The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-23
PLAN TO EXTEND:
CAMPAIGN EFFORT
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE OF
COTTON ASSOCIATION WILL
SEEK CONTRACT SIGNATURES
IN OTHER COUNTIES-TELLS
OF BENEFITS OF COOPERA-
TIVE MARKETING.


decided to extend the campaign for
signatures to the contract at once in
to the counties of York, \Richland,
Darlington, Lancaster, Greenwood,
Dorchester, Lexington, Chester, Dill
lon, Marlboro, Kershaw, Oconee,
Newberry, Mccormick, Lee, Laurens,
Calhoun, Greenville, Pickens and sa-
luda.
The committee expressed delight
with the progress being made in the
campaign and complete confidence
was expressed that the 100000 bales
necessary to make the contract ef-
fective would be signed before May
1, 1922, the final date named in the
contract.
The meeting was presided over by
President Harry G. Hammer and
most of the members of the commit
tee were present. R. C. Hamer, chair
man of the campaign committee, and
DR.. W. W. Long, director of the ex-
tension forces of Clemson College,
presented reports of the progress
made to date in securing signatures
to the contracts.
1t was decided to make the men,
bership fee in the association SIS. 1t
was pointed out that in Texas, Okla
homa and other states the member
ship fee was $40 but the committee
decided that SIS would be sufficient
to meet the campaign expenses in
this state.
The committee has issued a state
ment setting forth the benefits of the
cooperative marketing system as
compared with the present marketing
system. Extracts from the statement
follow:
"Who controls present system?
Spinners, spectators and gamblers.
"Who controls cooperative market
ing system? Producers acting through
their cooperative sales agency.
"What is cost of operating present
system? The producer pays the pro-
fits and expenses of the long line of
buyers and dealers who operate be-
tween him and the mills, and he also
pays for average of eight sample per
bale, for weather damage, and many
other wasteful and unnecessary
charges.
"What is cost of operating cooper
ative marketing SYSTEM? Cotton will
move direct from the producer to the
warehouse of his selling agency with
out any cost except transportation
charges. When sold by the association,
the full amount received, less the ac-
tual cost of maintaining the assQcia-
tion, will be returned to the growers.
Wasteful sampling, weather damage,
and the profits of many handlers will
be entirely eliminated.
"What is the present selling plan?
Dumping as soon as harvested, which
forces a years supply Of cotton on
the market in four or five months,
and inevitably breaks the market.
"What is the cooperative selling
plan? Orderly and systematic selling
throughout the year, according to de-
mand, which will be a factor in sta
bilizing the market and minimizing
bear raids and efforts of spectators
to bread the market and lower the
price.
what is financing method of pres
ent system? None, so far as the pro-
ducer is concerned. Cotton buyers
utilize the banking resources of the
country of finance the purpose of cot
ton, but producers are without any
system for using banking credit fol-
orderly selling.
"What financing program of CO.
operative system? The cooperative
marketing association, using negoti'
able warehouse receipts, will utilize
banking resources Of the country to
make advances to members at time
of delivery and market cotton in an
orderly systematic manner.
"Grading and stapling present sys'
tcm. Entirely IN the hands of buyers
1t is matter of common knowledge
that cotton in the hands of farmers