The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-09-17
COTTON ASSOCIATION MEETINGS
TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
following Well Attended Meeting in the Court House
Monday Executive Committee Decides to Make
Closer Canvas for Members Next Tuesday.

was addressed in the Court House
Monday morning and afternoon by
Sen. N. B. Dial, Gov. r. A. Cooper, Mr..
John b. Cannon, Of Spartanburg, and
Mr.. Workman. Of the u S. Department
OF Agriculture. The meeting was held
primarily In the interest of a system
of government regulated warehouses;
for this county, but resolved itself in
to meeting in the interest of the
American Cotton Association. It was
the sense Of the speakers that the
, formation Of the Laurens county
branch OF the cotton association was
essential to the success Of the ware
| housing proposition, SO cotton assO-
citation interest was given first consid-
Grafton. The formation Of the ware
mousse association, according to Farm
Demonstration Moore, is not to he Civ
en- up but will be pushed with energy.
resolution endorsing the warehouse
idea being unanimously adopted by
the meeting.
Farm IDemonstrator NJ ID. Moore
presided over the meeting. He made a
few Introductory remarks outlining
the cotton situation at present and
said that conditions required that cot
! ton be marketed more gradually and
that more warehouses were needed to
bring this about.
Senator Dial, being introduced by
Chairman Moore, said that he was
trying to assist Southern farmers in
Washington but that cotton had few
friends. Unfortunately for us, he said,
there is surplus Of cotton right now
In spite Of high prices of cotton
goods. The high prices OF cotton
goods he assigned to the scarcity Of
spindles rather than the scarcity Of
cotton. The remedy, he said, lay in
raising less cotton and more food sup
plies at home and keeping the boys
on the farm rather than allowing them
to go to the cities where they become
competitors for raw products. After
reciting the efforts of congress to ar
range credits for European countries
where by cotton and other American
products could be disposed Of. he said
;hat 'he southern farmer must begin
TO look out for himself and not depend
legislation calculated to be dctrimcn-
tai to the farmer, he spoke Of the
amendment to the food control act
whereby clothing would be placed
among the articles whose prices were
to be regulated by the government
Senator Dial said that he fought this
amendment because 1t reduced the sale
OF cotton goods and thereby caused
decline in the cotton market. Pre-
dieting brighter prospects for the
southern farmer when world condi-
tiOns rcadiuStcd themselves, Mr.. Dial
urged that the farmers market their
cotton in businesslke manner and
take good care Of that which is kept
on the farm.
Mr.. Workman, of the Department of
Agriculture. devoted most of his time
TO technical description OF the
methods of building warehouses and
the advantages to be derived from
them. He pointed out that under the
Federal Reserve act and the Federal
Warehousing act farmers could store
their cotton in federal regulated ware
houses, carry the receipts to the banks
and secure money on them at any
time. He urged the farmers TO take
advantage OF these provisions in their
interest as in no other way could the
cotton crop be satisfactorily marketed
He advised the erection Of system Of
small warehouses at least 100 feet
apart which could later be Joined to-
gcther in larger building.
in the afternoon Mr.. John b. Can
non. Of SDartanburg. was the first
speaker. Mr.. Cannon recitcd the cx-
pcrcncc Of the Spartanburg farmers
in organizing to build warehouses.
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