The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-02-09
THE SOUTHERN
1,.. N,. y ,,t. .,,. COTTON ASSOCIATION
Plan OF 0rga Ilzation Formulated at
the New Orleans Convention.
Text of the plan.

The plan Of organization agreed
upon by the cotton interests at
New Orleans recently il Of such
importance 60 our readers that we
here present it and suggest the
preservation of this paper f)r ru.
ture reference.
Whereas the cotton interests OF
the Southern states are not organ
lied, and by reason OF not being so
organized, there is no uniform sys.
tenn for regulating production, So
curing markets, financing the
products and generally supervising
and advancing such interests.
Therefore he it
Resolved, /. That there shall
be one supreme organization,
known as the Southern Cotton AS
ISOLATION, embracing all the cotton
producing states and territories,
to evolve and execute practical
and efficient plans, with reference
to cotton production, cotton sup
ply, cotton marketing and iinanc-
ing, by systematic and carefully
adopted organizations of all cot
ton interests and by legislation as
experience suggests, TO effect and
enforce the purposes Of such or
ganization.
2. The purposes Of the associa-
tion shall be to regulate cotton
production, cotton supply, and fl
nancing and especially cotton
marketing, using every effort to
secure broader markets, and TO
limit the production to the de-
mand at remunerative prices, and
to reduce TO n minimum all ex-
pense connected with the handling
of cotton and its products from
the time 1t leaves the field until it
reaches the consumer.
3. That there shall he an or
gani2ation in each cotton growing
state and territory subordinate to
the central organization, TO lie
known as the state or territorial
organization.
4. That there shall be an or
ganization in each county or par.
lsh producing cotton, Of each cot
ton growing state, subordinate TO
the state or territorial organiza-
ton.
,. That there shall be an or
ganization effected in each Of the
civil subdivisions of the county or
parish, subordinate to the county
or parish organization, and under
regulations of the county or par
ish organization
6. There shall he IL president,
vice president, secretary and treas
urer OF the Southern Cotton Assoc
citation, and one for each state,
territorial, county and parish or
gani2ation.
Z. The duties of each officer
shall be prescribed in the consti-
tuition aud bylaws for each organ
i2ation, as hereinafter provided.
s. The executive committee Of
the Southern Cotton Association
shall consist of y members,
chosen by states and territories as
hereinafter provided; no state to
have less than one nor more than
five members.
The first meeting Of said associ.
alton shall be held at on -
day Of, 1908.
9. Each state and territorial
association shall be composed of
| member from each cotton grow
ing county or parish of each cot
ton growing state or territory,
which associstion shall meet for
the first time Mt the capital Of each
cotton growing state or territory
on the 2lst day of Feb, 1908, and
shall meet annually or oftener
thereafter at such time and place
as it may determine
At its first meeting it shall i'm.
medlately organize by elecJing Of
iicers as herein provided, aud shall
at once elect representatives to the
Southern Cotton Association, and
when so elected they shall take
the place of the executive com.
mittee herein provided for,
10. That the cotton producers
of each voting precinct of each