The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
RENEWED WORK
 IS THE SLOGAN Farmers Still Appealing For Acreage Reduction. GOOD REPORTS COME IN Montgomery Cotton Growers
 Hear from Beats. Local Association Adopts the Resolu- ton Commanding President of Rail-
 road Commission for His
 Freight Rate Agitation.

The Montgomery County Cottor Growers Association at its regular monthly meeting yesterday morning al the county courthouse decided to con tinue the fight for the organization oi farmers to secure better prices for cot ton.
 Gratifying reports of the situation throughout the South were made by State President w. H. Seymour and Secretary Charles L. Gay reported that from the figures he had in hand the cotton acreage had been reduced 12 or 15 per cent. in Montgomery County.
 The committee, of which M. B Houghton was chairman, reported fa- vorably on the resolution endorsing the work of President B. B. Conner of the Alabama Railroad Commission In his efforts to secure adjustment of freight rates and the report was adopted by the cotton growers.
 The meeting was called to order at Il o'clock yesterday. morning by Sec retary Gay with only a handful of members present. Soon afterward, however. the farmers began coming in and a fair representation of beats was secured.
 MT. Sawyer Speaks.
 W. R. Sawyer, bookkeeper In the of- flee of State Treasurer J. Craig Smith, addressed the association and made an eloquent appeal for organization. He criticised the efforts of Wall Street to give out incorrect reports as to the cotton situation in order to discourage the farmers, but he bade them be of good cheer for he believed that the vic tory would be theirs.
 He declared that the people in gen. eral of this section are disposed ito throw cold water on the work of the Cotton Growers Association and he urged the farmers to endeavor to bring these people to the right way of think ing. He believed that a farm newspa- per should be published in Alabama to keep the farmers constantly in touch with the movement
 Mir. Sawyer introduced the following resolution appealing to the public in general which was adopted:
 Whereas, 1t is a known fact that every other interest in our State is de- pendent for success to some extent on the success of the farmer, and that the movement on the part of the farmers to organize has not received the encour- agement from many of our citizens which 1t so richly deserves.
 Resolved, That we must earnestly request that all of our people refrain from saying or doing anything which will have a tendency to discourage the movement, and they will at all times speak word of encouragement for the efforts now being put forth which mean so much for our country"
 Jordan and Cheatham Write.
 A. Ii. Eubank was called to the chair and Secretary Gay read two letters, one from Harvie Jordan, President of the southern Cotton Growers Association, and the other from Richard Cheat ham, Secretary, the one advising the farmers to immediately pay their assessment into the Cotton Holding company and the other reporting prog ress along lines of organization.
 Several incomplete reports of reduc- ton In the cotton acreage were made rom dlnerent beats by County Organ izer N. R. Williams.
 Beat 8 reported a slight reduction. Beat 12 reduction, Beat 10, about 8 per cent reduction. Beat 13 about 20 per cent reduction. Beat 16 about 12 per cent reduction, and Beat. II about l6 per cent reduction.
 Tax Assessor Eubank reported that In the year 1904 there were 6.499 horses and mules in the country beats and this year there are 6,911.
 Reports from Beats 2, g, II, 12 and IS indicated that the recent rains had played havoc with the cotton crop and not more than 75 per cent of the crop planted would mature.
 President Seymour Talks.
 IItSlutuI seymour was then pre- sented. He said that the fight that the farmers are now waging is a hard one and long one, but he believed that success would crown their efforts
 He had 400 or 500 reports from differ ent counties, he said, and in every one of them. the word was sent out that there Is scarcity of labor and unfavor- able conditions for a big cotton crop. Good work has been done in Alabama toward reducing the acreage and he be- lieved that the proverb, the Lord helps those who helps themselves" had been fully exemplif1ed In this State. Grass has taken possession of many crops. and he believed that the entire cotton acreage had been reduced 12 per cent.
 He reported an enthusiastic meeting of the State Presidents<in New Orleans and favorable reports from every State. He held that the farmers could well afford to organize, whether a question of reduction of acreage came up or not. The question of labor has to be consid- cred. and the fact that the price of any article does not so much depend upon the supply and demand but on the or ganlzation of those who control the product. would make the organization well worth while.
 W. H. Lawson said that acreage in- creased as a matter of evolution. Every progressive farmer breaks and plants new ground yearly. and if the cotton acreage is reduced at all, he thought