Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-03
BIC PURCHASE Of
COTTON MADE BY
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
Brewing Company Goes in
Strong on Buy-a-BaIe Move
ment and viii Give Profits
10 Red Cross Society.

a gentle wind whisked a slip of pa
per from the desk Of General Mana
ger w. +. Saunders in the Business
Mems league late yesterday afternoon.
says the 81. Louis Globe-Democrat Of
recent date. ana when newspaper
man picked Il up he found it was
cheek for 100000. The check. which
was drawn on the 81. Louis Union
| Trust company, was made payable to
the RaN-a- Bale committee of 81
Louis and was signed by Robert Holm,
treasurer Of Anheuser-Dusch Brewing
association.
A. l.. Shapleish met by invitation
with the directors Of the brewing as
ISOLATION yesterday to present the plea
Of the Buy-a-Bale committee. when
he left the directors meeting he bore
the following letter. addressed to him
self
AT meeting Of the board Of d.
rcctors called today for the purpose
OF considering the buy-a-b ale-of-cot-
ton movement, it was unanimously
resolved that this association pur-
chase. and you are authorized to pur-
chase Immediately on behalf of this
nesociation. 100000 worth of cotton
nj the current market price.
Profits 60 TO Charity.
our directors also disclaim any
desire to make any profit for the as
sociatiOn out Of the purchase of this
cotton. and we authorize you to apply
urta
purchase to the work of the National
/ Red Cross association.
1T gives us pleasure TO cooperate
IN this excellent movement for the re-
| lief Of the southern states in the pres
ent cotton marketing crisis. and we
lsncerely hope you will receive the
liberal support Of the large industries
throughout the United States. to
whom the stability Of all the southern
trade Is so vital
we hereby inclose our check for
100000
VERY truly yours,
"ANHEUsER-BuscH BREWING
ASSOCIATION
EDWARD A. FAUST, Acting
President
The directors suggested to Shap-
leigh that it would be fair to buy half
Of the bales from Texas planters ana
the remaining half in the other cotton
states.
Ford Aslscd TO Subscribe.
! The Blfy-a- Bale committee imme-
dately tclegraphed to Henry Ford,
multimIllionaire motor car maker of
! Detroit, and to Sears, Roebuck & Co.
and MONTGOMERY Ward & CO., of Chi
cago, apprislng them Of the Anheuser
Busch step and urging them TO make
similar subscriptions and to start
! buy-a- bale movements among the
great corporations in their cities
! The Anheuser- Busch Investments in
Texas are extensive. The $S,000,000
Hotel Adophus In Dallas is consd-
cred by many travellers the finest hos
telry in the south, while Il $2,0O0,000
office building under the same own
crship in Dallas is the largest struc-
ture of its kind In the cotton belt
There are also Anheuser- Busch brew
cries in San Antonio and Houston.
The committee received a check for
one bale from Bennett Raymond,
! Cherryvale Kan, and also a check
from $. 1t Crone, Poplar Bluff, Mo
orders for one bale each also were re-
ceived from Norris i. Gregg. William
/ II. Greff Jr., +. II. Dyer and George
a. Mahan, Two bales each were or
deied by the Peterson and Fen Board
ing and Commissary company and
The Mound city Paint and Color com
pany Five bales apiece were sub
soribed for by Felix Lowry ana w j.
! Hinsolla