The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-28

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L. l.. Polk,
S. D. a. DUNCAN,
E. CARR,
W. H. LAWSON,
T. o. ALTERNATELY.
Resolution read by Tanner, Of
Louisiana, referred to a special COM
mittee composed of Linn Tanner, Il.
A. Lee, Alabama; Alternately, OF Ten
nessee. Reported as follows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: Your committee,
to whom was referred the resolution
relating to small cotton bales, respect
fully report as follows;
It is the sense of your committee
that the small bales have many ad-
vantages over the large bales, which
are we'll worthy of consideration; but
as a committee, we understand, was
appointed by a joint session OF the
National Alliance and the National
Agricultural Wheel at Meridian, Miss,
to report at the next meeting OF those
bodies, we would recommend that the
said preamble and resolution be re-
ferred to them for consideration.
LINN TANNER, Chairman.
RoBT. A. LEE,
T. 0. ABERNATHY.
Report of bagging committee re-
ceived and committee continued.
The chair appointed the following
committee to secure a reduction OF
tare on cotton. w. H. Lawson, Ala
bama; t. A. Clayton, Louisiana; L.
f. Livingston, Georgia.
Committee to issue circular letter
setting forth the plans of committee
on ways and means: Polk, Livingston
and Warren.
House adjourned until 2 o'clock
p. m.
Convention was called to order at
2 o'clock by Chairman Adams.
The committee on bagging having
reported that Messrs. Murdoch and
Donovan had appeared before said
committee and submitted a PROPOSE
ton to supply 2,OOO,O 900 yards of jute
bagging in carloads lots at Charles
ton, S. c., and 5000, 900 to 5000, 600
yards F. o. B. in carload lots at St.
Louis, Mo-, in four equal monthly
quantities deliverable on August lst,
September LIST, October 1st, and No
vember lst, at the following prices:
For delivery August lst, eight and
three-quarter cents for one and a half
pound bagging, and nine. and one
fourth cents for one and three-quarter
pound bagging, and ten cents for two
pound bagging, and ten and three
quarter cents per yard for two and
one-fourth pound bagging.
For delivery on September LIST, one
eighth of one cent. per yard ad-
vance on above prices.
For delivery on October lst, one
eighth of one per cent. per yard ad-
vance On September 1st.
For delivery on November LIST one
eighth of one cent yard advance
on October prices.
Any contract to be secured by
bankers guarantees from the pur-
chasers.
The convention having considered
above report, the following resolution
was unanimously passed:
RESOLVED, That this convention hav-
ing adopted the following resolution:
"Resolved, That we, from all lights
before US, recommend to this body the
permanent use of cotton bagging as a
covering for cotton" therefore we
most respectfully decline the PROPOSE
ton of Messrs. Murdoch & Donovan
to furnish jute bagging.
Report of the committee on cotton
from the National Farmers and Labor
ers' Union was read and adopted as
follows:
To the National Farmers Alliance and
Cooperative Union Of america:
Your committee on cotton rops,
appointed al the last session of the
National Alliance, held in the city of
Meridian, on the 5th day of Deem
Der, 1888, respectfully report as fol
lows:
1st. That after the organization Of
the committee, a circular letter was
issued to the cotton growers of the
United States, in accordance with the
plan of said work, which said circular
is hereto attached and is asked to be
taken as part of this report.
I'd. That thereafter this committee
was officially notified by the Secretary
and Treasurer of the National ALI
ance that the treasury was exhausted,
and that there were no funds on hand
for the further prosecution of this
work, for this reason the blanks for
crop reports have not been printed,
and the committee has been forced to
suspend its work. That your com.