The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-27
They Declare For Uni fOrmity of Syrup. MEETING. PLACE IS OPEN President Purse and Other Officers Reelected.
 -~- Address of Dr. Wiley of Washington Made Deep mpression-Cengress Asked Not to Lower Import
 Duty on Syrup.

By hurrying their program, the members of the Interstate Cane Grow CTS Association completed their busi- ness late yesterday afternoon and ad- journed upon finding that a third days session was unnecessary.
 The second and final day was crowd ed with business, not the least interest," ing feature of which was the election of President D. G. Purse for his third term. an election which was given him over his protest as he insisted that he preferred to transfer the burdens of the office to other shoulders. The con- vention, however, would not hear to this and he was pressed into service again.
 The other old officers, vice-President H. l.. Rose of Tallahassee, Fla, and Secretary T. W. Martin of Savannar, were also given another term by a unanimous vote.
 uniformity of Standard.
 Perhaps the most important piece of business transacted by the cane grow CTS was the adoption of a resolution heartily endorsing the proposition of the Secretary of Agriculture to estab- fish a fixed standard for syrup, by which all syrups can be graded as to their color and their consistency. The standard is to consist of twenty small bottles. each filled with syrup of a diff ferent color and each being numbered The numbers range from one for the white to twenty for the dark red. The original standard Is to- be kept In the Agricultural Department, while copies are to be distributed throughout the South.
 The convention took this action after hearing an able and instructive address from pr. H. w. Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington The advantage of having a standard by which the trade could be regulated and uniformity of products established was enlarged upon by Dr. Wiley. In other portions of his address pr. Wiley dis cussed in an instructive manner the soils of the cane-growing regions of the South and the best machinery and the best methods of making syrup. Dr. Wiley was given cordial reception by the Association and his address was frequently applauded.
 At the afternoon session yesterday a resolution was adopted petitioning Con- gress to refrain from enacting any leg islation which would lower the import duty on syrup, sugar and molasses The resolution was presented by Hon. John Dymond of Louisiana
 Had Several Invitations.
 Invitations for the next annual meet ing of the Association were extended by Mobile, Pensacola, Tallahassee and Waycross. The selection of the next convention city, however. rests with the Executive Committed,
 The hall yesterday was filled with exhibits of syrup, farming machinery and matter advertising various localt- ties. The owners of the syrup sam. pies all went forward and had their samples compared with the standard brought by Dr. Wiley. very fine syrup exhibit, the same he had at the Worlds Fair, was shown by W. B.
 In the distribution of advertising matter and in buttonholing the dele gates for their localities, L. L. Law renee for Mobile. J. W. Jackson for Manitee, Fla. and c. W. Zink for Pas cagouIa, Miss, were especially promi- nent.
 Partial List of Delegates.
 The following is a list of the dele gates who registered. being a partial list of those who attended the conven- ton:
 W. B. Roddenberry, Cairo, Ga; J. H. Reeves Eufaula. Ala: John Thom- as Porter, Grand Ridge, Fla; A. c. Chandler. Chipley. Fla; R. W. Storrs. DeFuniak. Fla: L. W. Plank, DeFu- niak. Fla; J. H. Harris. Oak Bowery. Ala; E. w. Robinson, Lowndesboro. Ala; T. W. Lanier, Guyton. Ga; s B. Brewton. William c. Rock, Dadeville. Ala; F. B. Silmans, SilmanS. Ga; P. Y. Yonge, Pensacola, Fla; Edward