The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-08
MODERN COTTON
MARKETING
South Carolina Cotton Farm
ers Will Sell Through
Association

iaSm with which the campaign 1ol
signatures TO the contract Is being
pushed in almost every county IN
the state indicates that the 100000
bales which must be signed by May
|. 1922 to make the contract oper-
! ative will be easily forthcoming. In
only q very few of the counties has
there been any delay in the CAM
paisn and these counties are eX-
tpcctcd TO be in line within the next
! ten days.
The contracts are being signed
by larSe and small farmers alike.
The largest contract received at the
Offices of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association
here to date is for 3.000 bales The
smallest is for one bale. 1nciden-
tally it might be said that several
of the latter have been received.
Those who are pushing the cam
paign say that the benefits derived
bv the large and the small farmer
will be the same in proportion.
The bankers and business inter
estS of the state are lining up
ST: ongN behind tho movement.
They take the position that 1t offers
the greatest hope for future pros
pcrity for the farmer and it has
been pretty thoroughly demon
Stralcd III the past two years that
the prosperity of the state is de-
pendent upon the prosperity OF the
farmers. Many of the largest and
ablest bankers in the state have
studied the plan from every angle
and have investigated the work
ingS of the associations already
/ functionipS in other states. They
express complete satisfaction with
the plan in lis every detail and are
working 20 put the movement
across.
In Sumter county the bankers
have gone out in the county making
speeches in behalf OF the campaign.
C. G.. Rowland. president of the
National Eank of $. c.. thinks
that every bank in the state should
get busy and assist in every way to
put it across. J. Pope Matthews.
president of the Palmetto National
Bank of Columbia, says that he
thinks the organization of the as
sociation lis one of the best buSi-
ness propositions the farmers OF the
state could undertake at this time
and adds Il do not know of any
thing that would be more pro-
ductive OF good results. Mr.
Matthews has studied the plan
from every angle. Bright Williams
son. Of Darlington. is another bank
er who is lending his time and
ability and eneSrieS to putting the
movement across. Mr.. Williamson
prop&bly knows as much about
cooperative marketing as any man
in South Carolina and he is con-
vinced that it is the farmers hope.
The movement has been endorS-
ed by the executive council and the
agricultural committee OF the South
! Carolina Bankers Association and
four of the seven district groups.
!
by the genera, 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 Organi-
cations. The agricultural bureau
of The Grccnvilie chamber of COM
, merce passed strong resolutions at
their last meeting endorsing the
movement and plcdsinS all assist
arce in putting it across.
In a statement given out by the
association. ii says:
Farmers everywhere are organ
iZing to conduct their marketing
business in a systematic manner on
the same plan as is being followed
by the South Carolina 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
number OF members in these asso-
Citations exceeds 1000 farmers
and the volume Of business done by
them in 1872 lacked only a little Of
being half billion dollars.
Through the cooperative pool
ing movement farmers in every
section Of the country are taking
their riShtfui place in the business
world.
The South Carolina cotton pool
/ plan enables The farmer to go all
The way 10 The market with his
product. aad in this ;rip save a vast
sum that heretofore has been lost
to him throuh speculative profits
and unnecessary handling cost.
That the South Carolina cotton
/ pool plan is sound and workable is
being proved in I, conclusive man
ncr by everyone Of these cooper
alive associations, which has be-
gun 10 handle the crop. There are
three outstanding features of ev-
/ cry one of these organizations.
First: longtime, legally bind
in9 contract This makes the mem
! bcrs stick" and assures the aSso-
citation that it Will have cotton tC