The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-30
MIR. JORDAN AND 15c. COTTON
 GREETED WITH ENTHUSIASM

| | raignment of those suspicious people of this state and others who said the farm
 CT could not organize. He called these
 as did Mir. Jordan before him.
 ! Instead of branding this class of the
 Southern people as doubting. Thom- | ases," Mir. Jordan put down the diff ferential in this language:
 The Weak kneed Brothers.
 T rub my hands up and down their backs so. and find there only couple
 of slices of tenderloin, that's all"
 Two sessions were held during the | day and the convention adjourned sine
 The first sssion convened few minutes
 after IF o'clock and ended shortly af-
 ter o'clock. The afternoon session
 sftsernoon Sfssan a' sessioa ss1DfA that T the pian
 beat meetings that are to be held
 fifteen-cent cotton was outlined
 edged purpose of President W. H. sey- mour of the State Division, to get in
 Montgomery as many workers in the
 saeeeeded e9ss Weli I s%en Beyond his l own expectations. Then he intended to
 have the rank and file educated on the
 o fifteen eet eottyon The rank
 and file was to be enlightened through
 these representatives when they return ! home. That this education was obtain ed could hardly de disputed after the l array of speeches yesterday and chief | ly of these of MT. Jordan and Congress- | ] the next few days when active canvass will be made in all the counties. This | canvass is to be made by members of
 inc, special Organizers that President | last week.
 before the close of the convention to call the attention of the delegates to the
 efro,nnnt of making the so,, Ganyass nnrs for
 They were also s no}fed sah eft of the s county
 meetings that are to be held the satur-
 day following and of the regular an
 nons nsa %eetns ans,rv of the ststs the qx bsai
 meetings the organizations are expec. ted to name from two to five dele-
 se he e os meenss ars I to name delegates to the state con- vention January 3. and from each coun- ty there will be allowed from one to President w. H. Seymour called the
 convention to. order shortly. after IF
 address p ' the purpoae m of s the special d meet t
 fore. A' '"' ''' i'" '"' '
 those who are interested in the cot
 ton problem of the South, asking them
 to come to Montgomery" said MT. sey-
 that the farmers S5se the merehants sere nen tss
 bankers and other. business men might
 come together and determine ways and
 great staple In making the e call felt
 entire State who Is not in ma sympathy
 wh the eanse Tse ft tSst ats s open
 of cotton are intensely Southern and
 in order for the work we have started
 good will, the sympathy and the sup
 cort of all. We are supposed to have
 the confidence of the people in pursu- |
 The President then told of the pres
 ence of President Jordan of the parent
 was 1ioA nc need for for him % to propose rope eASrs an eulogy to his name, for says he. there l is not home in all Dixie that does
 the President of the Southern Cotton Association" He told of the unex-
 pected absence. of Secretary Richard Field Agent E. D. Smith. These gem l tlemen have engagements that were so
 pressing at the time they intended
 the ie'"s jump S" to tSis city had to Se abaa. a
 doned. Mir Seymour said these off,
 cers, he thought were surely coming at the last moment telling of their con- l ficting engagements, He wanted to
 make the situation plain as he wished vertising that the officers of the South ern organization would be present with
 But let the gentlemen remain in the field where they are doing splendid work" said the speaker. "They are as badly needed elsewhere as they are | here with us.' He appealed to the audience to de- wise ways and means whereby the Just share of the support that tho Southern Cotton Association needs at this crucial stage. Mir. Jordan was
 ''~'' MT. Jordan Speaks.
 ITO me the proudest and happiest | moments of my life are when l stand men and see them combining in q loy- al and patriotic spirit to protect tho 1 GrSa6 PGse of ta b sFei Set began o
 bale of cotton on the rostrum that is to be sh,ipped at toS.,.os once to Preside1t
 herel of cotton typifies the basis Of | Southorn prosperity and the bulwark | of our financial standing among the | "t have this is specimen Spe in sight of U this that regret the absence of Mr. E: T. in the Empire State. He Is cAnvasslng | in the Southwest part of Texas and he | has an itinerary that VIII hold hlm not lay down his labors at this time | and I advised him to stay, out West of | the Mississippi river M and I wouid gnar- var sissippi Mir. Richard Cheatham. our , Secretary Is also TotrIking g.,snhns in the in, tereStS or the ASsOclaIlon elSeWNeTe III other parts of the South. You have come together in this con | vention to consider d business propo- | sltion. a proposition feasible and alto l gether practicable. IL is to tie the bal l ance of the cotton crop in order to get | 15 cents before 1t leaves the hands of | the growers. want to say right now | that I was responsible for proclama- tion to this effect which l sent out a few days ago. Since that time have been pretty sharply criticized flor my | action. I say with all candor, gentle men, and without fear of successful | contradiction. that there Is not a man | here who has correct knowledge of the situation and will say that the. rest of this years crop Is not worth 15
 Mir. Jordan told of his recent trip from North Carolina to Texas on which | he discovered that there was short crop of at least three million bales !. Then he went straight to the East where he investigated the consumpt!ve end He went and talked with the ] jobbers and the spinners and found 1 that the mills had sold their products | for many months to come. The job | ping houses are begging for the. deliv- l | cry of the products. He judged from | this that 1t was time IS cents were de- manded by the farmer Cotton nj 15 Cents. Mr. Jordan said he has met with proposition than he expected. Tn less | than forty-eight hours after the proc lama tion was Issued he had on hisideSk | telegrams piedging over 100000 bales 1 l to be held for the 15 cents. He said he has since then been receiving pledges that average 15.O00 bales daily from all sections of the country. lro haora hfa