Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-26
BRANCH or AMERICAN
 COTTON ASSOCIATION
 IS PLANNED HERE
Jack Bernhardt Heads Com. mittee to Effect Organi-
 zatiGn g
SHACKLEFORD TELLS
 OF OBJECT OF PLAN
Officials Of Parent and State Ass0. ciations Speak to Local Men
 at Meeting at the
 Chamber %ass

That Jefferson County planters and bankers vii associate themselves6 with Jefferson County branch Of the state organization of the Amer ican Cotton Association was assured yesterday afternoon when after al meeting of planters, addressed by of flcials of the association, q commit tee was named to perfect the organ-f ization here. ii chairman of this committee. Other members are II. r. Trulock, Earl Phillips, John Sennett, k. A. Henslee, John M. Oracle and Dr. J. P. Fer. guson. The committee will have d meeting within the next few days at which the membership campaign will be discussed
 Applications for membership were received from the Cotton Belt bank, by J. E. Boyce. II. E Trulock, J. F. Ferguson, J. r. Sennett, of New Gascony, F.. A. Henslee, c. II. Thomas and David Thiebault, county agents, Dr. J. w. John, W. D. Ferguson, S. L. Moss and Taylor Brothers, by E. W. Phillips.
 The principal address at yester- days meeting was made by Col. T. J. Shackleford of Atlanta, vice pres ident of the organization. Col. Shackleford outlined the objects. of the organization and discussed the cotton situation in general
 Others in Col. Shackleford's party were J. R. Alexander of Scott, pres- ident of the Arkansas division of the associations; D. c. Welty. agri. culturist of the Missouri Pacific railway and member of the execu@ tive committee of the Arkansas divi- sion; Dr. George L. Sands, president of the state Farmers Union and campaign manager of the associa- tion; w. s. Hogan, chairman of the Pulaski division; and Clio Harper, secretary and publicity director for the state.
 a' Organization Needed
 Col. Shackleford is making two weeks tour of the state and states that everywhere he is meeting with flattering encouragement.
 He was introduced yesterday nf.S ternoon by Manager r. R. Bloom of theh Chamber of Commerce. who acted as chairman of the meeting.
 The speaker outlined the heed for the American Cotton association and spoke of the success of it where it has been organized. He affirmed that the disposition of cotton it not strictly an agricultural subject, but one in which every man, woman and child of the country is interested. Organization is badly needed among farmers, and if they organize, great many of the.problems of the day will have been solved, he stated. He called attention to the fact that spinners are organized across the seas, and avowed that cotton raisers should be organized too. so that the. whole years output of cotton will not be turned loose on the markets within a few months and planters thus be injured financially. 7
 "There is romance of cotton. but there is also tragedy of cotton, he said. "The romance comes whan the plant blooms and later unfolds white and pretty in the moonlight. But the tragedy is noticeable when one observes the share croppers try- ing to buy new furriture for the parlor, to place his bride, on the proceeds of cotton crop. Usually the furniture is not bought.
 "The American Cotton Association. has no capital stock and is not. or-s 9anized for trade. ItRis folly for tho South to continue to grow cotton fun.. less we can do so profitably. Tho hour has come when the farmer haas the strength to organize and throu8x organization. eliminate gambIfnk from the cotton trade. The cottt63 speculator must no longer be rAr&s mitted to fix the price of our stafffS x crop. The Government is assistfk the farmer in meeting these ecI13f< tions by providing warehouse m & Federal Reserve systems, 50 that 41E bank will turn down a governrA1llf; warehouse receipt. Cotton thuU 2 comes the best collateral in TIT world, and is as good as gsylS ment bonds. V
 "To feature proper warehousfni s to insist upon proper classiuG. t5 demand better baling, to eonl& ~ country damage. which xnnuell7E amounts to enough to wareho E every bale grown iA the South. toS la@ duce the farmer to fraise aufffcio~S food and feed for his otgn cxSs sumption ,and othervfise iInnr6s$ the conditions of the fArr.er. -theG | are some of the pri ihci2les uSa S| which the American Cotton AsS6e N $| ton is based" 's,s ;i
 Col. Shackleford sa shAt nsiI of the Southern state7Aare th0f2a2 : 8 ly organized, and tt1aN he is ho9i& ful that Arkansas will ra4lixG thes <, portance of the m$vem1 S& u \ that a strong organtntionS n fcrSS1 here. He says thAt oHS e6612 alone in Georgia, CowetA SoSnty oIi of the smallest of the stsk6, p0eS1@ 30 enthused that it faiset 41diQ ' E $15,000 with which the entiro Y campaign was conducted, Cau1t61 3' are, necessarily. expensixes ifl
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 Objects Of Plan. Sz |S .;
 "The time has come, sS < Alexander, president Qf tk6z
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