Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-29
cocoNaREss.
ssns stifrinE Speeches Made and a
Plan Of Organization Agreed Upon.

grower . Association OF this district
met aH7 1 i'm. in the Court House, and
the chairman announced the name
of Osborn De Coursey as the man he
had appointed to take charge of the
work Of organization. ao,er
Names for President for becoming
year were called for, Mr., DeCoursey
placed IL nomination for President,
l.. A. Jooe present incumbent, el-
ected BY acclamation. President
Jobe ma lie a neat speech, saying he
appreciated the honor and would do
his best. a
Mr.. DeCouisey took the floor and
spoke at some length. He said
among ttherdhings, that the action
taken by the convention was the
source OF joy and pride to him. The
tobacco interests Is one Of the greatest
in the South, and he thanked the
convention for the honors conferred
on him and offered hi services both
heart aid soul to the movement. He
said, nc yer had such question come
before like convention before and it
was time that the storm Of vexation
and prlvation should be checked.
Our wives and our children are poor
and unfed, and must be protected.
HSquoted the tobacco markets ofthe
last few years and compared them
with the present results. We cannot
go at this question in a blind way.
We must go at it with our minds as
well AZ our hands. The agricultural
interests are the bone and sinew of
all class and conditions of trade, we
have always paid Difference to them,
now we must make them cater to us.
Il we wish to cope with the manufac-
turers wemust meet intelligence with
intelligence. The reins of govern
ment are in our hands if we wish to
take them. Cooperation is the secret
of success. To-day's action says to me
that the good work has begun; the
fires sre kindled, all we have to do is
to fan the fame. have no malice
towards the warehOusemen, indeed
some OF my best friends are
warellousemen. We are not
fighting them and we don't want
them to think so. The only way we
can do, is to organize, borrow the
money from the banks through our
organization, and have our president
or some other officer distribute the
money, amongst those who have to
have it, giving security on our stock
in tie barns, to be paid when the
crop is sold. At the close of his
speech he was cheered. 1t was one
If the most enthusiastic speeches we
ever listened to, and showed that the |
speakers heart and soul were in the
Nj. Ingram of the Cultivator, was
lot in favor of anyone, no matter
low poor they were, producing tobac-
20 because iii got out that there
were few who were raising tobacco
t would tend to keep the price down.
Mr.. VIM, of Henry County, said
hat he was not in favor of coercion,
tut ne believed in prayer, and hoped
hat every man would pray that a
'ill,r OF salt like unto Lots wife
honld be raised up in the field of the
nan who attempted to produce next
ea'.
+. L, Bogard, of Stewart County,
1h0 has already rented out his land
POKE as Spectator, and told the ,
Invention that he was carrying now
bout forty families, and did not see ,
ow he could keep it up. He hoped
ne scheme would go through but he
id not think the movement had be-
an soon enough.
The committee on organization
ere asked to meet at once for the :
lrpose of selecting joint commit
e to act with them in canvassing i
re counties and securing the names :
those who will pledge themselves
abstentiOn.
II is expected that the cXecu-
We Committee will meet once a Il
oath to report progress.
Motion made that the next semi L
lrual meeting be held on the fourth
lcsday in July. Q
Convention adjourned with song y
ld prayer by Mr.. DeCoursey. n
Landlord Bringhurst of the Frank
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