The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-19
COTTON WAS KING
STAPLE RULED IN DISCUSSIONS OF
ITS CoMPREssORs.
COMPRESS MEN CONSOLIDATE.
TWO ASSOCIATIONS MERGED i,
SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION.


cers-Pnpcrs Were Presented by
Mr.. Il. III. HOuseman of Macon and
Mai. W. w. Williamson of Savan-
nah-Association Is Fighting for
the Universal Adoption of the
Standard Bale.
Some 100 cotton compressors are in Sa-
yannah holding the annual meeting of
their organization. Representatives of
compressors that comprise the Georgia
and South Carolina Cotton Compress AS
ISOLATION and the Alabama Compress As
ISOLATION are here. but the two organiza-
tions have been consolidated and are now
one The meetings yet to be held are of
the new organization, the Southeastern
Compress Association which will, event
TALLY, 1t is thought, comprise all the as
sociations in the cotton-growing states
east of the Mississippi river.
The compressors began to gather day
before yesterday, Alabama. sending it's
delegates first, as their convention was
to preeede that of the Georgia and South
Carolina Association. The annual meet
ing of the Alabama Associat ton was held
the day before at the De Soto, when the
resolutions providing for amalgamation
with the Georgia and South Carolina As
ISOLATION were adopted. The meeting of
the latter association was held yesterday
morning, and during the day the report
of the committee upon the consolidation
of the two associations was adopted. The
following are the delegates in attendance
upon the convention:
Messrs. j. r. Whitehead, C. Wessolow-
sky, George F. Russier, Albany; H. r.
johnson, Thomas Harold, Americus F.
B. Pope, c. Cochrane, ]. G. Adams, f. M.
Butt, Augusta; c. Z. Turner, w. w. Tur-
ner, G. b. Howard, Atlanta; ]. H. Ruck-
er. Athens; w A. Sullivan, l. Joseph, Co
| lumbus; A. J. Carver, S. r. Christie Daw-
son; j. M. Finn, Dublin; J. p Gardner,
Elberton o. B. Stevens, Griffin; A. F.
Warnke, w. w. Robinson, W. A. Crutch-
| field, ]. f. Crutchheld, r. c. Hazlehurst,
| f. II. Houseman, Macon; j. F. Minis j.
M. Barnard, A. F. Churchill, c. c. Han
son, A. A. Cordson, p. r. Cohen, W. w.
Williamson, S. ]. Whiteside, Savannah; S.
! O. Smith, Senoia; l.. Dominick, Turin; S.
| w. Mays, Townsville; NJ. T. Howell, ].
| II. Coughlan, Birmingham; ]. c. Webb,
| Demopolis; J. T. Dunlap, w. H. Bentley,
Dothan; d. Mabry, Eufaula; James p.
Ferrall, +. B. Fisk, l.. H. Fisk, Mont
gomery; I. Well C. w. Hudson; j. J.
Barnes, Opelika; r. NJ. Foster. C. w.
Thrash, Marion; H. C. Armstrong, L. A.
Slaughter, Selma; j. NJ. Hasson Tusca-
loosa; w. H. Taylor, William Mumford,
| Uniontown; w. w. Bierce, New Orleans;
| w. B. Jacobs, Shreveport, La; s. r.
Keesler Greenville Miss; w. ]. Neale,
Waco. Tex; F. z. Jackson, G. A. Thorn
| ton, Koscuisko, Miss; j. NJ. Brinkley,
Memphis, Tenn; ]. H. Sheppard, Charles
ton, S. c.
The initial meeting of the Georgia and
South Carolina Association was presided
over by Mr.. j. Florence Minis of this
| city. The meeting was called to order
| shortly before noon, and until O'Clock
| strict attention was given to business
| The reports of the president and of the
secretary and treasurer, Mr.. c. C. Han
son of Savannah, were read, and address
es were heard from Maj. W. w. William.
son of Savannah. and Mr.. E. H. House
man of Macon. During the afternoon ses-
sion, reports upon technical matters were
received from committees appointed al
the last annual meeting.
| Commissioner of Agriculture O. B.
Stevens was to have spoken. but did moi
do so. He was taken i'll during the morn
| ing, and was confined to his bed by fever
He feared, when seen last night, that ne
will be unable to address the compresscrs
this morning.
In his report, President Minis welcomed
the visitors. expressing the pleasure II
gave him to see so many from a distance
and the satisfaction residents of the coast
feel IN welcoming those from the into
| rior. He congratulated the comprassors
upon the well being of the agricultural
classes saying that, with the farmer maxi
ing good crops and getting satisfactory
prices, eli branches of trade flourish
The president complimented the secre-
tary and treasurer and other members OF
| tho association for their work and efforts
| on its behalf, and recommended the an.
pointment of a committee to suggest some
rule covering the customs of the cotton
trade in the use of bagging. 1.-THE heav.
icr the Digging" said Mr.. Minis, "the
more profitable it is to the ginner or the
planter. and this season the inferior bag
ging used has made many unsghtly and
understandable packages. This has been
a source of general complaint" Mr.
Minis expressed his regret that he would
be unable to serve for another year a.
| president. Mr. j. NJ. Finn of Dublin made
eloquent reply to Mr.. Minis welcome
winning mony compliments upon his ef-
| fort.
Marking Cotton to Preserve the Iden-
| tlNN OIL inc Property rom lOlnI OF SNIP
ment to Destination was the subject OF
| -he address by MIR. f. II. Houseman Of
| Macon, who said, in part:
ITO the animated, IL seems an almost
| impossible thing to actually lose bale
| of cctton--a package "a inches long, "a
inches broad and weighing some 500
| pounds but we know how easy it is TO
lose bale and how very hard it is 10
! locate it again. Inability to read the
/ .,-is. l.. he d.
many thousands of dollars will be saved
annually IL we can devise a system of
marking ty which every bale of cotton
can be clearly identified from the time Il
leaves the compress until 1t is in the sp'p-
uers' hands
| "Uncompressed cotton receives little
handling, and with ordinary care on the
part of the gin and forwarding agent,
| there should be no trouble with Il. A cou-
pie Of good, strong tags on ends Of bales.
with name Of shipper. shipping point des-
tination and marks, will serve the pur-
| pose. A great deal OF cotton is raised by
negroes and those who do not understand
about marking. hence the tagging should
be done by the local agent Let the divis-
/ ion superintendent issue Instructions that
every bale of cotton uncompresscd must
bear two strong, plainly-wrltten tags as
! above, and let the agent at the compress
point make exception against cotton not
/ tagged, and the plan will soon be work
! irg smoothly. The railroad companies
would gladly furnish the tags ana fas-