The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-30
SOUTHERN FARMERS.

Meeting of the Southern Interstate
Farmers ASS ociaton at Montgomery,
AIa.-Topics Discussed and Resolutions
AdOpted-Report OF the Committee on
Cotton in Relation to the Bagging Oues-
tion.
The Southern Inter- State Farmers As
sociation held its annual meeting at
Montgomery, Ala. The sessions were
held in the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives at the Capitol. The meeting
was called to order by Colonel L. L. Polk,
of North Carolina, the president. Dur
ing the opening session addresses of well
come and responses were delivered the
annual address of the president was de-
Iivered, committees were appointed to
take into consideration and report upon
the subjects OF cotton bagging versus
jute, legislation, commercial fertilizers
and general business. President Polk,
speaking of the attendance, said:
1.-The Congress is not so largely at
tended as l hoped, but when 1 think of
existing circums tances 1 am forced to
confess that the delegations are very
fair. Take Georgia, for instance. The
meeting of the State Alliance IS in ses-
sion, and of course we feel the effect of
the meeting to the extent of forty or fifty
members. 1 have not heard from Missis-
sippi yet, aud do not know how many
will come from that State. Virginia's
delegation, headed by Colonel Beverly,
will be here. l think the Congress at
present is composed of delegates from
Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Nor tn and
South Carolina, each of which is pretty
well represented. I expect delegations
from Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas.
but do not know positively that they will
reach the city in time to participate in
the Congress-"
The subjects of agricultural Depres-
sion, the Causes and Remedies" and
''ShOuld Farmers Organization be Ea-
couragedY were discussed at length
during the second days session, and
some strong speeches were delivered.
The following resolutions were adopted /:
WHEREAS The New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change has called a convention to meet in that
city during the month of September, and to be
composed of delegates sent from the board of
trade and cotton exchanges OF the cotton cities
and towns of the cotton growing States; and
WHEREAS, Ihe ooJecJ ana purpose or sald
convention is to so ADJUST the tareS on bagglng,
whether made of jute or cotton or pine
straw or other material, that the farmer may
obtain pay for each and every pound OF net
cotton in his bales; therefore, be it
ReSOlUed by the Interstate Farmers AssOci-
alton, That the aforesaid action OF the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange meets our hearty ap-
DrOval, and that respectfully request said
body to see to it that in the matter Of tare the
cotton planter shall receive from those who
buy or manufacture the cotton absolute JUS
tice,
New Orleans is requested to invite the Com
miss lOuers of Agriculture of the cotton States
to meet with them IN said convention, and rep
resent the cotton producer.
The committee on cotton, Hon. w. j.
Green, of North Carolina, chairman, Of
ferred the following report, which was
adopted unanimously:
Recognizing the fact that iute bagging, which
has heretofore been exclusively used by cotton
planters as covering for their product, was
during the past season. and when too
late to permit them to procure a
substitute most unnecessarily and arbitrarily
raised in price nearly one hundred per cent. by
nizing likewise that such arbitrary and cruel
rise in price could only have been made pOssi-
BILE by what is known q "tTuSt or trust
combination and, ,inasmuch as under the spur
been discovered for cotton covering, your com
mittee does most earnestly recommend to
every cotton producer throughout the land the
absolute diScOntinuance OF Iute bagg1ng when
mittee goes further and proclaims that this
recommendation, whether viewed as a retail
atOry measure or one simply OF SELF
protection, is equally justifable and that they
BILE of every article which has been placed, OF
shall hereafter be placed under trust for the
purpose of excluding competition and thus en-
abl,ng the projectors to fix their own price on
the same.
Colonel L. L. Polk, of Raleigh. N. c.,
was reelected president of the associa-
ton. Hon. W. L. YoUman, of South
Carolina, was elected vice president from
the State at large. All the vice-presi-
dents-one from each State--were re-
elected. The asso ociation adjourned, ia
meet in Nashville, Tenn, on the third
Tuesday of August, 1890.