The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-04
Strong Demand Goes Out From
Cotton States to Stop England
From Interfering with
Shipment Of Staple
PROTESTS SENT
TO WASHINGTON
Prospect Of British Enlarging Con-
traband List Arouses Planters
and Bankers; Want Trade
Unrestricted
BY United Press.

II
Dallas, Tex, Aug. 4.--Over the
length and breadth OF the sunny south.
land mighty insisssnt voice is rising
in demand that England stop interfer-
ing with American cotton shipments
This voice has sounded lately In
Washington and its strength Is grow
ing as an organized movement speeds
1t on its way Bankers In the "old
south" started the protest; now 1t is
spreading gradually to Texas and Ok
lahoma-the new south. Protests
through state organizations are going
forward to Washington to let the ma
tion's leaders know that the south does
not want its economic life ruined or
hampered by what it considers an un-
fair interference on EngIand's part
Need for the protest was evidenced
in the past week by strong New York
and Washington advices, indicating
that England most surely will place
the south's staple on her contraband
list before the new crop is available.
Such step by England would choke
the southern trade even more effec-
lively than the constant interference
of which the south now complains. The
south is contending that it should be
permitted to trade In cotton as 1t
chooses, and Il objects both to inter.
ference and to extension OF the En-
glish contraband list While nation
usually has wide liberty in such ex-
tensions, there are cases In which
neutral has voiced protest against the
move.
While the south as whole, accord
ing to all indications, presents near
ly united front on the protest PROPOSE
tion, there have been in the past week
one or two discordant elements In the
scheme.
For instance, at Austin, where 1000
farmers met for their annual institute,
some friction developed over the mat
ter OF passing resolution to send
letter of protest to President Wilson.
letting him know in unmistakable
terms that the south stands firmly OPP
posed to further interruption OF her
trade.
This resolution proposed that the
president should know how vitality the
welfare of the south is bound up In her
cotton businessmen though the
south this year is raising less cotton
than last year.
Bankers let it be known If Secre.
tary Lansing considered the protests
embarrassing. they would forward
none to Washington
Despite these indications, however.
there is every reason to believe that
Texas and Oklahoma very soon will
take up with Washington authorities
I'the interference subject, and let
President Wilson know that he will
have the unanimous support OF the
south in however sharp a protest he
makes to Great Britain.
In some quarters, Engiand's sug-
gested method of buying up the entire
southern product herself does not meet
/ with any more approval than her in
| reference with shipments has. Some
cotton growers urge that this would
mean England would force down the
price through such a Wholesale order.
OF course the south could refuse to
accept her figures On the other hand,
some cotton men believe this might
be a satisfactory way out OF an annoy
| ing situation.
But, the idea of buying the entire
crop is only suggestion thus far. IN
fact, the most likely happening. ac-
cording to authentic advices, and the
stsong belief OF experts is that Enss.
land sooner or later will take the dras-
tic step OF making cotton contraband
And, furthermore, IL she does. there
is slight likelihood OF her modify.
ing the idea. inasmuch as cotton