Evening star., 1914-10-03
'BlN-A-BALE" PROJECT
!: !. !: !. IS SWEEPING COUNTRY
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Plan to Hold Surplus Cotton a
' Great Benefit to Southern
~Aj. Planters.
East and West Are Also Interested
=. in Averting the Ruin of
Valuable Customer.

Interest in the "buy a bale of cotton
moyement, now sweeping over the United
States, for the benefit of southern cotton
growers who have not been able to ex-
mort their product because of the war IN
Europe, is being manifested in various
directions in Washington
II was stated today that the Board OF
Trade now has under consideration re-
Quest from the St. Louis Merchants AS
s6eiation that the Washington organiza-
tfosf also ''buy a bale" and place 1t on
exhibition in a store window here, 10
arouse further Washington interest in the
movement
J.. F. Conner of Louisville, Ga, SON.
in-faw of the late Adds B. Browne, Tor
MANY wears a prominent attorney or
Washington, today outlined to a reporter
far[aThe Star some of the difficulties OF
the southern cotton grower, notably in
reeard to the amount of acreage such
cotton growers may be expected to plant
next year Mr. Conner is the son of the
Governor of Georgia, and is we'll ac-
ouainted with conditions in the cotton
Industries He said:
--;t Taking Cotton Off Market.
6The press of the country is giving
to The public every day strong articles
and. much space on the plan to- buy
bale at 10 cents and hold 1t is great
proposition and is taking vast quantities
of cotton from the market 1 am afraid
however. too many of US do not fully
realize lust what this plan means anu
are not aware of it's importance 10 the
entire country.
ceEtainly helps the farmer Immensely, Dut
by no manner of means does the heip
stop there. The plan IS not persoTdI
scheme for one man to help another less
foreunate 1t is to assist practlcahy an
eNp}oyes merchants in all lines OF trade
all lines of business and PROFESSIONS
throughout the south and people OF o,her
parts financially interested IN southern
affairs 1t is sweeping in its range Inc
living price of 10 cents helps the grower
wonderfully, even though only one or two
bales of particular crop is taken
.;a; For Systematic Marketing.
.The plan is call to every one
throughout the country to come to the
aid, of business dependent upon cotton.
tits plan to bring about the system
aeta marketing of this cotton crop
-Atf,uy a bale and hold! The surplus
cation must be withheld from the mar
ket. If that is not done the present
cfSp will sell at a price that Will par
aIcse the business of the south and
cause great loss to business to the en-
tire coun1r. All people, even those
not directly interested in cotton, in vii
lagos, towns and cities, must see the
inTysortance of this great propositlon.
The tenacity with which the FARMER IS
cIinsing to his bales is wonderful, but
he-cannot hold all of it all the time.
The plan is a call to the general pubic
to fielp prevent the sale of this cotton
crop at price below the cost OF pro-
GHction.
The south is one of the greatest Gus
toners of the east and west. To sell
her cotton below the cost of production
w0illd mean that her purchasing power
would be gone, and as customer the
soath would be worth nothing to east
b3siness men see their great customer
destroyed? I think not. AS business
proposition they see that surplus cot
ton must not be thrown on the mar
ket
.,Many houses have already offered to
hold cotton for their southern -custo-
mers and the 'buy-a-bale' plan is gain
ing tremendous headway. When the
spSaners realize that this crop will be
offered to them in q systematic way
and. not with the feeling that tomorrow
that price will have slumped.
81 Bound to Be Surplus.
s.t3ven should the European war be
s@teied within the next few months
there will be a surplus of cotton to
mEef the 1915 crop. This held cotton,
hs4 one way or another, will be with
ue-= The solution will come about
through the reduction of cotton acre
ape reduction of at least one-third.