The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-11
WHISTLES SHREK
A GLAD GREETING
Industry's Salute to Cot
ton Manufacturers.
NVENTION OPENS
President ReinhardI of LincOIntOn Pre-
sides. Addresses of Welcome Are
Delivered BY Governor Cox, May
or Gass and W. B. LOCkett.
Lowe of Mass. Responds.
(By the Associated Press.) }


Knoxville, Tenn, May 10.-With
over two hundred delegates present
from all parts of the United States,
the ninth annual session of the Amer
lean Cotton Manufacturers Association
began this morning in the woman's
building, with President r. $. Rein
hardt, of Lincolnton, N. c., presiding.
While the delegates were assembling
i'm convention hall, the whistles on all
manufacturing plants broke loose in
chorus of noise that formed industry's
salute to the city's guests.
Addresses of welcome were deliver
ed by Governor John /. Cox and Mayor
w. III. Gass, for State and city respect
lively, and by w. b. Lockett for the
business interests.
Mayor Gass presented the cOnVen-
tion with a magnificent souvenir, be-
ing Il set of keys carved from Tennes-
see marble, and inclOSed in q case
made of native materials, cotton, wool,
iron and timber
Governor Coxs appearance on the
stage was greeted with applause. In
part he said:
1--WE want your push and energy to
help make this the wealthiest section
of the entire western hemisphere. u
thrice hearty welcome to the South
with your mills; especially welcome to
this State. The cotton planters and
manufacturers should be friends; they
have q common interest The price
of cotton should guarantee a profit on
the product l believe the manufac-
turer and the planter should fix the
price, and not the gamblers and spec
ulatorS, so that it will be impossible
to have seventeen cent cotton and
now, after only six months. six cent
cotton
The governor closed with a picture
of the Souths prosperity with the
Panama Canal completed.
On behal fof the city Mayor Will
liam II. GasS spoke words of welcome
mad presented the keys of the city to
the association. There were three
keys of marble, a large one for the
president and two smaller ones for the
vice president and secretary They
were in a handsome case and every
part of the gift was made i'm the city
typical of KnoXVille's marble, timber
copper, coal, cotton and steeel indus
tries.
After another welcoming address
on behalf of the commercial bodies
by W. b. Lockett, Arthur II. Lowe, of
Fitchburg, Mass, made a pleasing re-
sponse He held that the first need is
ample cotton; and to this add that
there should be perfect relation
between the grower and the manufac-
turer A cotton Speculator, he said
neither grows nor helps but unSettles
values. The world expects the cotton
States of America to wisely discharge
their duty in producing cotton. TS
curtail crops, he declared was a child
of the speculator, and the policy was
short-sighted and suicidal. The South
needs more labor; it's resources are
already greater than it can manufac-
ture, and already there is q cry for
laborers to come aver and help He
touched on the need of warehouses.
better financial methods, better laws
more technically educated men, bet
ter methods of power application in
solving present problems. If all
plants We're now operated at full ca
pacity the market would be supplied
in a few months. More markets must
be obtained
Technical education in the South
was discussed by DR.. Brown Ayres.
president of the University of Tennes-
see, and his remarks struck a respon-
sive chord in the convention The
hope of stopping the export of raw
cotton from the South and the turn
ing of the Souths energy to its manu-
factures he hel depended largely on
the, technical training of the youno
people of the South. He wanted this
section to quit talking so much about
its resources and more about how it |
can convert these resources into prod |
uctS and put them on the market. |
few thousand dollars placed among
institutions attempting this work |
would do much. Only three Southern |
States have done anything definite |
SLUG FOUR
At the close of DR.. Ayres' address.
George Hiss, of Charlotte N. c.. con |
tinued the discussion, turning his at
tention particularly to tire need of |
training men to represent this conn
try in foreign lands that American
markets might be extended He closed
With presenting a resolution which
was unanimously adopted, that the
association petition and memoraIize
the Senate and House of Representa-
tVes that they consider the advisable
lty of enacting a law providing for
the creating of college of commerce
FOR the purpose of educating young
men of our country with a view to
their becoming thoroughly competent
to represent our country as consuIs
and commercial agents i'm foreign
countries, with the object in view of
extending our export trade Copies of
the resolutions will be sent the Presi-
dent and Secretary of Commerce and /
Labor Each delegate is pledged to
work for the success of the measure |
In his annual address President
Reinhardt entered into a discussion
of the development of the cotton in
dustry during the past year. and con