The Oklahoma Cotton Grower (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL V
HE OKLAHOWA COTTON GROW
CO-OPERATION
I BEINGS BETTER
TIMES FOR ALL
Sapiro Strikes Keynote of
Educational Campaign
In State Speech
MUST PULL TOGETHER
'Interest of Town Business
man and Country Busi-
nessman the Same
"Co-operative marketing aimed at
' the dollar triark but it went straight
through the dollar and hit the stan-
dard of living"
With these words Aaron Sapiro
known throughout the world as an
" outstanding leader in the co-opera'
live marketing movement struck
the keynote of the educational cam-
paign now under way in Oklahoma
under the sponsorship of the Okla
homa Cotton Growers' Association
the Oklahoma Wheat Growers' As-
sociation and the Broomcorn Grow-
6ers' Co-operative Association
! Aaron Sapiro national leader in
the co-operative commodity market-
ing movement spoke to a large au-
dience of farmers and businessmen
at Hobart Chickasha d n d Oklahoma
City
The close relationship existing
between the country businessman—
the farmer—and the town business-
man was emphasized by Sapiro in
all of his talks At Oklahoma City
a capacity crowd of businessmen
listened in rapt attention while
4 Sapiro Fketebed the rise the fall
— and the resurrection—through co-
operatiae marketing which bankers
mrrchants doctors lawyers teach-
ers helped put across—of the Cali-
fornia raisin industry As be talked
his hearers caught clearly the ap-
plication of the lesson of California
raisins to Oklahoma conditions and
to Oklahoma farms and town busi-
neae Oklahoma's leadership was es-
peciallly stressed by Sapiro when
he said:
''Oklahoma has carried the torch
at co-operative marketing to all the
growers of the country You in Ok-
lahoma have done the greatest thing
that has ever been done to bring
prosperity to towns as well as to
farms It waa you in Oklahoma
who pulled commodity co-operative
marketing out of the Pacific Coast
and gave it to the rest of the world
Oklahoma was the first to success-
apply co-operative marketing
to a leading staple crop whan you
organized the Oklahoma Cotton
Growers' Association in 1921 Not
any five California commodities
match your Oklahoma cotton crop
in N'ale or importance
"Co-operative marketing aimedat
the dollar ma rk but it went
straight through the dollar and hit
the standard of living"
speaking to a group of business
men and farmers at Chickasha
Thursday night March 5 Sapiro
made a strong plea for co-operation
with the Oklahoma Cotton Growers'
Association and other commodity
marketing groups in the state
"Co-operative marketing is no
magic w and it is no panacea It is
nothing more or less than the ap-
plication of good business common
sense to the business of farming"
Sapiro declared
Walton Peteet secretary of the
National Council of Farmers' Co-
operative Marketing Associations is
filling a schedule Of dates closing
Fataialay March It at Purcell Pe-
teat has apokan at Chandler Ed-
mond Oklahoma City Stillwater
Cordell Ile is to sptak at Norman
Friday March 13 at a county meet
tag of the Farmers' Union
C O Moser secretary of the
Armco jean Cotton Growers' Ex-
change will speak at Madill March
18 at Ardmnre March 19 at Ada
Math 29 and at McAlester March
21
A number of state men will talk
co-operation during the month of
March Among them are Bralford
Enapp prealdant Oklahoma A la 1
college Carl Williams editor Okla-
llama Fariner-Stoekman Sam L
Morley vice president Oklahoma
Bankers assaielation John A Simp-
aon president Oklahoma Farmers'
Union John Fields s ice preaident
(Coutinucd on Page Two)
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C O MOSER
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S2218101873 TO
GO OUT ON TI111
STARTS WARS 15
All Cotton Classed To Feb 2 process at a price that is deter-
mined not by him—the only man
Included Except 856 Low ho can know how much it cost to
Grade Bales produce it—but by the man who
buys it who receives the returns
The distribution of $227867673 on his year's labor in practically a
Nvill go out on schedule time in ac- lump stun with the a ttendant temp-
cordance with announcement in the tation and perhaps scenting neces-
last issue of the Cotton Grower sity to spend in lumn sums who is
Checks to banks will he mailed generally "broke boon after bar-
to banks in their A B A NO order vest time and in distress for the
starting :Starch 15 It will prohaldy bare necessities of life for himself
take two or three days to tintsb end his family who is forced to
mailing these bank lists and checks borrow moncy to make next year's
The distribution 'MIMICS 106147 crop and to stave off financial rui
