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Fanners Hear Banfen At Meeting Held In Memorial Auditorium Other Speakers Also Ap pear On Program at Cot ton Growers’ Cooperative Association Gathering. Raleigh, June 9—What the country needs Is a minimum of federal control and a maximum of cooperation on the part of farmers, Congfressman Graham Barden of New Bern told some 4,000 delegates to the annual joint membership meeting of the Norfth Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association and the Farmers Cooperative Exchange! here last week. To the assemblage that over flowed into the balconies of the Memorial Auditorium, Barden declared that “control as an em ergency measure has been neces sary, even though there is some, thing in us that revolts against too much control as a general proposition.” Delegates to the meeting, rep resenting most of the counties in North and South Carolina, were welcomed by Governor elect J. M. Broughton, a charter member of the Cotton Associa tion. The meeting opened with a concert by the Raleigh High School Band and was called to order by M. G. Mann, general manager of the two cooperatives. John T. Thome of Farmville pronounced the invocation. Barden, who has sought modi fication of the Wage and Hour Laws, called for equal considera tion of the rights of farmers and individual workers. “Neither the fanner nor I,’ he said, "want to lower tiie Worker's wages, but each increase in wages should not be deducted from the farmer. A floor to protect the industrial worker or- any other worker is O. KL, but for God’s sake don’t put the farmer under the floor.” Agriculture is in for another rap because of the war, he told the delegates. “Increases in pri ces reach agriculture last and always leave them with the hard est debts to pay. A proposed ad ditional tax on tobacco to help finance the national defense pro gram would also add to the farm er’s tax burden, although agri culture has always shown its wil lingness to bear an equal load.” "Everyithing the farmer tries to sell as an individual”he said, “goes to market with a tag on it marked, ‘what will you give me’, while what he has to buy is marked with the seller’s price.” He also caflled for a fairer exchan ge rate than so-called “good pric es”, which he termed a relative matter. The delegates elected J. I. Wag oner, county agent of Guilford County, as chairman of the meet ing, and the introduction of the principal speaker was made by Col. John W. Harrolson, admini strative dean of N. C. State CoL ,liege. Happy Birthday f Fred! On the occasion of the twen tieth anniversary of the Fred Long Electrical company we wish to extend our best wish es to this company. For many years our relations have been very pleasant and service by the company has been of the best. ~ . Geo* W. Kane Contractor and Builder Mechanical Mutt ) y R 'Tjjj BF' TA- ,}%* ** ' ■ <c ; i ■MB! • S&g T l srWK Elektro, the mechanical man, and Sparko, the mechanical dog, get to gether In New York, where they are on display at the fair. Sparko barks, wags his tall and aits ap. Elektro is eqoally versatile. Pointing out that it is now costing more tw get produce from the farm to the consumer’s table than the fanner is getting for raising it, H. A. Baum, vice president of the Atlantic Com mission Company of New York City, urged the assembled farm ers to work “for a distribution system that will bring 'you and your consumers closer together commercially and that -will pay unnecessary inbetwwen costa tie pointed specifically to the work that has been done by the citrus growers through their coopera tive associations. Dr. Marvin Brooker, vice-pres ident of the Columbia Bank for Cooperatives, Columbia, S. C., emphasized the importance of an informed membership and urged the members in turn "not to expect too much of their co operatives too soon. FRIENDLY SERVICE Standard Oil Os. Flints. Telephone Service No. €7ll ROCK - INN SERVICE STATION Professional Cards S. F. NICKS, JR- Attorney - at - Law First National Bank Bldg Mata St- Roxboro, N. C DR. R. J. PEARCE EVES EXAMINED MONDAYS ONLY Thomaa-Carver Bldg. PERSON COUNTY IWES «un|MMQK>RO. & C. W. Kerr Scott, State commis sioner of agriculture, pledged the' continued support of his depart- 1 ment in helping the farmer t<J I get a more equitable sharre of the nation’s income, and 1 L. E. Raper, director of membership relations for Southern States Co operative, Richmond, Va., told how the Virginia cooperative and the FCX are working together in the cooperative manufacturing of feed and fertilizer as well as on purchasing other supplies. Greetings were also extended by Howard Hutchinson, state agent for the Cooperative Insur ance Comapanies, who stressed the growth of cooperative insur ance and the saving made possL Me. In his annual message to the members and patrons of the co operatives, General Manager; Mann reported a highly success ful year for the organizations which did a combined volume of over $6,000,000 during the past year. Despite an extremely short •* s Si V * .%£• Si:?* - : - A ■*-'£: **i&s Many, Many Thanks To All! On the occasion of our twentieth anniversary in business we wish to extend our most gracious thanks to all of the people of this community for the splen did cooperation that you have extended us since we first started out upon our career in 1920. It is this cooperation that has enabled us to advance as far as we have and for this fine spirit during our birthday year we render sincere thanks. All local contractors, utilities and electrical companies have been more than nice to us and we appreciate all of the many favors and good business that has been given us. In each case we have tried to render the best service and we hereby assure the public that our service shall continue to be maintained on a high standard. We hope that the next twenty years will see us make even more progress. Indeed we shall try to make them our best. Once again we thank you all. FRED LONG Electrical Contractor DAN LOFTIS ERNEST WALKER EUGENE TUCK crop both last year and the year before, Mr. Mann said that cotton deliveries had held up well and that the Association has sold ap proximately nine out of every ten bales of cotton on which it had quoted a price under the “Re-Purchase Pool” plan. Under this plan, Mr. Mann explained, the farmer, if he is offered more on the outside, may take his cot ton back and sell it elsewhere. “The Association,” Mr. Mann said, “has made it possible thru the Tie-purchase Pool’ for the first time in the history of cot ton selling in North Carolina for the farmer to know as much about his cotton as the man who is buying it.” He urged the assembled dele dwell PUP MALARIA In 7 d»y« «nd relieve! WWW COLDS i Liquid - Tablets - Salve-No, , Oeope «Y»P«o» Hn« d*V Try «Rufe-Mv-Tl*w»-a Wonderful Liniment BE WISE “Go West Young Man” Buy and Build in SUNSET HILLS Thos. B. Woody, Agent gates to go back to their respect ive communities and tell their neighbors and friends about the Cotton Association. “Urge them,” he said, “to stop and think for A Favorite Wherever It Is Used > v if CilV A'w / m '//w F3V\ yv j ROXBORO BAKERY a moment about the time which they spend in producing a crop, the money they have tor invest, and the risk they have to run, and when they have done this I be SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1940 lieve their best judgement will tell them to sell their cotton through the Tie-Purchase Pool’ so they can know they are get ting the highest price for it.’’
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