The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-08
CAROLINA GOVERNOR
SPEAKS IN DAWSON
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS MR..
M'LEOD. TELLS OF COOPER
ALIVE MARKETING.

Governor Thomas G. Mcleod, of
South Carolina. spoke to crowd at
the court house Saturday morning
that overhowed the superior court
room, both downstair and gallery.
Many came from neighboring coun-
ties to hear the iorceful address of
the executive of the Palmetto state.
Mr.. R. R. Jones introduced the
speaker with a few well-timed re-
marks, saying that this was the. day
of specialization, cooperation and or
ganization. Governor Mcleod has re-
Gently been elected chief executive OF
his state, and up to that time was a
farmer, so his remarks savored OF his
own experience more than any OF the
other marketing experts who have
made talks here in some time. In tact,
he himself delivered several hundred
bales to the South Carolina Cotton
COOPERATIVE Association last year
and considering every condition, real
lied more than he ever had before
for the same number OF bales OF the
same grades. The speaker pictured
the farmers as a disorganized mass
pitted against a skilled organization OF
cotton men who really have expert
information on supply and demand.
UNIFORMED, they offer their years
work in the shape of a certain num-
Der of bales of cotton to the buyer
who sets a price at which they must
sell at once if their obligations are
due. He said the cooperative idea
pits skill against skill, brains against
brains. The officers of the association
IN
formed on the spot market and future
market as the cotton men themselves;
therefore they are able to market the
vantage that he realizes much more
from his crop and has no worry or
sleepless nights on the eternal ques-
ton OF the planter in the fall "wheth-
er to sell or hold" Cooperative cot
ton, he said, is sampled and weighed
by experts and the same grades plac-
ed in large lots. In this manner the
staple is much more easily marketed
and the returns much larger The cot
ton monopoly is much greater than
the oil or steel monopoly, Governor
Mcleod said Steel as we'll as oil is
fouhd in all parts of the world. but
cotton in any abundance can only be
grown in the United States. Every
thing potentially depends on the farm
er. His responsibility is greater than
any other one pursuit, but by organ
ization and by organization only can
the farmer reap his just profits.
The speech of Governor Mcleod
was strong, clear and forceful. He
said his address in Dawson was the
first he had ever delivered to a Geor-
gia audience, and every one who was
present sincerely hopes that it will
not be his last in Terrell county
President ]. E. Conwell, head Of the
Georgia Cotton Growers, Co-Opera-
tive Association, then made a short
talk, and invited the farmers present
to join the organization.
In Governor McLeod's party were
Mr. Conwell, Mr.. w. A; Reeves o.
Lagrange, Mr.. A. NJ. Wilkins o.
Burke county, Mr.. E. H. Blount Of
Waynesboro, Mr.. H. c. Booldey, sec
rotary of the South Carolina Cotton
COOPERATIVE Association, and Mr.. A
]. Fleming, publicity director of the
| Georgia association. The party left
here at noon for Americas, where
Governor Mcleod spoke in the after
noon.
The Terrell County COOPERATIVE
Cotton Association, through the eff
forts of Mr.. H. A. Petty, is response
bic for Governor McLeod's splendid
address here, and the organization are
to be congratulated on having such a
prominent man as we'll as such an eX-
cellent speaker to aid the local asso-
| ria tiOu