bales of the 107003 that were and perhaps actual starvation—this
classed before February 7 The farmer is not the kind of a lair-
other SZs3 bales in low grade pools rower the banker likes to have to
Nos 525 526 625 626 725 72g 730 I his books The banker does not
809 931 were omitted because only want this kind of a borrower any
a small part of them had been sold more than he wants the merchant
Detailed Information regarding who through mismanagement is
the distribution will be found on nearly on the rocks and w ho bor-
page S under the beading "About rows to keep a padlock off his door
Vnnr Colton AlftrkethEz Business" On the other hand the country
809 931 were omitted because only
a small part of them had been ohl
Detailed Information regarding
the distribution will be found on
page S under the beading "About
Your Cotton Marketing Business"
TIlE ZES
County Prizes
Class A (91h to 12th grades inclusive)
First-41000 Second-4500 1:ird-4 3 01
Class B (Up to and including 81h grade)
First--$1000 Second-4500 T1ird--$300
Ditrict Prizes
Class A (911z to 12th grn(1es inclusive)
First-41500 S'econd--$1000 Third-45W
Class 11 (Up to and including 8th grade)
First-41500 Second---VO00 Third-45'01
Slate Prizes
Class 4 (9th to 12th grades inclusive)
First---$10000 Second-47500 Third-5000
Fou1th--42J00
Class II (Up to and including 8th grade)
First-410000: Second-47500 Third-45000
1'ourth-42500
WHO MAY COMPETE
Any student in any grade school or any hint-
school in Oklahoma may conzpete in this contest
Two sets of prizes are offered one for students in
grades up to and including the 8th and another for
students in the 911t to 12th grades inclusive
THE TITLE
The title of the essay shall be "The Benefits of
Co-operative Comntodity Marketing On the 'Okla-
honta Plan'"
WHERE MATERIAL MAY BE HAD
Contestants may secure material for use in pre-
paring their essays front their County Superintend-
ent their County Agricultural Agent or their County
Home Demonstration Agent after February 10
WHEN ESSAYS MUST BE WRITTEN
All essays must be written on April 71h in the
presence of the principal of the school or a leacher
designated by the principal
RULES FOB WRITING THE ESSAY
1 Subject of essay shall be "The Benefits of
Co-operatire Commodity Marketing on the 'Okla-
homa Plan'"
2 Essay shall be not ntore than one thouband
fire hundred words in length
3 Essay shall be written in presence of teacher
(or principal)
I Not more than two hours shall be allowed
for the actual writing of the essay and the copying of
same
J Essay must be written in ink and on one side
of the paper only
PUBLISHED BY AND FOR THE
OKLAHOMA COTTON GROWERS' ASSOCIATION
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What ne Success of Co-Operative:
Marketing Means to Oklahoma Bankers! -
By HARVEY N WILSON President Oklahoma Bankers' Association t
The banker likes to have as Lis
customers the busineFs men in his
town who conduct their business
in a businesslike planner The
banker likes to lend the money of
which he is the custodian and in
connection with which he occupies
a peculiar position of trust to in-
dividuals and institutions which so
conduct their affairs that their
business operations are consistently
successful The banker likes to
loan money to a going concern for
The banker likes to have as Lis business man—the farmer—who
through co-operation ith his neigh-
iiistonters the business men in his
hors merchandises— not dumps--
town who conduct their business -
his products intelligently w ith a
in a businesslike planner The
trained and watchful eye on world
banker likes to lend the money o- f
1 conditions and markets receiving
which he is the custodian and in their full quality value who--Connection
with which he occupies through co-operation with Lis
I
in-
neighbors—so conducts his market-
a peculiar position of trust to
ing business that he has come to
disibludis and Institutions which so
have a standing in the business
conduct their affairs that their world who receives approxituately
business operations are consistently 60 per cent of the current value of
successful The banker likes to his crop at time of delivery and the
loan money to a going concern for remainder of his year's income in
safe expansion in order that his gradual amounts throughout the
loanable funds be liquid rather year as his products are merclum-
than to an indivdual or institution
diced by the trained and cool-
thai w los the money to avert a f enced man hired by him to do just
crah due to unwise management' that service FOIL HIM: who bor-
sl""Ilisti°11 or excessive waste In FOIVR money to expand his already
