The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-06-07
Is There An Opportunity

For young men and women
Who learn the cotton business,
there is great opportunity. In
the south there are from twelve
10 fourteen million bales of cotton
raised annually. Every bale has
10 be Chased from one to four
times, seldom by the slime man
Twice. Until the last five years
,tnere have ben no training school
$ ID this line, coSequently the sup
ply OF men and women for this |
work is limited. Again, there are !
Delng erected in this country !
thousands of warehouses, and !
every warehouse requires two or +
lhree men to handle the cotton.
commissioner +. C. Weinert of
INC market and warehouse dep
arlment has appointed board of
Examiners to examine applicants
loF license, as Public cotton Clas-
SerS. The license will be issued
10 any one one passing this ex-
animation and he or she will have ,
The right to engage in The business ,
10 Public Cotton CHASING at any !
place in the state of Texas and to !
charge for his or her services, 4
These examinations are open to s
both men and women. Practical +
~. every town or village where G
cotton is sold will employ one or J
more licensed Cotton Classers.. ',
The young man or woman train g
ca IN the Cotton Chasing Depart -
mcnt OF our school is in a much d
better position TO accept one of
these places than one who has b,
learned by guess. v,
Every young man of the south OF
should know the classification, SO
preservation and handling of cot IN IN
ton. II is our leading product and IN u,
Will continue 10 be. Of the worlds W.
production, about sixteen million IN,
bales annually, Texas, Oklahoma. ~
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana It
and Georgia supply eighty-five per Zig
cent of this total. More money is aft
I0St each year by The farmers ON 1T
INC marketing of this product kn
han all other crops combined. ter
The man raising it often knows t0I
lothlng about marketing it, and b.,
$ therefore wholly at the mercy Of
u the man who is buying. The G.
acts are we lose thousands of {
.ollarS each year for lack of train CO.:
q men. Some buyers will grade sOI'
our cotton Strict Low Middling SIS
I'D pay you accordingly, when 81 !
4 reality your cotton is middling w. IT,.
no you are entitled to higher m mo,
rice, which is no small gain. You AIS AIS
&c The necessity of knowing how s
grade your cotton. In four otht
'cekS time we can prepare Won tai
save this year more than Der
Dublc the cost of your learning $40;
Inch is only $4,000. ate
We have hoan aSI,oa ,, 5SS;
'u teach Cotton CHASING so sue oo. =,
SSfully?" The one answer is natl natl
is: We believe the time has mart mart
me when the South needs TO 2,951
low more about her leading pro- $685.
let; when The farmer should Ed
low more about marketing the fngs,
OPP which he lab0FS so earnestly soidi
produce; and what means meat e erS'
cad and clothing TO his family, % co. %
This end, we have cquiuued ga: :
r department SO that efficient umes
'chflng may be done. Our teach Re
understand 10 CHASING, buying O92;
q selling from practical stand Bible
INT, and are expert in the train sailor
Oh students. Our head teach ance
OIL this department is constant t aer
IN touch with the Agricultural i Ionu .,
Partment at Washington, d. c. same san q
| Austin, Texas, which lends cIslon
Oh to his strength. We pur- 175;
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