Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-14
SAYS REDUCED
 COTTON ACREAGE MEANS CALAMITY
Englishman Tells World Confer ence Meeting Requirements
 Unlimited.
WANNAMAKER PLEADS
 FOR BETTER PRICES
Cotton Has Been Curse to Southern States, Says Head of American AssOciatiOn-Lin Drawn
 On Firs. Day.

On Firs. Day.
 New Orleans, Oct. 13.-Declaration by John A. Todd, professor of econo, mics and Oxford lecturer, that furth- CT restriction of cotton acreage in the United States would be nothing short of calamity" and a demand that cotton consumers "pay enough to make cotton as profitable as other crops" by J. Skottowe Wannamaker of St. Matthews, s. C., president ot the American Cotton association. featured the second general sessioj. here late today of delegates to the World Cotton conference.
 Mir. Todd's declaration was made in the course of an address in which he presented figures showing future needs of the world for cotton, past crops and the present prospects.
 "The worlds requirements" said MT. Todd, "are practically unlimited. Europe and Asia are bare of cotton goods. The position today is the same as before the war, only worse The world wants more cotton than it is getting and must have it. Tie more financially embarrassed the people of the world are the more cotton they will use. In America an in- creased acreage is improbable, the boil weevil and scarcity of labor are serious handicaps. The only solu- tion here is an increased yield per acre. The average cotton yield in the South to say the least is discredi- table. More cotton is wasted an- nually in America than it has been possible to raise in Africa outside of Egypt.
 Further restriction of cotton acre. age in America would be nothing short of calamity. There now is. and always will be demand for all the cotton that can be raised any, where. There is no need to restrict the supply, but rather it should be increased.
 Calls Cotton Curse.
 "Of course the first necessity is to assure the planter a reasonably remunerative price. Despite the great increase in the cost of cotton today, it is still one of the cheapest products. it has not increased in proportion to other commodities"
 MT. Wannamaker prefaced his ad- dress with the declaration that cot ton has been curse to the southern states.
 If it had not been for the raising of cotton in the South this section would have been thicklv settled with Whites and there would not be the great percentaoe of illiterates in the rural districts" he declared. "Cotton brought slavery, resulting in the war between the states followed by the terrible days of reconstruction. pankruntcy, and poverty Cotton has enriched every land where it has been used commercially. it has bless ed mankind everywhere the sun shlnes, but in the South if has been curse. Cotton is whv there are whlte women and little children work ing in the fields.
 There won't be an increased acre. age sI of cotton until price is paid for 1he product which will justify it's nnelng raised by we'll paid man labor. aI must be price which will bring our southern negroes back to the eotton fields. The price must enable the one horse' farmer to make more man bare living. The mer re+uro- Aag rom the war. white and black, do rMot M nave any intention of going to hne, Lne cotton fields again; they know
 But if this conference adjourns Wlfhout taking steps to increase the ;;ield per acre it is dcdging the issue. There will not be any in, creased acreage but there must be ta, +a increased yield and the price must thn ,ne care or the gamblers chance 'ne grower has to take.
 uklahOmap Causes Clash.
 A situation which threatened to esu,t In an embarrassing climax uey,eloped shortly after MT. Wanna raker concluded his address John A. sd,ailoson dn Wea+herford. Okla. presi. asnt ofst of the Oklahoma t'armers' union thhaered tha a motion to the effect that bn Sne statements of Mir. Wannamaker gwen to the press as the snnti- ThI ThsnI or' the growers division. w. B s;noihpson. s;a. who presided at the sAs- oo,, o,Um, stated that under the rules ;t'vern,ng ;t procedure at the meeting uo4 would not be possible to take a res rose on the motion as all classes were S;spresented at the session. MT. r;lpson said the motion was the un. uallnons wanas view of the growers and he man anted action taken on it. The chair an nraa aealn refused under the rules to thesent the motion. MT. Simpson ;na. ;en addressed the conference, say- fo, appeal to the entire conference aer oermission to present the r,otion 1s the sorowers to whon, YOU all look want to-" u uo"" /" so'
 motion for resumption of the