Arizona republican., 1921-03-21
FUR NEW .COTTONCROWERS .ASS' N r FINISHED
Organization of Producers For Cooperative Market ing Will Be Started in Few Days-To Be On Firm Contract Basis
By Charles M. Morgan, Secretary, Organization Committee

secretary, Organization Committee
 The contract and plan for the organ ization of the Arizona Pimacotton Growers, cooperative marketing as- sociation. to be organized under the new law recently enacted, are now completed, ready for the printer, and the plan of campaign mapped out. Many months of labor on the part of the present association of it's attorney, Fred J. Elliott untiring efforts by the organization committee and its sub committees, and finally, the finishing touches placed by Aaron Sapiro, the famous California legal expert on CO., operative marketing. have finally per fected a plan of organization, and a contract which will be the basis of that organization, that is believed by students of cooperation to be the most complete and workable plan yet presented to agricultural producers. Long experience has taught, as MT. Sapiro said in his speech at the high school, that there are certain funda- mental principles which must be used to assure success in cooperative marketing, and these principles have been employed in the Arizona Pima cotton Growers plan.
 Five Year Contract the Basis
 The basis of the plan is a fiveyear firm and enforcible contract whereby the grower agrees without reservation to turn over to his association all his cotton for five years. The association agrees to buy the cotton, to resell 1t at the best possible price, and to pro- rate the proceeds to the growers on the basis of quantity and grade and staple.
 l Each grade and quality and staple l length makes a separate pool for the season, and each grower receives his | |. .Afr ..sl. l pool on the basis of the amount Of cotton of that particular duality he has in the pool. Thus. one gIpwer may have cotton in a number of pools. The better the cotton produced naturally. the better the price received, and as the cotton will be classed by licensed graders there is not much probability that cotton will be sold under the class to which it rightfully belongs. Method of Government
 The second principle embodied is ab solutely democratic government of the association, and this is taken care of l by dividing the cotton area into Is dis 1 tricts, from which the members elect one director each by direct vote. Seven additional directors are elected al 1 large, being nominated by petition and l elected by the vote of all members par | ticipatings in the election. Means are 1 provided for voting by mail if the member is unable to attend his meeting.
 In addition to the 22 directors elected directly by the growers. one is ap- pointed by the governor, to represent | the general public interest
 Fully appreciating the fact that the banks of Maricopa county have Loyalty stood by the growers this season, thai | they are still standing by them, and | that they are greatly interested in his l ,<, $t orI-o l future prosperity of the valley. the or ganization committee voted Saturday at the meeting at which the final form l of the contract was adopted, to invite the Maricopa County Bankers associ- | ation to appoint an additional director for the first year of the life of the as sociation. All directors of course of the association. whether elected o appointed
 What 1t Means
 Put in brief, the movement for firm contract cooperative marketing asso citation means that instead of havin: 4.000 cotton growers all trying to sel to a small number of buyers, trying t, place more cotton than the market cal absorb at any given time. and in con sequence running down the price O the commodity, the condition will b reversed.
 | Ine cotton being ralSeu by the 4,UO growers will be in the hands of thei representative, the marketing associa 'tion, and it will be a case of one or ganization dealing with comparative ly large number of buyers.
 No more cotton will be offered a any time than the market can absor at fair prices. The laws of supply an demand will be given a fair chance t function, and the cotton will be sprea over a period of marketing in such
 manner as to keep the mills supplied but not overloaded.
 As a matter of fact, mills will nc
 if certain mills want, say, 1000 bale
 and growers acting individually offe
 5000 bales, the mills buy only thei
 requirements, the price goes down, an
 the remainder goes into the hands (
 speculative buyers, who hold for a ris
 and sell at a profit when the mil
 enter the market again. This practio
 will be eliminated under the new plal
 and the grower will receive a bette
 average price for their cotton tha
 heretofore.
 Better Prices Result
 This has been definitely establishe
 by the experience of the many e
 operative, in California and elsewher
 An average for a period of years show
 that Is per cent better prices are r
 ceived by the growers who mark
 through commodity co-operatives.
 Marketing is a profession in itse
 Growing is another, and while growir