Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-24
COTTON MEN 70 MtEJ Al [. Of |.
 WtD. MORNING
John H. Page to Discuss Government Regulations
 With Men Interested.

A call for q meeting of cotton i growers of Jefferson county at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at II o'clock, has been ls- 1 sued by Jolp II, Page, state com missioner of agriculture. The mee.- ing will be held for the purpose of discussing regulations of the food ad- l ministration controlling cotton gins, seed Buying and similar restrictions.
 MT. Pages call follows:
 'To the cotton growers in Jefferson
 and surrounding counties:
 You arc all, no doubt. aware that cotton seed and cotton seed products are DOW under the contro; of the | food administration and that incident to these regulations all cotton gIns, seed buyers, cOttHn seed crus,hcrs or refiners and compound manufac- turers are licensed and restricted by the rules and regulations established November 1st., 19l7 The ginning season is now about over and the cotton seed crushing period will soon be at an end. There are cer- tain provisions in the rules and regu- lations of the food administration to cotton seed and cotton seed pro- ducts that are unsatisfactory to the planters and cotton growers of your section, as well as other parts or Arkansas, and particularly with ref erence to that provision which fixes as a basis of cotton seed west of the Mississippi river an oil content of 3S gallons per ton. As a reSult of a rec mt conference with those in au- the rity at Washington, 1 have been assured that this regulation will be made between now and the begin ming of next season. In this adopt ion of the present rules q hearing was had in Washington Cii;f on Oct obcr 10th. l was in attendance at this hearing and in my feeble way attempted 70 represent impartiaIly all parties concerned, but particular ly the producers. Other commission f CTS of agriculture from the cotton setates as well as presidents of the l Farmers union and individual farm i CTS atteded the hearing, and after i the first days session l was hOnorcd : by being chosen by all those who represented the producer, to repre- sent them throughout the remainder of the hearing, and in the final con slderatiOn of the rules and rcgula- tiOns by a committee of five, \ was tac sole representative of the cotton producers of the South. In those 1 deliberations l was Instrumental in getting several concessions, but the 1 rules, after modification, were only partially satisfactory to me. Subsc- i quent to their hearing and to my departure some Changes were made. one of which was the fixing of the Gil content basis cast anl west of thd Mississippi river. and nnOther was the fixing by agreement of the price of cotton seed products. "The rules and regulations govern ing these matters for the next sea- son arc of greater concern t othc cotton producers of the South, and should receive the thoughtful con- sideration of every man who grows cotton. "l want the cotton growers to dis ! cuss and deliberate upon these rules and regulations and to give express sion to their opinions and views in 1 regard 10 the regulations that shall prevail for the 191S-19 season, and want their lives to assume ocn- I crete form and to be presented not 1 only by your commissioners of agTi- culture but by duly appointed dele gates with authority to speak. and for this reason l vast d meeting of ! all the interested planters and cotton growers in Jefferson and adjoining counties to meet with me in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 11:00 a. m, o'clock on Wednesday, March 2lth., therefore.
 'l hereby issue a call to all plant CTS, cotton growers farmers. business men and all others interested in the i rules and regulations governing cot ton seed and cotton seed products l to attend meeting in tho city of Pine Bluff at the Chamber of Com mcrce Or such other place as may" be provided at II zoo o'clock. Wednes- ! day, ,Yiarch 21th. : "JNO II. PAGE,
 "Gommissioner of Agriculture" !