The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1920-07-14
J Perfect A Permanent
Organization VIII
Meet In
BRENTWOOD ON
| THURS. JULY Is
ome Of The South's Alb
lest Men To Make
Addresses.


\ be held at the court house in Green
a. bod, Thursday, July 18th, 10 A. M
u N u the purpose of finally organizin
u. I e Staple Cotton Growers Associa
a.,i.s bn in accordance with the plans o
j n he preliminary meeting held il
NM Brentwood ON June 18th.
III. The Committee ON permanent or
i +. hnzation consisting of M. P. Sturd
i fant, s. +. Jones and o. F. Bledsoe
l., b, opered offices in Greenwood i'm
!. 4 edistely after adjournment of tn,
IL. betting on June 18th, and this Com
! \. ittee has been in communication
!, 6th the growers of staple cotton il
Fiery county in the Delta. Many lar.
~ and enthusiastic meetings have
/, !. keR held in different parts of the
!. klta. Much enthusiasm has been
ii Manifested and the planters have uni
II Brsally expressed the desire to join
fke proposed organization. Plans are
!, Mng made for a large and enthu-
I, astic meeting. Every cotton grow
l.. HI in the delta is invited TO be pre-
1, xent.
n Temporary organizations have al
lady been perfected in every placs
Nhere meetings have been held. Mr..
ali1 F. Bledsoe, Jr., in charge of the
M fices of this committee has attend
mi meetings almost daily in all parts
M the Delta and all of the planters
4 whom the proposition has been
a resented have gladly responded.
N The promoters of the Association
ean business for the organization is
,ae be business institution conducted
@cording to the most modern and APP
ds koved business methods.
The great aim of the Association |
III to enable the cotton planters to get
Ii ne real value of their cotton when
ii zhey put it on the market. One of |
= be most attractive features of the
u ssoeiation is an Intelligence Depart
4 Iaent and the members will be advis-
u, among other things, what type of
III cotton to plant in order to meet
he requirements of the sDinners and
R furnish the spfnnets With de-
/ endable supply
4 1t is absolutely imperative that the
H f1ce Of staple cotton be stabilized
4 hd present labor conditions demand
M sterilization of the price so that
eborers in the cotton fields can Sc
Fre compensation commensurate with !
Pc value of similar labor in other ;
pes OF industry.
1he attention of the cotton plant
+ in recent years has been direct t
largely to better and more effici-
nt production. If the cotton grow {
sG is to prosper, his attention must be
pW given to adequate business meth S
ts for marketing and selling his crop ,
pee 1t is produced.
Complete investigation has been V
lade and the ablest lawyers in the
puntry familiar with the organiza- v
on OF agricultural associations have r
zen retained Mr.. Aaron Sapiro, a
ading lawyer of San Francisco, Cal 7
ofnla, has been working on the plans t
pr several weeks and has already ar +
lVed in Greenwood for the purpose a
8||H being at the permanent organiza- o
on and the plans will be completed
nd submitted. to the organization on n
PLY 18th. Mr.. McGehee and Mr.. Liv- Fl
gston, able lawyers of Memphis, as Fl
4eli as the Leading attorneys in the
ealy counties of the State are ex- ii
eeted TO be present in order that Il
hey may pass on the legality Of the d.
roposed organization. u
The Federal Reserve Banks have C
een communicated with and they m
ave promised every cooperation to al
hable the cotton planters to finance, at
arehouse and market their crops. ba
hdef the proposed plans, every pro- ou
peer OF cotton will be able to sell his fo
ptton as soon as he prepares it for tn
pc market and 1t Is the universal do
eilef that with the unnecessary ex- st
ense Of the middle man eliminated be
pa with the proper and adequate in tn
pfmation as to marketing at hand, ell
pc cotton planters will be able to re- er
fiye the real value Of their cotton as
hst as they are ready to put it on fiji
he market. The meeting is regard ba
by the thoughtful cotton planters tel
the most farreaehing Of any meet ed
% ever held by the cotton growers bu
the South and any planter who fie
Aiis to attend will miss real oppor on,
lnlty that will enable him to obtain bu
le real value Of his cotton. the
Some of the ablest men of the South AM
hve accepted invitations to address in
pe meeting. chi