operation successful farming operations that
The same Hue of reasoning which be may make them yet more profit-
the banker follows in his 1111SineliS able—that country business man is
relations Nvith the town business equally desirable to the banker as
man 1101(k good in his business lie- a customer as a borrower with
lations with the country business the successful town business man
man— the farmer Such a farmer is the backbone of
Checks Will Go To Banks In man holds good in his business re- a customer afi a borrower vial
!Minns with the country business the successful town business man
Usual Manner—Will Take man— the farmer Such a farmer is the backbone of
Two Or Three Days
The farmer who dumps his crop the banker's business When lie
as bOOtl it Is out of the field fails and is faced with financial
COVERS 1061 47 BALES and the hanker or landlord who ruin the banker also will have Its
forces the farmer to this dumping' problems and a probable loss if he
')MA CITY OKLAHOMA MARCH 10! 19'25
has not beld his credit to the
farmer-business man ell in band
The banker is infinitely more safe
in making a loan to a country busi-
ness man who is a going concern
than be is in making a loan to a
distressed farmer who is barely
able because of his unbusinesslike
methods to keep hi s bead above
ESSAY COET
Si
HI
AL
And again there is the stabiliza-
tion of conditions in the COMM-
nity to be considered The unbusi-
nesslike and habitually distressed
farmer is never prepared for the
lean years lie has no surplus of
100c1 and feed During a period of
drouth short crops or low prices
he becomes a liability to the coin-
! munity a nd a bad account to the
banker
The co-operating country busi-
ness man on the other band is not
only not in distress during the
average year but he is able to keep
always in reserve a surplus of food
and feed and cash Whe n the lean
years come be curtails his buying
somewhat perhaps but Lc still pays
cash as be goes along because he
has a rcserve and because his in-
come is distributed through a
longer period than is the dumper's
This man becomes in the lean years
more especially an asset to his corn
mcnity and a valuable account to
his banker He helps to stabilize
the business of his community from
season to season and from year to
year and the effect is felt in all
I illee of business in the community
The richei4 farmers on an aver-
age In the world are the farmers
of Denmark in 1923 the average
of exported surplus farm products
amounted to 1000 per farm—and
Danish farms are much smaller
than American farms In other
words Danish farmers merchan-
dised on an average $1000 worth
water from year to year In the of farm products outside their own
ease of the going concern the country in addition to producing
1
banker does not force collection out enough food and feed to support
of the original security but out of their families and farm animals—
the resulting profits of the loan and to meet the requirements or
There Is another angle to be con- local trade ILOW did they do it?
stdered The farmer who is oiler- Co-operative marketing The Danes
ating on a business basis mer- are known the world over as con-
chandisifig his products through a sistent co-operators Through theft
co-operative commodity marketing co-operative marketing associations
association buys better quality they were able to reach out Into
goods in which there Is a greater the world markets and to feed their
profit from his merchant—and pays farm products onto those markets
cash There is firl immediate re- as they were needed Danish
flection through that merchant on 1 farmers were the pioneers in co-
the banker's business 1 operative enterprise and today the
6 Essay should be written on legal cap paper
7 Fire items should appear on upper left hand
corner of FIRST page of essay namely:
(a) Name of contestant
(b) Address of contestant
(e) Vame of school
(d) Grade of student
(c) Class of student (1 or
N Two items should appear on ALL succeeding
pages of essay
(a ) Vame of contestant
(b) iddress of contestant
9 Pupils will be permitted—and are WOW
aged—to make all possible preparation for writing
essay before actual date of writing sante but shall
hare access to no material other than pens ink and
paper during 2-hour period which nray be devoted to
the actual writing of the essay
10 Each respectice pupil must retain a copy of
his essay as the essay once written must be used
without chance in county district and state contests
RULES FOR PRESENTING THE ESWA Y
In County Contest:
Contestant may read his essay from manuscript
or may present same as a declamation
