The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-29
THE COTIUN CONVENTION
PRESIDENT or SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS PnOTECTIvE ASSO-
 CATION.
Issues Call for Interstate Cotton Con- vention to be Held at New Or q leans, La, January 2l, 26
 and 26. 1905.
MonticelIo. Ga. Dec. 27th. 1s,

Monticello, Ga, Dec. 27th. 1904.
 To Cotton Producers of the South:
 By authority of the Cotton Conven- tion held at Shreveport. La, Dec. 18th, 1904. and the concurrent action and ad- vice of the official heads of all South ern Agricultural organizations, here by call an Interstate Cotton Conven- tion to be held at New Orleans. La, in the Assembly Hall of the Progressive Union Club. on January 24, 25 and 26. 1905. The object of this convention Is for business and not for the purpose of passing resolutions or listening to speeches. The cotton producers of the South must definitely determine wheth- CT the price of their great money sta pie crop, cotton. shall continue to be- controlled by fhe whims and fancies of speculation or whether fixed and definite plans shall be adopted by which the production and price of the staple will be regulated by che legiti- mate laws of supply and demand. The time for action has come and the South is ready for 1t. We are financially able to manage our own affairs and the time for our emancipation from Wall Street speculators has come. Among the matters for consideration to be act ed upon at this convention are the fol- lowing:
 FtudnCInk InO bPOL SVStoh oaS mess of the South; creating Bureau of Statistics for benefit of the produc- CTS; establishment of a Cotton Ex- change in each State through which our cotton can be sold direct to the manufacturers; organization quickly of all cotton producers In each cotton growing county; reduction of cotton acreage and use of commercial fertiliz- CTS for 1905. of not less than 25 per cent; adoption of a local warehouse system to meet the practical demands of both farmer and bankers throughout the South: to make New Orleans the leading Cotton Exchange in, the United States; the formation, of a close aili- ance between all the Southern agricul- tural organizations now in existence for mutual cooperation and protection. These are among the leading matters for consideration. They are momen- tous and some of them involve tremen- dous propositions. But none are inca pable of quick solution and practical realization. The South possesses tho brains. the manhood and the money to solve any great question which threat ems her future prosperity.
 Those Who Will Attend.
 The official heads of all the different agricultural organizations and farm- CTS unions. representative farmers to be chosen by county meetings Tn eacn State or appointed by the official heads of State organizations; the Southern Commissioners of Agriculture; leading bankers: Southern cotton manufactur- CTS and business men interested in pre- senting their views before the conven- ton and business committees at New Orleans on the questions above outS lined, will be invited to be present.
 We invite bankers on questions of finance and the warehouse system. We invite our Southern manufacturers to discuss best plans for direct trade rela- tions between the producers and the spinners. No lengthy speeches will be tolerated. We want cleari-cut business propositions. The principal work of the convention will be done by commit tees of the best posted business men in our associations who will be selected with care from among those present. l will be pleased to have letters from