Arizona republican., 1919-10-31
cotton ASSOCIATION
HERE TO At F|L|ATE
WITH NATIONAL BODY

Affiliation of the local cotton grow
ers association with the American
Cotton Growers. association OF the
south is said to be now certain.
w. S. Stevens, president of the
newly organized Arizona American
Egyptian Cotton Growers association,
yesterday received a personal letter
from s. S. Wannamker, the president
of the A c. A, from his home at St.
Matthews, North Carolina, in which
he invited the affiliation of the state
association as soon as organization is
well under way.
In his letter Mr.. Wannamaker
warmly approved of the organization
work being carried on among the long
staple growers here, and suggested the
utmost cooperation with his big or
ganization. 1t is general conceded
that it is largely the work of the
American Cotton association that has
caused the marvellous change in the
conditions of life of the Southern Cot
ton growers, by having warehouses
built for the storage of the crop, thus
making it possible to get part of its
value for current expenses while
holding for the most favorable market
conditions, and making the marketing
season extend all round the calendar
instead of through couple months,
and lowering insurance and storage
rates to reasonable figure
They have arranged credits on a fair
and firm basis, taken care of distress
cotton, gathered and distributed mar
ket data and crop information in the
most complete manner, and performed
many other functions for the growers
of the south that the local association
intends to accomplish for the cotton
farmer of the Salt River and adjacent
valleys in Arizona.
For Growers Benefit
At the recent World Cotton confer
ence at New Orleans the cotton grow
ers of the south were represented by
President Wannamaker of the Ameri-
can Cotton association, and other
members and officers of that organ
ization, and fought throughout for
resolutions and action by the confer
ence that would benefit the growers.
| Among the matters proposed by the
growers and passed by the conference
were resolutions declaring for diversi-
fication, that country damage to cot
| ton is inexcusable, urging adequate
warehousing from gin to cotton mar
! ket centers, for a twelve-mon
marketing system, opposed govern
ment price fixing and all em5argoes,
more direct dealing with the con-
/ sumers OF cotton and other Of the
/ avowed aims of the association.
The local association is growing
rapidly in membership and influence
practically every grower that is ap
preached being glad to become a unit
of the organization that is doing the
much needed work of securing and
distributing the information that will
enable growers to get the best prices
and fathering the movement for
warehouse facilities and other means
of making the growing of long staple
cotton more profitable to the pro-
Queer.
Tonight an organization meeting for
the Madiosn district y-ill be held al
the Madison school house at 7:3(
o'clock at the request of the farmers
of that district, who have become
greatly interested in the movement
and desire to join it.
J. S. Heard, a prominent cottor
grower of that district. win preside
and members of the original organiza.
ton will speak.
Another meeting will be held Sat
urday night at Casa Grande, for tn,
purpose of interesting the growers o
long staple cotton there in the move
ment toward cooperation and organ
ization. Other. meetings in the Sal
River valley will be announced in tn,
next few days.