Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-09
COTTON GROWERS LAUNCH
PERMANENT COMMISSION

ginning of his address that the cot
ton problem, so far as his depart
n1ent had gone into it, had proved
larger than had been expected. In
the development of q department
policy which would not only cover
research work regarding cotton crop
pests, best varieties for various sec
tions, of the belt, and control and
quarantine work against the boil
weevil, pink boil worm and other
enemies which appear from time to
time, but would also take up the
questions of economical marketing
and warehouseing, the secretary
said that the services of thirty of
the best men in his department had
been enlisted.
The problems of the cotton men
in the south are of almost equal i'm
portance to the people of the north,
for whenever anything occurred to
cut down the cotton crop of the
south, the purchasing power of the
people of this section was CORE
spondingly reduced and the result
was felt by the manufacturers and
farmers of every other part of the
country.
I'm nearly every section" Mr..
Wallace said, there seems to be
an almost continuous crisis with
respect to the dominant crop, espe-
cially during the last eighteen
months, during which we have ex-
perienced one of the greatest agri-
cultural depressions in many years.
And, he declared leach section
thinks that it's problem is the
worst"
The secretary told the delegates
that the south, so far as its agrlcul-
tural products were concerned, had
recovered first, and that cotton was
the first crop to get back to its old
time prices.
Discussing. the insect pests which
kaye ravaged the cotton crops OF
tn south in recent years, Secretary
Wallace said that he viewed the sit
uation as hopeful" He urged the
cotton men not to get impatient be-
cause the boil weevil and other cot
ton enemies had not cen stamped
out more quickly. In this connec-
ton he asked for the passage OF
more stringent state quarantine
laws, which he said would aid the
department in stamping out or pre-
venting the spread of many pests.
LII ISlI1llSo 'IuL lAlC LOl AAlSSAOAi u
a unified policy for the department
so far as cotton is concerned, Sec
rotary Wallace assured the delegates
that when the scientific men of the
department. had been able to get to-
gether on the various problems in
volved, the result of their investiga-
tons would be submitted to the prac
teal cotton men for their approval
and would be modified as much as
seemed necessary.
Then" he concluded, eve win
have q cotton policy which can be
confidently backed by all of u.s."
Plans for extension of the facili-
ties for Wareho' sing cotton under
the provisions of the federal ware
house licensing act were explained
to the delegates il an address at
tho t-"minal warehouses here by H.
S. Yohe. of the federal wal house
license bureau.
Mr.. Yohe explained how the ware
house man could benefit under +'@o
provisions of the act, and went into
details regarding the issuance of ne
gotiable certificates by bonded ware
houses, and the methods adopted I'M
der the act for grading and classify.
ing cotton,
Methods of growing cotton which
had been proved by practical ex-
perience / be successful in boil
weevil territory were described by
J. W. Fox, of Scott, Miss, ma ,ag2r
of one of the largest plantation COM
panies of that state. Heavy fertili-
cation, to bring about early maturity
of the crop, use {. calcium arsenate
and the destruction of the plants as
soon as the crop is picked were ad-
vocated by Mr.. Fox, as the best way
to reduce damage by the weevil.