The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-22

Agriculture be respectfully urged .a do all in it's power to help along the success of the undertaking and that the Governor be requested to give hia oficiai and moral support ana his hearty approval and aid to the Depart ment of Agriculture in this most trys ing moment in all its history when 10 has an opportunity of SO ably and so materially helping our people.
 'Resolved further, That we have observed with approval and muck satisfaction the earnest and zealous and active efforts of our Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon, ,R.R. Poole, and note with pleasure the great influence and most important part he took in the proceedings of the New Orleans convention and we most heartily and enthusiastically endorse his action in the premises and are proud to know that we have a Commits sioner of Agriculture so modern and progressive in his ideas and acts SO that he. not only did much himself, but exerted a most remarkable influence upon the members of the convention and was most instrumental in starting a movement which bids fair to be so productive of good and beneficial Of results to all our people. and In %
 
 obligations to him and he is deserving of our piaudit: Well done thou good and faithful servant
 Work at New Orleans RatifleG.
 The following resolution of Mr. Rem fro was passed unanimously: Whereas, the low price of cotton robs our people Of the fair and just profits they are entitled to for their labor, and threatens general economic deransement of our country. and
 Whereas delegates from the cotton producing States in convention assem- bied at New Orleans on January 74 to 26 mapped out plan to be pursued by cotton growers with the view of avert ing a financial crisis.
 'Therefore Be it resolved. That we. the delegates from the various counties of Alabama in convention assembled. do hereby ratify the action of the con- ventfon at New Orleans and do request and urge all cotton growers of this State to act, as far as is in their power, in accordance with the recommes,da- tions of said convention, being assured that if this is done our country will soon attain the position in the economic world that is warranted by its unex- celled climate, soil and people"
 resolution of Mir, Lawson was 0neAAlAuAuuSAy pAbStQ GS IOllOWSs
 Resolved, That 1t is the sense of this convention that the Southern Cot. ton Growers. Association should an. courage the building of cotton factories for the manufacture of the finer grades of thread and cloth and the opening of new markets for the manufactured product"
 c. P. Bouldin of Jackson. County. introduced resolution as follows which was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved That each delegate re- quest his county paper to continually advocate organization and reduction of acreage and fertilizers until after planting time"
 Mir. Davis introduced the following resolution which was unanimously adopted:
 Resolved That the President of this Association wire to President Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, that he has our confidence and that we will join with him in emancipating the South from foreign domination and bring back to our peo. pie genuine prosperity through the protection of the great money crop of the world and our earnest. united and concentrated effort to come again Into our own"
 The following resolution of Mir. Clements was adopted: .
 Resolved by the Cotton Convention |of Alabama that our farmers 0e this State who rent out their lands be re- Iquested to take rent notes payable par tially In corn, hay and other products than cotton so as to enable tenants Ito cooperate with their landlords In carrying out the intentions and objects of this association"
 Duty of Every Farmer.
 Dr. Lovett introduced the following resolution which met with unanimous adoption;
 "Resolved. That 1t Is a self-evIdent proposition that if we can keep the supply within the bounds of the de- mand that all we have to do to be able to control the price of the stanie, is to get fin position to hold it at pleas ure Farmers have only to hold their cotton now and force the buyers to pay what the raw material Is worth. We can only do this by each cotton grower doing his full duty, and we earnestly request them all to join us in the movement which means 70 much for our future"
 MT. Renfro introduced another rsso- lution which was passed, as follows:
 Resolved. That the President of the Convention be hereby requested to send the following telegram to the Presi. dent of the Cotton Growers Conven- tions, this day held in the different Cotton States, viz:
 l" Delegates from the different coun. ties of Alabama in convention assem- bled, send greetings to their brethren of -, and assure them that Ala. bama will do her full duty toward the consummation of the desired end.'
 To Secure Accurate Data.
 To the Executive Committee was re. ferred an important resolution intro duced by MT. McWhorton, as follows:
 Resolved, That the Southern Cotton Association take steps to ascertain ex- aetly the number of acres planted in cotton during the year 1905, and that they procure monthly reports of the condition of growing crops and also full and accurate growers reports and in order to accomplish this each county organization be instructed to appoint official reporters in each justice beat or other subdivisions in all the counties In the cotton belt"
 A resolution calling for the co-oper- ation of brokers and merchants in the movement was referred to the Execu- tive Committee.
 A resolution was unanimously passed putting in the hands of the Executive Committee all arrangements for flfanc. ing the State Association, raising the funds for paying salaries of o1ncers