The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

fdpeI Dy N. I DldChWelI Although unavoidably detained from the cotton conference, N. P. Blackwell of Dallas, Tex, editor of the Cotton and Cotton oil News, submitted a valuable paper on the "Science of Marketing Cot ton" which was read to the convention. He sums up the situation in the follow ing recommendations:
 That no cotton be sold for less than IS cents, middling basis, and sold sparingly at that.
 That the national government be mem- orialized to discontinue all acreage and crop estimates except the semi-monthly ginning reports and to suppress these if they cannot also report the stocks of cot ton in spinners' warehouses at the same time, and to regulate the reported abuses in the operation of the American Cotton and Grain exchanges by committees nomi- mated by the President and confirmed by both houses of Congress.
 That our representatives in Congress be requested to vote against any bill that will take a single prerogative from cot ton, speculative or otherwise
 Rice Growers Want Information
 With view of adopting methods of marketing rice, similar to those employed by the cotton growers, Frank Randolph of Crowley, La. secretary of the Rice Association of America, arrived in Mont gomery this morning from New Orleans to confer with the factors of the pending Southern Cotton Growers conference in the interest of the Southern Rice Crow CTS association.
 We desire to achieve the same results with rice as is being done with cotton, only in a slightly different way" said MT. Randolph, "and I am here represent ing the rice growers to procure ideas that will be helpful to us. Of course, our plans are slightly different from those of the cotton growers, ac we market our product through one head. The rice crop of this country is approximately 6,00o,00O sacks annually and there are now between one-half and two-thrds of this crop mar keted through one head. Our ideas arc similar; we wish to secure q fair and reasonable price for our product. The as- sociation, although only eight months old, has made rapid strides''
 Estimate 12,500, ,O0O Bales
 Estimate of this years cotton crop, rec. commended by the committee on statistics and adopted by the Southern Cotton Growers convention at the morning ses- sion Wednesday is approximately 12.ooo,OG bales
 This estimate was reached on figures presented to the committee by the call of the states, each state being representa- by it's agricultural commissioner or his ou- thorized assistant and by figures furnish ed by the National Farmers union from its recent convention at Shawnee, Okla, and by revised figures submitted Wednes- day here by President Charles S. Barrett of the Farmers union
 On the call of states, the estimate ar rived at reached only 11,2l7.000 bales. The estimate as made by the Farmers union at Shawnee, Okla was 11,747,O00 bales and revised estimate by President Barrett was 1>alo An, pa these three estimates and a percentage added for increased acreage, improved conditions etc., and general estimate of 12250,0O0 bales made.
 The committee, in formulating its estima tes, was eXtremly desirous of be- ing conservative, of giving out as near ly as possible an accurate estimate from the repots before 1t, of giving out an estimate that would be honest and not discredited by the world; In order to do this the real figures were in- creased to allow for any inaccuracy.
 On the call by states. the following figures were sumbitted:
 Alabama: Estimated crop HOO, 900 bales; 10 per cent less than last years crop.
 Arkansas: Estimated crop 9o0,000 bales; d slight increase over last years crop.
 Florida: Estimated crop 60,O0O bales; slight increase over last years crop.
 Georgia: Estimated crop 1,SO0,0OO bales; 2S per cent deterioration since July 25. last
 Mississippi: Estimated crop 1,200 900 bales; per cent less than last years crop
 North Carolina: Estimated crop 650,- 900 bales; 16 per cent less than last years crop.
 Oklahoma: Estimated crop 600,O 900 bales 30 per cent off from last years crop.
 South Carolina: Estimated crop 1,215,- 900 bales; condition 60 per cent; 5 per cent less than last ''ears' crop.
 Tennessee: Estimated crop 350.OOO bales; 15 per cent increase over last years crop.
 Virginia, estimated crop, 16,oOO bales.
 Texas, estimated crop, 2,950,0Oo bales: condition. CT; crop to 5 per cent less than last year. California, estimated crop, Ie,OO0 bales
 Louisiana. estimated crop. 3oo,- 900 bales.
 Missouri, estimated crop, so.eoo bales.
 All other states, estimated crop, 1000 bales.
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