Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-01-17
SUPREME EFFORT
SET FOR FEBRUARY
AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION
DEFINITELY FIXES DATE FOR
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. >
The FIRST PRELIMINARY
Dinner TO chairnen, Secretaries and
Speakers in New Orleans on
January 23rd.
THE FIRST PRELIMINARY
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active and enthusiastic leaders of the
organization work of the Louisiana
Division Of the American Cotton Asso.
citation, it has been decided to defer
the supreme effort from the last week
In January to the first week in Feb
rhary-tbe week Of February z. This
n where the economic interests Of the
state give way to politics The hot
political state campaign has interfered
to some extent with the work Of the
organization, and the original date
was fixed at a time after the q imary ;
but the workers in this cause want q
breathing spell to recover from the
final effort in the political Campaign,
and II has been deemed best for the
welfare Of the movement to allow for
this.
There Is no politics In the American
Cotton Association. and the leading
figures on both sides Of the hot polit.
zeal contest are united in their sup
port of this movement: so it is best TO
let politics get ont Of the way before
the big effort Is launched,
The first preliminary 70 the drive
for memberships will be a gathering
in New Orleans OF all the parish chair.
men and secretaries ard ths parish
Speakers, fer a discussion OF the final
pans The date tor this was original
ly set for January Is, but this has
been deferred a week later, to January
20. The parish leaders will be enter
taiaed at q dinner. and there will be
two or three addresses--one by Col.
Harvia Jordan. the national campaign
director who has accepted an urgent
call 10 attend and give these real
workers the benefit OF his experience
In other states where organization
work has already progressed some
chat farther than in Louisiana,
In the meantime. the work OF organ,
ization in the parishes has been pur.
sued without interruption, Field Or.
ga.nizer Frank A. Crippen has spent
the week in the South Central par
ishes. and perfected the committees In
81. Landry, Avoyelles, Evangelins
Acadia, Lafayette, and then will
swing over TO the Western parishes
and wird up again IN North Louisiana,
East Baton Rouge and Ascension were
also put on the map last week
One OF the notable efforts Of the
American Cotton Association 10 be
half Of the cotton producer crystalized
in steps being taken By President J,
S, Wannamsker to promote the move.
ment begun by Col. T. J. shackelferd
On bis recent tour OF North Louisiana,
10 make New Orleans the real SPOT
cotton market OF the world. Mr. Wan
namaker outlined his views OF The sub
feet In an article which he sent To pa.
psrs all over the South, and Ii 10 he
declares that wherever he has sound,
ID sentiment OH the question the feel
Ing Is unanimously In its favor, This
IA the first step toward cutting ont
the speculative element IN New Yora
which has lugeisd cotton prices SO ~
tectively In the past, but whose donst
Ration Of the market Il Rapidly psst
Ing
There viii be 4 national conference
early In February. but tbs dsfinits
date and place Of meeting have no,
yet bsen amounted by the president
Mr.. wsnrsniaker 10 taking advantage
Of the meeting Of the national Officers
about that time TO assemble repre-
sentative gathering Of cotton men
frpm every .scues Of the South 10