Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-03-08
Cot Operative Marketing Move
Ment Grows Stronger

l.S0uCh Carollna are gong TO sell
their 1922 crop of cotton coopera-
ltively. The tremendous enthusiasm
with which the campaign for sigma
lures to the contract is being push
led in almost every county in the
state indicates that the 100000 bales
which must be signed by May 1, 1922
to make the contract operative will
lbe easily forthcoming. In only
| a very few of the counties has there
been any delay in the campaign and
these counties are expected to be in
lline within the next ten days.
The contracts are being signed by
large and small farmers alike. The
largest contract received at the Of
fices of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association
here to date is for 5000 bales. The
smallest is for one bale. Incidental
| ly it might be said that several of
the latter have been received. Those
who are pushing the campaign say
that the benefits derived by the large
and the small farmers will be the
same in proportion.
The bankers and business interests
lof the state are lining up strongly
behind the movement. They take the
position that it offers the greatest
hope for future prosperity for the
farmers and it has been pretty
thoroughly demonstrated in the past
two years that the prosperity of the
state is dependent upon the pros
perity of the farmers. Many of the
largest and ablest bankers in the
state have studied the plan from
every angle and have investigated
1.-THE workings of the association al
}ready functioning in other states.
They express complete satisfaction
with the plan in its every detail and
lares working to put the movement
Eacross.
In Sumter county the bankers
lhaye gone out in the county making
lspeeches in behalf of the campaign.
Rowland president of the
National Bank of Sumter, thinks
that every bank in the state should
get busy and assist in every way to
put it across. w. Pope Matthews
president of the Palmetto National
Bank of Columbia, says that he
thinks the organization of the as
sociation sis one of the best business
propositions the farmers of the
state could undertake at this time"
and adds 81 do not know Of anything
that would be more productive of
good results. Mr.. Matthews has
studied the plan from every angle.
Bright Williamson, of Darlington, is
another banker who is lending his
time and ability and energies to put
ting the movement across. Mr..
Williamson probably knows as much
about cooperative marketing as any
man in South Carolina and he is con-
vince dthat it is the farmers hope.
The movement has been endorsed
by the executive council and the
agricultural committee of the South
Carolina Bankers Association and
four of the seven district groups.
1t has been strongly en- dorsed
twice by the General Assembly and
many of the leading farmers in that
body have already signed contracts.
1t has been endorsed by the State
Fair Society and many chambers of
commerce and other civic organiza-
tions. The agricultural bureau OF
the GreenYille Chamber of Commerce
passed Strong resolutions at their
last meeting endorsing the move
ment and pledging all assistance in
putting it across.
In the statement given out by the
association, it says: Farmers every
where are organizing to conduct
their marketing business in syste-
matte manner on the same plan as is
being followed by the South Caro-
lima Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association.
"At the present time more than
sixty associations of growers in
twenty states have been formed or
are now being organized. The num-
Der of members in these associations
exceeds 100000 farmers and the
volume of business done by them in
1921 lacked only little of being