The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15
WEATHER FORECAsT. washinSton, Dec. 14.-For Alabama -rair and colder Thursday3 Friday, fair, fresh nOrtheast winds.

rious State Legislatures and Depart- ments of Agriculture, through the Bu- reau of Plant Industry and the Divis- ion of Entomology, cooperate In the campaign of education with the State Executive Committee and County Ex- ecutive Committee, to reach each indi- vidual planter, as they have done In Texas, and that . sufficient appropri- ation be made by Congress to provide the necessary literature and instruc- ticns to- carry out the cultural meth- ods. .,
 .seventh-Untll some remedy is found which win destroy the DOH wee vii, and eliminate him from the cotton fields of the South. to make cotton crop will depend, upon the individual efforts of each cotton farmer, and without this organization the Govern ment cannot aid the farmers as they should.
 "As 72 per cent. of the cotton farm CTS are tenants. 1t Is absolutely imper- ative that they and their landlords be organised. As % per cent. of the cot ton farmers are negroes, It is more important that they be all organized as the boil wevii will affect the tenants and negroes more than the Landlords or those who own their own farms.
 Prior to adjournment, Dr. g. A Knapp. special agent of the Depart ment of Agriculture. located at Hous' ton, Texas. read q paper. which com manded the earnest attention of the delegates pr. Knapp is in charge oi the work demonstrating to farmers how to grow cotton by means of cul' tural methods. despite the presence oi tho weevil.
 Col. G. W. Marsden. member of the Louisiana Crop Pest Commission. ere ated a stir by an attack upon the Gov erEment officials for their report ad- vising against the use of Paris green as method for destroying the Insect He said that personal experience and observation had convinced him that the proper use of he poison was highly efficacious and would surely destroy the weevil.
 He spoke of what he termed the "en- tomologist truse' of the Department of Agriculture. and said the reports of the experts were the 'veriest rot"
 He was followed by Judge George N Aldridge of Texas, who said he had followed Colonel Marsden's teachings as devotedly as the disciples followed the Savior. and his experience had been that after using the poison he found more weevils than existed before.
 An address of D, A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C.. was read to the con- vcntion, Mir. Tompkins being unavoid- ably detained at his horfe city.
 0rganisation Commenced.
 Tonight in the pariors of the Caddo Hotel the first steps were taken to- wards the system and scheme of or- ganization recommended by the Ma tional Cotton Convention through the Wilson resolution approved today.
 Chairman E. 8. Peters of Texas. Secretary J. H. Conneli. also of Tex as. and several other prominent mem- bers of the Texas and Louisiana deie- gation, were in the meeting. They respective States appoint each an Ex- ecutive Committee tor sach State and report their appointment to the Gen erai Secretary It was further agreed that in each State the vice-President and the Executive Committee should proceed to organize under the Wilson plan.
 Mir. Peters appointed as members of the General Executive Committee: Paul M. Potts of Natchitoches, La. O. P. Pyle. Mineola. Tex: Stanley II |. Watson. Houston, Tex; J. A.. B. Low ett. Blountsville, Ala. and Oswald Will son. Fort Worth Tex.
 Mir. Peters said tonight that active work woud be begun at once along the lines of the resolution. Advanced cul- turai methods. diversification of crops. a cash basis for all planting business in order that cotton might be held when necessary--these were said to be the great ends to be immediately att tained.