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Said Gum Man Wrigley modestly: "I'll be lucky if I get my money back. But I'll buy just as much cotton as the people down there will buy chewing gum. The people of the South are all right. They just need a little help. I can't do it all but I'll give them all I can. . . . Our object is to leave our cash in the South, hi the South's own coin—cotton. We believe cotton at 12¢ per Ib. is a good investment. If it goes up, as we feel is probable, we will profit. If it goes down, we become partners with the South and take our loss with them."