one nf the
five is suited to your needs of price and use.
■'5\, ■ c ~ A
r
Why It Costs Less to Have
Fhese Tires On lour Car
■"■nW** wes *; -MTTTfMI
A COMPLETE STOCK OF UNITED STATES TIRES CARRIED DY BAY CITY AU10 AND SALES COMPANY
1912 crop $29.19
this
Will you please do us
MEBANE
Cotton Seed
on
a
taxes, etc...
Now Ready to Take Your
Orders for Next Years
Planting
<;i>
Roll In Fast.
I oiitlniics
t<>
(’"Hon
Mine are
Get the best and be safe.
were expected,
can
STOREY MY RICK
SF.KVICE&
CHRISTIAN
every
Lockhart, Texas
Wea-
rs
$.'2.G1 per acre.
| advanced to
guaranteed to be pure and to produce
true to seed.
Matagorda County needs for cotton
farmere
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Ml E NCR
I Seed
[Ginning and wrapping, if one-
fourth halo pop acre is made
; Interest or rent charge on land
l as
|$1 00 per day. 1
less than cost. It means the farmer make further reports,
worked for that much less than $1.00, (Signed) W. H. Yeary,
per day while producing It.
Many farmers, their friends and the
public generally, may be surprised at
these figure , but they are Itorno out
tests and the rural conditions of
One-fourth bale per acre
[tor the 1917 crop is some less than th<
As we understand you have several
farmer received thousand organized local institution*,
[for his crop of 1915, $1(1.51 per acre enough amply to care for any tem-
which cost him mon than $30.00 per pornry surplue, we Htiggest each one
We find the aggregate value of '’•' advised of this action at once, and
the lint, and seed for the five years >— ™»,i-
from 1910 to 1914. to be an averaee rapidly
I of $22.31 per acre against
labor Is concerned. I- calculated al work of inevstlgation and meet, again
When cotton sells for about, the middle of September and
Iz r. fl • •'* f V«Z1 f >zx vi o
not longer sacrifice their cotton, nor
We also find that cotton cloth lias mistreat their creditors by holding it
figure equaling from The reserve banks consider the ticket
Please get us your copy for the spe
cial edition. We want it right now
You will do us a favor by being to us.
prompt as every moment is valuable favor?
Despite the Inclement weather of
the past two weeks, at a time when
the gins should have been their busi-
est. the receipts have reached and
passed the 3000 mark
The Rugeley gin reported at ths
beginning of work this morning 2500
bales, and the McLendon gin reported
539. which is a total of 3039. There
Is lots of cotton to come yet. but pick-
ers are scarce, and owing to this
labor condition the receipts will prob-
ably he not so heavy from now on.
There will In nil probability bo 5000
bah s. or more, ginned here this year.
I of cotton from a cost standpoint, and
that they will be slow to be educated
to it, we are not sure it Is advisable
to name its real value as the price
to ajtk for It, bnt in Its stead advise
30 rents as the minimum price that
middling cotton should be sold for,
and $60.00 per ton the mlnlmu price
for seed but sell slowly nnd await
further developments. Farmers need
higher and seed three times as high
If this be correct as to the advance
| on these several items of expense,
and we believe it very conservative,
then we have as a revised list of the
cost of t.he 1917 crop the following1
Per Acre.1
I Labor, including picking $21.13
. . 13.00
.. 1.38
0.00 acrn
2.8.7,
2.25 |
.75
Total expense per acre $50.01
i The picking in the above is esti-
mated at. 50 cents per hundred, but
.for half a bale per acre. It will be
! a groat deal higher this season, but
I we estimate the yield will be much|llV
smaller, which will make the acre,,l|p South,
cost about the same.
At the above figures the. cost ofi
cotton production will be 10 cents per
(pound where a bale per acre is made,
120 cents where half a bale pei ache
Ils made. 30 cents for one-third of a
I bale and 40 cents where one-fourth of
a bale is made per acre, which is,
[from present prospects, as much as
will be producted this season. There
is nothing added here for profit,
which should be at least four cents
per pound, making the value of this
crop 41 cents per pound.
