The Little River news., 1922-10-21
ASSOCIATION HAS
 PAID s2,osa, 900
That Is Total of Advances Re- ceived by Cooperative
 Members.

Little Rock, Oct. 1S.-A total of S2,- 033 ,00O has been paid out by the Ar kansas Cotton Growers Cooperative Association in advances on cotton turn ed over to the association by it's memb- CTS, it was reported by Secretary John D. Eldridge at the monthly meeting of the Board of Directors at the assocfa- tion offices, 317 West Capitol avenue, yesterday
 The directors, representing all parts of the state, reported that the members are highly pleased with the operation of the association thus far They said that while some reports reached them that members were violating their con- tracts by selling cotton outside the as sociation, in nearly every case investi- gation disclosed that the member was acting under compulsion. It was found that in such cases the members cotton was mortgaged for nearly it's full value and that the holder of the mortgage was forcing the grower to sell his cotton on the street.
 COmpulSiOn Is Resented.
 The directors reported that through o0t the state strong feeling of resent ment is gathering against credit mer- chants and banks who are forcing as sociation members to sell their cotton J4 <oI hot many farmers have declared that next year they will do business with banks and merchants that will allow them to sell their cotton, through the associa- tion. It was reported that many ere dit merchants and few banks are us- ing coercion on the growers in this manner. The credit merchants who are doing this, it was reported, are the class who make big profit on the supplies that they sell to the farmer and then take his cotton from him and make another large profit on it. It is this class, it was said, that is fighting the association the hardest. While it was reported that few banks also are resorting to this practice, the majority of them are cooperating with the asso- citation.
 Not Holding Cotton.
 President Charles G. Henry and Fred l.. Page, sales manager, made reports on the conferences of the trustees of the American Cotton Growers Ex- change and the sales managers of the various state associations which were held at Birmingham last Friday and Saturday. Both reported that the vari- ous state associations are selling some cotton in spite of the fact that they be- lieve that the price of cotton will go higher.
 The Arkansas directors expressed their approval of this policy of mar derly manner It was emphasized that the cooperative plan is in no sense holding movement and that the off Cials have no desire to gamble on the cotton market. with the members money.
 Aaron Sapiro Coming.
 MT. Henry announced hat Aaron Sa- piro famous California marketing au thority, will be in Arkansas November 17-20 He will attend meeting of the Arkansas Rice Growers Association at Stuttgart November 17 and will meet with the apple growers of northwest Arkansas November 20. In the in terim it is hoped to have him meet with the cotton growers of the state. Pine Bluff and England have been ten- tatively suggested as meeting places.
 Eighteen of the 23 directors attended yesterdays meeting and this is the smallest number that has attended meeting. Sebastian Straub of Helena, first vice president of the association. is confined to his home by illness and s. w. Sanford of Searcy sent word that he had been prevented from coming by unexpected and pressing business mat ters which came up just as he was ready to start for Little Rock.
 Secretary Eldridge yesterday an- nounced that he had received the sign ed contract of the recently organized Caraway Farms Company, which has new plantation near Caraway, Craig head county The company signed for 150 bales. Arthur Campbell of Scott |: president of the company.
 G. H. Banks, field director for the association, yesterday left On trip through Lawrence, Randolph and Cross counties. It is reported that many growers in these counties are anxious to join the association and only need a little persuasion.
 Curing House Open.