The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-16
Daily Biblical Quotation
rlm COTTON ooNsrMnEs, LrN.rI.

TIuE CoTTON CONSUMERS IUNGII.
Tho cotton Consumer league of America ig
tho title ot nu organization Shat has been formed
for the purpose of popu,arz,ng thc. use Of cot
ton. thus increasing the demand for The southern
a'ipl" ara rc-osiabighiug 10 pa King Of tine ogr..
cultural world IN America &evspnprrr and aIl
factors OF thc southland are urged to 90 operate
In thc intcr,s. or southern prosperity.
Naturally Tho world is deeply Interested iu
anything aud everything booking 90 greater
prosperity Tor Oklahoma. but u rssr,t- keouI5
rs inability io become outbuscd over this
project Because u wei. .Dalauccd Industrial and
commercial system cannot hc realized through
expanding the use Of any one commodity beyond
its natural limits assuming tina, q propaganda
for greater consumption ot cotton and It's
products would result in that
Possibly the price Of cotton would advance
materially II every ono should suddenly begin
wearing cotton products exclusively and using
In the household nothing but cotton fabrtcp iu
the kitchen nothing but cotton product. nut
what would bc tho situation ~ the wool growers
silk merchants ana tho s,ockgrowcr-r lg % not
apparent that IN curing one defect In our in
dustral system wc should create several otherse
We think the rational reasonable logical
remedy Is In tho hands 90 tho cotton districts
and requires no propaganda or outside ala at
All. Time and again it has been proven that It
G., possible to grow too much cotton, that when
too much Is grown the price declines below tho
1evcl " profit ThcTc cforc the price Of cotton
must be controlled II at all, at It's point OF
origin that is to say by the quantity that is
produced
Cotton Is profitable to the southern section OF
possible tha, Il profitable price can bc main
taincd FOR this product regardless Of the amount
produced, Not every acre suitaslc for cotton
productin can be devoted to cotton production
n this satisfactory price level is to be main
tpined
This Is as true OF wheat corn and other farm
products as It H. of gold, silver petroleum and
minerals in general II there wore no vital rc'a.
tion between the amount OF commodity avail
able and the ruling price or that commodity.
then when one product had reached price that
meant large profits. like cotton at 40 cents a
pound for instance. all mankind could turn TO
the production Of that commodity ana proceed
10 grow rich quickly,
But there Is such vital relation always. So
that only certain number Of people can profit
ably grow cotton, while another group can sue
slll others livestock aud 80 on throughout the
entire list OF commodities, for which there is a
steady demand up to certain point in the in
dustrial world
Nothing In the way OF permanent or we'll
ordered relief can come through stimulating the
demand for any ono Of these commodities at
the expense Of another. It should not be at-
tempted once again, let 1t be said that the
prosperity OF the south--that oquitlbly diffuscd
prosperity essential to happiness and content
ment-is not to be realized by a continuation OF
the policy Of dcyotng the south 10 the produc-
tion of cotton.
The south is suitable Tor the production or
food and feed crops also, II io suitable for tho
rose, In country districts as well as CIV, when
Its planters come to rcalicz that i'm d,yrrsifca-
tion is weu-ordored prosperity to be found. Re-
cause by such practice 1t viii realize spc'i ionaI
independence, No longer win II hc compelled to
dispose OF It's cotton crop In order To buy meat
and bread from other sections for BE- win then
have it's own smok chousc, Eranary and collars
well stocked, and il can depend upon ils cotton
production for certain profits
Because Of climatic conditions The south Is AZ.
forded the privilege Of raising the cotton supply
Of the entire nation. In this respect It enjoys
an exclusive franchise. BUT Il cannot expect to
market profitahly supply Of cotton rlr I'm eN-
cess OF industrial needs We think the cotton
Consumers lcacue OF America Is another symp.
tom OF that dtsordcrcd h,stcria which has no
substance In either logic or reason