The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-16
GINNERS OF ALABAMA MEET,
 TALK RATES AND CHARGES
Proposition to Secure Large Reduction on Gin lnsr- ance Rates Discussed and Acted UpOn-Col.
 Hiram Hawkins Reelected President.

of the company. This, Mir. Hanson said, made the necessary quorum.
 The following were appointed on the Credentials Committee: Messrs Hanson. Sellers and NIX ..t-,s.zs.A
 The Credentials Committee, after can vasstng the hall. reported that eighty six gin plants were represented and that there were a number of ginners who did not yet care to join this Association.
 The call of the convention was read by the Secretary.
 For the Presidents report. Colonel Haw- kins said that he had nothing written. but he had some information which he would lay before the convention. He told of the joint meeting of the Executive Committee of the Alabama and Georgia Associations. AS a result. he said the ginners of the two States were in 6 fair way of securing a substantial reduction of the exorbitant insurance rates.
 There were in Alabama. said Colonel Hawkins, 4,00o gin stands. What great influence" said the speaker, could these 900 ginners exert if they would put their heads together and act in harmony!'
 One object of the Association was to save the ginners and the farmers over a million dollars in handling and wrapping cotton. This loss from the tear on cotton fell upon Its owners. This loss, he said, could be avoided and enormous saving be made for the farmers and ginners.
 c. c. Hanson, Secretary and Treasurer. submitted his report. The organization and early wark of the Association were re- viewed. The Treasurer's report dealt largely with the questions of dues and assessments, many of which had not been paid.
 The Executive Committee filed as part of it's report the letter of the Secretary and Treasurer of June 24, relative to the insurance rate on gin property. It review ed the work of the Executive Commitee towards securing lower rate. At that time an Atlanta insurance agency agreed to take up the question of a reduction oi rates with the insurance companies il they were given something to work. upon The Executive Committee said that Il was not in position to pledge the Asso' citation, but that the members of the Ex' ecutive Committee would give the firm the insurance of their plants. numbering forty in all This had resulted in a material reduction, on those plants.
 The committee recommended that the plants of the members of the Association be given to this firm for insurance, as it l would be of material benefit to the gin ners.
 It was announced that President w. D. Hammock of the Georgia Ginners Asso. ciAtion was in the hall. He was invited to a seat on the platform by the side ol l President Hawkins. The Alabama gin ners were addressed by the Georgia president. He expressed the pride that | he felt in his selection as the president of the Georgia organization. He made strong plea for organization and con. I solidation. It was his chief regret thai
 so many years of his life had been spent
 before he learned the benefits of organi
 xation. He had previously, he said. TUT
 his gin independently as his father hat before him. Ali professions and busi
 ness men were organizing, even tn, rural mail carriers of Georgia had organi
 zed. he said.
 He said that he had paid the exorbitan Insurance rates of per cent. and he wal
 satisfied some of the ginners before hin
 had paid so large a rate. This rate ol
 the gin property of the Executive Com
 mittee had been reduced two-thirds. H spoke of the other savings that the As | sociation would secure for its members.
 He extended a cordial invitation t' 1 every man connected with gin in Ala