The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-09-27
HOLDING THE FORT.
Tho Farmers Sill Firm on the Cotton
Question,
And Resolved 10 Hold Their Own
Against the Buyers.
Proceedings at Yesterdays Meeting.

Pursuant TO adjournment OF former
,pn.s.meetinG, held several days ago, the
farmers met ut the courthouse, in the dis
triot courtroom, yesterday morning. Tor the
,urnoso of hearing tue reports from pre-
n,nc. meetings, held last Saturday through
out The county. at which they signed the
nledge that they would not sell any COTTON
pnon the public market or Dailes' except
npon the condition that IL pc Welsheu oy
npe of line uublic weighers OF Dalias county.
NJ w. w. Sebastian, The chairman OF
.ha maeting. called it to order and Mr.. w.
II Harris acted as secretary. Ihere were
1o, delegates and farmers together present,
and the reports from the various preclhcts
&c lar as heard from, show that the pledge
was generally signed. 80,
The various deleg ties reported me 'oIlo",
mo nInces rs having held meet'rS' ana
~ ,.;',;,y number OF signers VIZ: Mesqnitr,
so. RnvIes' .chool house. 80: Lively scuool-
Touse' 52 Duck creek, l04 Richardson l05;
T;shon. 10 Shady Grove school house, 2Ii
Dnncanyille, 90; Grand Prairie, 4O, and
rt on motion Of II. T. F. Nash a committee
of seven were appointed 10 drait resolutions m
The char appointed me lo1 r. n ,pE al,
M. D. Gracy, L. D fAsher' ~ % hieA'"'
ae y, motion OF Mr.. NJ. D. Crazy, com
,,i,taa nj three was appointed to confer
NTH the public weighers, smith ana no
rec and ascertain the cause OF the spit pe-
tween them. n po,,o, AVID NJ
Hnmbert were appointed, and on motion
tha chair and secretary were added.
The meeting then adjourned until p.
~ when the committee reported the fol'
iow;np resolutions, which were adopted
WusREAs, 1t has been in the power
IF the merchants of Dallas to have
come to the relief of the farmers IN the pres
ont cotton imbroglio. by interposing their
influence with the cotton buyers ana tne
Cnmpress com any, thereby preventing the
necessity of our yielding to the demands OF
'n WHEREAS lu Said merchants did
sometime since issue q cir
fular that all our .cottno
should be bought on the puolic welgher
certificates. and TO bring it along to Dallas,
hut sid certificate has proven TO be only
a snare and de!usion; and,
WWERrAs. We now feel that we are not
resnonsibIe for any less that the city OF Dali
ios nav sustain by this contest; therefore
Resolved, That while We depre.
cate the situation, yet We, VIII
stand by the pledge to sell nc nc
cotton in Dallas except. upon tne puouc
we;phers' certificate, and will ship all our
co,ton MT so sold to other markets.
Resolved. SECOND, That it is The duty oil
everv farmer in this ~ Getting! to inform OTHERS
thai it is fact TINT cotton, even to one pale,
can he shipped as cheaply uncompressed as
after it has been compressed.
Resolved thirdly, That we are well aware
of the fact that some OF the merchants o.
This city have been sincerely our friends
and to them we ret1rn our gratitude
and Int for the fact tnat we fear we wouio
make inyidious distinctions, or omit some
names thst should be mentioned, we do moi
embrace their names in this resolution
Resolved, iourthly. Tnat 1t Is the duty o.
this meeting, TO announce 20 the farmers o
Dallas county, that the peuge fecotn
ynendad 10 be signed by the meeilpg ~
last week has been signed by almost every
farmer in the county to whom it has been
nresented. and that more than l,OOO 1arm
ers have already signed it, as appears from
the reports to this meeting.
r, solved That a committee OF three DC
appointed to issue an address 10 the farmers
OF Dallas county, explaining iuliy the STU
alton and making such suggestions as VII
iaad 10 the nrosecution OF the views herein
The committee appointed to investigate
tbe cause OF the difference existing between
the public weighers' reported IN supstanc,
that Mr., Smith, one OF the welghers' sta.eu
that he severed his connection with Mr.
Force because he had done more work and
oonld not afford to share with Mr. Foree
The profits and expenses; AS to his selling
ont to the compress for $1,000, or any
snm or consideration, he de
nonnced it as false. Mr.. Force
the committee reported, stated that Mr;
Smith had broken the agreement they hac
entered into. IN
The meeting was addressed by Hon. 4.
F. Nash Mr.. r. s. Kimbrough ana MT
w. H. Harris and others. IN u
Mersrs. e A. Gracy, W. II. and i. r,
Nash were appointed q committee TO frame
an address to the farmers OF Dallas ano
surrounding counties. explaining the dlh
entities between the farmers and the cottor
The meeting then adjourned sine die.