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his neighbor who made a little on his crop, his 
banker, his merchant, his friends in other lines of 
work, are injured as well. But the result is even 
more far-reaching; the manufacturers who make 
the cotton farmer's clothing, his tools and imple- 
ments, who supply him with all the necessities, 
suffer as well. The farmer falls down, and the 
rest come tumbling after. 
HELP IN THE DIRECTION OF ORGANIZATION 
It is not wrong to organize. The principle is 
commercially and morally correct. Organization 
is helpfulness. Cotton farmers need the spirit of 
helpfulness. They will profit by it as much as any 
class, for it will bring a new meaning to cotton pro- 
duction ; it will secure, as it is doing now, reasonable 
rewards for the effort expended; a fuller and better 
life will follow for the home on the cotton farm. 
Organization may direct itself along many lines ; 
it will look to the stability of the home market; it 
will seek for new markets; it will regulate supply 
in accordance with legitimate demands; it will 
seek to lower the cost of production so as to increase 
the margin of profit. All these things come with 
rightly managed organization. 
HOW THE FARMER MARKETS HIS CROP 
Cotton is sold both in the bale and as seed cotton, 
although the first named method is the rule. It is 
the most desirable and satisfactory plan, since it 
necessarily leaves the seed with the farmer to whose 
soil it rightly belongs. While it is true that if cot- 
ton lint sells for ten cents per pound, it is easy to 
calculate its worth in seed cotton, still this can be 
