The log cabin Democrat., 1921-08-12
MARKETING PLAN
 MAY SAVE SOUTH
STATE BEING ORGANIZED
Arkansas Joining in Movement for Systematic Selling of Her
 Crop of Cotton.
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 aH.a #la .a55I #at#a a9 H5Ee HEet.5zl u.zzll aaa a# effects at H.s aI0ar. IHe aEe.azs southern farmer has been 2ood agal- ea.,uris6, hat a poor business man. As a result the business of farming has proven less and less attractive until the future of the industry has become a serious problem. It has been known for a long time that the disease existed and there have been diagnoses of the malady, but there has not been proper pathological con- dltlons to guarantee remedy, nor has there been an effective agency to ad- minister it.
 All of which is preliminary to the statement that the way out of the diff flculty seems to have been provided by the farm bureau organization and movement for the American Cotton Growers Cooperative Association which is now being promoted through out the south. The plan is not so com- plex that it should be obscure, but as explained by experts who have had many years experience in similar or ganizations, it presents a system for the scientific distribution of the south's staple crop which promises emancipa- tlon for the cotton farmer.
 There have been many other or ganlzations in the state having the same ends in view, such as the Wheel the Grange, the Farmers Union and the American Cotton Association and others. Each of the oldest organiza tons lacked something, principally cohesion, and with the exception of the Farmers Union, which is still q strong and growing concern, they have been abandoned The Farmers Union, however, the farm bureau and the agricultural extension forces of the state and federal government be- lleve they see in the cooperation of the cotton growers themselves the means whereby tn production of cot ton may be placed upon business basis.
 During the past week meetings of farmers representing possibly 40 coun- ties, were held at Helena, Pine Bluff Little Rock and Newport, each meet Ing being largely attended by men di- rectly interested in the production Of cotton. The meetings were addressed by Aaron Sapiro, an internationally known expert on cooperative market ing who IS reputed to receive one of the most liberal salaries paid in the united States for what he knows and hls ability to direct others along the proven pathway of success in the or ganlzation of cooperative systems MT. Sapro brought to Arkansas the eXperlence of 25 years of failure and success Tn the handling of agricultu- ral products of California. During that period many errors have been made, but the farmers have profited : py thelr mistakes and. discardin,y methods which failed, have adopted only those which offer maximum of success. California is now thorouqb- " organized and it's federated market Ing associations, with more than S0 : l 0OV members, handle hundreds of millions of dollars worth of staple pro- ducts every year. There is a stability III 'helr markets and their prices which spells prosperity for the entire stato Inc producer does not pretend to be more than a producer. When his pro. duct leaves his farm or his orchard he has nothing to do with it's sale This { IS entirely in the hands of marketino experts who are paid big money for the Use of their brains. All that tho farmer has to do 1t to collect his mart or the proceeds after his product has been marketed in an orderly manner through an internal pool. There are no amateurs in the selling game. just as there are no amateurs in the nro. aucing end of the industry Specialize ing thus produces experts all along the !lne and when their efforts are cor. related prosperity must be the reward of all
 Arkansas is making rapid strides m the organization of state branch of the Cotton Growers Co-Operative ASsoclaton ASS and when a minimum of zoo'ooo bales of the 1922 crop has been signed up on five year contracts the association will be ready tc Junction. Officers will be elected anc central agency established. Each member agrees to turn over to the association absolutely all title to his product and with one-ffth of the -frt v