Evening star., 1934-12-16


lutions recommending retention of the
Bankhead cotton control act, voted
on by farmers in the cotton States
Friday.
Cotton production control legiSla-
ton, the commissioners requested in
one resolution, should be amended to
remove provisions now unfair to small
farmers and to farmers who have al
ready reduced cotton production"
Another resolution adopted by the
commissioners asked for maintenance
of domestic cotton prices lat levels in
keeping with American standards of
living with parity price as the OBJ
jective, and preserve export trade by
permitting that American cotton enter
the channels of world trade on the
basis of equal competitive price"
The commissioners meeting was at
tended by cotton planters, and deal
ers, cotton seed oil men, Florida fruit
and vegetable growers and other agri-
cultural representatives, as we'll as off,
cials of North Carolina. South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Tennessee and louisiana Ill
ness prevented the attendance of the
Texas commissioner of agriculture.
Tick Eradication Urged.
A plea to complete the eradication
of the cattle fever tick in 1885 in Lou
isiana, Texas and Florida, the only
remaining States in the South having
infested areas, was embodied in a res
olution appealing to Congress to pro-
vide funds for the Bureau of Animal
Industry to cooperate in 1885 with
the several State agencies.
The Bankhead resolutions recon-
mended that the Secretary of Agri-
culture be authorized to determine
from year to year the world require
ments of American cotton and allot
this number of bales to States upon
the basis of each States production in
the years 1928-1932, which shall be
allotted to counties and to farms on
the basis of the maximum percentage
of cultivated land which may be de-
voted to cotton production"
Resolutions, which stated that one
third of the farmers of the country
derive practically their sole income
from lint and cottonseed and that
other groups of farmers produce
large volume of animal fats, were ap-
proved, urging Congress to make no
change in the present excise tax on
foreign oils.
Oil Price Important.
These resolutions also stated that
$50 per cent of the price of cotton
seed depends upon the price of cot
tonseed oil and large part of the
income received from the live stock
products depends upon the price of
fats"
Other resolutions adopted included
Endorsement of the protest of Florida
fruit and vegetable growers against
some Of the import clauses in the
newly negotiated trade agreement with
Cuba; recommendation of fair COM
petition code for cotton oil mill inter-
ests, providing for published prices
and for cotton seed for crushing pur-
poses on an analysis and grade basis;
and enforcement of the Fulmer bill
for the sale of domestic American
cotton on net weight basis.
L. Luther Chandler of Goulds, Fla,
told the commissioners that "it is not
1alr 10 penallZe Florlda growers OF To-
rnatoes, beans peas, eggplant and Irish
potatoes, in order to sell more auto
mobiles and copper in Cuba and
Mexico"
Crushers' Problems Discussed.
Lawrence Myers of the Washington
office of the A. A. A. discussed the
cottonseed crushers' code problems. He
was assisted by A. NJ Dickson of the
cotton processing and marketing Sec
ton of the A. A. A.
Guests at the meeting were c. G.
Hanson, Memphis, secretary of Gov
ernors' Southwide Cotton Conference;
George Covington of Jackson and J. H.
Petty of Greenwood, Miss, represent
ing the Mississippi Cotton Products
Association; T. H. Gregory Men,
phis, president of the National Cotton
seed Products Association; w. H.
Hodges, Louisiana cotton planter; w.
H. North, president Louisiana Ginners'
Association: F. T. Mikell. president
Louisiana Cottonseed Crushers' Asso-
ciation; j. G. Lee. dean of agriculture
at Louisiana State University and Sam
Bass of the American Cotton Co-opera-
tive Association.