The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17
COTTON BAecING AND TARE.
The Following Report was Unanimous
~ Adopted by the St. Louis
Convention.

~ adopted Dy the St. Louis
X Convention.
Committee on cotton bagging re.
ported as follows:
We recommend to this body that
you demand that all future cotton
crops be sold at net weight with
actual tare, and the advance in price
over the present tare that is just and
equitable and that each S ate Alliance
or Union IN the cotton belt secure
from their respective Legislatures
such legislation, as will enforce this
demand. Your committee further
recommend that all cotton producers
connected with this organization be
required to use cotton bagging IS 3
covering, or other fiber than jute, and
that said cotton bagging shall be "A
inches wide and not less than II
ounces per yard in weight and of the
same texture as the Odenheimer cot.
ton bagging And we further recon-.
mend that each State Alliance or
Union be required to manufacture or
secure bagging sufficient for the use
of their respective States, and that
the President for the time being shall
be charged with the appointing of all
committees or make other necessary
arrangements to secure said bagging
for their respective States. We sug-
gest also that seven yards of bagging
be used as a covering for a bale of
cotton and that all packages shall be
neatly and securely fastened at the
ends of the bale. (
We most earnestly protest against
the wasteful and e~xtravagant method:
of sampling cotton, also the unjust
weights and classification of cotton as
is now being prscticed. 4
We also recommend and require of
our National and State Legislatures
to enact such laws as will efectually
and entirely prevent the selling of cot
tor Or grain futures except when
actual delivery and a bona fde sale
shall have been made, or intended de-
livery shall be expressly a condition
of such sale.
Your committee further recommend
that cotton producers be advised not
to contract any debt in the future that
will obligate them to deliver their cot
ton on a given day, sooner than the
25th of December.
Your committee also recommend
that no cotton from an Alliance or
Union man, grown or controlled shall
be shipped or sold to any point or
party antagonistlc to our demands
hereinbefore set forth.
We hereby tender the thanks of
this convention to the cotton exchan-
ges of this country that endeavored
to assist us this season, and respect
fully invite all cotton exchanges in the
United States to join us in the future
in securing our demands as hereinbe
fore set forth.
Your committee desire through this
body to congratulate the brotherhood
that so faithfully adhered to the use
of cotton bagging during the present
season, and thereby demonstrated that
farmers could and would make any
reasonable effort or sacrifice to main
tain the high ground taken by the
National Alliance and Cooperative
Union at Birmingham, Ala.
Your committe recommend that the
foregoing demands and resolutions be
published in our official organs at the
earliest period practicable, and a copy
be sent to each President, calling his
attention to his duties in the premises;
also to the presidents of the cotton ex-
changes in the United States.
[Signed. ~
L. F. Livingston, Ga.
B. M. Hord, Tenn. ~
R. F. Kolb, Ala. @
T. J. Grice, La. ea. ::0.
r. F. Rogers, Fla.
R. J. Stedge, Tex. ..-
Elias Carr, n. C.
W. s. Morgan, Ark.
E. T. Stackhouse, S. G.
A. M. Street, Miss.
Committee. :