The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-21
TO KEEP COTTON UP
c. II. JORDAN ISSUES 4 CALL FOR
GENERAL MEETINGS.
FARMERS MUST ORGANIZE.
ny ORGANIZATION THE STAPLE CAN
BRING TEN CENTS.

President of the Georgia Cotton
Growers Protective Association
Gives This Assurancc-Farmers i'm
Counties where They Are Not Al
ready Organized Called Upon to
Meet the First Tuesday In septem-
ber-Text of Jordan's Call.
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 20,-Hon G. II. Jor-
dan, president of the Georgia Cotton
Growers Protective Association has is
sued a call for meetings in all the coun-
ties to form organizations. Follow
ing is copy OF the call:
In view of the fact that the cotton
season will soon be upon us. and many
counties in the state not having yet per-
fected sub-branches OF the State Assoela-
ton by reason of my utter inability to
make a complete personal canvass of the
state and properly attend to other inn
portant duties devolvng upon my official
position. | have deemed it best to issue
this general call for meeting 10 he held
in all the counties at their respective
county seats on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember for the purpose of perfecting sub
organza lion without further delay.
ITO that end l hereby call upon the
farmers bankers. merchants, ginners.
warehousemen and other trades and pro-
fessons in those counties not yet organ
lied to meet at their respective county
seats on the first Tuesday in September
next at 10 o'clock a. m. at which time
the election of county officers can be had
and the names of members joining the
association enrolled
The main objects and purposes of the
Cotton Growers Protective Association
are generally known to our people
through wide and general discussion
throughout the country during the past
three months. / will, however, furnish
TO every county literature fully explain
ing the movement and what we seek 10
accomplish by organization. If the cot
ton growers of the country will combine
in a determined effort to control prices
this season we can easily secure 10 cents
per pound for our staple. If past meth
ods are employed in the sale of the crop,
prices will drop to cents and may go
lower.
THE association will throw around all
members every protection possible in the
sale of the crop. Under existing condi-
tions there can be no question of con-
! trolling prices this season by united con-
cert of action in marketing the crop with
an intelligent idea of the true situation.
There is now a determined effort on the
part of the Spectators and spinners to
depress prices at the opening of the sea-
son to cents per pound. The world is
short of raw cotton, and there is none
in sight, except that which is growing
i'm the fields. The present crop will not
yield more than 100G0,000 bales, which will
not be sufficient 10 supply the demand
for American cotton during the next
twelve months.
Let us combine and hold back por-
tion of the crop, marketing slowly, and
we can command 10 cents 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 opportunity presented, and | call upon
our people TO come actively together on
the day fixed. as above Indicated and de-
termine to secure fair proht on the
product of their labor.
THE Georgia State Agricultural Socie-
ty. in convention at Dublin, on the Sth
inst, unanimously indorsed this call for
organization TO secure higher prices for
our cotton and pledged their individual
and collective support in behalf of the
movement on Sept. T. The bankers OF
the state have guaranteed their willing
ness and ability to advance three-fourths
the value of all cotton held IN storage.
Alabama has organized. South Carolina
will organize on Sept. g. All the other
cotton states are agitating the movement,
and we can whip the fight this season,
saving TO the farmers of Georgia alone
more than $i5OOO.Oo0. which they will lose
if the crop Is forced on the market and
sacrificed at cents per pound.
(Signed) HarVie Jordan
president Georgia Cotton Growers Pro-
tective Association"
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