Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-09-29
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WRITES ABOUT
COOPERATION

and property arc not protected
Strange to say, we have ripers
in this supposed civilized country
preaching doctrines which II carried
to their logical conclusions, would
land US where Russia Is TODAY.
That such arc enemies. to this coun-
try and to- decent civilized society,
goes without saying.
You often here them called fire.
brands, and this is not bad name.
They do not everywhere talk SO,
but get him where he is not
afraid to fully unbosom himself and
you will hear. him spout forth his
dirty and Shiny doctrines You
can often get his number from
one or more casual utterances.
Mr.. McKelvey points out that
there are those who try to, array
one class against another. Nothing
can be more fatal to the welfare
of a community than for communi-
.ty to be constantly split up on
fare of all. 1t is said that the
interest of the man in town Is ad-
verse to tho man In the country.
lis this true through out, or par
TALLY so, or not at all? Whatever
conflict there. Is. ii any, We should
be able to see it and point II
out. 1t should not be taken for
granted because some spellbinder
has said so.-A-he should prove it
to US, show us. -.
Let us speak of cotton as repre-
scnting all -~~as agricultural products.
Does the man In town try TO beat
down the price of cotton? II he
does. then. he wants low cotton;
we farmers don't Between the
man who wants low cotton and
we Who don't there is a con-
flict. If cotton is low then there
is little money to pay debts with
and to buy. goods and other things
uccdcd There is no trading, bust
ness goes dead, tho merchant cant
collect. the banks can't collect,
those having property TO sell can't
sell for want Of buyer. men are
thrown out of employment because
there is no business D.
DO you honestly believe there
is 4 man in Greene County that
wants cotton TO bring low price?
III there Is don't you think he is a
fool7 If cotton brings a high price
We have just the reverse OF the
above conditions, and everybody is
happy.
1t is fact that the cotton buyer
tries to buy your cotton so that
he may make a profit on it. but
he would rather make his profit
and pay you thirty cents than to
make the same profit and buy at
eight cents. At thirty cents the
cotton raiser has $4,000 with
which TO pay debts aRd buy with.
while at eight cents he has only
forty dollars, AT the high price the
banker makes full collection, so
docs the mcrcant, :. and all others,
while at eight cents. they don't
collect half and not half as many
goods will be sold So put it down
that every one in Greene County
wants farm products to sell at
high prices, unless he is crazy.
The cotton Growers Association
of Arkansas is affiliated with a like
organize ton in each cotton grow
ing state. 1t is. composed. largely
of cotton growers and composes
majority of the big planters of the
south.
About half. of the big cotton
planters went broke in 1920. Some
thing had 10 be done, and they
resolved to do it. They started
in to cut out the middlemens profit
In the. sale Of their cotton. All
che members must sell thru this
Association. In this way the Asso-
citation is enabled to get sufficient
lOECtHCT VI IUC various
grades and staples of cotton to
meet the wants of any ono spinner.
Some spinncrs, for instance, can
use just ono grade.
This il The first year OF the
work OF the Association in Arkan-
sas. and it is succeeding. The
members arc getting on an average
'-of $3.50 per bale above the curb
prices. In other words. il there
had been any members in Greene
County OF this association thew
would have got $3.50 per bale
above what you could have sold
,on the streets of Para gould.
am told that a representative
'ot TINS Association came to Greene
County TO interest cotton growers:
he went to the farmers, and not
TO cotton buyers. Certain leading
members of the farmers Union
throNcd cold water on the PROPOSE
tion and he. left. Now we are
suffering loss Oh our cotton.