Summing up, the general conclusions and recommendations are as follows:
1. The cotton growers should have a wide, permanent organization with a general convention once a year.
2. A standing committee composed of, say, two members for each cotton growing state, should be appointed to investigate and report each year upon the existing and prospective conditions of supply of cotton.
3. A similar committee should be appointed to investigate and report each year upon the existing and prospective conditions of the demand for cotton.
4. There should be established a comprehensive and carefully organized storage warehouse system.
5. The great agents for increasing the price of cotton are peace, prosperity and civilization.
6. The arch-enemy of the cotton growers is war. The permanent cause of cotton must look to the peoples beyond the sea, especially China. The fate of China hangs upon peace or war—peace or war depends upon America—America’s influence depends upon her navy.
THE MASTER-HAND.
BY GARNET NOEL WILEY
Sometimes at half-mast, all my hours