The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-22
REDUCE TIE ACREAGE.
ADVICE TO the COTTON GRO WERS
or TIE SOUTH
rrsdio,ion that the Prssent Io"
will Soon be Advsncsd-iniqs''o"
reports br fskirs.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Nov. q O0'''
,r.seioner Lane. Of Alabama "'''
suea his address 20 the co1loh - - 80
Of the South. which was auu'oiIN'' -, ~
a. ,a,e meeting of cotton growers he'u
I'm Montgo 5ry lie says ......ots
r,e,s convention was called oy myseH
a.. ,ho purpose of considering ana ue-
10 means through which southern
oo,to, growers might protect themselves
49,, the many unfair devices USED 10
80 the values Of our chief staple,
~ ,roet prouniuent one being nCuuOuS
roports fabricated in the MAN Co.loH
,,srkefs sent out by cotton eAChdH6e9'
and enanatlng from the minds oil men
who make precatlous HNlhb "S '"V "S''9
on The cotton market. -, ...t,.o4
estimates sent out by Interested parties,
a. to Inc size of the present crop ana
shows 10y figures that It viii not amount
10 anything like what is claimed.
riE BENEFITS or coNFEEKScE,
lie shows by the following statement
the benefits 20 be derived from the pro
ductrs coming tcsether and acting IN
harmony. Consequent upon the
enCru Gus crop produced in the
season of 1879, a cotton con con-
veauon was held in Memphis, Ghqer
the auspices Of the Mississippi Valley
Cotton Growers Association, and us re-
sults as was the result Of the recent
CONVENTION at Montgomery, einlhtHuS
satisfactory 10 all engaged ia H. as anS fo
press purpose Of this meeting was ~
tnke action towards the reduction oi
the cotton acreage. How Wen IL s,u,,
ceeded in its effort history OF tol,On
crops will show. A decrease in acieaE9
followed the ensuing seasons OF " @uu
'g3 OF 345G439 acres-an acreage that is
larger than rs planted IN any ohe S'"'''
with the exception OF IeNas. ...+o., CON
10 NRnHntE
Yention. cotton advanced seventeen I0H.9
in three days. Pursuant 70 the M,,,,i,d Momudi
gomery meeting cotton values duN "ii,oI @
fWeDty-ScVcu points. W hethtT lHVSe
occrrTencae were co-lncilental or WhelneT
they were caused directly or lndlfectS ~
these farmers in convention aseeIilu'Cu "a -
for the country 10 Judge bul 10 ny 'f,'l. F,t
IL is "A practical demonstrating ol -
mat The vibrations Of the cotton market
are as sensitive and responsive 70 70 ','e n
touch of a convention OF Ielii...ia,I Iel NJ
they are 10 Vaccinations OF ine'I' 'Po'i-
tan fakirs
TO DrcREAsE THE AcEEAGr.
The dominating questions confronting
tho farn,ere-frst. is to Tefute the in'qu-
IONS rep0rts being sent out by unScrupu-
lous persons and bearing down OF pitsemI lnr,
prices, and, secondly, 10 co.pleii i'' tla t'l 6V
plaDting the same in and prOduClhs iHoIe
ihome consumption crops. e..-..
Over-production encourages ana losICIss
Il.
81 every patriotic citizen of the Souih 70
enlist an the instrumentahtes ay9uaP,e
10 resist this current thdt j. lHsIulouoiSs
d9v by dav drifting us into the vortex OF
,,o.yerfv and destitutiOn, and ! respect
fully solicit the help Of the press anu tlgg
Kind cooperation Of all those lnleItS 49, 80
IN the material welfare or the Soulh Iot
their assistance In the accompuShW.HI ~ ~
mis- "consumation so devouuy TO De
mai the present low prices Of cotton
rHssara oil 'Nl.
and certainly so If the Well-acCtpled Iulc
Of political economists applies me co9I
Of the production OF an article IS I"H
rbert is n less visible supply on hand
man for wears. Mills have less on hahds
pcoplc have less clothes on account Oh
the enforced economy OF haIu ui''9'
mGuFR PRICES PREDICTED.
The total visible supply OF cotton IN
the world is 3-2.31j bales less than lh
isG and Gos.N4 less than in 1872. Inc
currency and tarin questions are NlIlua'.
Is settled. and all the lnuloauois az
ursseut point 90 a speedy return o' N,l
oral prosperity. and cotton prices must
naturally rule higher.
Ne are of the opinion that after all
tnis matter can only bc accomplishing 10y
independent individual acton sulnuidled
by utenilent argument, ana ] SualI un-
acrtakC tu prove that, TO "a great extent
In is the OytrpTOducuun ol 'olloh ]" cN-
r.ee of its consumption that Is causing
the falling of in values. until IL mas
reached "a point which makes il less
than can possibly be produced 10y the
southern planters. ,
He concluded his address ny saying
..Tba convention at Montgomery ad-
iournod 90 u eet at jackson, Miss, on the
second Wednesday in January 1880. when
and where we viii endeaNor To go INTO
"A permanent organization under me name
Of the Southern Cotton Growers Projec-
tive Association.
.'Vho various Governors OF the southern
"a "a
dsIepatcs from each cOugreS lOuM dis
trict and three from the stale at large.
The commissioners of agriculture were
elected vice-pre~idents for th"ir respective
States / urge upon all farmers and others
interested IN this movement TO attend
the meeting at Jackson, as 10 IS qucs-
tion of the grav,st importance TO the
common country.