The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-01-28
Farmers Educational
AND
Co.. Operative Union
Of America
CEILING AGENCY PLAN.
..iors of T. p. StillWell, Lone
o.k Texas, in Co-Operator.

rverv town ought to have
,,sa sufficient to store one-half
its usual crop.
Every bale ought 10 go from the
into the warehc 'se and be In
rod on entry. receipt given, the
,.on Graded or classed, and record
in proper books
Fyerv warehouse ought to re
- every night by mail To state
odouarters the number of bales re-
ivad that day, number shipped out,
"A tho number on hand, giving this
bta by grades or classes as well as
Il details; these in turn to be tab
oted and reported to national board
marketing.
The national board of marketing
.ould sell direct to spinners, or
thor take orders for cotton at the
ice fixed by the growers, neither
SIS nor higher.
: The order should be turned over
! the shipping department and
binment made from the most
esirable warehouse or warehouses,
liking into consideration freight
Rtes and the storage conditions,
neither congested or not.
& At stated periods, say weekly, a
Ierceutage OF cotton sold during that
IeriOd as compared to the entire
mount warehoused up to that date
.bould be made, and the proceeds of
'aIes sent to the different warehouses
1 basis of their receipts always CON
|dering grades or classes.
: On stated days these warehouses
'hould estimate the pound prOrata
. tice and pay out to holders of its
certificates or receipts, their prorata
\ the sales during each period, marx
/ g it en- the receipt and ordering il
b. the books.
This plan would insure to every
MEMBER of the union ID. the price
3pt by the union for his cotton. %,
\ would destroy any chance for a
/
letting scared and rushing the cotton
IN the market. 50. 1t would make
lss prices and treatment 10 every
han whether he had one bale or one
hundred "a, 1t would put the cotton
brmer in position to get money for
us cotton every week in the year, and
] would enable the man who has TO
lave money 10 pay obligations to get
Pc money without sacrificing the
|rice of the labor of his wife and
|hildren to the cotton spectators.
|51. L would in the end unite every
|otton raiser with the union; for the
(onunion raiser would get less for his
Eottct and when convinced he was
letting less would hasten TO join in
yin The others.
Now some may doubt whether il
Would insure getting the price set by
Pie union reply that the only thing
leeded to insure il is for the majority
u the cotton raisers 10 agree and
larry out their plans. Say two-thirds
y the cotton raisers so into this plan
ind set the price at II or Is cents.
hen say he crop Is a l3-million crop,
How will we get 10 cents. after last
tears crop Of less than twelve mil
lon has carried the price less than
cents
Well. suppose the one-third who are
lot In the plan rush their cotton on
nd the crop outlook is so fine they
My get 8 cents or less, then four mil
ion bales will soCn be gone and the
pinner will have TO go TO the only
lace where the staple can be had.
70 warehouse has any cotton TO sell
or 1t has already been placed No
aanlpulator can get bale from any
ne for any price except from the
ationai marketing headquarters, and
here only at the set price, but what
The crop is more than the world
an use? We will keep it in our ware.
ouse until needed We had better
ell six million bales at Is cents and
eep three million bales over, than to
ell nine million bales for or 8 or
D cents, for we would get as much
loney for six million bales at 10 cents
$ for nine million at 10 cents and
ave three million bales to sell next
ear
Should my plan meet with favor
nough to get into print and should
be worth considering by our leaders,
would be pleased to have its merits
nd dement's discussed, and will glad
enter into a more minute discus
ION OF the details and working and
feasibility of the plan.
II any attempt is made to carry out
ny plan it should be started at once.
"A good feed for ducklings is made
y mixing corn meal and bran, equal
arts. into mush with milk.