The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-05
ARTHUR MAZYCK, THE SALES
MANAGER, KNOWS COTTON
No Such Thing as Unsaiable Cotton
and Al! That We Have Can BE
Used If Cotton in Scarce

/ and Al! That We Have Can BE
Used If Cotton in Scarce
D. J. Mcmillan in Orangeburg DEM
ocrat.
{ Arthur Mazyck of Bennettsville
has been elected sales manager OF
the South Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative association. That IS a
rather prosaic statement and was
carried in the news dispatches Of the
state some few weeks ago. They Went
on 10 state his former connections,
his experience as classer OF botn
long and short staple. his successful
direction of the Pee Dee River Cot
ton company Of Bennettsville, whose
wonderful success is so well known
in that part Of the state.
But to the average one horse cot
ton grower. and many others who are
interested in cooperative marketing
of cotton the statements contained IN
these dispatches meant little. The
directors of course made searching
investigation Of his record and quail
iications; they consulted with some
of the largest cotton consumers IN
the world, exporters, banks ana cot
ton men. They realized the great
Importance Of the position, esnecial-
" during the first year when the sue
cess of the association means so
much.
Frankly / have never heard Of Mr..
Mazyck. That in itself Gid not mean
anything, except that I an cure there
are several thousand members c. the
association who, up to the time Of his
selection as sales manager knew ab-
solutely nothing about him.
Realizing that the success or fail
ure of the association depends very
largely on its ability to sell its prod
uct proftably, handle it economically,
and at the same time dispose of it
as quickly as may be consistent with
good Judgment, and Knowing that the
sales manager would be the man on
whom the responsibility would rest
for accomplishing these things, con-
fess to feeling of extreme curiosity
to see just what sort Of man had
been selected to fill that position.
l am in no position to say how
wide Mr.. Mazyck's knowledge ex-
tends on religion, politics, or any
other current topics of the day. But
I am thoroughly solid on the idea that
he DOES know cotton. After talk
ing cotton with him for ten minutes
one is impressed and it is hammered
home to him that you are talking
with man who not only knows his
subject but who is dealing with facts.
Theories have no place in his line Of
reasoning, except as they lead to GER
tain conclusions.
He is q hard man TO interview. He
knows his subject so well, is so con-
versant with the technical points un-
der discussion that it seemed at times
he became impatient with me be-
cause I could not grasp all that ne
said as quickly as he thought l
should For instance:
There is no such thing is unusable
cotton" Now ! knew that. So DO
thousands of cotton growers. But
when year after year the buyers have
told US that certain portions Of our
cotton was Of such low grade that 1t
was practically useless; that they
were doing rs favor to buy it at
any price, but they would help US out
10 the extent Of taking the cotton
of our hands AZ two, three or four
cents per pound we sort Of lost sight
Of the truth cf Mr.. Mazyck's state
ment. l asked him to explain.
"All right, listen, when cotton is
plentiful the consumers of low grade
cotton will guy a little better grade
at low price, but if cotton is scarce
they will use the lowest grades and
pay q fair price for ii too
Does that mean, then. that the
only way we can dispose Of our low
grade cotton al fair price is for