The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22


What They Propose to Do.
In response to request from Edl
for CAN'T of the Piedmont Headlight,
President Wilborn of the Southern
Association of Cotton Growers, who
was in the city yesterday, has .'rtten
the following letter which gives the
first real information as to what the
organization PROPOSES to do:
Dear Sir: In reply to your request
fer my impression Of the Atlanta
convention, beg to enclose the re
port of the committee on resolutions,
which will give you skeleton idea
of what is 10 b. done. It is pro
posed to organize every township ID
each State, close and compact, to
have presidents and secretaries OF
townships, counties and States and
to enroll every name that is willing
to enlist in the fight and to spot the
man that sulks in his tent.
Through State, county and town
ship bodies bureau OF information
is established, this for purpose OF
Informing ourselves as to acreage
and Yield, etc, etc.
Said information first complied 10
be communicated to State, county
and township organizations, and
afterwards given to the. public, it the
bureau sees proper so to do. lmost
earnestly urge upon every community
to at once proceed to enroll and
organize and send delegates to their
January county conventions.
The people must realize that the
organization is necessary. We want
individual activity. The Southern
States have only commenced to act.
It would, have thrilled the heart OF
every cotton grower te have heard
the report of the commissioner OF
agriculture Of Alabama; they have
called State, county and district con-
ventions and are proceeding with an
activity that will be effective: every
State is proceeding on similar lines.
Please remember that this assocla-
tiou is not yet 40 days old, first
springing into existence by my hum
bic call for convention on Novem.
Der 10th. There the association was
formed. History does not show
where any army was organized and
mobilized in so short time. have
been surprised, almost overwhelmed.
at the unanimity Of the cotton grow
crs of the South. All admit that the
time to act is at hand, and are ready
to fight fire with fire, to meet organ.
ization with organization.
Respectfully,
J. C. Wilborn.
The following is the report referred
TO by Mr.. Wiborn in his letter:
The interstate cotton growers con-
vention, met and sitting in Atlanta
December II, 1897, having thor
oughly canvassed the situation of our
industry in all its many phazes, pro-
mulgate the following statement and
address as the result of its delibera-
tions:
l. The most pressing need Of the
hour for the attainment of our ends
is thorough organization Of the
growers of cotton, beginning with
the individual grower, however hum.
bic, and reaching up through town
ship, county, State ard interstate
organization. We cordially commend
the organization over which Hon.
Hector D. Lane ably presides, and
tender that body at its meeting IN
Memphis on the Doth instant our CO.
operation in completing the organiza-
tion so we'll begun by it several
years ago. To the end that uniform
ity may exist throroughout all the
States organized and to be organized,
we shall appoint committee OF the
body to consider all plans of organ
ization that may be submitted at
this meeting and mature plan for
presentation to our brethren at Mem
phis next week through delegation
to be appointed by this meeting to
represent this convention in that
body.
2. While not abating any of our
contentious that the monetary system
of our country is at the foundation
of our difficulties, as it is at the bot
tom of the depression in all indus,
tries, we hold that there are deep
rooted evils peculiar to our industry
that demand immediate attention
and remedy. And of first impor-
tlnce among these as factor in de-
pressing prices is the speculative
control exercised over the price of
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