The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-10
MILLION MEMBERS
. GOAL OF LEADERS
IN COTTON SOCIETY
Statewide Movement on to
Organize the Farmers of
Alabama Into Ameri-
can Association
By WILLIAM L. GoRMLEY

Il
| Montgomery, November 9-(Special)
Col. r M. Mixson of winiston. S. G.. a
prominent farmer and an enthusiastic
worker in the interest of the American
Cotton association, is in Alabama now
assisting in the organization of the Ala
bama division
colonel Mixson has been spending the
Iast rev days at the headquarters of the
state organization in MONTGOMERY. man
ping out in Alabama a programme for
statewide movement to complete fine
organization. When seen at Headquarters
Saturday, Colonel Mxson said
The last IS days have spent in Texas
Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Ten
nessee, assisting in the organization of
these states. South Carolina, North Caro-
lima and Georgia are organized. South
Carolina has over 100000 members North
carolina about the same and Georgia is
CRYING ahead to secure 100000 members.
These three states are in the fight with
practically 100000 members, composed of
farmers, bankers, business men and mer-
chants.
THE American Cotton associa ton ex-
poets to have 100000 members in the
next 60 days. Texas, Oklahoma. Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, Florida and Tennessee
are working in high gear. The portions
of Arizona and California which plant
cotton have completed their organization.
Now Nor Alabama. We want Ala
bama to come over the top within the
next three weeks. We are counting on
the undivided enthusiastic support of
every banker, merchant. business man
and farmer in the state, and why should
we not get it?
This movement is not confined to one
class; it takes in every man and woman
who is interested in developing and pro-
tecting the commercial interest of the
cor T1a tn of
solutely dependent on the prosperity of
the farmer of the south. Give the produc-
ers prosperity and every other interest
in the country is PROSPEROUS; crush the
farmers and all other interest must. will
and always have suffered. When you
protect the producer, you protect ali
other interests.
why should every man who touches
cotton, after it is put upon the market,
make money out of it, and the farmer be
expected to produce it at starvation
prices? Why should the cotton merchant,
the cotton spinner and the Spectator
make profits out of cotton sufficient to
support their families, not only in COM
fort but in luxury, while even the bare
comforts of life are denied the producer
and his family. Why should every man
who touches cotton outside of the pro-
ducer, accumulate sufficient wealth with
which to educate his children and care
for mis- wife in comfort, ride in fine auto
mobiles, indulge in recreation and pleas
ures and the farmer held down to an in
terminable grind for himself, wife and
children, day after day, year after year,
because he is NOT paid living price for
his cotton. Why should the children OF
all these people be educated AMI the
farmers wives be denied the comforts of
life when the wives of every man who
touches cotton have every comfort that
money can buy?
SHARE IN PROSPERITY
1.-The farmers of our country represent
the business Chat stands at the founda-
ton of the prosperity of our country-no
farmer. no prosperity. The farmer is en-
titled to his share of the prosperity of
the country his wife to every luxury and
his children to as good an education as
the children of any man in the state.
1.-The American Cotton association has
done a wonderful work already; it has
saved the farmers over 500, 1000 on this
crop. We are going further; we will put
him upon firm financial basis for the
future; we will help him to diversity his
crop; we will help him to improve his
seed, to improve his staple; to do better
and more intensified farming; help him to
warehouse and finance his cotton help
him 10 sell his cotton gradually as there
is demand for it at profitable prices: will
help him in broadening the markets: ktl
help him to keep the supply of cot'on
within the demand with statistics, acre.
age planted, cultivation, probable yield,
and demand both domestic and foreign
1.-THE American Cotton association is
going to put agriculture on that high
plane which thu Great God of the Uni
verse intends IL to occupy"