The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-06-10
COTTON ASSOCIATION
INVESTIGATES ENGLAND

| tOluTnDla, June lU.-Ine 1nVeStl-
cation being conducted through the
| United States Consuls abroad and
through experts of the American Cot
ton Association concerning the sup
ply of cotton, the demand for raw
cotton and methods for erlarging the
markets for American cotton, is be-
| ing vigorously pushed and valuable
information is being secured and
, beneficial results will follow" said J.
Skottowe Wannamakcr, President of
| the American Cotton Association yes
terday.
''As result of this investigation,
| it has already been found that the de-
| mand for American Cotton will far
| exceed the generally accepted in
formation. In addition TO this the APP
parent supply of cotton abroad will
be very materially reduced by un-
spinable cotton and by errors. Most
| important of all, as n result of con-
ferenccs being held with the various
business organizations abroad, the
markets for American cotton will be
broadened
valuable assistance has been ron
dered the American Cotton Associa-
ton in this work through DR.. Olin D.
! Wannamaker, u brother of the PreSi-
| dent of the Association, who is now
| n Europe writing Il history of the
World War. From this information it
las been clearly shown that the dc
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enormously increased; that the cnor-
nous earnings of the manufacturers
are furnishing the means for the pay
mcnt of war debts and taxes and the |
| rehabilitation of Europe. The "smokc
| cloud" raised by England in its prop
| aganda for an increase in the Euro
pean production of cotton has been !
| l source of much merrimcnt to the |
representatives of the American Cot |
| ton Association abroad. This has on
y more clearly brought TO light that !
England realizes that through the or f;
ranization of the American Cotton
Association complete change has |
aiken place in the handling of the |
Americon cotton cror; and as pa
hetically expressed in confidential |
way by several English manufactur-
ers, it is realized by the nlanufactur-
RS both at home and abroad, that |
hey will be forced to send reprcsen- |
,atives to the cotton fields of the !
south to purchase cotton direct from |
Cooperative Marketing Associations |
now being formed in the South under
he leadership of the American Cot
Ion Association. In other words, that |
he producer will warehouse his cot !
on, retaining personal control Of |
anne; stretching the sale over q pc !
'iod of twelve full months, ard Only |
selling it to the manufacturer when |
ne will pay profitable price for
anne; that the cotton will be graded !
oy government graders, weighed and |,
iettled for in the presence of the |
| .,rOducer,who for the first time in six !
ty years will be placed On equal terms !
with the manufactures.
"It is conceded that this change will
bring benefits 70 the producer, manu-
faCLurcr and even the consumers Of |
| cotton goods. The shortage of raw
cotton is causing Europe intense un-
easiness. Her financial fabric is abb !
| "olutely dependent upon the Ameri- |
| can cotton crop. 1t is conceded by
| leading experts that had the Ameri- |
can cotton producer been paid fair
price for his cotton fo- thc last sixty |
years, he would have received an ad- |
ditional amount of money sufficient
to pay Americas debts in the World !
War, sufficient to have enabled him i
to have built up rural conditions in |
the South, so that today instead Of
the population moving from coun-
try to the cities, so that our worry
agricultural interests (the founda-
ton stone Of civilization and our
commercial life) are threatened III
the South had been paid q fair price
for it's cotton, the rural sections
would be showing an increase in pop
ulation instead of a decrease, blest
with good schools and good roads,
and conditions would b" second TO
| none on the Globe"
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