The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-09
GINNERS MEETING IS
WELL ATTENDED TO-DAY
PLANS ARE PROPOSED FOR BET
TER SYSTEM or MARKET
ING COTTON CROP.
New system Would Eliminate the
Cotton Buyer to Large Extent
and Farmer Would Profit
Thereby.

farmers have not been getting the
value of their crop through a sys-
TEN Of leaks that might be eliminat-
ed. representatives OF A. & NJ. col
lege are here today endeavoring to
! organize a cooperative association
among the Ellis county ginners,
which has for its purpose an inn
proved system OF marketing. Hon.
Clarence Ousley in outlining the OBJ
! iect of the meeting, said there was
Ineed for a system of grading, group
marketing and better wrapping OF
cotton so as 20 standardize the pro-
duet. He explained how the Bureau
lcf Markets at his request had Of
fered to place an expert cotton class
er in Ellis county if the farmer
ginners OF the county would but
| form a cooperative association for
the better handling Of cotton.
| He explained that to place such
an expert here it would be necessary
| for the ginners to cooperate by get
| ting the farmers to send this expert
samples of their cotton, either col
lectively or individually, for the pur-
pose of having il elassed. He said
the need OF such action was best
! emphasized in the fact that good
middling" cotton was seldom sold
| by Ellis county farmers He argued
that if there is any good middling"
cotton raised in Ellis icounty the
! farmer ought to have the increased
price ii brings. Continuing he adj
ded that fellow was naturally a
| better trader when he knows the
value of his product, and he re-
GREETED to admit that in the past
many cotton farmers have not known
the value of their cotton.
The speaker next called the at
tention of those present to the fact
that a premium of probably one
eighth of cent was paid on lots of
| fifty bales of cotton of one grade.
Grouping the evil processes to which
the farmers have long submitted he
estimated that Ellis county farmers
were not realizing what they should
out Of their cotton by as great
sum as $500 per bale. He said
| ii was easily possible for Ellis coun-
| ty to establish a quality for cotton
and standard of packing that
would raise the price realized by
the farmer He said he did not eX-
pect such an association as proposed
to save the farmers SIS bale this
coming year, or even the year fol-
| lowing. but he felt that very cred
liable saving could be shown for
start. He said if IT could be shown
that Ellis county cotton had not had
mixed pack, a water pack or ac-
cumulated an ounce of dust within
two years it would be possible 70
sell Ellis county cotton for $500
more per bale than other cotton.
Then he argued that it helps even
| just TO hold meetings and talk over
scientific mithods of farming.
>The speaker depressed enough to
call attention to the gradual mar
ketng system in vogue this year.
saying not half the cotton of the
country was yet marketed. He said
the south was preparing for increas-
ed acreage in anticipation OF high
prices, but thought the tendencies
we're for lower cotton He said sane
farming would be to raise all that
the farm needed for its maintenance
and plant cotton as the surplus. He
urged farmers present to raise grain,
MIR. Elliott Talks.
H. NJ Elliott said the idea OF such
an organization as propesd origi-
mated from the Information that
there were twenty -five cooperative
gins in Ellis county owned by farm
ers. and that 1t should be easy TO
enlist the aid of such men in the
| NEW movement. He said the new
movement would get it entirely away
from the warehouse and place il at
the gin. where il belongs. He thought
the men holding stock in co-opera-
tive gins ought to have the coop
erative spirit. He said there was
just as many good reasons Cor hav-
ing farm ginners' association as
for having elevator associations.
fruit growing associations ana stock
marketing associations.
Mr. Elliott said the Granger move
ment was dead, bat out OF the great
/ principle advocated had sprung
number Of other movements that had
worked benefit for the farmers. tie
said the cooperative association
puts The product on q competitive