The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-18
Farmers Pledge
Holding Cotton
American Cotton Association
Wants 80 1-2 Cents Pound
Resolutions Adopted

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Resolutions Adopted
Columbia, Oct. 1.-THE South
Carolina Division Of the American
Cotton Association, meetings here
this afternoon. Adopted resolutions
pledging the holding of the 1922
cotton crop, produced at an esti-
mated cost of "a 1-2 cents, for a
price of 80 1-2 cents a pound: en-
dorsed the enactment Of q bill by
congress for the format ton of a
commission to study the cotton
growing industry: recommended
the enactment Of a federal law
providing for comprehensive sys-
tenn of short term agricultural
finance. asked Tor the amendment
of the Federal Cotton Futures act
so as to secure the same rights to
the buyer as those obtained by the
seller: recommended the curtail-
ment of the acreage planted to cot
ton to not more than eight acres to
the plow, the remainder to be sown
to small grain and food and feed
crops; urged the turning under. as
soon as the cotton has been picked
Of all cotton fields: requested re-
duced freight rates on cotton; ask
ed support of the American Cot
ton Association and the South Car
o1ina Cooperative Marketing Asso-
citation; endorsed the farm bloc
in the United States Senate, and
sanctioned the bill requiring the
census bureau to ascertain. at the
end of each cotton season, the
amount of "tenderslble" and "un-
tendera blen cotton on hand in the
worlds supply.
The convention was held. in the
language of DR.. j. B. Johnson, of
Rock Hill. president of the State
Division. 'tto foster and care for
the greatest asset South Carolina
agriculture, and the varied
! business interests ofsthe state were
/ invited to participate. Approx
mately 200 men and women from
every section of; the state were
! present, and DR.. johnson took occa-
sion to criticize the small number
of farmers present in a gathering
called for their particular benefit.
| Governor Harvey, described BY
President johnson, as the man
who has made good" delivered the
/ .55~oe. of -,o1ooYoa coil ~
| the convention, was gathered at a
time when the best thought of the
state should be concerned with the
problems Of the commonwealth
/ and each man, "in the parlance OF
| the times. should spit on his hands
and take frmer grip, on his own
affairs. particularly agriculture " Il
! is time, he asserted, when. forti-
tude and optimism should prevail,
|. and when pessimism's defeated
| ideas should be discarded.
! Letters were read from Presid dent
Warren G. Harding. Josephus Dan
iieIs. Of Raleigh. former Secretary
fof the Navy: and Russell r. Whit
isman,. publisher Of the New York
| Commercial, rendering their regrets
at their inability to accept invita-
| tions to attend; but each of them
voiced their full appreciation of
the cooperative spirit Of the south
ern farmer and the hope that bet
ter agricultural times were "just
around the. corner A letter ,ef
commendation also was received
! from W. B. Thompson, of New Or
! leans.
During the course of the conven-
! ton a resolution offered by e: ".
Dabbs, Of Mayesville. thanking
the president for his Kind words,
and "as test as to whether he
means them requesting him to re-
fuse to reappoint W. p. G. Hard
ling as governor of the regional re-
serve board. but to appoint Comp
tro1ler of the Treasury crissenger
in his stead, was adopted.
President Johnson, in his speech,
stressed the idea that the cotton
iof the future would be raised only
by intelligent. practical methods of
culture In his irlsistence on the
Fcooperation of the cotton farmer in
the solution of his problems, he
claimed that the most beneficent re-
suits obtained by the cotton-grow
ing industry had been from the
American Cotton Association, max
ing the claim that. when the asso-
citation had advised the farmer to
hold for certain price that price
Ihad always been reached.
Under the caption, Practice
methods of Boll Weevil Control" D.
r. Coker. of Hartsville: Prof. A. r.
Conrad. of Clemson College and
A. E.. Grant, of Richmond, Va. told
of the various methods now in
vogue.
| Mr.. Coker told of good results
which had been obtained by mix
ture of one pound of calcium ar
senate with one gallon of molasses
and a like amount OF water. put in
the young buds before any bolls
are punctured. This is less expen-
isive than the method OF dusting
calcium agsenate, and can be in
telligently applied by the tenant
! farmer as effectively as the man
trained in an agricultural college,
II would cost about 10 cents an
iacre, and four acres could be work
ed in a single day, he claimed. Pro-
fessor Conradi and Mr.. Grant ad-
ivocated the busting method. as it
had been tested out and proved by
experience.
Senator crosson. of Bateshurg,