New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-23
LESS COTTON AND MORE COhN
SOUTHERN FARMERS HOLD MEEilN"0'
rut ,AcKsoN PLAN INDoRsED BY A CoNVEN-
TON OF LOUISIANA PLANTERs-ThHAs JUNO
THE MovEMENT-CoTToN GOODS
FOR THE FAST

THE EASI
The Southern newspapers Just now are devouhs
q large amount Of space TO the discussion VI .
end means OF averting the threatened disaster ~
.h.r ssc,,on which would surely follow the plant
ing NJ another crop Of cotton large as the one
now being marketed Every phase OF the aues'o, ,
,s awclt upon and many columns are hed win
letters from planters giving In de'aiI inc" op
ence In growing cotton and suggesting inea"s -.
securing a reduction of acreage this spring. w,,'''
all alike recognize their only salvation 49,
are given showing the Of raising cotton i"es'
tables all show an actual. positive ioss 10 '"'
planter who sells his cotton as low as 'e"
mound In this the "one-horse farmer o. "' Wy
lands agrees with the planter VINO re"'S
hundred negro tenants in the ric" a'
the Mississippi bottoms. ,o,
III, The cavity Of the situation is not lost upon
the cotton growers is seen by the continuance Vi
the agitation for n reduced acreage Nm "
meetings have been he'd throughout 'he 'o "
further the movement, the most impoi'"v
that at Jackson Miss. reports OF which were
prlnted in The Tribune at the time pe'he ~
yen,,on a, Shreveport La. on January To- caiieu
at the suggestion of the Shreveport bo''" " -.
Delegates were present from all the oo''o'' p
Of Louisiana The proceedings were Hal
and thoroughly earnest 1890 .,,.,o,,
A n result Of the days deliberations reso'u'oii'
,r.r. nassed indorsing the plan proposed by the
1aclson convention and urging merchants ana
farmers TO become members of the Na'io'ai Co'
ton Growers Association, and 10 90 'heii oe "
hiring about the reduction Of acreage contemplate
in the Jackson plan. 1t was decdeu 10 "eN va.
N.w-Or,eans Cotton Exchange to call convention
., h,s,ness men and bankers in New-Orleans some
.,ra IN February 10 devise means to aid the iaIh-
ers in curtailing the acreage. The convention also
declared in favor Of establishing mahuiae'u n e
Industries throughout the State ana OF d ui'e'"'
.cation OF crop. The United States senate was
asked to pass the Hatch Anti-Option DILL anu .
c.n.,ors from Louisiana we're asked to vote Tor
Il. c,,,o-,
The Jackson plan. Endorsed by 'he
convention is nothing more nor less 'nh'' w
suggestion OF the New-Orleans Cotton fac'o''
Association which provides for the crea0"i
cotton growers association. the members Oh "h.n
Gre pledged 10 plant not moIe imam ~
of the acreage OF 1874 .,
Some doubts expressed as 10 me 'h'e"'o'
Of Texas toward reducing the acreage III @o'''".'
with the sister States of the cotton oe'' 10
Texas is a perfect cotton cornucoP'a' '"e'''o
we're made and showed that The Texans are as
.roa, sufferers as the others from scent cotton
ond ga willing TO join the movement robert ,:
pay president of the NewOreans Cotton taes at,i
AsSsociation sent a telegram TO find OUT me a.,l-
fmde of the Galveston Cotton Exchange ana ie-
ceived this ,py. 49, c,,ros.or Cotton Exchange
heartily and most urgently recommenio % . .ne
planters OF Texas and the cotton-gro"ihis ,nts5
this year the only way OF reI2T9s H3%GE.
compensapf' Ies;dsnt Galveston Cotton Exchange.
TaIley & Co.. extensive handlers OF COTTON at
ravior Texas say that regardless OF conVentlo'is,
Taxas panters will reduce their acreage % Per
csnt az farmers are governed by the price OF the
fas, ha'a they sell and merchants Will not make
a1iovance 10 planters who do not plant liberal
amount OF corn and feed products -. ~
"uo sor Tho market in cotton futures. :he OK
changes to be waiting TO dsco cepdton
favor a iuster price for cotton. but the element
Of uncertainty keeps it low T hive bourht so
bales in Liverpool for their factories; anu then
business with China and the East is simply ehor-
nous.