Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-01
gDn GROWERS FIGHT
l|TE AND BAD METHODS
kofn Planters Arc Raising
~ for Campaign Against
Nntry Damage TO Lint Fibre.
b HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED

RrI'
Mntry Damage TO Lint Fibre.
BOO HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED
Goes Over Scvcnty-I'ivc Mil
BIN Caused by Bales Being Left
at In Weather Before They
Sc Used.
fire than $4,000 of $4,000 asked
SSRichmondcrs by the American
hership fund. which vii! be used
Eld in campaign of education
tE cotton growers against waste
|pbcr methods. has alrcpdy been
Srlbed, members OF q committee
tho association here announced
Gnlght.
hn NJ. Miller, Jr.. president of the
National Bank. heads the COM
see. and Julien II. Hill. president
Fac National State and City Bank.
sle OF the members. T.. Il. Sydnor,
PIE Richmond Dry Goods Company.
ITJ.s b, Pinder, are also members OF
scommit,ee.
Fork of raising the fund for cdu-
tsDnl and instructive purposes in
W ~ ~ tic
Eestion Of Mr.. Miller here and the
8tment later spread. Petersburg
&ene of the cities which are CO.
Eating In the movement.
.sr fifty years the haling. handling
fmsrketing OF the South'S greatest
FIG money crop. cotton, has been
Rfcted 10 the most primitive and
xeful system OF any known aGr!-
Aral product throughout the en-
world. The rcconstruc-
"a period following the world war
s&in phnsizcd the imperative ncccs-
&.1or economy and efficiency in tho
Killing of all products, agricultural
[ssdustrial. In addition TO this the
{flGtes necessities of the farmers
|rsconstructing their methods OF
Hling and marketing their farm
Eucta along lines OF modern cf-
69cy In order TO compete with
and 10 develop to a
Fer standard their own avocation
kidemandcd changes which are i'm
&flve to success.
Growers Organized.
- a result OF these conditions in
cotton States of America, the
9ng farmers. bankers. merchants.
II business interests of the South
{srally came together in May,
and organized the American
or. Association under the leader
{Aof j, 5. Wannamakcr. n success
tplantcr, banker and merchant of
fMatthews. South Carolina. The
Hamcntal purpose OF tho nssocia-
Is to Introduce and put into prac-
and efficient operation all neccs-
Ia economic reforms in the plant
baiing, handling, stor-
Enhancing and marketing the cot
Ecrop. Also 20 advocate system
Diversified farming whereby every
! ..A1a -..a1g To-
and feed crops. making cotton
ksrplus money crop.
R5ere VIII be Efforts made 20 cur
the cotton acreage, making
Pc acres produce 9 larger yield o.
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3 Inc isEs':taaie 's94iEs.n:h.s Q:
kmarEet and checking the unT!E nj
|Steriss OF extreme speculation and
Of future contracts OF.
6Cotton Excha nEes.
BsS Improved seed Selected.
Ehe association $ bringing into
(Stical Adoption the selection q:
lfovfd types OF cotton seed as 10
eth and siren 9Th o: the staple. to
Eend that the Oest-su.ied varieties
"A be grown in the various areas o.
Ebelt and thereby l!!t the Arncri-
6Etspie above competition with the
frt fbres grown IN India.
enEf covering. transportation and
Eketing are being worked out by
[sta1 committees handling those
Rp1ems.
Eyery economist who has studied
Eraw cotton Industry in this coun-
Band BY special agents OF the Fed
assert by Encon-
l9tcted facts and figures that the
E5ent unecono!njc and waste!ul
Eshods employed in the handling and
Exciting the cotton crop entails a
[Ianpual loss OF III least 100000
(which must be borne Ny the grow
and the ultimate con.
Erers of cotton goods. This places
burden on the crop OF
Zoo, 100000 every ten years, or the
Eli present Ta!uc Of one entire crop
Ting the short period OF one de-
~ losses in the handling o. a
|sld'6, necessity and place the raw
1xon Industry az the United states
sn a modern efficient basis. is the
lat mission OF the American Cot
|sN c0MpbMY Will OpCM