In District Contest:
Owing to fact that many pupils could not attend
District contest in person because of lime required
distance to central point and expense of trip this
contest will be conducted wholly by mail Pupils will
not hare opportunity at this contest to present their
essays in person
In State Contest:
1 11 expenses of trip to Oklahoma City (place of
holding Nide contes() will be paid for contestants
who are first place winners classes A and B of Dis-
trict Contest At State Contest as in County Con-
test contestant may either read essay front ntanu-
script or pesent sante as declamation
C11ENDAB OF CON T EST
1 School District Contest:
Tuesday April 7 Pupils supealsed b y
teachers will meet in respectire schools and write
essays All essays written at schools to be forwarded
intniediately to respectlue county superintendents
who acting on committee with county agent county
attorney editor of county paper and one other capa-
ble public-spirited citizen shall select therefrom a
maximum number of :0 best essays CO from Class
A 10 front Class 11) the writers of which shall be
eligible to present such essays at coming county con
I)
average Danish farmer belongs to
live co-operative marketing associa-
tions or one for each commodity
he produces
Co-operative marketing is good
business praetiee The banker
more than any other huh idual in
the community perhaps must take
into account the plod or bad busi-
ness practice of iAticr folks
who make up the community
Just tis good business practice
on the rart of his town businese
man 'eustomer is desirable and
profitable to the banker ao also tiq
good business practice on the part
of his country business mita cus-
tomer Co-operative marketing means
then a larber volume of business
a more stabilized busitmss and a
more profitable business for the
Oklahoma banker
Tbis principle of commodity mar-
keting bas the approval of the
preeldent or the United States and
all governmental agencies I am
trictly in favor of thim system
think that I know the problems of
the farmer and that the Oklahoma
Cotton Growers Association and
other commodity marketing asso-
ciations of the state will he of great
benefit to the farmer and the
banker
The IDEA is right—and the serv-
ice rendered by these associations
will do much good in years to come
and I hope that every bank in the
state will give unqualified and un-
stinted support to this great Movement
can be used nith much bPneftt
al trades and prolessInns7N car
Cotton Grower
cif HIS L CII1ISTE5SEN
WaNWrOVetebOSftNNOS
CO-OPERATION IS
PIE Of SAM
AT CHICKEH
Chief Counsel of Co-op As-
sociations Urges Business
Men Back Cotton Assn
REJECTS LEGISLATION AS
CURE FOR FARMERS' ILLS
Makes Pointed Reply To
Porn Charges Oklahoma
Leads In Organization
(Front Chickasha Daily Express)
A strong pica to business men
for genuine co-operation with the
Oklahoma Cotten Growers' associa-
tion the flat rejection ct legislative
Harmony Necessary and political rentediets for the farm-
let's ills and a pointed reply to the
Co-operation is Ito ()nil- 'Means 1Persoual attacku made upon hitu
by which hi)) thing great can be 1' tt Jew by Ileiny Ford In the Dear-
sec:tont:dished It is the foundation born Indepindent -these were the
of community town city and nation loutstanding features of the addrem
hulloing Wherever a great success of Aatnn of
has been achieved back of it will I the larpkers' co-ol'eriktive
be found the motive power ro-op- tiou of tho country who was the
eration Co-operative methods kneel Of honor at a dinner given by
can be used N ith much benefit 1-y the Chickaaa Cotton Oil company
it Ir1 na nd eroffilenti—N cite 10 the banquet room at the Menlo
Nontinood on Pro:4 Two)
INFORMATION FOR CONTESTANTS
test Judging of essays and announcement of win-
ners should be done immediately upon receipt in of-
fice Of county superintendent of essays front schools
2 County Contest:
Dale to coincide with that of regular county
meets if sante are to be held otherwise county sup-
erintendents tnay set date Date must twcur
lime after April 7 and before llay 1st
maximunt number of only 20 contestants (10 front
Class 1 and 10 from Class It) winners selected from
pupils tcritiny essays at schools shall compete in
county contest The county contest shall be fudged
by same group of judges as aboue: county uperin-
tendent county agent county attorney editor of
county paper and one more capable public p
citizen who shall ticket 1st 2nd and 3rd winners
frotn each one of the two classes of entrants Two
pupils winners of first prizes in each of the two
classes of entrants shall be eligible to forward their
