The Monroe journal., 1921-01-14
ACREAGE REDUCTION FOR
1921 PLEDGED BY FARMERS
sheriff John Grifiiih AMI Mcssrs. r.
4. N. rlyleI and Y. D. ". Broom
Attend Cotton Meeting.
EXPORT PLAN Is ENDORSED

tended the cotton convention in Raj
.tigh Thursday as delegates from this
county. and along with the nearly
500 other representatives adopted
the following recommendations:
Endorsement OF the commodity
plan FOR marketing Of cotton similar
tc the one adopted by North Carolina
Tobacco growers.
American Cotton Association re-
quesled TO call meeting of executive
committee TO consider southwide plan
for the marketing OF cotton along the
lines proposed Tor the cooperative
marketing Of cotton in this state.
Continuation Of present cotton
tax OF % cents bale for another two
years
Endorsement of American Pro-
duets Export and Import Corpora
ton.
Amendment of state law as TO
provide for organization of non-capi-
tai marketing associations.
Fifty per cent reduction in cotton
acreage for tEe year, provided that
no cotton raiser shall plant more
than one.thi.d of his cultivated land
in cotton.
"Designa ion Of January 31st as
I Acreage Reduction Day.
Cotton storage warehouse for ev-
cry cotton growing county in the
State"
These recommendations adopted
without a dissenting vote by five
| hundred earnest cotton farmers from
| hlty counties in North Carolina at
| the annual convention of the North
| Carolina Cotton Growers association
in Raleigh yesterday resulted from a
days deliberations that such leaders
as Dr. B. W. Kilgore. director of the
Agricultural Extension Service. de-
clared represents perhaps the most
lmomentous agricultural movement
undertaken in generation.
L. $. Tomlnson, Wilson business
man. who has led the cotton growers
of the State with such signal success
during the past year, was unani-
mously reelected as president and
/ John r. Peterson of Clinton and DR..
B. w. Kilgore of Raleigh were elect
ed as yice-presidents. These officers
together with a representative from
each congressional district form the
! executive committee, which was au-
thori2ed to work out the plan for the
organization Of a cooperative associ-
alton,
Notable Speakers Attend.
The association had the privilege
of hearing several notable visiting
speakers. Former Governor Richard
u. Manning OF Sumter, $. c.. presi-
dent Of The American Products E$-
port and Import Corporation, eX-
lplainod The purpose OF this company
aud Aaron Sapiro of san Francisco
, outlined the pr.uciples of the Cali
feruia plan of marketing farm prod
ucts.
Col. W r. Thompson. president Of
1.-The Louisiana Division cf The Amer
lean Cotton Association. delivered the
main ADDRESS at The evening session.
Cumberland county. represented
by 156 growers. took prominent
part in the convention. These Cum
herland growers have already organ
lied a thorough going county organ
ization and had some definite ideas
about how to proceed. One of them
W us tlit NNiilE VI biit uttidi uN an VI
ganization fee for the marketing as
sociation and this was put through
AT the last minute after a good bit of
talking.
Templeton showed Under.
DR.. J. VI. Templeton of Cary show
ed up again with his resolution to
have all government bonds declared
legal tender. and II was again as
promptly tabled as il was the first
time. ]. A. Brown of Chadbourn
helped TO snow it under. DR.. Tenn
pleton confessed to a fear that this
fate would befall il but insisted that
while all the other remedies were
good, his was the one real cure.
President Tomlnson reminded the
farmers that they had a tremendous
Job on their hads TO organize a mar
keting association and that il would
require "a lot of brains and some
money" He was confident that II
could aud would be put across. Re
duction Of acreage was declared 10
be absolutely necessary and he
thought the fairest and most eduita-
BILE means was to require every far
mer not to plant more than one-third
no hard shin On thosA thai hava haan