Looking at it from another stand-
point, we find practically all farmers
plant and cultivate corn and other
feed crops, not for sale, but to feed
their teams while making their money-
crop, cotton. This being the case the
feed crops are absorbed in producing
the cotton. There is about one-third
of the land in feed crops, which
(Signed) \V. H. Yeary. Farmers-
ville, chairman Nat Rabb, Lone Oak;
T F. Gilley, Caldwell; J. M. White,
Dallas; J. Hestand, Sherman; W
M Dunagan, Gilmer.
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RECEIPTS PASS
THREE THOI SAND WARK.
government report for July 25. but;
the deterioration from drouth in the
Central. South and West Texas has
continued, and North and Bast Texas,
where bumper crops
the boll worms and the weevils are
playing havoc with the crop, and es-
pecially in North Texas Under the
present conditions one-fourth bale, or
less than 3,000,000 bales look certain
The rest of the belt has not made any
improvements and a very short crop
over the entire belt seems sure.
We therefore consider 41 cents per
pound the real value of the 1917 crop,
loss the amount, of the seed, which if
they bring $00.00 per ton will amount
to $7.50 per acre, or one and one-
half cents per pound on the lint, mak-
ing tlie real value of the line 42 1-2
cents per pound
Owing to the fact that a great many
should be charged to the cost of pro- people do not realize the true value
(duclng the cotton after the above feed
I cost has been estimated. Taking out
this Item, $13 00, we have th® total
jeoat of $37.61. Now by adding to this
, the cost of the feed crops, which
[would he at least $30.00 per acre, tn
[each acre of cotton, there being one-
ihalf acre of feed crop for each acre
of cotton, would make $15.00 tn be
added to the $37.61, making the total
ton growing States.
Christian Science services
Sunday morning at 1.1 o’clock.
Sunday school every Sunday morn-
ing at 9:45 o'clock.
Testimonial meeting every
needay evening at 8 o’clock.
Tlie public is very cordially Invited
to attend all the service*.
Corner Avenue C and Fifth Street.
that new organizations be made a*
as possible. Please advise
cost of other Slate commissioners of tho COt-
productlon of at least $30.00 per acre *,,n growing States. We further rug-
,Cost in the Taff ranch figures Insofar 8p«‘ that the committee continue it*
1.25 j
5.00
1 sold a number of Matagorda farmers last year
and they are all pleased. You can call al the
Tribune office and gel their names. Ask them.
Feed for mules
[Supplies and repairs
I No poison nr fertilizer ....
Depreciation on stock and
equipment
(Overhead expenses
Grand total for
| This was before the war. when feed.!
[food, implements, repairs, and every-
Ithing entering into tho cost of pro-
duction was very much cheaper than
now Under their conditions, they
can do at least 25 per cent more per
hand than the average of the State,1
| which would add $3.22 to $12.87. mak-!
ing it $16.09. By increasing the feed
bill of the mules 25 per cent, or to
$5.00 in place of $14.15 would make |
the total $33. It per acre which rep-1
|resents as near as wo can get to the
I average cost over the State, before,
the war.
In revising these figures to meet |
the present conditions we find thei
labor cost to be 50 per cent higher, |
[feed materials two and a half times
las high, supplies and repairs twice
as high, depreciation on stock and
| i quipnient 50 per cent higher. ovor'|ll(jvance(j to a figure equaling from The reserve banks consider tho ticket
bead expense--, taxes, etc,. 50 per cent (() )(| r() (>),nts ))(!). [)0Un(j f(,r ruw (.ot- <,f a bale of cotton In a bonded ware-
Iton to the farmer. Thus, ff the price house as gilt edged security and *11
(was raised to 40 cents and stabilized, a farmer needs to do is to place hi*
lhere would be no need for an ad- cotton in such a warehouse and turn
vance in the price of cloth. the ticket over to his creditor as cob
We think it not out of place to men-jAterel.
(tion that from government statistics |
I we find the Texas
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PHONE 172 DAY OR NIGHT
Special Trips for Drummers Solicited
Party Trips for Hunting and Fishing a Specialty
We will take care of your transfer work
G. W. Lewis Livery & Transfer Co.
Successor to
Carter Livery & Transfer Co.
Automobiles Meet all Trains Day and Night
Unlft'd St(it> i Tt nrs and 1 IKK ACt’KSSO-
K1 ■ s Ihiic -1.7 the S.rrliiig HOrth and Hear
I hat Make I tiited States Tirrs Supreme
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1917, newspaper, September 14, 1917; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346278/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.