The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-21


to use it for preferment or purely political
advancement.
This association shall aim to teach the
American cotton grower:
First, to reduce the cost of production of
cotton.
Second, to practice the principles of
thrift and economy, which shall enable
him to escape debt and make his cotton a
real money CROP
Third. to make all his own supplies at
home, to the end that his crop when pro-
duced may be all his own.
Fourth, to hold his crop each year until
he can sell 1t to the best advantage.
Fifth, to build factories for manufacture
ing cotton goods near the cotton fields SO
that he may receive the largest returns
from each and all crops.
Sixth. that home markets may be built
up by home products.
Article 4.-This-association shall elect
president from each of the states, who shall
be the president of the state. 1t shall be
Inc duty of the state president to effect
thorough organization of all the cotton
growers in their states, counties and dis
tricts To this end the state presidents
shall call to their assistance the commls-
sioners of agriculture, and the directors or
the agricultural experiment stations, ana
their respective states, using as far as pos
sible existing organizations and farmers
whose aims are not antagonistic to this
association.
A National Committee.
Article 5.-The presidents of the state as
sociations shall constitute the national
committee of this association, of which tho
IF ctol1 he aX-
officio chairman. It shall be the duty of
said committee to assist the president in
promoting the work and efforts of the as
sociation; to advise the state presidents as
to the work in their states and to direct
the work of the secretaries of this associa-
| tion This committee shall also prepare
| the constitution and bylaws of the states.
to be presented at it's next regular meeting,
| and If authorized to prepare, publish and
| circulate literature in behalf of the work
! of the association. IN order to do this the
executive committee is authorized to raise
| by subscription or otherwise, as it may
| deem fit, sufficient funds to provide for this
work and reasonable salary for the Off
| GERS of the association. Vacancies on said
committee shall be filed by the president
| and his appontees shall be effective in the
various states until the next meeting of the
| association.
Article 6-The secretary of the national
| association shall be secretary of the ex-
| ecutive committee shall work under its
| direction, and receive such compensation as
| 1t allows The secretary shall be elected
| by the executive committee and shall hold
| office for one year.
| Article 1.-THE executive committee is au-
thorized to elect a treasurer to hold office
for one year and to report to it and
through it to the association.
No Initiation Fee.
Ntice S-There shall be no initiation
fees from the members of the association
and no officer except it's secretary shall
receive a salary. The state association
shall decide as to the compensation to be
| paid their own officers, and shall decide
the means to be used in raising their own
funds. This association suggests to them
the advsal Hity # melting n Ivy Of one
cent for each acre put in by each member,
tha funds so lise6 to be expended for pre-
noting the efforts of the association with
in each state or county wherein it is rais-
ed shall be determined by the local asso-
citation.
After further indorsing the anti-option
bill introduced in congress by Representa-
tive Stokes, of South Carolina, resolution
was passed suggesting that the farmers in
every county in the states meet on the first
Monday in February and proceed to orga-
nize
The following officers were elected:
President-Hector d. Lane, of Alabama.
Secretary-Richard Cheatham. editor of
the Cotton Planters Journal, of Memphis
The convention then adjourned sine die,
subject to the call of the president
The IDEA RIllcIll En-