The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-01

COTTON RAlSERS
TAKE THE REINS
Oklahoma Men Go One
Better Than National
Body.
STATE IS ORGANIZED
California Fruit Growers
California Fruit Growers
Plan Adapted to Needs Of
Cotton Production.
Special TO The world

Special 10 The World
OKLAHOMA CITY. July si.-The
now organization plan OF the Okla
homa Cotton Growers association Ia
causing cotton folks and allied In
tercsts TO sit up and take notice.
While the rest OF the cotton states
have been thinking about doing
something and spreading propa-
Kanda, oklahoma has stepped ahead
of the procession and In getting
down TO work on a definite plan for
n definite purpose
The okiahomap plan is an out
growth Of the meeting OF American
Cotton association held last April In
Montsomery, Ala. Twenty-four cot
ton growers, leaders of the move
meut In Oklahoma. headed by Carl
Wiiliams. editor Of the Oklahoma
Farmer -stockman, attended tho
Montgomery meeting TO find out
what the parent body was trying 10
do--to sec II tho national organiSA-
ton plan was what Oklahoma cot
ton men wanted. They found tho
national program was good N Tar AZ
II went, but didn't 10 far enough.
SO Oklahoma has worked out i1
own program.
These "a men met at Oklahoma
City soon after tho Montgomery
meeting and started the ball roll
ing. They hired Aaron Sapiro OF
San Francisco to come here and tell
the cotton people all about coop
srative marketing of farm products
how TO organise and how to con-
duct the business after organiza-
ton. Oklahoma paid him about
$1,000 for n weeks time. A mass
meeting OF cotton growers was hold
mt the capitoi---32 out OF the so cot
ton counties represcnted---and fthe
whole plan worked out .s.At the
same time they approved TIE er0t
pioyment of q fuli-time serresafx ~
around $4,000 a year. named ~ }ox-
ecutive COMMITTEES and authorised
them 70 get busy. Tho secretary.
3. q. Rubinow OF North Carolina.
ia now on the Job and the big drive
In on.
The Oklahoma association M pro-
posed will not have less than $4,000
farmer members and will handle not
less than soc, 900 bales OF Oklahoma
cotton. II will sell this cotton
through one agency ana on strict
iy non-profit basis. giving 10 the
members the benefits from selling
IN large lots and as directly a. pos
siblc to the spinner's agents.n
warehouses wherever needed. whore
II proposes to establish or lease
tho cotton will bc stored, graded.
ciassed and inspected. sold on ths
best possible markets and the en-
tire proceeds, after deducting actual
cost. turned over to the producer OF
the cotton.
IL proposes 10 be an association
OF. for and by farmers only. II will
have members In every cotton
growing county and hanom the
product of members in any part OF
the state. II will not do away with
middlemen, but the middleman will
be hired by and urder control of
the association and work exclu-
sively to its interest. Cotton ex-
changer win 20 on Just tho same.
Producers OF cotton may belong,
or landlords who receive cotton as
rent. The association has no capt.
tai stock. II will be organized not
for profit, but to sell the cotton OF
Its members At the best price and
the lowest cost OF handling. Under
the laws of Oklahoma Il may have
not have more than IL directors.
Ten of these will be elected, one
from each district, all cotton grow
crs and the eleventh appointed by
the president OF the state board OF
agriculture. who will represent the
association before the public. This
protects the public from any danger
OF a farmers trust" or from COM
bination to control prices. These
directors win hire expert salcsme en-
arrange for and supervise ware
housing. finance the business OF the
organization. and do whatever may
be deemed necessary to carry out
Its objects
Tho Oklahoma plan was unani.
mously approved and endorsed by
the state bankers assoclation, and
given the O. X. of all the fedora
and state agricultural extension
forces. The armers are all for II
II seems, and the only reason tho
1920 crop OF cotton will not b,
handled by the association Is be
cause there is not enough time e
perfect the plans Thirty thousant
members must he secured al SIC
each: thousands of dollars must b.
raised and fifty or more wareh ousc,
built. II is all "in sight but Il
takes time. The real campaign will
begin In January and end In Apri
and the indications are the big co
operative selling Job will start mex
season without a hitch