Arizona republican., 1918-01-26
Unsatisfactory Situation of Cotton
 Mdrket IM The S0lt River Valley

ing years they averaged about 12,oOV bales per annum.
 Egyptian Acreage to be Reduced
 The Textile Mercury Sept l. 1e1O reported that the Egyptian govern ment had ordered a reduction in the area to be planted to cotton in 1918 to 100000 acres, as compared with l. 2S per cent. It is understood that the Fine Cotton Spinners' Association is endeavoring to have the order recinded.
 Exports From Egypt
 The Monthly Return of the Egyptian Ministry of Agricultura (Oct. 31, 191O gives the total exports of the new crop up to October 27 as the equivalent of 6s,200 bales of 800 pounds. of whihc the United Kingdom received ~71 per cent. The remainder was exported mainly to Italy G3 per cenD, France (s.s per cenD and Spain (3.5 per cent), none having been exported directly from Egypt to the United States. Egyptian Cotton Prices In reference to the wide disparity be- | tween prices of Sakellaridis at Alexan- dria and of Sea Island cotton at New Bedford as given above, it should be | noted that the relatively low prices of the former are undoubtedly due to the difficulty of exporting cotton from Egypt at this time. The exports to Great Britain during the first two months of the new crop year have been | slightly more than half the quantity | exported during the first two months Of the preceding year. and practically none of the new crop of Egyptian cot ton has reached the United States. | It is, therefore. obviously improper
 to base the price paid for Arizona | Egyptian cotton upon the Alexandria price of Sakellaridis plus cost of trans | portation and insurance. The Sea Is- | land prices would be much fairer basis
 for establishing the value of the Ari- | Zona cotton under present conditions"
 It will be observed from the forego- ing that there seems no sound reason
 for the present softening of the market
 in the Salt River Valley on high grades
 of Arizona Pima and Yuma cotton. It
 is claimed by some that the eastern
 spinners have had difficulty in getting 1; their carload shipments of Arizona cot
 ton through, and that as soon as the | present freight congestion is somewhat i relieved and the cotton begins to move
 through to the point of use more freely, | that our local market will be revived. ] In the meantime the growers are be- ginning to consider ways and means of coperating to maintain an active, com
 petitive market
 As representatives of the department
 of agriculture. have frankly advised the
 growers in the Salt River Valley, Co.,
 operation among growers is very es-
 sential if the cotton industry is to be
 maintained on a successful and prof
 itable basis and five definite phases
 or practical cooperation have been
 suggested: First, maintaining a supply
 of pure planting seed, second, arrange ments for financing the crop particu- larly during the ginning and market
 ing period; third, ginning the crop un- der such conditions as will insure a high class product; fourth, marketing the crop on an open and competitive market; fifth, arranging for a labor supply which will be constant and can ,: take care of the peak loads of work in i the industry.
 The foregoing are certainly funda- mental principles and the cotton grow l. CTS in all parts of the valley are realiz- : ing they have got to work out some plan to put these principles into effect
 i've, active operation.