The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12
Will Stand By New Dr. leans Convention. H. Y. BROOKE SPEAKS Local Association of Growers
 Had a Meeting. Delegates Appointed to Attend County Convention to Be Held Here Next
 Thursday--Beats Also
 Select Delegates.

age and fertilizers this year and to abide by the plan of the New Orleans Convention of Cotton Growers, to re- tire 100000 bales of the present crop until October, were made by the mem bers of the Montgomery Agricultural Association yesterday at noon.
 The meeting was held in response to the call issued several days ago by Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole in furthering the plan of the Southern Cotton Association.
 Yesterday furnished very untavor- able weather probably in every pre- cinct in the State where meetings of cotton growers were to have been held together with merchants and business men. Nevertheless, reports which reached the city last night were to the effect that in most of the beats of this county there were representative gath erings.
 The Montgomery County Association, foreseeing that the weather must have broken in upon the beat meetings more or less, authorized President M. B. Houghton to appoint from every pre- cinct that did not elect delegation, three delegates to the county conven . tion, which Is to be held in Montgom- cry next Thursday. This was deemed wise because the county association embraces farmers from every beat and the delegates from the derelict prt- cincts will thus be supplied as if elect ed In accordance with the New Orleans plan. The delegates from the Mont gomery Club appointed by President Houghton are M. c. Scott, J. s. Edson and W. H. Vaughan.
 Addressed by MT. Brooke.
 The feature of the meeting of the rrrhi Iol in the rooms of the Commercial and In- dustrial Association, was the address of H. Y. Brooke of Luverne, a member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Cotton States Association. MT. Brooke had just returned from a meeting of the subcommittee of the head organization in Atlanta, where the constitution and bylaws of the big as- sociation were drafted.
 Executive Committeeman Brooke elueidated the New Orleans plan and explained that since the meeting of the subcommittee in Atlanta last week. he was convinced of the success which awaits the operation of 1t. MT. Brooke said the b-committee had concluded that beyond a doubt the ginners' sta tistics of the present crop of cotton has been tempered with. The committee had evidence that in many counties the bureau agent has resided for few days in the county seats and guessed at the figures which he sent to Washington. :. He told of how the plan of the South ern Association will gather absolutely reliable statistics and furnish them to the grower long before the census bu- reau will get them out.
 'The meetings that are being held today all over the South" said Mir. Brooke, "are very important. Besides choosing delegates to the county con- ventions next Thursday, the gather ings are appointing inspectors who are charged with the duty of getting re- ports from every ginner in their beats of the exact amount of cotton ginned They will also get lists of every cotton planter in the beat and check up his acreage during the present year.
 The statistics must be gathered in- dependently, because I am about con- vinced that the statistics of last year z crop were seriously tempered with There was evidence of this before the committee on organization at New Or leans and the subcommittee at Allan ta. The reports of the inspectors will be sent to Secretary Cheatham of the Southern Association. From him they will be sent right back to the growers who are members.
 SeQuestratiOn of Cotton. The effect of sequestrating 2,0O0,0 0OC bales by the plan adopted will be just as sure as if that amount had been bnFned. The cotton will be kept com pletely off the market until October 3l when 1t Is certain that 1t will bring lC cents, which is the fair and equitable value of the staple. All that the mem bers are required to do Is to place in warehouses under. the control of the Association as many bales of cotton as they can. For this they get receipts carrying the obligation that it cannot be sold until October S1. These re- ceipts will be negotiable and may be deposited with banks and money -bor- rowed on them at the legal rate of in | terest.
 The revenue to maintain the organi- zation permanently will be derived from the 10 cents tax per bale. On the residue crop Of last year this would bring ample funds to support the As. sociation. Every member will be charged 25 cents annually for fee"
 MT. Brooke was here interrupted and asked what relation W. P. Brown, the cotton bull of New Orleans, has to the organization.
 He told of how the famous specula- tor approached the organization com mittee at New Orleans last month and presented a plan. This plan was adopted in part. but in the main was entirely emasculated
 ITO be frank. gentlemen" said the speaker. "Mr. Brown said to us in New Orleans that he wished to under take the management of the retirement of the cotton contemplated. He told us at the time that we would certainly be