The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-12-08
Cotton Man Takes Optimistic View
Of Situation = Grady County
Crops Diversified Enough
is Opinion
SOUTH Is SECTION
FOR DIVERSIFICATION
1877 Bales Cinned in Chickasha
this Season Market is Weak
Now = Staple Crop is
Neglected

Manager l.. C. Hutson of the India
homa Gins takes an optimistic view of
the cotton situation and especially on
the question Of this section diversity
ing crops and turning from the pro-
duction OF cotton. "We have ginned
about $4,000 bales at our plants in the
state of which Chickasha has supplied
1927 bales up to last Saturday Okla
homa cotton is grading higher this
year than in many years previous, the
long staple quality. OF course at this
season of the year, when growers are
selling only in sufficient lots to meet
the demand for Xmas money or COM
ing due accounts, the market is weak
and sluggish. We diversity crops in
Grady county quite enough. On a
fair estimate do not think the farms
of the county average 20 acres in cot
ton. In the extreme southern states
one win find the entire available acre
age in cotton. That is the section in
which to urge diyersification. Cotton
With us here in Grady county could
well be increased in acreage and the
farmer profit by the increased output.
Near Amber the soil Is well adapted
to cotton growing, yet that staple is
yIsilYly neglected and cereal crops pn.
In that disappoint in quality and
Quantity of growth. That the present
cotton crop is a price depressing ava
Ianche Of overproduction is yet to be
proven. The larger eastern cities
started the appeals Help the south;
Buy a bale OF cotton" until the inn
preston prevails in that section that
the south is slowly smothering under
millions of pounds of non-saleable cot
ton. Tins is not true. Read the fol
lowing from the Cotton and Cotton Oi
News:
'1f in such a land as this, where th'
farmers for the five years preceding
the present crop received an average
OF largely over u cents a pound TO
their cotton. yielding very larg'
profits, one years complete failure o
the cotton crop, or one years inaoil
ity. as at present to sell the cottol
crop. brings about such condition a
to flood the land with plasters begging
for charity TO help the south, the
II Is time for the people OF this sec
tion who have backbone and stanlin
10 take the lead and try to stem tn
current.
oIn the ten-year period betwee
1892 and 1901, when cotton sold
from to 5 and and cents poun'
in different years, the south suffere
much. but it endured the situation an
foupht its fight without any such a
meals as are now being made by po
ticians and others who are trying
make the south believe that 1t ougl
to be a beggar.'
Foreign countries have still the
annual supply of American cotton
purchase and as in years past I'M
win he in America. We can hold u
cotton until they call for it-they W
pay the price,
washington, Dec. S.-As the RESI-
OF a series of conferences between
British ambassador and the officl'
at the state department, Secreta
pryan announced Monday that an
rangement had been made to mi
mize delays incident to the shipm'
90 cotton from American ports to
European countries, including all
ligerents.
The British government already
become party to this arrangem
and the French ambassador mas 81
assurances that his government
approve.
The plan is to have the captain
a cotton laden vessel receive u
the British consul at the port OF
narture in the United States 81
ment to be exhibited to the comm'
ing officer OF any cruiser or the a.
,,al ,,,;oht anpak him on the