The Little River news., 1922-05-17
PLAN A SUCCESS
Mir. Page Impressed by Work of Tex
 as and Oklahoma Associations.

as and Oklahoma Associations. Little Rock. May 10.-The Texas and Oklahoma cooperative associations are wonderful organizations and have accomplished remarkable results, es- pecially in view of the handicaps un- der which they have labored.
 However, profiting from the exper- fences of the organizations already in operation, the Arkansas association should be able to market the cotton of it's members much more cheaply than has been done in Texas and Oklaho- ma.
 These were views expressed by F.. l.. Page newly-appointed sales mana ger of the Arkansas Cotton Growers his return here yesterday after a visit to headquarters of the Texas and Ok lahoma associations at Dallas and Ok lahoma City.
 After considering with President Charles G. Henry and Secretary-Treas- urer John D. Eldridge at headquart- left last night for Grieenwood, Miss, CTS yesterday afternoon, MT. Page to visit headquarters of the Mississip- pi delta association to continue furth- CT his investigation of the co-opera- tive marketing plan. He will return here Tuesday in time for the monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Arkansas association.
 My visit to the Texas and Oklaho- ma headquarters only served to con- firm my conviction of the practicabili- ty and desirability of the cooperative marketing plan" said MT. Page. Both are wonderful organizations and the results that they have accomplished are remarkable in view of the handi- caps under which they labored.
 Both associations have sold the greater part of their cotton and both will have it all sold by September 1. Officials at both associations said that they have gotten much better prices for their members than farmers out side the association have been able to obtain. Also they said that the ex- istence of the association has had the effect of raising the general level of possible for me to investigate their statements as to prices, but it is quite evident that the members must have been getting good prices or they would not be so well satisfied. There seems to be very little dissatisfaction among members of either association Both expect large increase in mem- bership next year.
 Both associations started business under severe handicaps. The Texas association did not open for business until September and by that time A per cent of the cotton in Texas had been ginned. The Oklahoma associa- tion did not begin operations until September I. Neither organization had had time to made adequate pre- paration and the officials did not real ize the enormity of the task ahead of them. Under such handicaps it was inevitable that many mistakes should be made, involving much needless eX- pense
 "The Arkansas association will start with plenty of time for prepara- tion and with the opportunity to pro- fit by the mistakes of the associations already in operation. After studying the situation carefully, it is my belief that We will handle more cotton next year than did the Texas association this year and that we will be able to do it at one-third of the expense. Officials of the Texas association told me that they expect to handle double the amount of cotton next year that they did this year and that they will do it at the same cost.
 MT. Page said that at Dallas he met G. M. Lee, newly selected office man ager for the Arkansas association. MT. Lee is studying the office methods of the Texas association and probably will remain in Dallas all this week. Next week he will go to Oklahoma City to make similar study of the methods of the Oklahoma association.