The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-16
A mIsUNDERsrooD RESOLUTION.
Some Interior Merchants Kicking
Without knowing WHY.

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Fort Valley, Ga, Aug. t5.-Editor GRAY,
/ Of the Fort Valley Leader. called the at
tention Of the warehoucemen and cotton
/ buyers here 10 the resolution offered at
/ last Saturdays meeting Of Savannah
business men by Capt. John Flannery, as
I TO how the Savannah buyers would pas for
cotton shipped this fall. and 10 created much
uufavorable comment for Savannah s
/ business men here yesterday. The cotton
mems feelings and intentions Of this sec
ton will get out, and it is but justice to
Savannah's business men to let them
/ know the tactics that will be brought TO
bear on all the men who ship cotton 10
| Savannah, as well as on the country mer-
chants who buy goods there and, if their
! purport is carried out it Will certainly
| lessen Savannah S cotton receipts as well
| as decrease the sales of wholesale mer-
chants.
II is proposed that interior cotton buy
ers shall not ship any cotton to Savannah
at all, but that they will ship from this
section via Atlanta to Norfolk, and Via
Augusta to Charleston or in case Bruins
wick will make an effort to raise money
TO aid in moving the crop from the lower
part of this state. they viii send their
cotton to Brunswick for foreign
| export In other words, there
is gigantic move on foot to boycott say
| annah's cotton men and merchants gener-
ally, on account of Capt Flanuery's reso-
| luton, and there is some prospects of sue
| cess, ''for, " said a warehouse man to me
| yesterday, what can the average farm
tenant do with a check on Savannah or
| New York and, some white farmers, too,
for that matter. You could not get them
to take that in cash payment for their cot
ton, and as for buying it from them
on credit and then wait until the cotton IS
sent to Liverpool, Bremen, Barcelona or
some other foreign point, is entirely out
Of the question" They will do no such
thing, as many of them, in fact a large
per cent. of them, have made this crop
without receiving any advances on the
crop and they are going to have cash for
| their cotton or keep it, and If Savannah
! does not make some effort to cash our
drafts with bill ladings attached and
send us the cash, we will all unite in this
whole section; Culloden, Roberta, Rey-
nOlds, Butler, TalbOttOn, Marshallyllle,
Montezuma, Perry, Elko, Bryan and other
| places, and we will try and induce this
sentiment to spread in the territory that
will injure Savannah's commercial i'm
portance."
From this it will be seen that the cot
ton men are not at all favorably impressed
with Capt. Flannery's resolution. For
! several years past efforts have been made
! to turn the cotton from this section via
Atlanta to Norfolk.
1t is hoped by nearly every one that
Savannahs cotton men will not adhere to
this resolution, for it is not the desire of
any true Georgian to iniure her most
prominent and flourishing seaport.
Many say Capt Flannery's resolution
was passed at the closing of the meeting
and its effects was not duly considered, and
they hope it will be reconsidered, by Sa-
vannah's cotton men announcing that
they will furnish all the cash in their
power to help move the coming cotton
with all the dispatch possible.
Capt. Flannery's resolution had refer
ence to western products brought to this
city. The western grain and provision
dealers that have always been paid in
New York exchange. now demand the
actual cash by express thus taking our
| currency which we need for moving the
| cotton crop. Capt. Flannery had not
in mind the paying for cotton in
| the interior with New York exchange.
| Savannah has about as much money for
moving cotton as any other port, and will
be able to get as much as any other.