The news & observer., 1905-12-26
Objects of New Orleans
Mass Meeting.
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
To be The Largest Meeting in the
Southern Cotton Associations His
tory. Questions of the Highest I'm
portance Will be Decided by
the Cotton Growers.

President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association, has is
sued a call for mass meeting of the
members of the association, and for
bankers merchants and business men
generally, throughout the cotton grow
ing States to meet in New Orleans on
Thursday. Friday and Saturday, the
11th, 18th and 18th of January, 1906,
for the purpose of discussing and de-
termining several questions of consid-
cradle moment to the association and
to the cotton industry, which have
become concrete in the past twelve
months.
Last January when thes section grow
erS of the South met The bankers,
spinners and merchants of the South
at New Orleans for the purpose of or
ganizing the association, over 5000
delegates attended, and the campaign
for higher prices, the holding of cot
ton away from speculative influences,
the diverSification of crops, war:hous-
ing and the general good of the cot
ton producer, was inaugurated Md
followed up with a success never be-
fore recorded in the history of farm
ing in the South. Absolutely no re-
striction is placed upon the number
which may be sent, but on the con-
trary, President Jordan is especially
dcsirous to see even a greater attend
ancc than at the inaugural convention
last January. The final day of the
convention being Saturday the dele
gates may remain over in New Or
Jeans for Sunday, and then proceed
to tho meeting at Hot Springs,
scheduled for the following Tuesday,
the 18th.
Objects of the Convention
President Jordan requests that the
names and the postoffce address of
those delegates elected, to be forward
ed to him at Atlanta. Ga. The con-
tinued holding of cotton for Is cents
will be emphasized. stress will be laid
on diversfication of crops. and meas
ures will be taken. looking to the re-
porting by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. of statistics, re-
lating to the consumption and manu-
facture of cotton goods, contemporan-
cOusly with the issuance of the gov
ernment crop reports. Many questions
OF highest Importance will have to be
decided by the members Of the con-
vention, all of which they have had
time to discover and ponder upon our
ing the year of rcna ~ ic activity
experienced by the organization newly
formed.
lnc programme.
President Harvie Jordan has an
nounced the official programme of the
New Orleans Convention, which is as
follows:
Thursday morning, January IL
convention called to order at II
o'clock by President Harvie Jordan.
Address of welcome by Hon. JohI
Parker, in behalf of 1.-THE Progressive
Union and the city of New Orleans.
Response by w. l.. Foster, Shreve
port. La.
Address. "The Southern Farmer,
Hon Harvie Jordan. president of the
Southern Cotton Association.
Address, "Co-operation of Farmers,
Hon. e. A. Calvin Dallas, Texas. pres
ident of the Farmers Educational anC
Cooperative Union.
Appointment of committees.
Afternoon session:
Address. Foreign Labor i'm the Cot
ton Fields" Hon. Charles Scott, Rose
dale. Miss.
Address. Value of Manufacture.
Cotton Compared to the Raw Pro
duct" Hon. D. A. Tompkins, Charlotte
" G..
Address. Closer Relations Between
Bankers and Farmers" John d. Wal