Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-12-17
A COTTON MEETING
Iyiug to Formulate Plaas 30 Keep
Cp Prices
A SIR At THE FIRST SESSION
\ shrsvepor. Delegate Charges That
. Hhmbsr, % Delegates Were AZ
tempting 70 InIee, Politics IN tho
Convention.

Shreveport. La. spcciai.-After being ,
almost hopelessly deadiocked Ia pap
iiameDtary tangle over the question ot
permanent organization. the arst ses-
sion OF the national cotton convention
finally adjourned until o'clock Mon
day night without selecting permanent
officers.
Governor Blanchard on behalf OF the
State welcomed the delegates 20 Louis
lana. and among other things said.
'sThe question that has brought you
I here 70 hold this great convention Is
I not one affecting merely the cotton
growing region o. the south II Affects +
. intimately and directly the whole I
country n the cotton crop OF the south +
a 20 be DESTROYED by this pest-f the 4
growth % cotton as a commercial pro
duct IN the south is TO cease IA the
result OF the invasion OF this insecs--
Il will prove a world wide calamity. Il
viii AFFECT ruinousiy large commercial
interests. n will affect disastrousiy eN-
cry commercial interest and every hne
, OF trade the world over. More. perhaps.
than any other single product of the
& soil. cotton perneatcs and adjusts anh
z regulates the balance Of the World
+ trade.
y cts culture and harvesting. Us prep
n ariton for the market. ia transport
"a ton 20 market its marketing. its mac-
, ufarture and the sale OF its fabrics give
a employment 60 millions Of people IN our
= own country. It's transportation aprol4
IA gives employment 20 many tnousands
OF ship-huildlng and seafariug men. ana
III it, Manufacture into cloth ln foreign
re lands. and the sale OF such manuiac-
ls turez. give employment 20 millions OF
men and women there.
- Asa merhcantable product. II Is
Ia ralr Ia IN W
trade But more than this. The con
US tsnued growth Of cotton tn these So<itn
.th ern states seems absolutely indispeu7A
DIV bic 20 the convenience AMI comic.
my ave. even almost 20 the existence Use
OF the people OF the world In the "a
81, greater part the people OF the NoFlo q.
- pend on cotton fabrics with when
l"H ctofhe themselves Their reliance IA @
che southern states % the great An
Ing ericap Republic for that which cloths
ard then, for here I'm the South We nav
IN. the practical monopoly OK the grow
her OF the cotton plant
,ere Great effort and vast eNpenolt't
ere OF treasure have been made 20 leFe
- as growth ia other regions az 2
p" world-s surface. but without succe
epl' The cotton in the world grown OUTS
cca- Of the United states has scarcely
RIGA. annrocsahle eject on the cotton ~.
puz- Yet The eyes Of all are on the >out
irlty cotton. What Is the American Ct
lfted going 10 be- What the price h
, on likely bringf These are the Q1es..'
men ask Of Que another 'ns w
table ..The South. gentlemen Of the G.
liable vention Is the ciothier o. the NO
2 the let its crop OF cotton fail Tor On
disa- years consecuHveiy and the peopie
liked the world will 90 To rags and mas
hiatt ness. Suppose. nov as threateneh
#nH
.ouer. this pest OF the boil weevil. u tal'9
- manentlv. and What VIII the people
Ni'-- for clothing? Wool and SILK and "a
sahrlcs viii not 60 round. as 81
so IA articles OF clothing. 20 more tnA
1T Is third OF the worlds population.
Y the 80 oeonle I'd 20 naked2 That "a
thore 10 broad a question 20 ask. an
,nt IN ask here and now. ia view OK the
rlbie menace which overnansa
- e.. South IN this plague o. the We,
The cotton crop OF the Souu
aSalu worth 70 the people OF the south u
re but raw $500 OOo 900 per annum. X Is
entire Sonr times that when manufact
The gold mines become eXnaus.e
% cor ti1a The soil OF the south that
-, IN dures the cotton does not exhaust
i. ~ cotton crop-this mine OF "saltn.
strikes Us -. VusP 49, year n Wln eontin
or so come every year. OILY increasln ~
not OBJ ouallv II saved from destrucuo
rs who this insect. This cotton mine o.
ely for will make the south hs -a
sr,,lar countries II preserved. IL is bound
40 With the monopoly here
growth OF cotton and the depen
.ouseS- OF the world upon Il 10 clothe IT'S
great sSnSss a rolden stream must col
,ores OF 20 now into the South. That s
or such stream turns the balance OF the
summer trade In favor 81 the Unite" ga
stands makes Us cTeu'eo' 49, 80,
destruction OF the Mexican boil
zee thus becomes a great nationAi
ton. and Congress and the
lgs." sSorl6 take hold OF II. Let thL
whoever vention polnt the way.
Ir. VOL