Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-11

with strict economy in personal and
farm expenses. We fell sure that better
times Will come. We submit this as an
earnest appeal of this convention to
every cotton grower In America
personally aud individually in place
of any formal resolution.
We urge upon them to hold meetings
in every county at once and enter into
county organizations auxiliary to the
state and national organizations Cf
fected by this convention We invite
the cooperation OF all merchants, bank
ers and loan companies in Influencing
the cotton growers in the adoption OF
me recommendations here made and
We hope that the newspapers OF the
south will keep this address before the
people until the crop is planted.
Ihe committee on organization and
bylaws submitted lengthy report of
which the following Is a synopsis
NO one shall be Il member not a le-
Ultimate cotton grower The assocla,
ton Is formed for one year and the
executive committee is given power
to continue it longer il good results
The agreement 10 be sent to all counties
in the cotton growing states for singna-
lures is not to be binding til signed by
the owners OF one-fourth OF the cotton
acreage in eighty per cent OF the cotton
growing counties, said fact to be de-
termined by the national committee
Each member binds himself to pay .
cents for each acre of cotton planted In
1884, half to be retained In the counties,
the balance to be paid INTO the treasury
Of the national committee for general
| purposes. Every member shall bind
himself to only plant 20 per cent of the
cotton planted IN 1894 and to furnish
| statistics of number OF acres planted
TO state committee
The country organizations are to be
formed on the first Monday in March,
1875. The national executive committee
shall be composed OF the national presl-
| dent who is eX-otiicio chairman and
| each state is entitled to one member
for every two hundred thousand bales
\ or cotton raised In 1890 as shown by
| United States census.
All state organizations shall meet at
the state capitals on the third Mon
uay OF March, 1895, and the national
committee at New Orleans the first
Monday of April, 1895, which shall
ascertain whether the agreement is
| signed by the requisite number to make
the same binding. The presidents are
charged with the duty of seeing the
agreements properly distributed for
Then follows the blank agreement for
| signatures.
Chatford OF Chiclasaw offered 4
resolution suggesting the contraction
OF TIE currency as one cause for the
depression and condemning the prac-
tice of national banks in returning
their notes to the government at will.
After a long discussion this was al
most unanimously killed. as were nu-
merous other resolutions OF the same
| character on the grounds that the
same were irrelevant.
Hector d. Lane, the new president,
was installed and addressed the con-
vention. He said a big task lay be-
fore the association. but he believed
1t would accomplish 1t. The members
all feel that much good will be the re-
suit OF the convention, and the asso-
Citations to be formed later; that the
people must be educated by agitation
| up TO the point that the acreage must
be reduced As an Illustration of what
this agitation Will do they point to the
large decrease following the convention
| OF 1892.
A telegram was received from T.. r.
Carroll. president of the Memphis cot
ton exchange. commencing the move
mcnt, hoping 1t would be successful
and stating his body believed another
cotton crop like the last would be dis
astrous TO the cotton grower and al
most complete destruction to the value
| of realty. Adjourned.