Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-11-15
SELECTING THE RIGHT PLAN
Cooperative Society Should Be Estao-
Iished In Every County for Pur
pose Of Selling Cotton.

Farmers generally are considered
such poor judges of leaders, either In
politics or matters that would lead to
their own betterment, or rather poll
tics advocated that business men give
scant consideration of the farmers
view. 1t not being considered dependa-
Bile, but certainly IL the farmer ever
reaches the benefit of protection in his
interest he will have to show some
consistent ability of selecting the right
plan or policy, absolutely without re-
spect to the many schemes put for
ward by different persons in their own
interest or personal delusion.
The present method of sale and de-
livery of cotton from the farm where
it was grown to the mill that manu-
features it into cloth is a fact. not a
theory, and is the result of years of
practice and expert experience. and
that it Is more or less unfavorable to
the farmers interest and in some
ways to the manufacturer the result
of neglect and lack of intelligent CO
operation on the part of both and
neither can forsake the plan in prac-
tice until a better one is in use; ac-
cording to all practice of trade 1t is
up to the farmer to establish that sys-
tenn to deal direct with the mill. his
consumer and until he does he has no
right to rail and abuse the only sys-
tenn he has of reaching the consumer,
writes w. c. Moore of Greenville, s.
c., in the Texas Co-Operator. This is
the attitude taken by the English spin
ner, and when the American farmer
establishes a system of sales that will
guarantee the delivery of the cotton
to the English spinner with certainty
and proper class, he will find the Eng
lishmen more than glad to break with
their cotton system, and buy direct
from him; in fact, they have repeated
ly attempted to do. to their loss.
Now, Mr.. Farmer, II you have the
backbone Of your ancestors. do some
thing. something that will be worth
while, something that will pay you in
dollars and cents. establish Cooper
alive sosiety with a branch In every
county to sell cotton with every farm
er and tenant a member of his coun-
ty society. model 1t after the Roche
dale plan, and make 1t as sound as
any bank, which you can do and you
can get all the money you want, and
the same money that your local buy
ers get to buy Of you with; now make
your sales direct to the mills through
your society that can pay you Just as
much az any local buyer every day
market, and refund to each member
from three to FIVE dollars per bale In
cash extra at the end OF the season.
simply saved from the waste of the
present method In practice.
One of the very first steps to take
is to call your county together and
elect your board of three trustees and
put them under bond, then ask your
farmers to become members. whether
In F. e & c. U. or not. IL he has cot
ton to sell you want him to sell with
you, working out your finances just
like each English store or local So
ciety does, then federate through
state headquarters. and your society
in the hands of intelligent. honest
men, can sell your cotton. buy It from
you and sell 1t for profit. to the
MILL This society should have moth
ing whatever to do with the holding
and storing of cotton. leaving that
entirely in the hands Of the individual
farmer. controlled by his contract