Arizona republican., 1914-05-22
CASH WILL Be PAID
FOR COTTON ON GROUND
MeF adden Br,thers Announce That
They Will Have Man on the Ground
This Year to Buy Staple at Gin

Possibly the greatest impetus given
the cotton industry in the Salt River
! valley as a direct result of the APP
pearance of VIM ]. Neal, chief agent
of George H. McFadden & Bro. of Phi
ladelphia before the county organiza-
ton yesterday was the fact that iep-
resentative of the company is to be sta
toned in the valley who will purchase
the cotton from the exchange at the
gin and pay them the cash for it. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Neal this is a somewhat
irregular procedure but that in order
to encourage the growing of pure cot
ton in the Salt River valley which he
believes will ultimately become a large
producer. he is taking steps to do for
his firm what he believes is the most
satisfactory way of getting direct re-
suits. In announcing that a purchas-
ing agent would be placed here Mr..
Neal explained that he did not want
to be misunderstood. The agent of the
company will pay fair cash price on
the date the cotton is purchased. The
growers who prefer can take advantage
Of the cash price at the gin or they
can consign their cotton in the regular
way. The man is simply placed here
as an accommodation to members of
! the exchange who want their money
Immediately and who are not able to
await the regular run of the consign-
ment plan. The usual seventy-five per
cent advance will be made this sea-
son as last on cotton consigned to Nc
Fadden & Bro.
NH. Neal discussed a number of
things with the cotton growers He
urged them in terms more forceful than
any ever heard in this section to grow
pure bred Egyptian cotton and to at
: tempt to grow no other. Relative to
growing the Egyptian variety Mr.. Neal
said: 1T costs more money to grow
Egyptian long staple and it is worth
. more No community can afford to
, mix the breed. The growers here
[ should work for the standardization 1t
j will mean much in future selling The
'Xtra' brand of cotton from the Salt
/ River valley should be placed at the
highest point and held there. 1t
should be made a true and distinctive
| type { 1t should be held at that point
of true type from year to year 1t
should be when you wire us or any
commission firm that you have 100
bales of 'Ytra" grade that we can i'm
mediately cable the spinners in Man
chester or any other European center
and from their types and samples they
will know Immediately what they can
tnav and they will know just what they
will get when the cotton arrives The
cotton will bring a better price and
will sell more readily" Another sug-
gestion" continued Mr.. Neal "and that
is that organizations are the enemies
of the commission merchant. II may
seem rather unusual for me to be saw
ing these things. and | would not do
so If you were shipping out thousands
of bales annually but since the industry
is in its infancy, feel like giving you
some wholesome advice. And l believe
You are business men and will under
tstand me. The orga mutations are the
enemy of the commission firm Wher
there are no organizations operating in
one community ii becomes much cas-
Ter for the buyer to come among YOU
and drive a better bargain. That is a
fact too we'll known to need elabora
ton"
MIR. Neal then concluded with a mum.
Der of references showing his firm t.
be the largest in the cotton business
!. He will go from here to the Impera
valley where he is to investigate con.
ditions relative to an oil mill. and from
thence he will go on to the coast.
|, He went up to Roosevelt today ant
will in all probability leave Mesa Sat
, urday for the west.