The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-03
TO ORGANIZE FOR
HIGHER COTTON
Branch of American Cotton Assn.
To be Formed Here To-
+, Morrow

Farmers. business men, bankers and
others interested in cotton will attempt
the organization of a branch of the
American Cotton Association in this
county Saturday, Oct. 4. Plans for the
organization are in the hands of County
Agent G. W. Falls who is anxious for
all the interested parties to meet him
in this city tomorrow.
The organization to be effected here
tomorrow will be followed by county
wide membership drive. The North Car
olina Division of the American Cotton
Association will have speakers at the
Riverside Community Fair in this county
on Oct. IA and at the Forks Community
Fair on Oct. Is. A county wide mass
meeting of farmers, bankers and busi-
ness men will be held in this city on
Thursday, Oct. 16, by which time it is
planned to have every cotton farmer in
the county enrolled in the organization.
The primary object OF the cotton as
sociation is to enable the farmer to hold
his cotton till he gets his price for it.
The objects are otherwise stated in the
following language:
/. Protecting the interests of the
cotton producer and improving his con-
dition.
,. Promoting the economic regulation
of cotton production so that the sup
ply shall be adjusted to demand, and
so that the producer will not be COM
PEELED to sell his product at less than
fair and reasonable price.
g. Promoting intelligent diversified
tions of crops, and developing markets
for. such CROPS other than cotton, as
may be profitabfy grown and raised 9-
4. Improving and enlarging present
existing warehouse facilities. and secur-
ing additional facilities, so that the pro-
ducer may carry hs crop at the minimum
expense and physical damage, and at the
maximum security and financibility.
5. Broadening the market for raw
cotton. and enlarging the uses of cotton
and cotton goods.
6. Improving and increasing trans
portation facilities.
{. Collecting information as to both
domestic and foreign consumption of
cotton the state of trade. the extent of
acreage. supply and condition of crop.
and all OtleH mIOTndI1On Ol pIdCllCdf
interest to the cotton industry, and dis
seminating facts aud data through the
several sub organizations to every mem
Der of every community. together with
directions and suggestions as to what
course to pursue. from all viewpoints,
in order to secure the very best results.
s. Maintaining a unified and solid eff
fort for retaining permanently fan
and equitable price for cotton.
9. Unifying and coordinating all the
cotton interests of the South, in the in
terests of the south. in the interest of
a greater business South.
10. Doing collectively all and every
thing that may be conductive to the sta
bility and profitableness of the cotton
producing industry.
B. To develop the temporary organ
ization. growing out of the membership
campaign into a permanent American
Cotton Association, with a division In
each state. a subdivision in each coun-
ty. and a still further subdivision in each
township of the y cotton growing coun-
ties of North Carolina, cooperating with
similar organizations in each of the
cotton growing Southern States.