The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-01-21
Gu TING DOWN COTTON.
THE ACTiON OF THE COTTON GROW
ERS' CONVENTION.

farin rs mnd Merchants Combine--The
Cotton Area to be reduced 20 Per Cent
Mor' Corn, Peas, Oats. etc, to he Pro-
due. Il.
MEMPHIS, Tenn Jan. S.-That the
cottoi farmers'of the South are terri
Diy IL earnest in their endeavor to solve
the serious problem Of the over. produc-
ton CT the tleecy staple was evinced by
the enthusiastic meeting of delegates
TO the Convention of the Mississippi
Valley Cotton Growers Association,
which was called to order in the Young
Mems Hebrew Hall this morning by
lfa Il llalloway, president of the as
Sociat ion.
About six hundred delegates from the
cotton growing States Of Tennessee,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and
NoTCE Carolina were present. Prom
lncnt among other spectators were
Governor James +. Eagle, of Arkansas.
Governor Buchanan, Of Tennessee, and
PrllH:e john NJ. Allen, of Mississippi.
The committee on organization and
ordeT VI business reported in favor of
mak.rg the temporary organization
peru -ncnt, with !ra &. Holloway, of
Miss, Sippi, chairman. The commit
tee a. . recommended that debate he
conf fd 20 the reduction Of the acrengo
OF &C. ON and QjvJlSi;icatjnp ofcr0,,, ror
hon. ccns,mn,i,,..1so ,,,o, ',,0t' 49,, 4o'
VAN. ,,.,,,,t 'N''' '''''o '"''| 'Lle Non-
''H' Il AH"Iiu DC Nn0Wn as "Nhe Cot
Ion :. overs ASSO&ia ion Of the South.
The port was ad0pted
g.. / y rnd,r:n ..
"' a. 'oi'l'i'lSsi oner OF
HSt, !INrr for the State Of TenueSSpp
reaH .. clrrGuly prrparpi nanar. II
was eli Shown that. wheI ens in fnrn,nr
yea! tho surplus at the end ~ tbn
seas RANGED rrpm 1900 in thn h,i,G.
ri r. III ,,;,,rnr =, n{ nn1 hnio =; 'u,,t' ,l,H
~, T. ing Il lesson from these iiouree
tnu; ncc ST. owed It, enrrmoua .nn,9
Sl"r. for lnnl c~.lp- which CnulI nc
MrN "rIi&od at hone. II was c!aimcd
licr ~" - 1t may tp~rar, that ,1ary
""I . WpUdel to Lie cotton ;ndnitry
a' bay everything consumed h,it
wat. Altl Gr, and suggested 90 nrr
Cent !, rC.lurli0u in "rrnou, tnI
&c .ni aprr VA received WITT ap.
E'M, hG N"i. iie TOR ID. Lane iol-
u" -" ','l q '.Hl argument on
'''t' IL MES
error i.aGie WIS called on and
.n& ~ ms % Cover nor made q strong
@ .'4" VI 10Y lilpies! ing upon the Com
.'' ,,r Il ''!e ll;cPS5It- Ui reduction in
"cti - '''" '''c E''d l"r immediate
~
ol "" on'i"" '''lo evening listen
,.>, 49," ''io"'hg report from the
''i:'' -, .''Tt VI IeSoIu IONS:
rn, - /. > recon Aeldeu that this
,>or nWn n',o'i 40 proceed 10 oIganlze Il
iII'i i,.i T ~. olsittll|I'lon, 10 be known
as Ii cotton Growers and Merchants
-NS,,. o. I"I'"h; i',, w.
orro iy9ii,n ,,n arIo illhend that said
dnnt , trnnt,,,, ,n', ".,,"i CT''SlSC OF presl-
dent iron n,nt, ~. ',," tn" one wee prcsi-
Stnt, YIN '"'" o' 'ie cotton growing
'9'.rT, ~ -, u.
orra 49,, 'y,,i' w recommend tAere be local
nrG ,"r'i ir"2 ~ aa'! coIIoh growers
in ~, Wv It"t,'' Gt"tn ''Ss,'tlaIlohs organized
n,,t,,. ,''t., county ana town III the
S"t'oh growing region, and that said
t''' tIo ~ : "I.|'tiohS snail, where posi-
.1,', ~" p''cClcaole, cooperate with
isig,, 'g ~ =. '''''i' orsall|aVloh now in cx-
I,,, -.
F""T'n We recommend that the re-
"''N' III III thG acreage planted III cot
I 1ol ! 'r ne Year 1872 be 20 per cent.
1'IS ','n Gi''i paced In 1891.
/ Hth' We further recommend that
e''ch ana every farmer or planter with
III S''d cotton growing States do plant
more !nno,i' uiYer5Iil'd crops, and especially
'aho iHtra0rllnary precautions to the
rhu mat he shall produce an abun.
danc o. corn, peas, hay, oats and such
ot' ! htcesSarleS for his own and his
ia''il'!S supplies. And we mere ap.
pea, personally that each and every
P'!H~ II l''oflng this movement 90
tt!' rs aiG ana influence to further
ChiS - .!d.
'NlA IN. IN view OF the fact that the |
mere litilt interests of the Soath is
iEALH''y helu responsible, whether right
iuilS )r not, !or the planting of cotton
EerG' hG upon the exclusion OF other
PROC PROC 'cih, IL IS therefore suggested and
no!"'' ully urged upon them to contri-
s,,I'= U"t' pi lhelI adFlce and III other
~ "r9, -, 't't, l"I way" 10 Inc bringing about