The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-13
WrATHER FORDCAsT. washinsten, Dec. 13-Fer Alabama, rair TuesAay, Wednesday refn, light nortA winds. becoming seutheest.

world will 70 in rags and nakedness. Suppose, now as threatened oy this pest of the boll weevil. 1t fails per- manently; and what will the people do for clothing? Wool and silk and ramie fabrics. will not so round. as staple articles of clothing. to more than Q third of the worlds population. Are the people to go naked?
 That is not too broad a question to ask. and to ask here and now. In view of the terrible menace which overhangs the South in this plague of the wesvil.
 The cotton crop of the South is worth to the people of the South in the raw six hundred millions of dollars per an nun. It Is worth four times that when manufactured. As . mine of wealth 1t exceeda all the gold mines ever dis covered. The gold mines become ex- hausted in time. The soil of the South that produces the cotton does not ex- haust. The cotton crop. this mine of wealth. with It's output of six hundred millions. has been coming every year. I. will continue to come every year. only increasing annually. If saved from destruction by this insect.
 This cotton mine of ours will make the South the richest of countries if preserved. It is bound to be 90. With the monopoly here of the growth of cotton and the dependence of the world upon 1t to clothe its nakedness. a golden stream must continue to How into the South That golden stream turns the balance of the worlds trade in favor of the United States. It makes us q creditor nation Let 1t fail and we become debtor nation. The de- struction of the Mexican boil weevil thus becomes great national ques- ton. and Congress and the nation should take hold of 1t. Let this con- vention point the way,
 Harvey P. Jordan of Georgia. Pres ident of the Cotton Growers Protect i've Association of the United States. responded to Governor Blanchard's ad- dress of welcome. He eatd the Geor- gia delegates had traveled a long dist ance to lend their aid in preventing encroachment of the boil weevil in the Southeastern cotton growing States. and to lend their advice and aid in helping destroy the ravaging insect.
 At this stage of the proceedings a Texas delegate moved that the con vention proceed to the election of per- manent officers. A do3en delegates were on their feet in an instant clam oring for recognition. One of these moved an adjournment, while another questioned the proprfety of the .conven- ton going Into permanent organization before the credentials of the delegates had been passed upon. Finally, after much confusion, 1t was agreed to re- cognize every delegate wearing a badge. and a motion to name a Com mittee on Credentials was voted down.
 Politics in Meeting.
 Shreveport delegate secured the A (z~ AAt ment He created a stir by charging that q number of delegates were att tempting to inject politics into the se- lecting of a permanent presiding ofi- cer. The chairman nearly lost control of the convention at this point. but auiet tyss fnaIiz. restored and adjourn ment yyks takerys.r1til 6 U si0tk tonight. The only name mentioned on the floor in connection with the permaent chair manship was that of F. s. Peters of Calvert. Texas. President of the Texas Cotton Growers Association.
 Among the delegates present Is Dr. Otto Gagzow, imperial German agri- cultural and forestry expert. represent ing Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German Ambassador to the United States. Dr. Gagzow is on the program for an address. To a representative of the Associated Press he said he was here to profit by the deliberations of the convention. He was accompanied by several of his countrymen. all of whom are taking lively interest in the boil weevil problem.
 Peters Elected President.
 At the night session permanent or- ganization was effected by the unani- nous election of E. s. Peters of Texas. as President and Prof. J. H. Cornell as secretary, and three delegates from each State represented were named as a Committee on Resolutions.
 After listening to addresses by Hon. Harvey P. Jordan of Georgia. and D. E. Smith of South Carolina, the con- vention adjourned until tomorrow.