The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-22
KING COTTON ON SHIPB0ARD.
THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION
BEGINS ITS WORK.

The Conditions nder Which Cotton
l. BaIed risc Principal Topic to ne
Discusscd--A Claim THAT Nearly a
Third More Cotton Can he slowed
on the shsp~ Thun at Present n it
l. Property E.sied.
New Orleans. Feb. 2l.-The convention
Of steamship agents ara railroad ufi-
cials which met to-day I'm the rooms
Of the chamber or commerce. promises
to be one Of the most interesting gath
erings that has assembled IN New Or
leans for a good while. ID is not so much
so in the personnel OF those present. in-
nuential as they are. as in the momen-
tous subjects that they have reposed in
their charge for settlement
What viii be discussed principally sre
the conditions under which cotton is
baled for forwarding to the port OF New
orleans from adjacent states FOR ship-
ment 90 foreign ports. such irregularlty
has cropt In in the last few years in the
preparation OF cotton for shipment that
all the parties Interested have come to
the conclusion that "a meeting had better
be held. and the result Of such conclu.
sions Is the convention to-day.
In a general way u may be said that
the contention of the shipping men as.
that II the staple Is properly handled
from % to 30 per cent. more bales can he
slowed ia the hold of steam and SAIL
ing vessels.
The railroad men are supposed TO bs
taking a great interest in the work or ths
convention. Some railroads maintain
That while n percentage of Gotten is
badly pressed and ctherwise handled bv
the producer and at tho compreases. yet
II is but a small portion. the bulk OF the
/ shipments "measuriug" out TO tho fun
ship requirements. This point. as well
as many others wiz, a. IS expected he
debated hotlv during the meeting
irhe railroad interests Will be closely
conserved by Col Bob" Perkins and Col
c. W. Gibson. both Of the Mobile ana
Ohio railroad. who handle enormous uuau-
Tides of cotton, who VIII be ready with
many arguments ON their side of the cues.
ton. Col Gibson rs the counsel for the
Mobile and Ohio. with headquarters at
Atlanta, and is perhaps one Of the BEST
posted tnen on the cotton QUESTION fn the
south. Col. Perkins is known 10 al men
favorably, as the local agent of the Mo
bile ana Ohio, and IS well posted on tins
matter
or the local steamboat men there are
prominent In the convention to-day
1 AAdftth EloN1Huus w. j. hammond, NJ j..
! Sanders, W. j.. Ross Of Ross, BoWe a
/ Morrow, Alfred lie Blame Victor Bod
4 tom and a. Milleta OF A. X. Mhner lllleta
& co.
! Many Of the delegates from outsifle points
are delayed through lack OF making rail-
road connections, but they VIII be herp
later ON.
When the convention ro-convensd this
afternoon at 2:50 O'Clock much larger
number of delegates was present than at
the morning session.
A telegram was read by Chairman Ross
from the Charleston cotton exchange stat
ing that j. A. Smyth and Capt J. r..
Hubbard would report Friday morning 8t
the convention as their delegates.
President Ross then proceeded to reBd
very lengthy address prepared by the
maritime association. Considerable space
was given TO the preparation OF cotton
from the time II left the gin until
loaded on board ship. Bales should be put
up in uniform size, and With a minimum
density. Ii was very important that this
convention should endeavOr TO remedy
these defects. The subjects Of freight.
storage and insurance were discussed at
length. Carelessness in COMPRISING
was severely commented on. II was urged
that every bale should be held by twenty
four bands. II was for the cotton pro-
ducers 70 wrestle with the questions Of
careless compression and not the ship
ferred TO the committee on resolutions.
IL was ordered that recess OF ten min
utes be taken for the purpose Of making
up the committees. In answer to an in
qulry, the chair stated that there were
representatives present from New Or
leans, Galveston. Brunswick, Savannah,
Norfolk and New York Several other
cities had sent word that delegates from
their commercial bodies would be present
later. The railroads represented we're
stated to be the Florida Central, Illinois
Central. Texas and Pacific and the Mobile
and Ohio. The recess for ten minutes for
the purpose Of selecting committees was
then ordered.
The following additional delegates reg
istered this afternoon: G. =. Miller, Texas
and Pacific; Robert ID. Dewebb, Mindin,
La; Clarence s. Connerat, r. @ Strachan.
j. NJ Fleming and w. A. Winburn Of
Savannah; c. ~. Smith Portsmouth. Va;
William Parre, A. Lord. J. Morrow, w.
a. McYittie, Alfred Holt d. Ripley. T.
K Sweeney and ). Moller, Galveston;
7. II. Hayward. Selma, Ala. A. A. Pat
ton, Liverpool Eng.
FOUR FROZEN 10 HEATH