The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-04-15
VT 2,STFTC.A TON
Something to Sell Every Day
By OSWALD WILSON. secretary National Cotton Association.
Tha- National cotton Assneiation.

The National Cotton Association.
which was organized at Shreveport,
La, December IA, 1904, was last week
dissolved at Fort Worth and its work
merger into the Southern Cotton As
ISOLATION, which was created by the
New Orleans Convention January &c,
1905 Col. E. S. Peters, of Calvert,
Texas, and Mr.. Oswald Wilson, of
Fort Worth, were the president and
secretary. respectively, OF the Ma
tional Cotton Association.
The merger Of the two associations,
which eliminated at Fort Worth, I'm.
der an agreement which was entere!
into by Col E. S. Peters, president CT
the National Cotton Association, and
Hon. HarVie Jordan, president of tho
Southern Cotton Association was the
outcome of negotiations which hays
been pending along this line for tbs
past few weeks. The Southern Co.
ton Association is now fully organized
in all the States east OF the Missi.s-
sippi river, and in taking up the work
which has been heretofore carried OIL
by the National Cotton Association.
west of the river, it is confidently pre-.
dicted that within q very short tin1e
every cotton-gFowing State and tei'-
ritory in the South will be thoroughly
combined under its splendid system CT
organization.
The merger is very gratifying To
the officers of the Southern Cotton Az
ISOLATION, in view of the fact that Col
E. S. Peters, who was president of the
National Cotton Association, is also
Viee-president Of the Southern Cotton
Association, and who will now have
active charge o. the work of the lat
ter association west OF the Mississippi
river.
Inc consolidation of the two ASSOC
Citations Will avoid any friction in the
future and eliminates confusion Whick
has existed in the minds of the busi-
ness people with reference to the two
organizations. both apparently work.
ing to the same end. The Southern
Cotton Association looks TO the COM
bined organization Of the entire peo-
pie of the South including not only
farmers, but every allied business fns
terest. The great object of the South
ern Cotton Association is to protecs
and safeguard the cotton crop of tbs
South from the devastating bear raids
which have so often financially de-
pressed the price of the staple in the
past.
The south's supremacy, agrieul-
turally, commercially, industriously
and financially, are the four great
planks in the platform of the South
ern Cotton Association; and in the
calls to it's aid and cooperation not
fr,,,, af,a1f
banker and allied business interest in
the South.
The success of the Southern Cotton
Association has been very marked IN
ell of the Old States east of the Missis-
sippi river and in Arkansas. There
can. be no question that the entire
business and farming element in the
great State of Texas will quickly take
hold Of its movement and in the near
future it is confidently predicted that
the membership Of the assoc citation will
exceed in Texas the membership in
any other State or territory through
out the cotton belt. The consolida-
ton of the two associations #guaTan-
tees perfect harmony for the future,
and indicates more than all things
else, that the officers of the two as
s9ciatiOns are more deeply interested
in the success Of the people of the
South than any advancement Of the
personal interest Of any particular as
ISOLATION. The president Of the Texas
Association, Mr.. r. E. Smith, Of Sher-
man, will be supplied with an ah1nd,
ance eff literature of all kinds needed
in the country and civil subdivision
organizations, and each county can
secure all the supplies needed by
writing to the State secretary, Mr.. w.
G. Hutchinson, Dublin, Tex
The department Of publicity west IT
the Mississippi river will be under the
direct mana cement OF Col. E. 5.
Peters, viee-president Of the Southren
Cotton Association, whose headquart-
ers are at Calvert, Tex.
The entire press of the State anu Of
the South, is earnestly requested to
aid the movement in every way pos
sible and the officers of the associa,
ton beg to convey their high apprecia-
ton at this time for the splendid in
terest manifested by the Southern
press and the great and valuable aid
which has been rendered the move
ment through that source up to the
present time.