Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-05
}, f Powell of Camden and . i yNlnoorehead' Wright Head
 Arkansas Delegation.
INFORM SYSTEM
 OF WAREHoUsING
,.,tor Wright, Secretary of 'Cenfer.
 } .u,s, Believes Entire South Reeog- ,,,es Need for Proper Warehouse ing of Cotton.
(By Clio Harper.)

(Dy S4Ao Af.~t PNA'I
 ,ittle Rock, Dec. 4.-Arkansas
 ,,nners merchants, bankers and pro-
 'r srpssiye citizens of all classes are in
 ,srsely interested in the Cotton
 ststesi @ Bankers conference, which is ] \ be held in the city of New Orleans ] hsepn,ber 6 and z. The object of the
 .onferSence is to consider the present
 rmhlems confronting the South in
 he marketing of it's staple crops and
 se nromotion of it's industrial, com
 rercial and financial welfare. A rnmber of prominent business men
 ,nd bankers will leave Little Rock srnday in special Pullman for New #rlAns. to represent the state. They |sill be headed by B. c. Powell of tfsnden. and Robert B. Wait, of Lit Hie Rock, president and secretary re-
 lnectiyely of the Arkansas Bankers Association.
 The agricultural interests of the i fate are to be represented by Dean N H. Miller, who is doing such a Etplendid work in the interest of agri- Efultural extension throughout the EItate, Mir. Bradford Knapp will rep resent the United States department
 N agriculture.
 E South Wide Awake.
 X Moorehead Wright, president of the EUnion Trust company, of Little Rock, Ek secretary of the conference, having Eken chosen at the first meeting of 1 ihe organization in Galveston last August. Before his departure for New Orleans, MT. Wright said:
 Ess For the first time the South as <, whole is awake to it's own short ioming, and to it's possibilities for the |hture It seems a fit time to pro- Epote cooperative action by which Eahe power and prosperity of the sev- (fral units may be multiplied several Hines over.
 \ With a permanent organization Ffe subject of a uniform system of |fsrehousing can be developed. Pro- |9er yarehousing is now recognized as
 y leading factor in marketing cotton. Ekcollects thGWotton in the communi- |fes, induces cooperative competition [1nong the producers in raising better |eotton, taking better care of it, and |fling together. Then standard Efarehouse certificate under proper |and uniform laws will furnish securi- N to the big banks providing loans N low rates of interest to provide for general marketing.
 The permanent organization will |lso cement the activities of all the slates in the promotion of better Ilhrmlng in the South. These confer |flces have already saved millions of E!sodllars to the cotton producers of 'he South.
 ! "Ine cotton states have for a long { une laced problems peculiar to them ElVes. The European war has made 1lese acute. The national govern neal has been forced to take cogni- asnce of them. When matters reach ~ a stage that demanded decisive sVlon by the best thought and experi- sqce of the Soudthern states to meet 5ae situation, the Galveston confer slce resulted The Now Orleans con- fork.p
 Progress in Farming.
 Atkansas bankers responded gen. s'pusly to the first call, and Arl1an- N s was given important recognition ; lne election of MT. Wright as sec ..e!ary, and upon his shoulders has {. :sen great share of the burden ! SEganlzation and propaganda. Ar sausas has attracted the attention of sssss whole South by the successful sN in which its many allied and CO., N ;shsiatlng interests have undertaken N sas alverslfication problem. It has s.sel sss solved in Arkansas. Two sepa- ,sW \ campaigns have been conducted
 Me state this fall, and are still in
 us!ess, and everywhere the most ssa sssaaaylng reports of results are m aa interesting feature of this work x IN, Me advancement of the new agri- Srsu |r.ule was the weeks entertainment sa sns Ill Little Rock last week, by the Sra;. uvn and business men of the com Ss Ss4,.y 10 lS9 boys and 59 girls, con- x ssr. rom every county in which the stM '. .a, demonstration work has been .,aa '.S,,aolsned. These were the prize kcS kn4els m the various clubs, and !, N's were given series of lectures { 'in 'spsrts on various subjects that VI W, l'erest them, and will make Ives. -"' 'ne4s oi A' n'
 t. uu' to quote a country correspond l,sa sne cotton is all out, the corn su, pnee, and the potatoes banked;
 s ne farmers are now ready to sI The winter"
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