Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-10
TIE COTTON GROWERS Of the Southern States in Session
 at Jackson, Miss. A NOTABLE GATHERING
Of Representative Planters. Committees Appointed
 and Relief Proposed.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 9.-A special to the Stales from Jackson, Miss, says: The cotton growers convention met here today and was called to order by Auditor w. w. Stone, who introduced the projector, Hector D. Lane, commissioner of agricul- ture of Alabama, who spoke briefly of its objects and called to the chair Governor Stone, who had been elected president at the Montgomery meeting, who made a splendid speech, requesting the conven- tion to pass practical resolutions favoring a decrease in acreage of crops and the en- couragement of cotton factories in the south.
 Delegates were present from some thirty counties in Mississippi and from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana North Car olina and Tennessee.
 On motion of MT. Lane it was ordered that committee on resolutions be ap- pointed, to consist of ono from each state, as follows: Alabama, Hon. J. H. Minge; Arkansas, Gov. John P: Eagle; Georgia, Hon. W. A. Broughton; Louisiana, George H. Ganze; North Carolina, J. II. Williams; Tennessee, J. M. Priestly.
 Committee on permanent orgapization- Alabama, Hector D. Lane; Arkansas, J. r. Smith; Georgia. w. A. Broughton; Louisiana, D. w. Pipes; North Carolina, . Mississippi, J. A. Redhead.
 At the evening session the following business was transac ed: All the plans were referred 10 the resolutions committee, and there were score of them. One pro- vided for bankrupt law another for an increase in the circulating medium, so as 10 eheapen money. The others all related to increasing the value of cotton, and most of them proposed to do it by decreasing the acreage by the formation Of an organ sa,t Io1s harn fn xnl0t. during the existence of same from 20 to 50 per cent less cotton than in 1894. Some of them were very drastic in their tendencies, proposing to hold the members up to the public gaze as enemies of their country who violated the obligations. Several of these were printed in pamphlet form and had evidently been well dlgested by their authors. Several mem bers expressed them- selves on cotton growing and the best way to increase the price of cotton.
 It was resolved to form a permanent or ganization, and a resolution was offered by MT. Pipes of Louisiana against dealing in cotton futures aud calling on members of congress to support the Hatch bill. An o.her was offered by MT. Robinson oi 1anica county, Mississippi, providing. for the establish niept of cold storage houses at convenient places in the variohs counties.
 Mir. Lane, for the committee on perma- nent organization, submitted report, which was adopted, recommending that the association be known as the Cotton Growers Protective association and providing for the election or appoint ment of officers and executive committees of the national and state associations; that for the present year the national officers appoint the state presidents, and that they appoint the presidents of county associa- tions; all officers after 1895 to be elected.
 Hector D. Lane of Alabama was unani- mously elected president of the national association, Gov. J sP. Eagle of Arkansas vice. president, Robert D. Eckbirge of Ala. bama secretary and treasurer.
 After long discussion the following resolution by MT. Pipes of Louisiana was adopted by vote of PAY to TO-.
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this con- vention that dealing in futures or fu- ture gambling is injurious to the agricul- tural interests of the United States, and especially to the interest of the cotton growers of the state. Members in con- gress are requested to pass the Hatch bill or some kindred measure.
 All the states voted soiidly for the reso- lution except Alabama and Mississippi. Both voted a small fraction against the resolution.
 The convention then adjourned until to- morrow.