The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-11
DISTINGUISHED TEXAN
SPEAKS IN DAWSON
CLARENCE OUSLEY
HUN HnT1s OF BENEFITS DERIV-
TE .n FROM COOPERATION.

,on but interested audience on
A si Ia,, heard Hon. Clarence Ousley,
1 Irort Worth, Texas, former Geor-
o. ron and brilliant orator, who is Tor
glal "s; United States secretary
mel a Ss;rniture and, as American ap-
Of asi a f. the International Agricul-
PonIIIS commission, is one of the leading
trsI e;t;es on agricultural economies
aai1pol world, tell what the movement
D 'no -,n;ze the south into co-opera-
SLING organization means and
I've II do for them. He is a staunch
V snca+e of the California plan OF CO
aa ,U'G; marketing of cotton and was
oPa"55I Of the forces which success
= a t'G oIrqanized the unit i'll his state.
ipT3 " 65usley is both practical and
t MA and it is a matter of regret
'Fl 81. more rI Of the farmers and business
a. Of Of the county did not hear his
il5 a...sive message based on actual
IIappmledge and experiences. He declar-
A u tbat the cotton growers are not
s .,- civ planters, but are actually man
n ...tnrers of cotton fiber as certainly
u' tbs cotton mill operator is a manu-
a s. u( of cotton cloth. He said that
la.'' other business would be absolute
s"' r;tbout credit if it did not have a
,r; % end to it, and called attention
81 ss' 4be fact that the farmer has but lit
y. t 10 do with the selling of his cotton
snd must take what is offered him
a +$bort regard to its value, a situation
.bsoIutelv preposterous. Under the
a,ssent selling methods, he said, buy
!, i unable to secure cotton by proper
GRADES to fill his requirements, but to
In his needs must buy lots contain
mo other grades. To protect himself
h. is forced to pay lower price than
tbe cotton is really worth and the farm
sr i the loser. Under the cooperative
alan ali the cotton would be sold IN
Gnantties needed. The result would be
he best possible prices without loss to
tIs growers by forcing buyers to take
cotton of grade they do not need or
want and assuming a risk of diSposlng
Of it later at profit.
Mr. Ousley informed his hearers that
N his own state of Texas more than
100000 bales have been signed up to
be marketed in five years, beginning
M, year, through a state cooperative
cotton association.
He said that as a result OF the pres
nt system of speculation it is costing
he cotton growers of Terrell county
!, least SIS a bale above freight to get
their cotton to Europe, if exported, or
more than 50 a bale in this country
bOye freight, this being the difference
hween what the farmer receives for
As cotton and what the mill pays for
This is an outrageous situation, he
|pclared, which could be broken up by
cooperative selling. He said state
association could put it in the mills at
Isl bale.
Admitting that the association did
hot pretend and could not hope to con-
troll all Of the cotton that is grown, nor
10 dictate the price, he said that to con-
troll one-third of the crop would in
|iuence the price favorably.
Hon, J. H. Mills, president OF the
Farmers Union in Georgia, and j..
Phil Campbell director OF the state
college of agriculture at Athens, came
To Dawson to meet Mr.. Ousley and
|rcompanied him from here to Amer
4 y. While in Dawson the visitors
we're guests of Hon. J. D. Weaver,
|ghO is vice president of the Farmers
|VniOn of this state.
Mr. Ousley had only three appoint
nent, to speak in Georgia-at Daw-
|0n, Americas and Athens. If present
plans OF the association are carried out
DR. Ousley is only the first OF series
h nationally known figures who will
Be brought to Georgia to assist in the
campaign here.