Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-26
Ford's Offer for Muscle
Shoals and Fight on Farm
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Conference

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National Agricultural conference to-
day to take notice Of the discomfort
which has been expressed in some
quarters over the manner in which
the conference delegates were Sc
lected.
Declaring that he believed the
president and Secretary Wallace
really wanted to help agriculture
in calling the conference, Governor
Parker said yet you hear it whis-
pered all around that this is a
hand-picked, cut and dried perform
ance. I hope there is no foundation
whatever in that rumor."
Governor Parker declared that he
believed the delegates were here to
solve intelligently and periodically
the problems now confronting agri-
culture, and praised the president
and secretary of agriculture for dis
regarding politics and asking pa
triotic Democrats from the south
to sit shoulder to shoulder with the
patriotic. Republicans from the
north" in the conference to solve
the mutual problems Of the agricul-
turists throughout the nation.
Speech Applauded
The governor reused the confer
ence to great applause when he
called on them to put the welfare
Of the nation above every other con-
sideration and to work to the end
ito restore the peace, happiness and
prosperity to the whole nation and
also to agriculture, whose people
are now sorely tried"
Chairman Anderson followed Gov
ernor Parker, and declared that the
conference had been called in some
haste and that Secretary Wallace
had given consideration to geo.
graphical and other divisions in the
small time at his disposal in select
ing the delegates.
Secretary Wallace, Mr.. Anderson
said, before sending out invitations,
had consulted as far as possible with
farm leaders and leaders of agricul-
tural industry. He declared mo
more representative conference of
agriculture and those Immediately
connected with it has ever been cali
ed together in this country"
In dlsposing of the congested SEN
ate calendar some leaders at today's
co..flrence urged that the farmers
cooperative marketing bill be next
pressed in the senate after disposal
of the pending a.-ied debt bill. This
was not determined definitely, but
was said to be probable.
Carl Williams, Of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, discussed the marketing
of cotton through cooperative or
CARNATIONS.
Handling of Cotton
Pointing to the handling Of more
than $50,000,000 worth of cotton this
season by four state cooperative
marketing associations of cotton
growersf Mr.. Williams said that
"these organizations are apparently
we'll on the way toward becoming
permanent institutions in the SOUTH
He predicted that these organizations
would handle more of the 1922 crop
and that at least eight state asso-
Citations with more than two million
bales pledged to them would be in
business.
The associations already doing
business, Mr.. Williams said, are sit
uated in Oklahoma, Texas, Mississip.
pi and Arizona, with huge organi-
cations" ready Nor business in Ar
kansas and North Carolina and or
ganization work under way in Geor-
gia, South Carolina, Alabama, Ten
nessee and Louisiana.
Mr.. Williams declared it had been
demonstrated that cooperative mar
keting of cotton, which began
eighteen months ago in Oklahoma,
could be made effective and that
growers would abide by long term,
iron-clad contracts, and that they
could be financed on basis of COM
modify collateral to assure "order-
" marketing and for Shortcomings the
route between producer and spin
ner." The associations, he added,
are not intended to bold the product
off the market to influence prices re-
CARELESS of supply and demand.
Premium Paid.
In Mississippi and Arizon, he said,
the organization had sold long staple
cotton "at from $40 to SIS bale
above country market prices"
1.-THE Oklahoma and Texas short
staple associations, whose cotton is
of a lower value" he continued,
"have developed a differential of
from SIS to $40 bale, the first $4,000
bales sold in Oklahoma, as attested
by the United States bureau of mar
kets itself, showing an average mar
gin over country prices of $7.65 a
bale, exclusive Of waste, country
damage and under grading"
The real purpose behind the or
CARNATIONS, Mr.. Williams asserted,
is an improvement in the standard of
living in the cotton producing Sec
tons.
The war finance corporation, he
said, has been 1.-The greatest single
aid" in providing funds from which
the associations could make adj
vances to members pending sale OF
their cotton. The corporation, he
added, has loaned tine organizations
upwards of $20,000,000 within the
last five months.
Governor Parker Speaks
Opening of export markets to
American producers through extern
sion of long TIME credits to foreign
purchasers by the federal reserve
system was advocated by Governor
Parker as a means of reviving pros
perity in America.
"Have the federal reserve bank,
the governor said, "send their own
representatives to the capitals OF
those European nations sincerely de-
string to purchase our product; AMI
unable to pay for them. Look UP
the standing and character of these
purchasers as well as their financial
responsibility. Sell them not on very