The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-09-07
GOTrON GHnWENS' CONVHNrION.
lmporta"c" of tho Meeting Soui! To be II Id
at Greenwood In this state
News and Courier

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Columbia, September 3.-Prcsi
denr Wilborn, Of tho state Cotton
Growers Association, il exceedingly
anxious to havo Il good attendance
at tho Gotten and Wheat Growers
Convention, and Las issued tho fcI-
lowing address, which he hopes will
DO needed:
The Cotton Growers Protective
Association, of South Carolina, is
hereby called to meet at Greenwood
on September ~, at $50 o'clock, in
conjunction with the Wheat Growers
Convention, hich has been called for
tho same date. All parties inter
osted in the growing, marketing, gin.
ming and handling tho crop of cot
ton and cotton seed arc invited to
send delegates. The bankers and
ware house men arc also invited to
be at the meeting and to participates
in tho proceedings. Tho president
of the Georgia Cotton Growers AS
sociation will address tho Convcn
ton. j. G. Wllborn,
! President Of Cotton Growers
Tho scope Of the Convention and
what it proposes doing mny be gath
cred from a circular issued by the
Georgia Association, which is uiminH
at tho sumo ends. In the circular
Of President Jordon, Of Georgia: ho
says:
II the cotton growers Of the conn
try will combine in determined pf
fort to control prices this season VIC
can easily secure ten ccu:s per pound
for our staple. If past methods arc
employed in the sale Of tho crrD
prices will drop to sovcn and may go
lowcr. Tho Association will throw
around all members every protection
possible in tho sale of'thpir crops.
Under existing conditions there can
bo no question Of controlling prices
this season by united concert CT
action in marketing the crop with an
Intelligent idea Of tho true situation.
There is now q detern. incd effort on
the part Of the specul a;ors and spin
ncrs to depress prices at tho opening
Of tho season to seven cents per
-pound. The world is short OF raw
cotton and there is mono in sight
except that which is growing in the
helds. The present crop will not
yield more than ton million bales,
which is not sufficient to supply the
demand for American cotton during
the next twelve months Let us
combine and hold back a portion CT
the crop, marketing slowly, and we
can command ten conts per pound
for our staple. All Of the cotton
States are actively agitating this
movement and many Of them will be
fully organized by the middle of
September. We have the oppor-
tunity presented, and L call upon
our people to como actively together
on tho day fixed as above indicated
and determine to secure Il fair profit
on the products Of their labor. The
Georgia State Agricultural Society
in convention at Dublin on the 9th
instant unanimously endorsed this
call for organization to secure higher
prices for our cotton, and pledged
their individual and collective sup
port in behalf Of tho movement on
September 4. The bankers Of the
State havo guaranteed their wiling
ness and ability to advance three,
fourths the value of ull cotton held
in storage. Alabama has organized,
South Carolina will organize on the
18th of September. All tho other
cotton States are agitating tho move
mont, and we can whip the fight this
season, saving to tho farmers OF
Georgia alone moro than fifteen mil,
lion dollars, which thoy will lose if
the crop is forced on tho market and
sacrificed at seven cents per pound.
Arrangements arc being made for
reduced railroad rates.
Questions Answered.