The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-02-12
UNITY WATCHW0RD
TO Be REALIZED
AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION
CAMPAIGN IN LOUISIANA NEAR.
ING CRUCIAL. POINT.
ARE e. TER 10000 MEMBERS

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oonfcrenoe Of Parish Chairrnen Pr
cedes Plan for Supreme Ehor.
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Unity. which has beea the watch.
word Of the Louisiana Division OF the
American Cotton Association, Is go.ns
to be : concrete fact 20 Ter a. the
sotton industry ic concerned, sitter
the first Teek in February. Months
have been devoted to paving the way
for the supreme effort in the grea,
movement sor she betterment Of thu
conditions surrounding tie cotton pro
dncers OF the South. and tho stage is
all set for the drive which vill show
whether they have learned the iessons
OF the past and want to profit b. them.
To be Z success in Louisiana, 10000
members should be enrolled. That ID
the numhsr which would indicate that
the spirit Of unity is rife among the
people. that they are going to .aake
common cause against predatory in.
terests which have garnered all the
fruits OF their labor in the past 1t is
a fa11 proportion, and Louisiana can.
not afford to do less.
The leaders of the American Cotton
Association have set the slogan for
1920 as One Million Members. !"
Louisiana's quota IS but q drop in the
bucket. and sha can meet and surpass
It IT the same spirit which put this
state over the top in every drive dur
Ing the war still exists. This move
ment Is the first on such "a scale, de-
signed absolutely for the benefit OF
the man ON tho farm He has beer
active IL all efforts for the great na-
tnRal causes, and now comes this
movement in his own behalf, and self
Interest alone should prompt him to
see the, spirit Of the thing,
Fortunately. the vision Of tho Louis.
lana cotton farmer is broadening, and
hs can see something designed for
his -nHe hAnefit- fit-AaKoM IA ansn AHA 81.
H. which he has only an al!ruist1c In
terest. The sield orgehisers who have
been put out in the state have met
with most hearty support, and where.
ever man has had an opportunity
to become informed on tbs purpose.
and scope Of the great movement, he
has become an enthusiastic supporter
Of Il.
In some cases gentlemen who have
been offered the parish chairmanship
have hesitated, because they had not
been Informed correctly as to the real
motives q; the leaders Of this cause
One such when he did accept went
to work. built up one OF the most per
feet organizations in !ha state. anc
In two days turned in fourteen char
ter memberships, He found that the
people were waiting Tor just this move
ment And SO it will be all over the
state. Just as soon as the lessons If
the past are contrasted with the hope
OF the future, as embodied IL tha
American Cotton Association
Ere this appears in print, the co.,
ference Of parish chairmen, secreta
ries and speakers will have been held
IN New Orleans. 1t is scheduled for
Jan. %. Col >Harvie Jordan. national
campaign director, will talk on organ.
ization. and It is expected that Pres
ident Wannamaker will be able to
spend day or two here about the
same time. This conference Is to lay
tho final plans for the supreme ef
fort during the first week in February.
Just before that date (F'eb. - several
souadrons Of speakers will! Aa sent out
into the state to hold meetings at diff
fsrent points, and drive home the
great truths. After that the respon-
sfbility Il up to the parish committees
and the ward committees The way
has been prepared for them. and they
alone can produce the results.
President Wannamaker announces
that he will soon call national con-
ference for the second week in Feb
ruary, and while he had not designated
the place, indicated that It might b
held in Montgomery A. = more cen
tral point. He is laying the plans -
make q great fight for ths establish.
ment Of Z stable and reliable spot cot
ton market in New Orleans. 50 as 70
do away with the big speculative mar.
ket in New York, and has already won
much favor for the plan. The Manu-.
facturers' Record gave great promin-
ence to his outline Of the plan and
endorsed It cordially.
Mr.. Wannamaker has been gatEe,>
ing data on the costs of manufacturing
cotton, and on the prices Of the fin
ished product, and he has 1ust found
that a certain shipment Of raw cotton
from a southern field bought at 4,
cents, was sent to England and there
then shipped to South
and sold at a clear profit Of
81 cents per pound. No wonder the
cotton mills are able to declare enor
nous dividends on tho fruit Of the Ia
Dor of the southern cotton farmer.
When the machinery of the American
Cotton Association g T. good working
order, some of this enormous profit Is
going to remain in the cotton fields.
TO attain that, howeve-, 1t is necss-