The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-07-04

RICE ASSOCIATION
WEEKLY LETTER
(By Frank Randolph

all parts of the rice belt local showers
have been frequent during the past
week and the hot weather has helped
the growth of rice. There is general
complaint of the growth of grass and
weeds in the growing crop, and tits
said that the Honduras stands are not
as heavy as expected a few weeks ago.
The clean market shows a better
tone. A scarcity of Honduras has
turned the attention of the trade m the
direction of Japans, which have not
been in demand, and a brisker move.
ment is likely to follow.
The third annual rice convention at
Beaumont, July Is, Is and II, is ex.
peeted to bring to Beaumont about
thousand rice farmers, millers, irrl'
gators and distributors of rice, who
are interested in the get.together con-
ference designed to harmonic all
interests in the industry for the pro-
motion of better marketing methods
and the opening of new markets and
widening those markets now open 10
American rice.
!. A feature of the third day OF the
convention, which will be devoted to
the discussion of topics OF general
Int rest to the industry, will be an ad.
dress on Cooperation and Farm
Credits" by Mr.. F. M. Law, cashier OF
the First National Bank, of Beaumont
The effect of the farmers rough rice
selling organization on farm credits
5 will be discussed in this address. Mr..
2 Laws address on similar topic at the
4 first annual convention attracted wide
t attention, and his opinion in the light
e of the experience of two years will be
e of great interest.
Fred D. Gibson, of Stuttgart, Ark,
? the young mining engineer, who
d picked rice farming in which to invest
2, an inheritance in preference to mining
IL will discuss the association from the
'e viewpoint of a practical farmer. Mr.
ID Gibson runs eleven farms in Arkansa:
S. on the most approved modern plan
ID He is the leader of the industry IL
is Arkansas and is one of the largest rlc'
he farmers in the country.
rs Requests for hotel reservations 10
the convention are beginning to pou
in at a rate that iniicates an attend
rs ance much larger than that OF las
MS wear, when the attendance was In eS
1t. cess of that of the previous year. In
or attendance is likely to keep pace VIII
re. the growth of the association, Whlc
lid has about doubled every year.
Rice men are disturbed over tn
fr prospect of an increased cost OF iii
10. sacks, due to proposed legislation
ICE congress that will increase the cost
lch burlap Efforts are being made to
cir duce congress to defer action tn
net would make the rice sacks usea
farmers higher in cost at a time wh'
we Int is feared that reduced duty mi
tic lower the price of rice.
BILE Twenty.four rice farmers at Crowle
the La, have organized warehou
II
lief Company and have bought the {
hey Crowley Mill warehouse from I
,ect Louisiana State Rice Milling Compar
ing The Company will store rice for as'
asst citation farmers at cost and Will b
eat and distribute to ASSOCIATION farme
inc at cost, feed, sacks, twine and fertil
cia. |ers. By distributing feed at cost
,,,ld association farmers last year, Fra
,ers Milliken, the association agent
de. Crowley, saved them more money tn
!, as they paid the association IN comm
With sions. He also saved them large
,ers cunts in sacks. Irvine and Fertilizers
$50.