The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-08-03
COTTON GROWERS
ASKED TO COMBINE
PRESIDENr 4 NVILBORS ISSUES n CALL
TO THE FAIsMERS
convention to be Held Soon The General
Line OF Work ns Indicated In tho
Georgia Associniion's plan.
Township Organizations.
The State, July 81. |


Carolina association has issued call
looking to a convention TO bo held
in this city in September following
tho formation Of organizations by
townships in the several counties Of
the State. His call issued yesterday
afternoon roads as follows:
TO tho Cotton Growers of South
Carolina:
l have been urged to issuo a call
to tho cotton growers IN South Car,
olina for united and intelligent
action Of the growers of cotton and
cotton seed with bankers and gin
ners with view to marketing the
cotton crop through Il longer period
Of time and obtaining correct staiis,
tical information upon which to base
prices. therefore call upon tho
cotton growers to at once organize
in each township and county and
elect delegates to attend State
convention to be callod at an cu,ly
date in September, to be hereafter
named. Other States arc now beng
organized. I hereto attach the plan
as suggested at Macon, Ga, May 2G.
Let farmers go to work at once or
ganizing their counties and report to
me at Columbia, S. G.
j. G. Wilborn,
Pres. Cotton Growers Convention.
The paper referred to in Mr.. vii,
born's call setting forth the plan Of
operation adopted in Georgia reads
rs follows:
"Tho president Of the association
shall at once proceed in the most ex-
peditious and economical manner to
perfect organization in every county
throughout the cotton belt of tho
State; also to call State conventions
in tho other cotton growing States,
for perfocting similar organizations
to that in this State. Efforts shall
be made to establish State bureau
in each State, in addition to county
organizations.
This association shall fix the price
at fair and reasonable figure, at
which the producers shall offer their
cotton and cotton seed for salo in
the open markets next season. If
the minimum price ls fixed on mid
ding grades at say 8 cents per
pound at the ports, this would fix
the price at each local shipping
point, less the rate of freight to
nearest port. Bonded warehouses
to be established at all local markets
wherever required by the banks and
members Of this association. Ware
house receipts to DO issued to tho
owners Of all cotton stored, and tho
Same insured if receipts arc to be no.
gotiated. These warehouse receipts
to be negotiated at the nearest bank
for 60 or 80 per cent. Of the value of
such cotton in tho open markets at
time thoy are to be placed with tho
banks as collateral security for mon
ey borrowed. Each producer shall
control the individual sale of cotton,
and, though member of tho asso-
citation, if he desires to dispose of
his cotton before the minimum price
fixed by the association is offered by
the buyers he shall be at perfect
liberty to do SO. The association IS
confident that a fair and just price
for cotton and cotton seed can be
fixed and maintained in the open
markets by the united concert of
action on the part of it's members,
backed by financial aid from the
banks, by holding back tho surplus
Of the crop, which is to be marketed
each month to meet tho demand Of
the mills in all parts of tho world.
"Ginnors throughout the cotton
belt will be supplied with postal
cards addressed to headquarters of
the State bureau, with the request
that each Saturday night the num-
Der of bales ginned that week will be
forwarded. Early tho following
week the association will know just
how many bales Of cotton have been
prepared for market tho past woel.