The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-10
C0NNELL
TELLS TALE
Of COTTON
SALTWATER PRESI d E T
SAYS STORY is SORRY ONE
WHAT FARMS LACK

WHAT FARMS LACK
| Editor Leader. The truth about the
cotton crop in Oklahoma Is sorry
story The seed is planted in the
sprIngtime in naste ana Indifference,
the crop is picked and marketed in
ithe harvest season without regard 10
its value. Yet cotton is BECOMING
laaore and more the dependable money
leeop of Oklahoma Commercial indus
itlies and manufacturing interests are
lteing established annually here and
there throughout the state upon the
isuccess of cotton. Note the growth
| of oil mills. congresses. banks and
i commercial establishments The seed
/ from the cotton crop is in Itself alone
worth a kings ransom How little is
| known of the real value OF the seed
iand its products in the form OF hulls.
innters. cotton oil and cotton seed
cake. let the mill people OF the state
tell US. The market value OF the total
crop for Oklahoma in 1910 was ST.
$4,000,
| In handling The cotton crop of Ok
llinoma there is a great G al g. mon
ley made by those who understand
ieradiug pricing and shipping 80
doubt there is some money lost by
lothers who do not understand the
| business end OF the cotton crop: there
are thousands who do not understand
l!t These are the victims Of their
own ignorance While depending on
cotton as a main source Of livelihood
for themselves and families. these
farmers and einncrS are unable TO
reap the financial rewards of weeks
and months of severe labor
How Very Little of constructive
Thought and effort is involved annual
llY in the cotton crop OF the average
Oklahoma country Who plans 10 get
1.-THE most out OF the cotton crop as
grown and sold Is there a "cOmmu-
lrity enterprise. or does the devil
take the hindmost? Who is killing
IIhe goose that lays the golden egg?
Who really own the bale OF cotton
as it drops from the press? Whence
come the rumors Of wars between the
grower OH the farm and the ginner
or commercial interests i'm town that
marker the product? Is our cotton a
ene-man product or a communitv pro
duct2 Whose children toll in the
heat of summer Tor the production OF
seed ana staple Whence comes the
money supplied for the purchase of
provisions and clothing with which
these children are fed and clothed
while they labor in the fields or at
tend school? These questions should
lie asked OF every business man OF the
South. The time will come when the
.people OF Oklahoma viii realize
clearly that her cotton crop is a com
mnnity produce, and town and coun-
Try VIII rise up, Join hands, and pledge
each other Loyalty nd intelligentv 10
cooperate in grow 49, and marketing
he crop, thereby increasing its total
value while decreasing the cost of pro
duction thus widening the margin OIL
pro1i for each state. county and
community
scores Of farmers ard cotton buyers
come TO the A. q NJ. college each year |
IN study the business points oil cot |
ION growing and cotton grading. why
do these people incur The expense in /
VOWED in the payment Of railroad |
lafe and board bin for a month or |
more, in attending the special cot
ion school2 1t can only be accounted !
Tor Dy saving that il pays them a
sood profit on the money expended
Some individuals come year after
year and then work only ten days at
the work each season others remain
jor thirty DAYS and come again next
J ear This is the fourth year of the
Oklahoma cotton school
The A. & NJ cotton school teach s3
me better methods OF growing and
cotton; magni6es cotton
in i The ina yidual learns the impor-
iant lessons of scientific production.
thrift IN methods OF harvesting ana /
and the best commercial
plans for shipment and sale Every I
farmers organization and every board 4
e trade in Oklahoma should Join The
state A d NJ college IN cOndemniug
he present wasteful and mbusiness-
ike methods Of growing and handling
cotton. and unite upon plans suggest
d by the experience Of he most sue
tessfU 10 improve our now easily
recognzed faults The cotton school
'pens }ulF the first TWO days viii :
.e devoted TO the consideration Of
'otton in all its general features.
romnent and successful growers
md cotton buyers, merchants and
'ankers viii be invited TO take part )
n telling the sorroVful stor, OF King
'otton and his loyal subjects. j H. p
onnell.
A & ". College. June s.