Arizona republican., 1920-10-09

ton in the cotton industry and situa- ton.
 H. M. Peek spoke as cotton buyer and emphasized that the long staple cotton market is purely a supply and demand proposition. He had seen sit nations like the resent one many times. he said, in the years he has followed long-staple cotton, beginning in 1895, and cotton growers may rest assured the situation will change.
 Cotton buyers want a good cotton market just as much as anybody else, Mir. Peek declared. It is not the mills that are responsible for no demand for cotton, he added, but the consumers, who have decided they cannot buy any more.
 Don't throw your cotton on the market" said MT. Peek. Just at pres- ent he said everybody must cooperate to the end that the Pima crop be not sacrificed on a market practically non- existant. Incidentally, he added that Pima was being advertised more wide ly than generally thought, as agents everywhere were supplied with sam ples of Pima and were telling mills about it. He. too. closed with an ap- peal for cooperation.
 Pleads for Pure Seed Dr. Kearney was the fourth speaker
 
 one of the most important phases of the cotton ndustry-keeping the seed supply pure that Pima might not de- generate. Dr. Kearney, originator and highest authority on Pima cotton, told of the many varieties of long staple cotton which have desenerated from type because of no protection. He described the origin of Pima cotton at the government experiment station at Sacaton. and how it replaced Yuma cotton in the valley. Now there is danger, Dr. Kearney said, that neither short staple nor Yuma cotton find their way into Pima fields. result ing in the ultimate degeneration of the latter. For that reason it is of vital importance that the seed supply of the valley be pure Pima Dr. Kearney | spoke of the seed requirements for next | year. and urged that everybody get | together to see that nothing but pure | Pima seed is used for planting. No farmer, it was stressed by pr. Kearney, should haul his seed home from the gin and plant it next year, but instead every farmer must secure rogued and government approved seed | to make sure that Pima cotton be maintained at its present standard.
 Tells of Foreign Interest
 Dwight B. Heard spoke on invitation of Dr. 4. NJ. Tuthill, the chairman. of the suggestion of Dr. J. c. Norton. His 1 theme in way was for the broadening of the market for Pima cotton. and he | told of the many uses to which the ! long staple of the valley will be put He, too. urged that it was essential that a standard be maintained in prop CT wrapping for shipment, proper bal ing. proper grading, and the like English spinners are getting inter ested in Pima cotton, said MT. Heard. ! and great ManRhaGtar crfr lac. written him that a test of Pima was entirely satisfactory. He also told ot | information received from a gentleman | from Lille, France, who was in the city the previous day, to the effect that So per cent of the spindles of Lille are again in operation, and that the city is restoring itself to it's former place as a great cloth manufacturing center while it is recovering from the destruc- tion wrought upon it during the war | This reference to Lille, one of the greatest sufferers at German hands. brought forth a storm of applause from | the meeting.
 While the present rate of exchange prevents France from buying long staple cotton here. MT. Heard said. a change in this respect would mean or ders from France. the cotton being used for fine cloth and even lace. Last year Lille alone used 4000 bales et long staple.
 Assures No Fear for Future
 In showing what fine cloth Pima makes Mir. Heard passed his coar around through the audience. as it happened to be made from war-man- ufactured airplane cloth made from Pima cotton.
 As to the present local situation Mr. Heard said, the banks were doing well Tn handling it. There need be no fear for the future of the industry he de- clared. Personally. he said, he believed the acreage should be reduced and the maximum amount of cotton grown on selected land by men who knew the industry thoroughly
 In the course of the discussion that followed, pr. Norton urged that cotton growers do not offer more than the agreed 4-cent wage scale in their ef- forts to get picllers away from other farmers and attention was called to the fact that this is penalized by the Arizona Cotton Growers association, them to farmers. A question as 10 the $4 a bale growers must pay to the as sociation brought a detailed account of the organization activities from | Warren Parker, who also told of the present and recent temporary difficulty in getting pickers in Mexico He said, however. that within week or two the association hopes to have 400 or 500 pickers coming in daily.
 Herbert E. Atha, president of the Ariona Egyptian Cotton company, shared i'm the discussion Of the asso- citation. and explained that every farm CT is charged S4 a bale by the gins co , be paid to the association. In return,