The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-17
ANDERSON, S. c., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1897.
The Cotton Growers Convention.

The Cotton Growers Convention,
called by President Wilborne, of the
State Alliance, was held in Columbia
last week. Nearly all Of the counties
of the State were represented, there
being about 200 delegates in atten-
dance.
It was decided to project ar organi-
zation of the cotton growers OF the
South with view to contracting the
acreage tt-oe planted next year. All
of the counties in the State are to be
organized along this line by townships,
and it is proposed to perfect county
organizations, as far as possible. on
the first Monday in December. 10
Hon. a. G.. Latimer was delegated
the work of organizing Anderson
County, and in another column he
publishes call for that purpose.
l. was also agreed thata convention,
to be composed of delegates from all
the cotton growing States-one mem
Der from each Congressional District
be held in Atlanta on the first Tues
day in January.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Convention:
Having had under consideration
the resolution of this Association,
instructing it to prepare the order Of
business for the meeting, your COM
mittee beg leave to report the follow!
ing resolutions:
ri. That it is the sense Of this
Association that any and all efforts
made to advance and promote the
interests of the producers of cotton;
by enhancing the price, establishing
and maintaining stability Of markets
and securing remuneration to the pro-
ducer, should have and receive the
cordial endorsement and support of
this Association.
''2. That, Notwithstanding the cry
of over production as a justification OF
low prices, the crop is taken and con-
sumed; yet in order the more readily
to accomplish our purpose of controll-
ing prices, we recommend the increase
of other crops and the consequent re-
duction of the cotton crop, thereby
becoming less dependent on others for
supplies and more independent in the
sale of our cotton.
E'3. That this meeting should adopt
decisive measures to secure the CO.
operation Of cotton growers in all
sections of the country in adopting
some system by which prices can be
maintained, so as to give the producer
fair remuneration.
~. Looking, therefore, to the fur
therance of the above recommends
tiens, we adopt as part Of our report
the preamble and resolutions adopted
on yesterday by this Convention, viz:
SIN view of the magnitude OF the
organization necessary to meet with
any promise Of success, the disastrous
conditions that confront the producers
Of cotton, involving the active CO.
operation of the individual producer
from North Carolina to Texas; and in
view of the necessity for full repre-
sentative meeting at every stage OF the
organization. Be it
81 Resozved, That the president
of the Convention be authorized to call
an Interstate Cotton Growers Con
vention to be held in the city Of At
lanta the first Tuesday in January, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, at
which meeting each cotton growing
State be requested to send as many
representatives RS it now has members
of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, for the purpose Of devising
ways and means to avert the disaster
that threatens.
"2. That delegate from each Con-
gressional district be appointed to said
Convention from this State.
"3. That the president Of this meet
ing call upon agricultural organizations
in other cotton growing States, or in
the absence of agricultural organiza-
tions request the Governor of such
State to call similar meetings in their
respective States, for the purpose Of
discussing the situation and electing
delegates to the said Interstate Cot
ton Growers Convention.
"4. That in the opinion Of this
body, nothing short of township or
ganization as the basis, reaching up
through county and State organization,
will prove effectual in this great work.
"And we recommend that delegates
from the several Congressional districts
in the State and two delegates at large
be elected to represent this Assocla-