The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1939-03-30
chemureists Turn Nations Agricultural Spotlight on Mississippi

March 20 to April / will be a
Notable four days in Mississippi
history, a period whose repercus-
sions may change or accentuate
the course of the states develop
ment.
Mississippi during these four
Gays fll be under the eye Of the
nations ~top-ran'ing scientists.
men who are leading the way in
a chronological revolution already
foreshadowing the shape OF
things to come.
Heralds Of chemical industries
which in the last three years have
invested approximately $135.000.-
900 in the Southern states, these
men foresee profitable outlets for
the South's farm SURPRISES, new
Jobs for the South's unemployed.
new uses for the South's idle
acres, new income to bolster the
Southern market.
In the states capital city for
the three days of March 1891, the
annual conference of the National
Farm Chemurgic Council will
draw = thousand or more scien
lists, industrialists. and agricul-
turists to focus attention on the
relation bet cen farm, factory
and laboratory. On Saturday.
April /, the group will make a
special tour to view some of Mis-
sissippi's chemurgic industries.
Thus the four days will bring
to a climax Mississippi's nearly
three-year-old drive to balance
agriculture with industry, to
mesh farm with factory, to unite
grower and professor in an alli-
ance which would realize for Mis-
sissippi a just measure of eco.
nomic indep dence and freedom
The March meeting will be the
first time the Chemurgic Council
has held a national conference in
the South. Its headquarters Of
fices are at Columbus. Ohio, and
New York City; its membership
and aims are national in scope:
yet the program outlined for the
conference will be confined al
most entirely to chemurgic oppor.
tunities in the South. This plan
ned emphasis on Southern chem
urgic opportunities is a testimony
to the nationwide interest arous-
ed in the South's industrial ad.
vance.
For the past nine months the
State Advertising Commission has
been conducting an aggressive
campaign to carry the s. OF
Mississippi's chemurgic possibill
ties to the farmers, businessmen
and technicians of the nation. This
has been praised by Of
ficials of the Chemurgic Council
as being the greatest single boos:
yet given by a state to the chem
urgic movement.
Mississippi's Commissioner OF
Agriculture is one OF seven repre-.
OF agriculture on the
Councils board of gov
ernors.
Mississippi's Governor delivered
the principal address at the ma
ticnal conference of the Council,
In Omaha last year. telling the
members OF Mississippi's
manifold interest in putting Sell
to work for agriculture and
industry.
The delegates to the conference
will come q long way to h e a
about the South's chemurgic pos
But by coming to Mis-.
they will do more thar
lear about it; they will see it at
iirst hand.
The first afternoons general
ession of the conference will be
to cotton and cotton by
PRODUCTS. Mississippi's Oscar
'ohnston, newly elected president
/ the National Cotton Council.
nd manager OF the nations iarg-
at cotton plantation. will preside.
yer the session.
From their hotel windows the
'elegates will see the great stor
ge tanks of cottonseed OIL in one
{ the worlds three largest cot.
onseed crushing centers Jack I
- ~