The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-08-31
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Observations on Trip a.
cross the Ocean.
COTTON RASERS SHOULD TAKE NOTICE
The BaIing of American Cotton Held
in Contempt by Manufacturers
Only One Bale of Indian and
Egyptian Cotton Sampled.

l returned from the Vienna Con-
ference on July %, and you have
doubtless wondered why you have not
heard from me. | found our people
SO deeply interested in politics and
the mail SO full of campaign thunder,
that l thought it best to send out
nothing until after the primaries.
After leaving the conference at vi
emma, / visited the ports of Venice,
Bremin, Liverpool and Manchester.
| saw bales of cotton from many
countries. All of these bales except
your own were beautiful and symmet-
rical in form and in perfect packages.
Yours was the most deteStable, con-
temptible and despisable package inn
aginable, held in contempt by every
one who was forced to use it. At ev-
cry place | found many bales covered
with mud, dirt and slime and thou
sands of balesin the pickerieS. l viSi-
ted one pickery in Manchester, where
| found, after being picked, the DAM
aged cotton removed varied from 10
to 90 percent and the remainder of
good cotton contained moisture from
10 to 80 percent.
The bales of Egyptian and Indian
cotton are sampled, one bale out OF
ten. Each and every one Of your
bales is sampled from two to SIX times.
Several manufacturers told me that
they had quit using American Gotten,
and were using only Egyptian. When
asked tue reason they said that, FOR
for the past three years, they had had
so much trouble on account OF water
soaked packages, mixed grades, mix
ed staples, and false packing, that
they had discontinued the use OF.
American cotton, until these elements
of uncertainty were removed.
I found that the Manufacturers
Associations Of Great Britain, Ger
many. France and Italy, had organic
ed coUton-gr growing associations in their
colonies and were spending thousands
of dollars in this work. This work or
! growing cotton in their colonies has
succeeded far bevond their widest eX-
pectations. [ conclude, from my OBJ
servations, that your monopoly Is
threatened possibly not in the lmme-
date future, but eventually,
unless you take steps to correct the
many abuses to which your cotton has
so long been subjected.
A large number of European man
ufacturerS will meet the representatives.
OF the Cotton Association and the
Farmers Union at Atlanta, Ga, on
| October 18th. Sth and 9th. L have
been requested by President Jordan to
appoint delegates from the different
counties of Mississippi to this conven-
tion | would very much prefer that
you meet in your own county and ap-
point your own delegates. | trust
that you will do this Immediately and
send one Of the best men you have to
| this Convention.
| Gen. Executive Committee meets in
Jackson on September 5th, to make
crop report and fix minimum price.
| would be very glad if you would
| write me at Jackson, on August 3lSt,
and let me know what you think OF
the approximate yield of your county,
| this year, as compared With last year
and what you think the minimum
price should be.
I accepted few days ago appoint
ments to make speeches at Osyka,
Brookhaven and Hazlehurst. l had
good audiences at all three places and
found much interest in our work.
trust that this is the condition in
your county.
Failing to hear from you shall con-
c,ude that you have lost interest In
our work, and shall strike your name
from our list of correspondents. The
time has come in our work when we
should know where we are at. We no
longer have any room on our rolls for
drones. and must have a positive mem
bership and active, energetic officers
| in every county. If you feel no per-
sonal interest in our work, or haven
the time to attend to this. possibly
YOU can hand this to some one that is
interested.
If you desire it, will visit your
county and discuss these matters with
you: however, do not make any cate
| for me a5 the present time, but let me
know if | am wanted and l will ar
range date with you.
WALTER CLARK,
Pres. Miss. Division, Southern Cot
ton Association.