The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-09

Der OF delegates ana Hon. Hector d. Lane
| of Athens, Ala, president OF the National
| association, was introduced and made A.
statement Of the objects of the meeting.
After accepting an invitation from Man
ager Bart Moore to visit the round bale
| compress the meeting adjourned for din
ner.
The convention met at o'clock and
adopted resolutions condcmnng future
dealings and demanding of the legisla-
lures of the Cotton States and congress
prohibtory laws against future dealings
in agricultural products. Also resolutions
condcmnng the anti oleomargarine legis-
lation now pending before the legislature
committee was appointed to go be-
fore the State railroad commission and ask
for a reduction in the cotton rates and the
Cotton Buyers association, the Cotton
Seed Crushers' association, the State Cot
ton Ginners' association. the State Grange
and Farmers alliance were asked to an
point committees to act with this commit
| tee
The committee ON address promulgated
the following:
| TO The Farmers of Texas.
| The undersigned members Of the Ameri-
can Cotton Growers Protective associa-
ton. who werc appointed a committee by
the convention at Waco, March s. to
formulate an address to all cotton growers
submit the following and urge careful con-
| sheraton.
The tendency to plant heavily of the
money crop requires the earnest thought
| and cooperation of all cotton growers In
the interest OF remunerative prices. 1t is
well known that heavy yield of cotton
| is used to bear the cotton market. The re-
ports OF acreage even months in advance
| of the harvest are used to hold down the
price. aud II behooves every cotton grower
| TO JOIN with LIS neighbor and CO. laborer in
| an EFFORT 10 prntect himself against the
manipuators If the cotton market. We
recognize the fact that it is absolutely
necessary for most OF us to plant cotton
| 1t is necessary in this country because it
| il almost the only certain money crop.
| But we submit that il all OF us were to
devote our time and energies and suf-
iioient amount Of our land to the raising
! OF those products consumed at home first
ana give the balance 10 cotton. we would
necessarily reduce the acreage of cotton
| and thereby reduce the yield. BY SO doing
we not only create demand for our cot
| ton by lessoning the supply but by raising
at home the things We formerly purchased
from abroad with our cotton money, We
ucstroy inc necessity Tor DlR crop, and
strike from our limbs the shackles of a
commercial slavery that has afflicted and
burdened us so long.
| We recommend that every cotton grower
| plant enough of those products consumed
at home to supply his wants aud in addi-
ton to that raise all the cotton he cah
| We arc in favor of patronizrng home in
| dustres and earnestly urge the farmers of
| Texas to purchase the goods, wares and
merchandise manufactured in Texas In
| preference to those manufactured else
where when the quality and price OF the ar
| ticle are the same. The first stimulus
ever received by our American manutac~
turing industries We're the laws enacted
by Great Britain levying an import tax
on goods shipped TO the colonies. The col
onies rcbelled. Joined in a combination to
purchase only goods made in the colonies
ana thus was formed the greatest manufac-
turing country in the world We do not
recommend a boycott, but we do recon-
mend and urge that where the price and
quality are equal. the preference be given
| to home manufactured goods and encour-
| ascment be given all manufacturing tn
| terprises sought to be established In
Texas.
Edwin Wilson, Travis county.
| Chairman;
y. j. Iiendrick, McLennan county,
| T. s. Dearman, Navarro county,
j. l.. Greer. Collin county.
Robert Gibson, Dallas county,
A. Haidusek, Fayette county,
| A. h. McCullum, McLennau county,
| o. Darwin McI.cnnan county