The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-05-26
OUTLINES DETAILS
or COTTON COOP
ANS TO ORGANIZE COTTON
GROWERS IN GEORGIA NOW
UNDER WAY
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections OF
The State

Atlanta.-Detai:s of the plan to or.
sanze the cotton growers in Georgia
into a cotton cooperative marketing
association, were explained to a meet
ing of local men In the assembly hall
of the chamber of commerce by A.
A. Elmore OF Spokane. Wash. who
has been appointed director of organi-
cation OF the Georgia cotton growers
cooperative association.
Charles s. Barrett, president Of the
National Farmers Union. who is chair
man of the organization committee
Of the association, presided at the
meeting and introduced MIR. Gilmore.
Lee Ashcraft, president Of the cham.
Der of commerce. in brief address,
welcomed the men to the meeting.
He said that all business men were
vitality interested in the plan to or.
gsnized the cotton growers.
H. c. Bagley of Atlanta, chairman
Of the finance committee OF the asso-
citation, explained how the organiza-
ton work was to be financed.
Mr.. Elmore prefaced his remarks by
declaring that the farmers all over
the country were signing iron-bound
contracts to market their products, not
because they wanted to, but because
they had to, in order to keep going.
The farmer Is one of the biggest
gamblers in the world" said Mr.. FL
more; "he likes to stack his wits
against the wits of the world, and
gamble with the cards stacked against
him. But that Is what we have got to
have him stop. He can't afford to
gamble, and the business interests Of
the country can't afford to let him
gamble"
He reviewed the California plan
showing how it had been evolved az
ter considerable time and worry, and
how the farmers in that state finally
hit upon the plan of signing contracts
whereby they sold their products to an
association which In turn marketed
them to the world.
Now every commodity grower in
California is organized to protect him.
self and his commodity" said Mr.. Ell.
more, "and the cotton growers of Geor.
gia can be organized in the same way.
The California plan of marketing
means the salvation of the cotton grow
ers, and know it is going to be
success.
al over the country there is being
shown wonderful spirit of cooper
alton between the business interests
and the farmers who have formed
these associations, and l am sure that
the same spirit will manifest itself in
Georgia.
The California plan has been care
fully gone into, and it is the solution
OF the cotton trouble"
Mr. Elmore asked the support of the
business men and bankers, declaring
that it was essential to the success
of the plan.
The way the organization work is
10 be financed was explained by Mr..
Bagley, who said that associate men,
berships would be sold to bankers,
supply merchants and business men
Tor $40 EACH The money thus de-
rived, Mr.. Bagley said, would be used
solely for organization work.
He said that the country banks
would be assessed one dollar for each
thousand OF their capital stock, and
mat the supply merchants of the ru-
raj communities assessed one dollar for
each thousand dollars worth of bust
ness done during 1920.
We have to finance this organize.
uon as we go along" Mr.. Bagley said,
ana we think that the method of
seiiing associate memberships lie the
pest that we can get. am confident
mat the plan of marketing as has been
outlined, is not only feasible, but sound
anu practicable, and will be a success
~ georgia. We need the support Of
bankers and business men, and / be-.
4'e'e mat we are going to get it."