Arizona republican., 1922-04-05

inferior staples. however, tney must
be assured of three things: First. that
there will be continuing supply
second, that the grades are good. and
lastly, that the quality and uniform
ity is there, and that when they buy
lot of 100 bales Of, say. / 9-16-inch
staple, they will know that not only
every bale is of that length, but that
every part of every bale is of that
quality of staple. This heretofore
they have never been assured Of and.
to my mind, never will be so ~.SS as
our present system of field handling
Of the crop is in effect
A. |. c. Success
In opening the afternoon meeting
Mr.. Spilsbury gave an example OF the
success the Industrial Congress has
obtained in specific cases by bring
ing together all interests and bring
ing about their cooperation. The
example was rate reduction granted
by the Santa Fe railroad to enable
| hay growers around Holbrook to ship
their hay to Kingman. where there
was market. The hay had been
grown for sale to the military post
at Fort Apache, and the posts aban-
donment left the farmers without
market until the lower rate was OBJ
| tanned through the congress.
/ ne I1ISL speaker III litG saltCA1A 1AOOAA
was w, r. Meadows, chief Of the cot
| ton division of the bureau of mark
| cts. who in the morning had given an
exhaustive survey of the relative
/ price of Pima and other cottons.
| Mr.. Meadows declared that the law
! of demand and supply is still and
always will be the determining factor,
! but added that the world is not TAX
! ing the valley commodity to the ex-
! tent that it should be. He pointed
out material increase in the con-
sumption of Pima during the past
| few months as indicating the bottom
/ had been passed.
| Mr.. Meadows emphasized the inn
portance of increasing consumption
/ of Pima by educational work and the
necessity of the uniform. well graded
| bale He advised valley growers to
! build up to strongest possible home
organization to win the buyers con-
| fidence by the reliability of the
| product and the organization abll-
| ity to guarantee quality.
Pima Cotton Market
One Of the interesting addresses OF
the day was that of Dwight b. Heard,
| president OF the Arizona Pimacotton
| Growers association. on THE Pres
ent Status of Pima Cotton in the
Market. and a Statement of the Pres
/ ent Local Methods Of Cooperative
! Marketing" Mr.. Heard told of the
favorable impression Pima cotton has
made in the past on the fine spinners
and of the research work the asso-
citation is conducting in cooperation
| with the department of agriculture to
| ascertain whether Pima could not be
used satisfactorily in large quantities
by the manufacturers making cotton
yarns for use in fine goods fabrics.
This research work shows. Mr..
Heard said, that many American
| spinners are now using Pima With
marked success and that mills which
in the past have refused to use Pima
now find it entirely satisfactory, by
making certain mechanical adjust
ments. This is always contingent,
he declared. on maintaining pure
seed. careful ginning, accurate clas-
sification and putting the cotton on
the market in good condition as to
package and uniformity He gave 1t
his opinion that to still further inn
prove these conditions field inspec-
ton viii be highly desirable.
1t has been demonstrated by Mr..
Willis in his research work. said
Afr. Heard, that a steadily ifcreas-
ing number of fine spinners now are
using Pima with satisfactory results,
and that the long hoped for market
for Pima by manufacturers of fine
fabrics is steadily developing
Mr.. Heard also pointed out that
although tire manufacturers are sue
cessfully substituting inferior cotton
for Pima in making fabric tires, they
find the long staple is still essential
for cord tires.
A review of the activities of the
Pimacotton Growers association alse
was given by Mr.. Heard. who de-
scribed it's methods of operation in
detail and outlined the results it has
accomplished. He submitted statis-
tics on the amount of cotton still held
in the valley and in the east, and on
the operating expenses of the organi-
zation, the figures showing that
37,755 bales of Pima of the 1920 and
1921 crops are still in this section.
General Discussions
A number of other talks were made
during the general discussion which
occupied much OF the afternoon
Charles Woolf of Tempe emphasized
the need for standardization and
means 20 guarantee the product. He
urged the necessity Of directing all
energies TO operating the valley as
one great Industrial establishment