The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
-HE c,rrtN GROWERS CONGRESS.

t6r' 'ay, aHh ulscnSScd prac lcN questions
conn, ctcj with Il cir ,ccupaticn. The Cotton
Acreage Congress was tho name adopted.
The sessions were he'd in the Senate cham
ber. Col. J. o. wadd,N. president of The
Georgia Agricultural Society, called the cou-
gress TO order at 9 o'cl,ck. He stated that
the purpose of the conveati II was II devise
come plan hy which The acreage OF cot
can now be reduced the annual crops now be.
irg greater than the world 8 consum ptiou. To
this oversupply of coarse is due the low
prices, aud, rs every one knows. the planter
is carrying Oh an unrrJftible business.
With him tho question is how can more
moDey be made out Of cotton. Many believe
tat the only way IL To plaut less and re luce
the crop, South Csrolipa's agricultural
ciety first proposed th,t q congress of this
kild be hell to discus the reduction of the
Lumber of acres Tlantel. Georg;a's agrl-
cultural society took up the question aud
c'incided and suggested that such a conven-
ton should be called for Atlanta.
Col. d. = Duncan, of South Carolina, was
elected chairman of the congress and Col.
james Brrett, of Richmond, was chosen
secretary.
Col. Lyons, of Gainesville, oIcned the
discussion in speech urging reduction of
&C cage. Ii would not do to cut down so
per cent. the first year. he said, but the re-
ducIion should be male gradually aud ex-
tente over n series of years.
MIR. Brown, of Alabama, stated that in the
back belt of his State it would be hard
alter to get cooperation on any plan to
plant less.
Mr. Smith ofButts county, made u short
speech advocating the suA-treasary plan.
Col. Livingston made tho spceot of the day.
1t was full OF good points, and, although
not meeting the views of all in ceriain
statements, was in the main q most interest
ing and practical talk Oh picking and GIN
ming and preparing f,c market. "ln my
clriy days cotton was handled bitcr than
tits NV. These days the rule seems to be,
pick IN hurry, gin i'll hurry and sell in a
hurry.
"Wha, do you think. he said, of 25,Oo0
bales of cotton from samples in New Orleans
II one seas Why the handsome cotton
"xch'nge building in New Orleans was built
from samples"
Col)nel LiviDgs on demanded new sys-
TEN of classification. Instead of having from
twe,rc to seventeen classes, four wouli be
"aough. he declared, and let them lie known
*s first, second, third and fourth. The aver
'se planter c,nnot tell anythlng about cot
tn yhcn it gees GnLer m;dl!ing.
An' thcr suggest Oil of Col. Livingstous
was II ut the counties have sales days and
that the class fcaticn in each county Lc
lone ~ sworn experts. There is J cent lost
IL cla ;siticatipn. and that means $50, 600 900
on the crop. TO employ disintcrcstc ex-
perts i'll every county w"uli cost only u
SIia part o; that sun.
Mr. uregg, of Sou Ii Carolina introduced
The following resolutions
Whereas, The Southern Sites Of Ancricl
havc reduced the price of short staple cot
ton bciowa remuncra,ive product on ; there
tJrc DC it recommended by the commi tee Of
cotton growers:
l. That We hereby plelgc ourselves not
10 plant more than twelve acres to the plow.
=. That we will not rent more land for
planting in on than twelve nu cs to the
;,low, run by tenants.
.. That we wi use our individual efforts 10
rhtircc ths above resolutions in oar r.spcc-
i've st ltes.
After short discussion on these res)lu-
lions, Col. Lyons offered the following,
which wa' adopted:
whereas, This cotton acreage conre ention,
assembled in the city of Atlanta, Octocer 20
1891, realizes the necessity of taking some
action in regard to o reduction Of the cotton
crop in the several cotton. growing States;
therefore. be it
Rt Soired, BY this couvenliou. that they
-raconmend that each Of the cotton States cal!
convention in the near future and adopt
resolutions looking to a general reduction OF
the acreage, so as to keep the number OF bales
in sight of 1000, 600, and that as soon rs
the several States have taken such action
that their secretaries report it to the secre-
tary of this convention that it may have
general circulation in the cotton States as 10
the adoption of these resolutions.
While the increase in mills is going on
every year, the acreage is increasing aI
more rapid rate.
In h.l;
cotton growers can regulate the pric. if they
Wi unite AMI act in concert. Americas
cotton growers are the most Intelligent in
the world, and their cltton is far superior to
the Egyptian and Indian crops, which are
short IL fibre, TOor in qualify and badly pre-
pared for market.
Tine South must have moe mills aui
spin more of her own cotton. In Spar an
birg county, South Crolina, where there
are 2l2,OOo spindlcs Spinoiug J GOO bales
year, the factories pay IL quarter of n CEN
moe per pnuul than any othec fictorieS
offer. The fac ores will not let home grown
cotton b, shipped away unul they ge, al
they want, aud this home consumption is n
great benefit 10 the community"
Upon re-assemblIng at 3 o'clock the cgm-
muct male n report rccommc ndiDg n re-
ductiI" If 333 rer cent IN acreage eNccgt in
ciscs 2f intensive firming, and there twelve
acres To one niue was recommended rs the
maximum. Greater care in picking and
handling WAS recommended, and demand
was male tnat the cl, SIS Of cotton be fur,
to be known By nnnhcrs.
Thes, recommendations wc;e adopted and
the con sre5s ndjo subject t. the ca
Of thv chairman
In c''mt ng about til, proiuc ion of cotton
CI'onc! Duncan called aIicnti N to point
which none of the speakers had alluded to in
tn Goa sre's. The point IS this: IL is esti
mHc that The w"r,n's spind es barely ex-
ceed fourteen million in number aud balf a
bale is aspindle's capacity. Th, rctore, the
world cannct spin au ei ght mill on bal crop
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