The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-03
HAS NEW PLAN FOR
 GETTING REPORTS
Would Make Ginners Attach
 Revenue Stamps
OLSON IS APPRECIATED
John T. Mceraw Writes Chairman Mallory Highly Complimentary Letter of Hobson's Services In
 W. Virginia During Campaign.

Selma, December 2.-(Special )-The de- cline in the cotton market following the last two ginning reports issued by the census department of the government has made an increased number of gin owners in this section refuse to give in to the special agent of the government the cor rect number of bales ginned up to a cer- tain time. and this has led to a valuable suggestion from an observant cotton man as plan by which an absolutely accurate report of the number of bales of cotton raised may be arrived at. The sugges- tion of the citizen has been forwarded by the special agent for Dallas county to the director of the census, and will no doubt be given careful consideration by those in authority.
 The suggestion is in brief that congress pass bill requiring each cotton ginner to take out a revenue license each year of s1, and that revenue tags costing 1 cent each be supplied each ginner, and he be required to affix a tax to every bale of cotton as 1t comes out of the gin press. To fail to take out a revenue license or to attach tag to a bale of cotton would be misdemeanor and conviction followed by heavy punishment.
 It is pointed out that where ginners might not hesitate to evade a local or state law he would be exceedingly careful. about violating the law of the nation, particularly when he knew that a United States marshal anxious to earn his fees would be on the watch out for such violations. The special agents af 1ao ,ot,f in each could insure the license and provide each ginner with the tags and the stub books from which the tags were taken would be an accurate record of the number of bales ginned.
 Hobson's Reports Appreciated.
 Chairman H. S. D. Mallory of the state executive committee and who was at the head of the Campaign committee con- ducting the recent election in Alabama has received the following letter from National Democratic Committeeman John T. McGraw of West Virginia anent Cap tain Hobsons speech in that state, it being remembered that MT. Mallory can- celled several engagements in Alabama for Captain Hobson that the latter might go to West Virginia to help in canvass there:
 Grafton. W. Va, November 2s, 1904 Hon. II. s. D. Mallory, Chairman State Committee, Selma, Alabama.
 Dear Sir:-On the part of the democ- racy of West Virginia, l want to thank you for having released Captain Hobson from his Alabama engagements long enough to permit him to aid us in the recent canvass. There was no national speaker who came into our state who did us so much good as did Captain Hob son, and his speech at the Carroll club in the city of Wheeling was conceded by all parties to be the best speech delivered in that important industrial center by either party during the cam paign. It was the source of special grati- fication to our friends and did us very great deal of good. My only regret Is that he was not permitted to remain longer In the state to make additional speeches. think if Captain Hobson had been per- mitted to go into doubtful states and make speeches at leading points in those states he would have done the party a very great good.
 I could not refrain from rendering the thanks of our committee to you for re- leasing him, and although the election is over, we feel under such keen obliga- tions, that I could not resist writing you a line, and thanking you for the same
 Very truly yours,
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