The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-01-18
The COTTON GROWERS.
A Complete Account Of
their OOingS.
BYLAWS ADOPTED BY THE
CONVENTION.
Committee on Resolutions Re-
port an Address to Farmers.
They Urge Establishment Of
Small Factories and Pack
ing Houses. ana Re
dEction Of Cotton
Acreage.
BYLAWS.

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The committee on organization
and bylaws submitted report,
which was adopted, as follows;
Article /. The objects aud pnr-
poses Of this organization are to
combine the American cotton
growers for their mutual benefit
and protection, and TO gather and
disseminate statistics and intorma-
ton useful to its members.
Art 2. No one shall be a mem
Der of this association unless he is
an actual grower of cotton. lessor
of land, or a furnisher Of supplies
for that purpose.
Art. 8. This association is form
ed for one year. and every member
thereof is bound by the terms
thereof till January /, 1896.
Art. 4. This agreement IS not to
be binding upon the signers there
of until it is signed by the planters
Of at least three-fourths of the cot
ton acreage in eighty per cent of
the cotton growing counties in each
of the cotton growing States, which
fact is to b. determined upon by
the national committee hereinafter
provided for
Art. ). Each member hereof
binds himself to subscribe, and to
pay the same in cash to his coun-
ty committee. when this agree
mcnt is declared operative, two
cents for every acre of land cult
waited by him in cotton during the
wear 1895. One-half Of the fund
produced by these subscriptions
shall be retained by each county
committee for local purposes and
the other bali shall be transmitted
to the national executive commit
tee for general purposes.
Art. 6. Every member of this
organization solemnly contracts
and binds himself to plant and
cultivate in the year 1898. not
more than three-Quarters Of the
number Of acres of cotton that he
planted and cultivated during the
year 1894, and hereby authorizes
and empowers the county COM
mittee OF his county and their
authorized agents to enforce this
agl cement as they may elect.
This obligation shall be construed
to extend to all lands controlled
by any member hereof directly or
Indirectly.
Art, I. Every member hereof
binds and obligatcs himself to de-
liver to his county committee I've.
tween the 10Th and 18th day of
June. in the year 1898. state.
ment of the number of acres Of
cotton then under cultivation on
the premises planted or controlled
by hmm. and the condition thereof.
Art $, The signers Of this agree
mert in each county Shall. meet st
the county scat on the first Mon
day in March, 1895. for the
purpose Of cIecting the State dele.
gates to the National Executive
Committee Each county commit
tee shall have power to make rale,
and regulations for iIs government
conforming to this instrument on
to the regulations Of the National
committee. None Of its members
shall receive amy compensation
except travelling expenses, and it
shall pay the trayeing expenses
of the delegates to the State con.
Ttntion, They shall be authoriz.
ed to employ II secretary ard to
fix his salary. Every county com.
nlittee is absolutely prohibited To
contract any debt in excess of it.
cash on hand. or to execute any
note. bond, or othcr promise It,
pay money.
Art. 3. Each county shall have
M the State convention one dele.
gate for every ten thousand bales
,pf'eotton and fraction thereof pro
duced therein during The census
Year 1890. This representation to
be based upnn the best attainable
Statistics Of the crop Of that year.
Art. 10. The national executive
committee shall be composed of
the national president, who shall