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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
6
The article surveys farm action in Texas amid cotton industry efforts. It notes Woodrow Wilson backing the buy-a-bale plan, taxation proposals on war costs, and farm commentary from Waco and Collin County outlets. It highlights cotton ginning totals, private warehouses, poultry markets, and publicity drives for Cotton Palace events.
The legislative committee of the National Farmers Union led by President C. S. Barrett with members Peter Rad ford H S Mobley E W Dobbs and T J Douglass announces a campaign to press for passage of the Henry bill.
United States produces 2.5 billion bushels of corn and 14 million bales of cotton, prompting the Texas Industrial Congress to announce prizes for best yields on at least five acres in wheat oats barley and possibly rice. Candidacy notes and local editorials discuss senatorial contests and market thrift lessons from farm products.
In an East Texas town the merchants lament the lack of money and avoid advertising. An eminent authority notes over 200 dollars sent out of town to mail order houses that day, enabling distant sellers to offer goods at similar prices while local merchants sit idle.
The cotton buy a bale movement spreading from Georgia is drawing northern and eastern buyers, lifting prices to eight to nine cents per pound. Texas farmers face volatility as a 1915 harvest could keep prices below ten cents. Collin county stores cotton in McKinney warehouses and gains from early cash advances.
Local businessmen in Wichita Falls subscribe 5000 dollars for an emergency warehouse and launch a buy a bale movement. They state being behind the holding movement with a target limited to tenant peneth coy 4.
The Colorado Record argues debt and mortgage pressure cripple farmers. It cites Oklahoma’s rush and self reliance as lessons, urging Texans to reject mortgaging cotton pre harvest and resist merchants’ credit schemes to regain control of their crops.
Georgia promotes the slogan Buy a Bale of Cotton as a call to national revival and economic self help. The piece urges individuals to invest in cotton as a sound asset like a gold bond and to endure shortages by using domestic substitutes while avoiding panic.
A fragmentary report notes a large fossil tooth discovered in Texas indicating mammoths once roamed the plains. The find evidences ancient fauna and paleontological interest in the region.
In Burkburnett Star the sighting of teeth near Burkburnett drew Prof Charles Lawerence Baker geologist from the Bureau of Economic Geology to the site. He confirmed the teeth as mammoth not mastodon and said they will be sent to the University of Texas Museum for study.
A new Texas order of marketing farm products links producers directly with consumers. Express firms push parcel post competition and reduced rates, aiding transport companies. Consumers save about 20 percent while producers get better prices and express firms cut out the middleman profit.
A witty note from the Chester Times comments on the habit of burying a hatchet but finds the marker at the burial site a playful reminder that the tool often reappears. The quip highlights ongoing feuds and the symbolic practice of burying past conflicts.
Mrs. Walter Vincent of Pleasant Hill North Carolina describes severe back pains and fatigue over three summers. After taking Cardui she reports full relief in three months, gains in strength, and a dramatic transformation in wellbeing. Cardui is claimed to be a gentle vegetable remedy for women.
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