Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-06
COTTON AN ESSENTIAL CROP
But ITS GROWERS ARE PAUPERs

MCKINNEY. Texas. May 5,--cotton.
the finest and most essential crop In
the world. means only poverty, poorer
homes and lower living standards than
those In the city for those who grow
u. Aaron Sapiro. celebrated Gallon.
mia marketing expert declared In nd.
dressing 500 farmers here.
Before the farmers ~ California
learned ~ cooperate they were living
IKE you and always owing somebody.
never able to even make a decision for
themselves. But We have changed this
whole business In less than eleven Years
and today our farms and towns and
cities are the most prosperous In tho
world. We have found the system out
every commodity. from the most per.
ishablc Ia non.perishable. You have m
opnortuninty 10 help yourselves and do
Tor yourselves what no one else VIII
ever d. fot you. There In no better
commodity In the world To market than
cotton and you have the best leaders l
have ever known. ] do not know of q
CLEANER. more capable leader nor moro
clear thinker than your Farm Burvau
President, John Orr, and the fact that
your cooperative law has been adopted
by nine other states and IN being adopt.
"a by six more. the leadership which
Texas IN taking In cooperative market.
Ing clearly backs my opinion that you
have the best leaders ~ any state In
such men az Mr.. Moscr. Mr.. Pcteet. Mr..
Colt and the Others
I'm twenfy-six years az cooper alive
marketing. We have learned many les.
cns and have found that there are
cntaln principles " cooperative mar
ket.nE. With our various associations
wa hive met all of these problems.
and I. am sure. tina, viii arise In the
handiih. of cotton. our associations
ars not pikers. Through the ~ ~
them. $500. 900. 900 worth u agricultural
products will be- handled THIS year
win outline TO sou the principles II CO.
ot@rativ. marketing which we have
found 10 be true. and you can apply
them to this cotton association which
is hasesi upon the experiences Of this
past commodity marketing organizS
tions.
The association must be based on
the commodity organization and not by
the locality. II must be organized of
growers only and Il must BE- Organised
for business. based on long term.
strong contract 10 guarantee q mini
mum hrge enough 10 make 0 dominant
factor IN the market upon which II ex.
pects IN operate. II must he non prof
II. non.cap ital stock corporation 10 pool
and merchandise Its members cotton
by properly handling Il through ware
housing and financing Il. II must not
deal with amateurs but must have the
hest experts and brains employed In
every stage ~ the game. You don't
need even 60 per cent of the produc'
tion 70 be dominant market factor.
Swift and Armour control the packing
Industry. and yet they handle only -
yscr cur nj .fhr livestock. We are or
ganising each III the ten state cotton
associations 10 be. the biggest factor IN
their respective states and combined
they will be three times the size ~ the
largest single cotton dealer In the world
In Texas. We are asking for million
bales "a start with the hope TO ul'i
ma,ely get three II the four million
bales In the state.
zone of the fundamental principles
of cooperation IN pooling an dthe oni,
pure cooperation In where each member
II the association gets the same price
and service M every other member
When q member delivers his cotton. u
will be graded by all the points that &c
into sellers grades and placed In pool'
of cotton. each containing cotton 81
the same quality. character. and grade
The pools will be sold direct tn the
mills and the proceeds will he proratet
tn the members. according To their per
ccntagc Of the pool. less the actual cost
az operation. Selling 40 large q quaint
~ of the same sort of cotton To the
mills, ~ they mus, have II, would III
impossible for smaller association Il
undertake.
I'VE are offering you no blue sky and
only promise 10 get experts ana u
merchandise your cotton instead o
dumping q. Cotton is the biggest bust
- k.. Ala