Arizona republican., 1921-04-13
RAPID PROGRESS
 MADE IN COTTON. GROWERS DRIVE.
Half Membership Needed For Cooperative Mar keting Association Has Been Obtained = Cam paign Meeting at Mesa Tonight.

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 Approximately half of the mem bersh1p and acreage necessary to put Tn operation the Arizona Pimacotton growers, firm contract marketing organization, has been signed up on the hprthside and less than half of the cotton growers have as yet been reached and interviewed by the or- ganization committee, it was an- nounced yesterday.
 The campaign shifted Monday to the southside, with fine meeting at Roosevelt, followed by one at Laveen last night, with a meeting at Mesa for the Mesa-Lehigh district Wednes- day night. Dates of further meetings will be announced shortly.
 Most of the leading cotton growers 0f the northside and many on the southside already have signed up, many of them coming to association headquarters for this purpose. These leading growers are apparently de- termined that nothing shall prevent the campaign from being successful, many of them being in the field working day after day on their own : time and at their own expense. to put the organization over.
 The organization committees in the various districts are distributing the WILL c(hS III a0SdiiCt Ol lIic iIcciiii6 S Ao that the growers may have read them before attending, and are fol lowing up the meetings with a vigor- GUS campaign, with personal solicita- ton, to reach those who are unable to attend the meetings.
 "The organization Committee feels that there is no doubt of the success of the campaign" said Charles M Morgan, secretary of the organization committee last night.
 It will require, however, a tre- mendous amount of work on the par of the organization committee, anC some expense, but the expense will bt minimized by the vigorous work tha' is being done in many districts by the members of the local organization committees, who feel that this or ganization work is even more i'm portant than blowing, planting ant cultivating cotton. for as one man ex pressed it a few days ago. What il the use of raising it if we can't get | fair price for it?'
 The fact that oklahoma has gon over the top in her campaign with membership of 34,000 cotton grower who will produce 100000 bales o cotton this year, that she is nov organized and has put over mem bership campaign with such vigor has greatly stimulated the organiza ton committee here which are work ing on a plan that is practically iden tical with the Oklahoma plan.
 Growers in general way are talk ing a great deal of interest in tn meeting to be held in Oklahoma Cit. next Monday to lay the foundation O an overhead sales agency who's membership will be the various stat organizations.
 "This means real cooperative mar keting on a commodity basis and no as in the past, attempted co-opera ton on a locality basis. Locality or ganization has never been fully sue cessful; commodity organization al most invariably succeeds.
 Every grower who is interested i the success of the campaign of tn Arizona Pimacotton growers, whethe member of the organization com mittee or not, should volunteer hi services to see those of his neighbor who do not fully appreciate the i'm portance of this movement and hel to bring them in, thereby swelling tE membership"
 Among the many influential grow CTS who have definitely aligned then selves with the new organization al the following:
 PdOeniA-W. S. stevens, DWlsht Heard, Joseph R. Loftus, Col. Wm Glassford, H. Kjerchow, T. C. McRe. holds, Angus Cashion, Robert F. Ga nett, Fred J. Elliott, E.. P. Grinstea Lloyd S. Helm. George Holmes, W. James. J. Garnett Holmes, J. Stanl Howard. K. s. Townsend, Fred Ia Dr. J. c. Norton. JR. Norton, J. Phillips, R. c. Greene, E. T. Bee man, H. E. Butterfield. A. o. Collir w. R. Crawley, H S. Dick, Chas. ' Allen, Samuel Anderson, Jose Auderline, A.SG. Bauley, l.. R. Bal win, Geo. H. Barney, c. H. Barkle w. J. Burnett, R. B. Butler, E.
 Cartwright, Samuel Anderson, Or Archer, T. S. Atkinson, R. NJ JensS Cohen and Harris, c. c. Custer.
 C. Davis, Roy Dille, Homer l.. Dill
 J. w. Laughan. Landregan Brothe Iautits Lassen. Obed. M. Lassen,
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