EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY DESTROYED
Cohn, Robert
Equality of Opportunity Destroyed .By ROBERT COHN in Collierville [Tenn.l Heraldunder existing conditions, equality of opportunity to the cotton farmer has been absolutely destroyed. Equality...
...Equality under a protective tariff, Is a contradiction in terms...
...The South must abandon land that does not produce, The South must work harder and more Intelligently, I The South must use more fertilizer, ! The South must preserve and protect Its bird life )n order to diminish insect damage...
...What Is the us* of raLslng cotton When you cannot sell It...
...America must preserve its supremacy in the cotton raLslng industry...
...And when all this is accomplished and a bale per acre is produced—then again can the cotton farmer smile and be happy...
...What are the remedies for the cotton farmer to enable him to make a decent living and perpetuate the cotton raising industry, which cannot be be replaced by anything else...
...I was connected with the cotton trade of the world for over 20 years...
...Equal protection to all is the equivalent of free trade...
...The South must improve the stapla of its cotton, nothing less than one inch should be raised...
...What are the remedies to prevent our Southland from going broke...
...Somebody must be left to pay the bill...
...Climatic conditions force us to raLse cotton.-The South 'must raise every year IB million bales of cotton, The South must raise these HI million bales on less acreage...
...In years of low prices I fought the idea of acreage reduction vigorously, as I saw the handwriting on the wall...
...The South must have on every farm— j whether occupied by white or black— two cows and 30 hens, The Southern farmer must use the fertilizer from his live stock to raise a yearly food supply for his family and for his live stock...
...The Memphis territory is competing at present against Peru and Brazil, which countries sell their cotton In Liverpool today at $10 per bale less than Memphis, hence Memphis is doing nothing...
...We must produce cotton at a low enough price to make it hard for other countries to develop the cotton raising industry to a paying basis...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 42
