Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-07
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COTTON PLANTERS CONVENTION
Meeting of Leon County Cotton

2a2tS1S-
AT meeting of Planters, convened
at the Court House in the CITY of Tai
lahassee, on Saturday, the Doth Au-
gust, Col. ROBERT BUTLER was called
10 the Chair, and. after prief explana-
ton of the objects Of the meeting. Col.
JOIN PARKuILL. and DR.. q. w. HoL-
LAND We're appointed Vice Presidents.
and b. /. ALLEN requested to act as
Secretary.
On motion, committee of five, con-
sisting of JAMES E. BRooME. EDwAnD
Ill. UsToN, L. X. LsosaRp, RICHARD
HAYWARD and GEORGE WHITFIELD,
We're appointed by the Chair, to pre-
sent business 10 the meeting.
The Committee retired for few
moments. and through their Chairman
JAMES E. BRooME, submitted to the
meeting the following.
REPORT AND REsoLuTIoNs:
Your Committee have had under
consideration the subject of Cotton
Planters Convention and beg leave to
submit the following report:
There is, perhaps, no interest in the
world surrounded with SO many diff.
culties or subject to so many disasters,
as the cotton planting interest. The
great irregularity in the production
caused by the seasons, and the appear.
ance or non-appearance, of numerous
enemies peculiar to this plant, fluctua
tuates the price, such as appear tc
visit no other great interest Wheth
er these fluctuations are necessarily
incident to the production and sale O
this staple, appears to be question
which has, as yet, engaged a very small
share of the planters attention. How
far the difficulties which surround Us
are attributable to over production OF
to irregular productions; or how far the,
result from making our controlling mar
kets too far from our own gin houses
or how far remedy for our evils nigh
be supplied by judicious concert Q
action among cotton planters, are al
questions in which we seem to feel bu
little concern! These and many others
connected with this subject, might a
your Committee believe, be investigated
with great benefit; and such iabo
would be peculiarly appropriate to
; Cotton Planters Convention.
Having met for the purpose of con
sidering the expediency of calling O.
our cotton planting brethren to NEE
: US in convention it is perhaps prope
: that your Committee should preser
, the reasons which induce them TO az
: vocate such call. These will requir
to some extent, and examination of tn
causes of our difficulties and the poss
r bility of applying remedy. In tn
, examination, the first question whic
, presents itself for our consideration,
) the question of over production.
The depression in price to which w
are forced SO often to submit, are attr
: buted generally, to over production
, To ascertain whether this has been th
cause, aggregates must be looked tx
and not the relative production an
consumption of any single year. Fo
: the purpose Of testing this matter, you
r Committee have gone back as far a
$ the year 1925, and find that up to th
year 1850, the production has not e,
? ceeded the consumption. On this sui
, Iject, they present the following tab,
l in which is shown the average annu;
e production and average annual COZ
r sumption of the world, for each perio
of five years from 1926 to 1850.