The Rice belt journal., 1921-06-04
MANS
OPPORTUNITY

OPPOK / UNI l I
There are from twelve to four
teen million bales of cotton rails
ed annually. Every bale has to be
claSSed from one to four times,
seldom by the same man twice.
Until the last five years there have
been no training schools in this
line, consequently the supply OF
men for this work is limited.
Thousands of warehouses are be-
ing erected in this country and
every warehouse requires two or
three men to handle the cotton
The Commissioner of the Market
and Warehouse Departments has
appointed Board of Examiners
ito examine applicants for license
as Public Cotton ClaSSerS. TO
those passing a license is issued
to engage, in the business of Pub
Ilic Cotton Chasing and to charge
for his services. These examlna-'
tions are open to both men and
women. Practically every town
and village where cotton is sold
will employ one or more licensed
IcOttOn ClaSSerS.
Aaron Sapiro, Organizer for the
National Marketing Association,
says that between 10 per cent and
I16 per cent of the entire cotton
crop is lost to farmers on account
of incorrect grading. 1t is the pur-
pose of the Association to have
competent cotton claSSerS grade
their cotton for all farmers be-
longing to the Association. This
statement from one who is III a
position to know shows twOthlngS
| first, that the man who raises cot
ton should be able to class it, to
protect himself from loss, and
second that there is a wide and
growing field of employment tor
the competent cotton man.
Cotton is the leading product of
| the South and will continue to be.
Every young man of the South
should know the classification and
handling of cotton. More money
| is lost each year by the farmers
on the marketing of this product
than all other crops combined.
The man raising it often knows
nothing about marketing it and
is therefore wholly at the mercy
| of the man buying. The facts are
we lose thousands of dollars each
year for lack of trained men.
The young man or woman train
ed in the cotton CHASING depart
ment of our institution, the Tyler
Commercial College of Tyler, Tex
as, is in a much better position to
take one of these many positions
that are opening up, or to protect
Ibis own interests as a grower,
THAN one who has had no training,
or a training by guess. In four
weeks time we can prepare you to
save this year more than double
the cost of your learning, or to
take a good position with unlimt-
ed opportunity. We have been ask
led, "How do you teach Cotton
CHASING so successfully" Be-
Iieving that the time has come
when the South needs to know
more about her leading product
when the farmer should know
more about marketing the crop
(which he labOrS so earnestly to
produce, and which means meat
land bread to his family, we have
Equipped our department so that
the most efficient teaching pos
Sible may be done. Our teachers
understand CHASING, Stapling, buy
ling and selling from a practical
standpoint, and are expert in the
Training of students. The head of
this department is constantly in
touch with the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington, D. c.,
and at Austin, Texas, from whom
we get the Government types; be-
ISideS these we purchase samples
lin quantities of three to four thou
sand, For full particulars, fill in
and mail coupon for free cata-
llOgue.