The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-01-31

HOLD AN IMPORTANT CONVEN-
TION AT MEMPHIS.
One Thousand Enthusiastic Planters
Attended the Meeting.

tive Association, 90 take action 30 of=
feet a continuation Of decreased acre.
age, was called 90 order Ia Memphis,
Tom, Tuesday morning by Colonel
John Il. Goodwin, Tennessee president
Of the association.
Fully 1000 delegates we're in tho
hall at the time. Prominent planters
from every cotton producing state
were in attendance. Texas aud Ar
kansas had a large representation, and
great oarnestnegB was manifested in
support Of the proposition 70 decrease
the acreage.
Delegates without exception express
the belief that the lesson taught tho
south this season by benefits derived
from reduced cotton production aud
the home production Of all supplies
will not be forgotten AZ planting time.
Many predict a cotton crop for 1896
not to exceed tho one OF 1895.
Immediately after tho call Of the
convention 10 order, Colonel Goodwin
introduced President Lane, who made
an eloquent and earnest plea for the
decrease Of the acreage.
Hold down your cotton, said Mr..
Lane, "and you will dictate the price,
but produce a three million bale sur
plus and Liverpool will pay You what
she sees f.."
At the conclusion of the address the
various committees we're appointed
and then Hon. Charles Scott, Of Mis-
sissippi, was introduced. He dwelt
chiefly upon the method OF southern
cotton growers, which carried him
away from diversifcation and to the
all-cotton crop, which in turn carried
him to the supply men, who predicated
their advances upon that crop The
close of Mr.. SCOTS address aroused
enthusiasm, because he took up the
certain consequences of a war in which
this country should figure as n princi-
pie. He insisted that so long as war
could be honorably averted let it be
done, but when the time arrived it
would be found that the agriculturists
Of the south would be found among the
foremost of the country's soldiers.
"Let us remember our honored
British ancestry" he exclaimed, land
with a single voice let the people of
both nations say God save the presi-
dent; God save the queen"
At the close of this speech the COM
mittee on resolutions announced its
readiness to report and did so. The
preamble recites the evil consequences
of overproduction and unsystematic
marketing of the cotton crop, and re-
solves "that we call the attention of
southern cotton growers to the fact
that they are masters of the situation.
The crop of 1895 being less than seven
million bales, renders it entirely fea-
sible, by a further reasonable reduo-
ton of acreage during the present
year, TO materially advance The value
of cotton and thus insure a safe and
substantial profit that cannot fail to
bring increased prosperity to the
south, not only as the immediate re-
suit of such profit, but by enhancing
the value of our lands and turning
hither the tide of immigration, much
needed for the development of the
great natural resources of this favored
section.
"We earnestly urge all producers o
cotton to take advantage of this sud
den opportunity and to continue the
wise policy adopted during the past
season of making the south self-sup-
porting by first producing an abund-
ant supply of corn, hay, meat and
other like commodities for home con-
sumption, decreasing the cotton acre
age still further for the matter of
prime Importance, thus guarding
against the dangers of overproduction
and leaving the cotton as a surplus
crop"
Other resolutions were reported,
making the American Cotton Growers
Association permanent, instructing the
president and executive committee to
move theoretically against every dis
position to increase acreage, and pro-
viding for permanent officers from each
cotton growing state.
A committee to formulate an adj
dress to ngriculturists was also ap-
pointed, to prepare and promulgate it,
after which the convention adjourned
sine die.
Plot Against Honduras Under Way.
According to news brought by the
Panama steamer City of Sydney to-
San Francisco, there is likely to be-
another uprising in Honduras before
long. Colonel Drummond, an Eng
lishman, is said to have some oonnec-
ton with the scheme to overthrow the
present government. The plot is be-
ing formed in Guatemala.
Mississippi With the Insurgents.
Representative Langston has intro
duced a resolution in the Mississippi
Legislature memorializing congress to
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