essays for fudging in district contest Immediately
atter close of county contest the two essays ot the tiers
winning pupils should be forwarded to Fred Wit-
marth editor Oklahoma Cotton Grower P O Box
1257 Oklahoma CityOhlahonm
! District Contest
To be conducted by mail only following last coun-
ty contest For COMCnit nee in judging and for pur-
poses of distributing prizes throughout the whole
state the counties Of the state will be dicided into 10
district groups The judges who will be announced
later shall divide the essays (2 front each county)
into the 10 district groups and titian select 1st 211d
and 3rd places for Class A and for Class II from each
one of the 10 groups-60 prizes giren in district con-
test Winners to be announced and cash prizes to be
mailed immediately to winners following decision of
judges
A maximum number of 20 u innir7 pupils from
district contest (10 winners of first place in Class 1
and 10 winners of first place in Class II) shall be eli-
gible to present their essays in ierson at coming state
contest
1 State Contest:
June lith The first place pri:e u inners of the
district contest will be offered trip to OA lationia City
place of State Contest trith all expenses paid and
trill be eligible to present their essays in person at
Slate Contest Prizes in cash will be awarded to win-
ners intinediately at close of contest Judges be
announced later
ANTIS
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TO WEEKS ARE
EEO TO PERIOD
Of PREPARATION
April 7 Instead of March 24
Date For Writing Essays
In $4000 Contest
530 PRIZES ARE OFFERED
Many Chances to Win Prizes
Interest Pupils In AU
Parts of State
Broaoineorn Gromers 0-operntave
:raolatiOrt
Otiltattantl-t thould bear in mind
that aluahlr information on such
a subject iso not nceessary to he
found betmen the cokers of an ex-
pen dye hook Newspaper pazs can
carry Pitt a valuable information
and moire of it because in this form
it is far le:-s expensive to distribute
ue of the Cotton Grower
toc4o-t1ier m ith the Imo preceding
contain a total of S-column
poces or as tole ran4e ot ton-
terial on co-opera!ire marketing 43
we have loten able to assemble in
that space T1lL4 novumnt is nem
Its development is rainol and there
are no it xt books available that are
strictly up to date
hihtioJapliy of rer-
cro noCs Wtinh Will be found on an-
other pazc m I be found bolpful
wi11 Ttnitcrtill other
hin that furnilied in the columns
!of the Cottom Grower
!
Po not (today Get lousy on that
escay nOW The sooner 'oil &dart
:the more compitto will be dir
!pripat at ton tint tho more tAinipl'e
1111nFi'vf itt to your essar
Remember the date for writing
!e:says is April T
' his is your clianc to win a cash
'ptlie and i frt trip to Oklahoma
Two weeks additional time for
the preparation of essays In the
$4000 Co-operative Marketing Es-
say contest has been granted con-
testants The date now set for ac-
tual writing of the essays is April T
The extension of iti-ne for pre-
paring essays has been made be-
cause or the constantly increasing
interest in the conteet
Should the essays be written on
March 24 as originally announced
man' mould be prevented by lack
or time from taking part The
change of dates has been made at
the earnest requeat of several of
the agencies co-operating In the
contest
Cash prizes totaling $400 an1
twenty trips to Oklahoma City Kre
offered for the best essays on the
subject "The Benefits of Co-operative
Commodity Marketing on the
'Oklahoma Flan'" A total of 530
cash prizes are offered
The contest is divided in two
groups one for pupils in high
sebool grades and the other for pu-
pils in the fith grade and below
In connection with the contest
the co-operating organizations are
conducting a stale-wide educational
campaign In which many speakers
of state and national reputation will
discuss co-operative marketing in
practically every county Contest-
ants are urged to wfitch for an-
nouncement of these meetings aud
attend them The speakers will dis-
CUSS the benefits or co-operative
marketing from many angles and
what they say will be helpful to
contestants in preparing their efi-
Fays Interest iu the contest is increas
in rapidly County superintend-
ents city huperintendunts county
!and heme demonstration agents and
pupils all over Oklahoma are show-
ing all aetive interest
Material for use In writing essays
is contained in this end preceding
issues or the Oklahoma Cotton
Grower Copies may he hail from
any or the following:
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city Superintendents
Teachers
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