The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-09-05
MARKETING PLAN
IS BIG PROGRAM
Of FARMER NOW
This Is Statement Of Speakers at Cot.
ton Grower. Business Man Meet
Ing az Court House Here
Saturday.
WORK OF ASSOCIATION
OUTLINED IN DETAIL
Records Made py Association Last
Year and Prospects for Present
Year Are Given; Full Sup.
port Pledged.


rests not In legislation but In or.
ganization and his ability TO find a
common meeting ground with other
business interests. cotton growers
and business men who assembled
IN the county court house Saturday
afternoon to hear the messages
from the Oklahoma Cotton Growers
association. were told.
Speakers were n. A. Slngleterry,
representing the Oklahoma City
Chamber of Commerce; Carl VII.
liams. editor Of the Oklahoma Farm
er.Stochman and president of the
American Cotton Growers Exchange.
and Walter Sparks. sales manager
OF the Oklahoma Cotton Growers
association. A. +. Duke. member
of the board of directors of the as
sociatlon. presided. The meeting
was held by the association in CO.
operation with the Chlckasha
Chamber of Commerce.
"The farmers problems today are
not political but business problems"
said Mr.. Singleterry. "There is a
rapidly growing realization on the
part of the business interests of
the country that their interests are
the farmers interests and that the
logical plan is for both to attack
their problems together, with M.
tual understanding of each others
needs" Singleterry declared
that the oklahoma City Chamber
of Commerce had Opened its
doors to the Oklahoma Cotton
Growers association. believing that
cooperative marketing of farm por-
ducts means better and a larger
volume of business and the bring
ing about of closer and better re-
lationship between the farmer and
the business man. He urged the
Chickasha Chamber of Commerce
to assume the same attitude and
boost the cooperative marketing
movement.
Ample credit."-WiIiams
"The Oklahoma Cotton Growers
association has ample credit defin-
itcly pledged to finance the orderly
marketing of every bale of cotton
that will be grown in Oklahoma
this year." Carl Williams declared
in his talk before the cotton grow
ers and the business men Of the
city.
"The only thing necessary before
we can use this credit in financing
the states crop is to get the rest
of it signed up in the association,
which now controls about one-third
of the states production"
Mr.. Williams told of the difficult
ties under which the association
operated last year, concluding his
discussion OF these difficulties with |
the assertion that these problems
have been solved and that the as
sociation is now in better shape
than any other farmers organiza-
ton ever was in the history of the |
country.
When the Oklahoma Cotton Grow
ers' association first entered the
marketing field, Mr.. Williams said,
only five firms would deal with the
organization. 60 get reputa-
ton" other dealers and the buyers
for the mills told officials Of the
association. Before the close of
the season, however 50 firms, in
Guiding some of the strongest and
largest in the country, were dealing
with the association, he declared.
"The mill trade is now opened to
us. The association is regarded
everywhere as substantial, we'll
organized, we'll managed business
institution" he asserted.
outlines Marketing Methods.
Mr. Williams detailed the meth
DDS to be used in handling the as
sociation's cotton this year. In
every town in the cotton territory,
he said, receiving agent will be
located This agent will make an
advance payment of II cents per
pound, gin weight, at time OF de-
livery, AS the cotton is sold, he
stated, additional payments will be
made. I'VE expect to get additional
payments to the farmer two months
sooner than we were able to do
last year.
Because the associations system
has been perfected and is in better
"working order" the cost of mark
citing the associations cotton this
wear probably will be much less per
hale than the cost of marketing the
1921 crop, Mr.. Williams said.
The association has not yet an
nounced its receiving agent for
Chickasha.