The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-05-26
Campaign for Cooperative Marketing

to sign up 100000 bales of cotton to
be sold through the South Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative Associa-
ton will be launched in Spartanbure
and Marion counties, according to r.
u Hamer, president of the South
carolina Division of the American
Cotton Association and chairman of
tue campaign committee of the South
Carolina Cotton Growers Co-opera-
tive Association.
IL would probably be around June
10, before the campaign is formally
begun, according to Mr.. Hamer. "The
contracts must be printed and a num-
Der OF other details arranged before
we begin actual work in the forma-
ton of the organization" he said.
Mr. Hamer declared yesterday that
nothing could be offered to the cot
ton growers of South Carolina that
is sounder. more certain of success
or which means more to them than
the proposed organization of the
South Carolina Cotton Growers CO.
operative Association. Every cotton
grower" he declared knows that
the selling end of his business is sick.
Grafton among growers on a large
scale.
THE formation Of this association
means a reduction Of the tremendous
loss sustained by the farmers of the
state each year from country dam
age, and a reduction of the tremen-
dous loss sustained through Under
grading. The saving from these two
items alone would make the formation
of the association advisable but there
is in addition the increased price
which the farmer would receive
through the sale of his cotton in
pools. 1t has been found in some
states that even little local pools are
advantageous. In Texas local organi-
cations in forty five counties pooled
their cotton In local groups, had it
graded and stapled and sold to the
highest bidder. Growers in these for
ty-five counties found that even pool
Ing on small scale pays. They learn
ed that cooperative action of that
kind produced real cash dividends
That Is why such remarkable head
way is being made in the formation
or state wide pool in Texas.
1T is matter of more or less COM
mon knowledge that the loss through
undergrading and failure to pay for
staple value averages more than $40
per bale and in many cases amounts
to as much as S25 per bale. Applying
the average figure to last years crop
in South Carolina 100000 bales it
would be found that the state lost
approximately 100000 on under
grading. This was in addition to the
loss from country damage"
THE question has been asked as
to what other states are doing. Okla
homa has already signed up the 30O,-
600 bales necessary for the forma-
tion Of the association in that state
and is now driving for 100000, Ar
kansas is working on 100000 bale
pool. Texas is making splendid head
way on a pool of 100000 bales.
Georgia is working on 100000 bale
pool North Carolina is working on
q 10000 bale pool. Louisiana and
Alabama are preparing to organize
and Mississippi is completing her
pool of long staple cotton.
THE formation of this cooperative
association will be of direct benefit
to the producer OF cotton but it will
also help every banker and business
man in South Carolina. The greater
the wealth produced by the country
the larger the business done by the
city. The poorer the business of the
country, the smaller the business of
the city and town. Therefore, every
banker and business man in Texas
should be interested in the promotion
of an organization that will create
more wealth for the state. The for
nation of this association is Il sound
proposition from every angle"
SILVER TEA.