The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-15
COTTON
MARKETING
MEETING
C. O. Moser Speaks irl Stead
of DR.. Poe Who is Too Ill
to Fill Engagement

to Fill Engagement
Sumter County .egan its Sign
Up" week Saturday with q splendid
meeting held at the Court House
at eleven o'clock at W h h
Was pres 4 large and
representative audience made up
Of farmers and Of business men
from all over the county.
DR.. Clarence Poe, OF Raleigh, \.
c.. editor of the Progressive Farm
er. was scheduled to have made the
address at this meeting but was
unavoidably prevented owing to
sickness in his family and also his
Eown illness. The wording Of the
telegram sent by DR.. Poe to the
farmers meeting in Cheraw yester-
day was as follows: DISTRESSED to
advise that in addition to having
all three children sick have myself
contracted Influenza and am now
in bed in spite Of all plans. there
fore Impossible to get to Sumter to-
! morrow Maybe you can get DR..
| Taylor. TO express to- Sumter people
!; my profound disappointment" A
telegram was sent to DR.. Poe this
! morning from Sumter expressing
the heartfelt sympathy Of the Sum-
/ ter. people and the hope for q
/ speedy recovery.
Mr.. j. Frank Williams, County
Farm Demonstration Agent, acted
as chairman Of the meeting. Mr..
R. C. Hamer, Chairman OF the cam
! paign Committee made few re-
; marks before the meeting and in
troduced Mr.. c. o. Moser, Secre-
I tary Of the American Cotton Grow
j ers' Exchange. and also Secretary
Ct the Texas Marketing Association
with headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
/ Mr.. Hamer expressed his regret
that DR.. Poe was unable to be
present at the meeting but stated
that he felt that the Sumter people
were fortunate at having she op-
portunity of hearing Mr.. Moser,
who would be able to, give his audi
ence the benefit of his many years
experience in, the cotton business.
aIr. Moser. Secretary Of the Amer;7
/ can Cotton Growers Exchange, the
overhead, organization yof the vari-
!.ous statewide cooperative: associa-
tons. has assisted actively in the
campaigns in the various states for
the formation o fthese associations.
He was the principal speaker OF
the meeting and delivered q truly
] splendid and strong address, prov
ling himself to be a thorough mas
! ter Of his subject and the possessor
sof. a veritable storeflouse Of tangible
knowledge of the subject, and in
addition an. excellent amount Of
first hand experience in this busi-
ness.
!, Mr.,e.Moser stated that. he had
been in Georgia for the past few
weeks assisting in the campaign in
that state and he brought the word
that the quota in that state was al
ready assured. Although the cam
! paisn does mot close until March
31.rictory is already In sight and
the, workers are now trying to see
how far they car go beyond the
quota. Mr. Moser predicted that
] they would probably exceed the
{! quota by 100000 bales. -,
/ One. OF the most interesting fea-
i lures Of Mr.. Moser's address was
his description of the operations Of
the Texas and Oklahoma associa-
! tons which are already function
ing, having been organized in the
1 spring of 1921 and they are
handling the 1921 crop. The state
ment that the members OF the asso-
lciatien have received an average OF
from two to three cents q pound
| more for their cotton than non
members have received was made
by the speaker and he then pro-
ceeded to show this; had been pos
sibie. The mills, he said. were
willing to pay more for cotton when
they could buy it in large quantities
and in the grades they wish. They
can afford to do it because in being
able to buy it in large lots from
one party they eliminate a lot Of
their overhead.
Mr.. Aloser stressed three import
ant features Of the contract, as fol-
I lows: First. the. longtime legal
~ binding contract. This insures
the members sticking and assures
the association that it viii have cot
ton to sell over a period Of years
thereby enabling it to establish sat
lisfactory trade relations and justify
adequate arrangements for transac-
ting the business. -
Second, the 100 per cent COM
pulsory pool In the pool all the
! product is handled for sale in
even-running lots according to quail
ity. and variety. All growers de-
liverinG the same grade and the
same kind Of. cotton receive exact
ly the same price. Every member
receives the average price at which
ithc product Of that kind and quail
i ity is sold. This makes possible
orderly marketing throughout the
year in accordance with demands
OF the market and tends to elimi-
nate speculation.