Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-31
FARMER ANDPLANTER
REDUCED oorToN ACREAGE.

W Wv ASnbA0Es
a. Decrease Of. Twerty-Flve Per Cent.
Negommended, by the Cotton Growers
convention Recently Held at jackson,
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. Inc cotton-growers' convention re-
Gently heM at Jaeksons Miss, adopted
the following report of the committee
on resolutions p
Your committee on resolutions have
patiently Considered the various rcsp-.
lutions and suggestions Submitted TO,
them They are painfully impressed
Win the gravity OF the condition
Confronting the cotton-grower. TO
what extent these conditions may be
traced toa theS'hnahGialgof' ! legislative
causes II is useless to discuss here. 1t
is to the matter of lying in the immc;
date control of the cotton-growcr him-
self that we apply ourselves 1t is to
each and every planter that we must
appeal. The overproduction of cotton,
tits admitted on all sides, is the es!
sential factor in reducing the price,
.and to this all of our woes may be
@traced This must be corrected. In
4eyitable and UNIVERSAL bankruptcy, orr
;a change Of method, is the alternative
presented. Let every individual bring
that home to himself. Self-interest
must impel him TO the change. There
. fore, we recommend and earnestly APP
peal to every .cotton-grower that he
wilt not plant so much cotton. A
decrease in acreage of not less than 95A
per cent. should be made. If it could
be 80 per cent. it would be still better
Tho land thus relieved of cotton may
be profitably employed in many ways
Corn, peas, clover sorghum and pota
toes are profitable crops Make more
meat. Raise more stock. Make more
of everything except cotton. Make the
farrh self-sustaining. The tide of i'm
migration is turning southwark. With
1t will come new methods, new devel-
opments and new industries. The ulti-
mate and greatest prosperity will come
when the raw material is manufactured
in the southern states. TO bring about
this the greatest encouragement should
be given the lawmakers and capital
lists. The establishment of packing
houses in the southern towns would be
profitable, and tend greatly to stimu-
late the production of meat. in the
southern states. All these things
should give us courage and help for the
future. The present and burning ques-
ton now is how shall we make livingP
If the above suggestions are followed
out with strict economy in personal
md farm expenses, we feel sure that
better times will come. We submit
this, an earnest appeal from this con-
vention to every cotton grower in
America, to him personally and, indi-
vidually. In place of any form of res
olutions, we urge on them to. hold
meetings in every county at once and
enter into county organizations, auXil-
larry to state and national organiza-
tions effected by the convention. We
invite Incorporation of all merchants,
bankers and loan companies in inau
encing the growers in the adoption'of
the recommendations here made, and
we hope that the newspapers of the
south will keep this address before the
people until the crop is planted.
Hector ID. Lane, of Alabama, was
unanimously elected president of the
national association; Gov. j. P. Eagle,
Arkansas, viccapresident, and Robert
d. EciSberger, Alabama, secretary and
treasurer.
The committee on organization and
bylaws submitteda lengthy report, of
which the following is synopsis:
Not one shall be a member not
legitimate cotton grower. The asso-
/ cia ton is for one year.: and the execu-
tive committee is given the power to
continue longer Il good results follow.
The agreement to be sent to all conn
ties. in the cotton-grdwing states for
signatures is not to be binding until
signed by .three-fourths of the acreage,
in so per cent of the. cotton growing
counties, said fact to be deterininedsb y
the. national committee. Each mem
Der binds himself to pay two cents for
each acre of cotton planted in 1894,
half to be retained in the counties and
the balance to be paid in the treasury
of the national committee for general
purposes. Every member shall bind
himself to plant only - per cent. Of
the cotton planted in 1894, and to fur
nish statistics of the number Of acres
planted to the state committee. The
county organizations are to be formed
on the first. Monday Of, March, 1875.
The national executive committee
shall ,'be composed of 1 the ma
tional president, who is ex.officio
chairman, and each state is
entitled to- zone member for
every 20OiO bales of cotton in 1890, as
shown by the United States census.
All state organizations shall meet at
I the state capital on the third Monday
Of March, 1895, and the national com
| fnittee Mt New Orleans thee first Mon
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 signatures.
Hector D. Lane, the, new president,
was installed, and, addressing the con-
yention, he said a big task lay before
the association, but he believed it
would accomplish it. The members all
felt that much good will be the result
| Of the convention and the associa ton
to he formed later.
Hill, Fontaiue 81 Co., of st. Louis,