Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-03
VALLEY GROWERS
ARE URGED TO RAISE
LONG STAPLE COTTON

One of the leading features of the
last meeting of the Imperial Valley
Cotton Growers Exchange was the
presentation of strong arguments in
favor of the growing of long staple
varieties of cotton in this valley.
The election of directors for the en-
suing year resulted in the selection of
F.. C. Abrams, G. w. Barton, W. A.
Edgar, J. w. Edwards, Anton Gerdes
J. H. Holland, T. d. Mccall, B. F.
Mcdonald, J. S. Owen, M. Schlatter
and w. e. Whsle The only changes
Gerdes, J. H. Holland and J. S. Owen
were elected in place of Ira Aten, N
J. BOwdoin and j. S. White Jr. Messrs:
Aten and Bowdoin have gone out of
cotton growing and Mr.. White is
| obliged to be out of the valley most
of the time.
Following the election the meeting
was addressed by H. S. Reed of Ell
Centro, who reviewed the experiences
of his trip throughout the cotton spin
ming section of New England.
Mr.. Reed found a general desire on
the part of the spinners of long staple
to have the farmers of the Imperial
valley go into the growing of long sta
pie to the exclusion of the short staple
He laid before the growers two sets of
resolutions which had been adopted by
the spinners' associations to this ef-
feet. These resolutions are as fol-
lows:
Whereas, the capacity of the South
for producing the peeler Or American
! long staple type of cotton, grown up
on the richer soils, is being rapidly
decreased by the boil weevil, and
! Whereas, this is the type of cotton
most desirable and most difficult for
the cotton manufacturer of New Eng
land to obtain in sufficient quantity,
special meeting of the cotton manu-
facturers of New Bedford has been
convened this 10th day of January,
1912, for the special purpose of inform
| ing the cotton growers of Imperial
valley, California, as to their market
requirements and to guide them in Sc
lecting the proper variety Of cotton to
plant in order that they may be pro-
tected against the error made by some
cotton growing communities who have
spoiled their staple by crossing the
different varieties in the same sec
ton: therefore, be it
Resolved, that it is the judgment
of this meeting that cotton planters
of Imperial valley be earnestly re-
Quested to at once cease planting vari-
Gus varieties of cotton producing vary
ing lengths of staple and cOnfine their
planting to the American long staple
type. of which there is an insufficient
supply and which at present is COM
manding price equai to the Egyp-
tian Be it further
Resolved, that the chambers of COM
merce of the valley be asked to take
action to srandardize the character
and the variety to be planted and
bring about a concentrated action OF
the planter to absolutely destroy ev-
cry pound of common cotton seed and
every one start anew with the best
seed of the American long staple,
thereby enabling the farmers rapidly
to make their cotton lead the world.
BE it further
Resolved, that the planters have
their attention particularly called to
the covering of the bales, taking the
Egyptian, which has closer woven
covering than the American, as the
standard. VIM o. DFVALL,
Secretary.
Resolutions passed by the board of
government of the National Associa-
tion of Cotton Manufacturers, Boston,
Mass. February 2S, 1912:
Whereas, there is an increased de-
mand for the American long staple
cotton, which is exceeding the yield,
be it
Resolved, that the toard of govern
ment of the association express its
desire that the cotton planters of I'M
perial valley, California, shall devote
themselves to the cultivation of
American long staple cotton, which
would give them a higher remunera-
| tion than any other cotton, and that
they refrain from planting the short