The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-09
BOIL WEEVH WAR IS ON M EARNEST

former assistant Secretary of Agri- culture, and now associated with the Federal International Banking com, pany of New Orleans. Concerning the work Mir. Ousley said:
 Tt is a stupendous task of trans lating into simple language and in- troducing into personal practice the conclusions of the scientists and the successes of outstanding farmers More than a million men are to be reached. and would not undertake the work if I had not today re- ceived assurance of active co-opera- tion by representatives of the .feder- al department of agriculture, the Southern Agricultural Workers, the railroads, the bankers, the cotton manufacturers. the cotton seed crushers, the fertilizer manufactur- cultural implement manufacturers, the press and the cotton growers, all of whom are represented upon the exe- cutive committee and have by let ter or personal attendance signified their approval of general plan of their confidence in sufficient con tribution of funds to maintain the work, for at least three years. \ Surrender UnthinkabIe.
 Tt Is unthinkable to me that
 
 of other people directly and indirect ly interested in cotton or various as poets of the industry will surrender to an insect. l am pleased to have assurances that representative men of the various classes to which have alluded share my feeling. We must produce more cotton In the south or witness the passing of our supremacy as cotton producing country. That, would mean the loss of the principal item of our export balance of trade and the rising up of rivalries in other lands that will ultimately make cot ton growing unprofitable on the present standard of living. In other words, we must control the boil wee vii and furnish g. sufficient supply of cotton for the worlds needs or Brazil, Australia, the Sudan and other countries will furnish the cot ton which the world requires and at the same time subject to a fierce competition which will reduce our cotton farmers finally to standard of living much below the low stand ard to which they have been so long subjected through excessive produc- tion and through methods of market ing: again engage in public service, but I could not resist the call from my fellow citizens to undertake this i'm portant task and l am entering upon 1t in the full confidence that by the cooperation of the several agencies enlisted we will make steady prog ress and come ultimately into mastery of the situation"
 Executive Committee.
 The executive committee of the boil weevil association is composed of the following:
 ortn AP ture: Dr. W. D. Hunter, Houston, Tex; Dr. B. R. Coad. Tallulah, La. Southern agriculture workers: Dr. W. F. Hinds, Auburn, Ala; pr. C. Hull, Agricultural College, Miss.
 Railroads: c; H. Markham, presi- pany, Chicago, Ill.,; w. S. Scott, president Southern Pacific Railroad company, Houston, Dex.
 Bankers: J. H. Alexander, Jr., chairman agricultural committee, North Carolina Bankers association. Raleigh, N. C.; Dr. W. D. Haas. Alex
 Cotton manufacturers:' J. W. Ar rington. Greenville, s. C.; W. L. Bull lard, 2S State street, Boston, Mass, New England spinners.
 Cotton seed crushers: Ed Woodall, Hillsboro. Tex; NJ. c. Stockbridge, Shreveport, La.
  H. Mcdowell, Armour Fertilizer com pany, Chicago, Ill.,; Judge Charles G. Wilson. president. Virginia Carolina Chemical company. Richmond, Va.
 Cotton exchanges: H. M. Rankin, care of New Orleans cotton exchange, New Orleans, La; Henry H. Royce. care of New York cotton exchange, New York, N. Y.
 Agricultural implement manufac- turers: William Butterworth. presi- dent John Deere Flow company Mo line, Ill.,; Alexander Legge, president International Harvester company, Chicago, Ill.
 Press: Marcellus Foster, Houston Chronicle, Houston. Tex: Dr. Tait Butler, Progressive Farmer, Memphis, Tenn.
 Cotton growers: w. D. Paris, En- his, Tex: R. D. Bowen, Parish. Tex; J. W. Fox, Scott, Miss; David R.. Coker, Hartsville, s. C. The committee met today with the cotton council of the southern agri- cultural workers and reached a com | plete understanding on cooperative