Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-24
BUILD WAREHOUSES; AND HOLD COTTON Dean Miller of Varsity Az ricultural Department Dis
 cusses Problem. SUPPLY BELOW NEEDS Greatest Danger Is Rushing Cotton ia Market, and This Can Be Avoided
 by Storing in Cooperative
 Warehouses.
SUPPLY BELOW NEEDS

Fayetteville, Aug. 23-Now that cot
 ton picking time is approaching, the storage Of cotton, is frCMt very standpoint, an important question for
 every Arkansas farmer; but not only for the cotton grower, but Icr evcrv-
 body-as everybody is interested in securing good market and a good
 price, but it is the belief Of Dean J. H. Miller of the state and United States government extension service, that the market conditions at this time make it of ulusu2l impor; ance to find some method of storing more or the cotton crop than ever before.
 "FundsnE ntally, it is a mistake for any crop to be marketed in a rush, '' Said MT. Miller, "It always demoral- iZes the market, makes the buyer in dependent and the seller dependent and it is unfortunate for any Amsr- ican farmer to be dependent. The
 bankers and business men of Arkan- sas, last year displayed a splendid spirit of helpfulness, and 1 am sure that this same spirit will continue during the approx ching cotton sea- son.
 Tt is absolutely true all over the world that where farmers can store crop and buyers know it. this klowledge alone on the part Of the
 buyers steadies the market. Now, as last year, the South is confronted with restricted Grarket for it's great money crop. It will be unfortunate if this great crop must be thrown on q falling market. Arkansas is better
 prepared to feed herself this year than ever before. It seems to me, a comparative stranger in the state, but made to feel at homa by the won derful hospitality of tie people of Arkansas, that our big problem now is storage at the station and not Of the farm of the larger share of the cotton crop of this state
 That means a storage shed and business men in the building of great warehouses near the railroad tracks, and holding some cotton for
 January and later shipment, and thus avoid flooding the markets. Storing on the farm costs too much and thsn it is frequently impossible to haul it to town when the price does go up. Insurance is higher and weather loss is too great. It ought to be possible to organize great hold ing companies, thousand of them, in all parts of the cotton territory of this state and build warehouses solid posts, with galvanized iron roof extending ten feet beyond the bales of cotton, flooring at the right height for quick handling and load ing. The warehouses should be locat- ed in yards with no inflammable Ta- terial, with barrols of waiter along the platforms, and all at less cost of one dollar a bale, payable on th;
 day of sale and shipment, could go toward the cost of building and the farmers would ultimately own the warehouse. The Texas warehouse law prohibits. closed sides. It would certainly be a fine thing if in even a hundred towns the business men would help build such a warehouse and have farmers join later and buy the building. This could be done without a law, other than the laws of sound business and the law Of good
 brotherhood. The merchants and bankers of trading town in cotton territory could find no better invest
 ment than to build right now big warehouse and offer storage to fanm- CTS as above indicated
 "Thus it seems to me we ought to agree on the following:
 "That it is bad to market all our cotton in a rush even if we could;
 that storing at the station is better, l cheaper and safer than storing on lthe farm; that the cooperative build l ing of warehouses would add to the profit of the farmers and would
 bring about additional prosperity anu cement the friendship that must eX- ist between farmer and merchant II l all of us are to prosper and that merchants and bankers are vltally inte rested in having the farmer get 3 1 good price for his cotton. The so" called country darage" to cotton IS estimated at from $40Q0O,O0O to $7o,-
 100000 a year.
 "With a reduced acreage and re.
 duced yield the cotton crop VII
 probably be less than the worlds
 need. Why not hold half the Arkan-
 sas crop for six months"
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