The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-30
For Good of
 the Community
King Cotton Comes to Fall With Buyers Chang. ing to Sellers Market t---MiIls on Full
 Turn---C0llections Good

THEY have batted him in the eye and A wounded him in arm and leg. They have pushed him to the ropes and sent him to his knees, but there is thew and sinew in old King Cotton. He is one of mans outstanding neces- sites.
 Cotton has behaved as any misunderstood man would be. He has been unable to fully ac- complish his mission because miracles were ex- pected. He has been here all the time ready to serve and has served to the extent that he has been allowed by the speculative in men.
 Of the cotton goods trade, on which the staple depends, the Wall Street Journal of August 26 said:
 Optimism in Worth street is increasing
 with continued excellent sales of all kinds
 or cotton goods and the steady advance in
 price of print cloth. The amount of future
 business booked by mills is strongly in-
 creasing the general confidence
 Stocks are low in all classes of goods
 and one of the large manufacturers stated
 that the situation is rapidly changing to
 sellers market in all lines. Mills no longer
 go out and look for business, but are com
 pelled to turn down many orders received
 on account of scant supplies of goods.
 Buying during July and August has
 been good and the outlook for fall is con-
 sldered brighter than at any time this year
 Claflms, lnc jobbers and wholesalers, re-
 port that sales during July and August
 have been larger in yardage than year
 ago.
 Even brighter than these emanations from the sales end is what the Wall Street Journal says about collections 1t remarks:
 Collections are good throughout the
 country, although 1t is found necessary to
 watch new accounts carefully to prevent purchases by those who have heavy n-
 debtedness elsewhere. -s ~@
 A Birmingham wholesaler acknowledges two unfounded scares. He was afraid of col lections They came good; he has no com plaint in that quarter He was timid in laying in stocks. He has lost some business this month because he did not have the goods on hand.
 What do some of the southern cotton mills say? Under date of August 12 they write the Manufacturers Record as follows:
 Baldwin Mills, Chester, s. O.: Our busi- ness is improving We expect steady busi- ness for the next few months"
 West Point Manufacturing company West Point, Ga.: "Our mills are running full capac- ity and full time 55 hours per week.
 Morrowebb Cotton Mills company, Gas tonia, s. C.: "We are running full time day and night, 55 hours per week
 Woodside Cotton Mills, Greenville, s. O.: "Our plants are working full capacity and we have plenty of contented help. The demand for our products is better than it has been for many months, both foreign and domestic. The out look is encouraging
 Knoxville Spinning company, Knoxville: We are working full time and working all our employees We have orders enough on books to keep us busy running full time for the next 70 days We ran four days from January 15>to June l. We have as much domestic demand as we had same time in 1920"
 Columbus Manufacturing company, Colum- bus Ga: Trade is much better with us than a year ago. During the past two months we have sold more goods than we have made
 All this is good for King Cotton. If the south but treats him right this season he will recover from the buffeting of the trade prize ring. But, if too much is expected of him, there will be the same old disappontments.
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