Arizona republican., 1919-10-24

based on labor prices and conditions which will maintain American stand ards of living and free the south from the excessive use of women and chil- dren in the fields, which is largely re- sponsible for it's high rate of illiteracy- An agreement was reached that an increase of production per acre rather than in area was desired and il was generally agreed by the conference that cotton production must be on the basis of sound farming; that the south had been too long handicapped by be- ing a one-crop country; that to de- velop genuine and lasting prosperity it must guard against too large cot ton acreage; that it must stand for diversified farming and practice crop rotation to increase soil fertility. | MT. Heard referred to the many courtesies shown the delegates by the citizens of New Orleans and the active and successful work of the Arizona delegation including Dr. A. J. Chand- 1 Ter, R. E. Moore, B. E. Marks, MT | Myers. representing the Tempe ex- change: G. E. Thompson of the state university and Messrs. Oberfield and Martin of Casa Grande.
 The resolutions of the conference will soon be published in full. Among the matters definitely covered by the resolutions were the following:
 Increased production per acre. Closer relations between growers and spinners.
 Broad plans for financing the needs of Europe for cotton, with federal
 cooperation.
 Increased and closer cooperation
 among growers in financing, storins
 and marketing cotton.
 better warehousing.
 Gin compression.
 Uniform and improved baling.
 Waste elimination in field, at gin
 in sampling and in transit.
 Establishment by the growers o
 trademarks and the tagging of thei
 cotton with identification tags tha
 spinners may recognize the cotton o
 growers who specialize in high quail
 ties.
 In conclusion, Mir. Heard stated tha
 great interest had developed amoni
 the fine spinners of England France
 Belgium and Switzerland in Arizona
 famous cotton Several of thes
 spinners have already visited the val
 ley and one of the principal of thes'
 will arrive shortly.
 : Dean Working of the College o Agriculture, University of Arizona : was the last speaker at the mornin; session. His subject was Cotton in : We'll Balanced Agriculture" He ex : plained just what dean is and sai' that the agricultural department o the state university aims to improv Arizona and Arizonans to make then
 better homes, and to do that througl agriculture, by training young men t be resourceful and able farmers an to know, encourage and help thei fathers.
 He then proceeded to warn agains : the dangers that lie in a one-cro ' agriculture the wastage of soil re 3 sources, the depression of land value and the danger of complete loss. Di : versified agriculture he said, has com
 to be recognized, but balanced agri , culture is something more. Wha crops and how much of each an t their relation to each other are ques s tions that allow large margin fc ? profit or loss.
 : He illustrated this by pointing ot g the dovetailing of the dairy industr h and the raising of alfalfa. Tn closin 2 his address, he declared that cotto : should be rotated with other cror s indigenous to Arizona and that an
 and all agencies of the university y college of agriculture stood ready 1 : advise and aid whenever called upo : F. W. Griffin, president of the chan e Der of commerce, was the first speak, q of the afternoon session of the COT T gress. His subject was More al i Better Cotton" He emphasized tl e wonderful prosperity which cottt