The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-24
FORM BIC COTTON
GROWERS TRUST
Mr.. Jordan Says Fight Devil
With Fire
WILL SPECIALIZE RICE
Prominent New Orleans Club VIII
Serve the Peculiarly Southern
Dish In Some Four Hun
dred Forms.

New Orleans, December 23.-(special0-
Hold your cotton and eomDine-form
cotton growers trust'-fght the devil
with fire." Thus spoke President HarVie
Jordan of the Southern Cotton Growers
Protective association, while the DOH
weevil convention at Shreveport was
still hot. In a little dressing room Just
off the stage of the grand opera mousse,
where the meetings were held, there
gathered a little group Of the leaders OF
the movement for holding cotton, and or
ganized fighting. Assembled there with
President Jordan of Monticello, Ca, were
Il. S. Peters, president of the Texas Cot
ton Growers association of Calvert,
Tex; N. c. Murray president OF the
Farmers Educational and cooperative
union of America, of Kingston, Tex;
Robert r. Poole commissioner of agri-
culture for the state of Alabama John
z. Allison, secretary of the Southern
Cotton Growers Protective association
of Concord, N. c.; Ellison d. Smith,
big cotton mill owner of Magnolia, S. c.;
and a representative of a New Orleans
paper.
Flight the devil with fire." repeated
Mr.. Jordan, and the only way we can
do 1t is by rganization-business-li
mer holds the trump cards If he but real
lied It, and he is RAPIDLY realizing 1t.
The past few years Of 'frenzied financing
in his commodity has opened his eyes
bit. He has prospered some and has had
time to think and get about For that
reason he is preparing to come into his
own, and the object of the New Orleans
meeting to be held January "a, % and rs
is TO assemble all southern farmers or
ffr,,s
trail body, appoint committee on
finances. assess and secure the funds
and organize a bureau of statistics and
information on the lines of the govern
ments department and furnish the
farmers, bankers and merchants with in
formation not now obtainable. 1t must
be plainly understood that we are not
and do not propose to be antagonistic
to the United States department of agri-
culture, but are determined to eliminate,
as far as possible. the speculative ele-
ment from fixing the price of spot cot
ton"
Mr.. Jordan and his co-workers were
in thorough harmony and 1t did not take
them ten minutes to determine on MAX
ing the New Orleans meeting the most
important in the cotton history of the
south.
Rice In 400 Forms.
Those who are interested In rice, both
as to culture and food, will be inter-
ested In knowing that one of the largest
clubs In New Orleans will specialize this
peculiarly southern dish and will serve
it in some four hundred forms. The or
ganization referred to Is the Merchants
club, composed of the leading business
men of New Orleans. The kitchen of
this club is located thirteen stories high
In the top of the big Hlbernla bank
building, and on the floor below are
the immense dining rooms. As the Mer-
chants club is a lunch club" the in
novatlon of giving practical exositlon to
the culinary merits Of a southern food is
peculiarly appropriate.
Roosevelt at New Orleans.
Secretary Mayo of the New Orleans
Progressive union has received many let
ters from Louisiana and Mississippi and
other sections Of the country commend
Ing the action of the union in inviting
President Roosevelt to visit New Or
leans while on his way to attend the re-
union of the Rough Riders of San An
tonic. At the same time some comments
have been adverse, but there are only
two of these and the occasion of the
Presidents visit Is to be made somewhat
of a general demonstration. The rail-
roads will put on low rates and many
from Louisiana, Miss issppi and Alabama
are expected to witness the naval and
military parades as well as attend the
civil functions.