Arizona sentinel., 1918-01-31
WINTERHAVEN COTTON EXCHANGE CONTRACT HAS BEEN CHANGED AND ASSURANCES GIVEN THAT EXCHANGE DESIRES ONLY
 TO BENEFIT RATHER THAN HURT
 THE COTTON GROWERS

It than gratifying to the editor of the Sentinel be able report that the contract sought imposed upon the growers of Yuma Project by the Winter haven Cotton Exchange has been very materially amended The original printed in detail in last weeks issue of the Sentinel Editorial comment on the objections to this document vigorously forth in the columns of this paper two weeks ago. It that editorial that set the people thinking and put them their guard against signing the contract that then offered them If they wanted Pima" cotton seed under the original contract they had mortage their brthrght for of seed pot tage.
 The contract entirely eliminates the mortgage feature which the principal objection this paper lodged against the first This feature having been emin- ated it is squarely up the prospective Pima cot planter say whether he is willing that his work of planting, cutivatng and harvesting the crop grown from the seed furnished by the Winterhaven exchange shall at all times be under the supervision and control of the exchange Ii they willing concede that much to the exchange the latter will furnish all the Pima seed required at much per tOn $0O per up April
 and $2O per for all seed furnished after that date
 There clause left in the contract that is ob- ectionable but apprehend that be satisfactorily ad- usted between and the time when will become ay enforce it. This relates the clause that says the grower sell his seed at local oil mill prices as of the date of ginning As pointed in this paper heretofore the local oil mill prices the day of ginning may be $20 per whereas weeks after the price may be $OO per on depending entirely upon the demand for seed There but local oil mill On the day of ginning this mill may have all the seed needs whereas other oil mills may be willing pay double the price offered by the local oil mill. Forcing the cotton grower to sell his seed any
 given date does not give the grower any chance whatever Might we'll say that he must sell his lint cotton the day it gnned We all know what would have happened to cotton growers such rule had been vogue this Cotton started off about 2Oc whereas has been high 3c. That matter of $50 per bale in favor of the grower who held his cotton until he WANTED to sell rather than sell the day ginned To carry the argument little further and make it perfectly plain it be stated that cotton seed started off about O per ton whereas the oil mill price, rather the price for oil m purposes is upwards of $6O per Where would the grower be he had been FORCED to sell his seed as of the day of ginning? Many of those who gnned early simply held their seed until they WANTED to sell, thereby making the difference between the focal oil mill prices the day of ginning and what they actually sod for about $40 per Inasmuch there about 1900 lbs of Pima seed per bale it be that this seed item is no small thing to look after.
 My opinion that the exchange very easily amend his requirement give the cotton grower break with the market Let the exchange the seed
 the does sell the day of ginning and pay the grower the market price-not the local oil mill the wants to sell, requiring him. however pay reasonable storage and sell before the
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