The Little River news., 1921-05-04
MARKETING FUTURE CROP
 IMPORTANT QUESTION
University Extension Department Give Good Plans for Marketing the
 SOuths Crop.

Fayetteville, April 22.-(SpeciaD - ''The most important matter before the farmers of the South is the problem of marketing future crops," says Dean Bradford Knapp of the College of Ag- riculture, Universityof Arkansas. 'The farmers of the entire country are aroused as never before and there is now real hope of real marketing movement.
 "The non-stock, non-profit commo- dity marketing associations, similar to the associations in California, seem now reasonably sure of being adopted as the safest plan. There is no theo- | ry about this plan; it is all the result i of practice, years of practice in Cali | fornia and in Denmark. The wheat | farmers are now organizing. The cot | ton growers of Oklahoma, Texas, Ar kansas, Mississippi and North Caro- | lima are organizing on this plan. It's essential principles are: An organization strictly of the growers
 Reorganization of the commodity not the locality
 "3-Contracts between the grower | and his organization for delivery of his product, not for one year, but l series of years.
 "4-Not to be effective until large body of product is assured.
 "5-Thorough merchandising the crop by direct sales.
 "6-No stock to manipulate or con- trol.
 "7-Sale in pools, so every grower gets the same price for like quan- tity of the same grade and staple.
 ''S-Best trained and most efficient expert assistance possible.
 Arkansas Has Legislation.
 Fortunately Arkansas has a law, passed by the recent legislature, au- thorizing such associations and also empowering an Arkansas association to unite with similar associations in other states. To assure this impor- tant result will require effort. The way has been paved by many organi- zations among farmers. It is time their jealousies and struggles for control or political advantage should be cast aside for the common good of all. The all important thing is to have a cotton growers association to ac- tually do the marketing work. Okla homa has 100000 bales signed up Mississippi has 100000. Texas is now signing up for 1,000,OOO bales. North Carolina and Georgia are at work To save the losses which come every year, whether cotton is high or low under the present system, would add to the farmers income and to the prosperity of all our people. With big issues of this kind before farmers, they should stop the family quarrel, put aside jeal- ousy of leaders and take hold of real business in real big way.
 With marketing in the hands of big growers organization we can turn our attention to safe farming, better economic conditions, better systems of rural finance which will come through this type of marketing organization, and then to education, schools, re- search, perfecting quality and grade of our products. Safety through good and feed and orderly and carefully controlled marketing are prime neces sities.
 Some time ago I said that the big gest problem was to save to the farmer producer part, if not all, of the pro fit which comes from producing or purchasing an article in time of plenty and holding it and gradually marketing it over the times of relative scarcity. The only way I can see to do this is through the commodity marketing as- sociation. The business safety, the assured prosperity of the farmers ought to be the very highest aim of all. It is the foundation of all pro gress.
 NEGROES WILL HANG