The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-27
Thus the Cotton Farmers
Declare in Conyen-
ton.
THEY ARE PRACTICAL
The Decision as to Acreage and Use
OF Commercial Fertilizers Being
Made, They Adopt Comprehensive
Plan to Secure the Report OF Every
Farmer in the Cotton Belt.
(By the Associated Press. }

New Orleans, Jan. 25.-Firmly be-
lieying it to be the most Important
step in the solution of the cotton prob
lem. the Southern Interstate Cotton
Convention without dissenting vote
today declared in favor of a 25 per
cent. reduction in acreage and an
equal reduction in the use Of COM
mercial fertilizer and backed that ac-
ton up with the adoption Of a COM
prehensive plan to secure the report
of every farmer, big and little, in the
cotton belt. An overwhelming major
ity Of the delegates were present when
the report was received and acted
upon.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion former Senator McLaurin, of
South Carolina. spoke along the lines
aof national protection for the cotton
grower, saying that heretofore the
9kxson planter had been sacrificed to
I'd Ncctrine of free raw materials. A
ref Rlce to President Rooseveit's
frie ness TO the South provoked a
fav le demonstration on the part
OF t~a audience.
Former Lieutenant Governor Jester
of Texas, from the committee on
holding and financing the balance of
the present crop" presented 81 report.
setting forth that each State and To-
cal section seems amply able to f.
nance its present hold ngs. The COM
mittee believed that the cotton now in
The hands of the producer should re-
main on the farm or be stored in To-
cal warehouses, protected against
Weather and fire aud said that the
banks and commission men eViRced a
Willingness to aid in marketing the
balance of the crop SO as To hold in
check any dispos ton to rush in cot
ter unduly and break the market Be-
lief was expressed that 25 per cent. re-
duction in acreage and IS per cent.
reduction in fertilizers Will solve the
cotton problen.
After the convention had voted an
invitation 10 Capt. Richmond p Hob
was recognized to read the report of
the Committee on Acreage VIII ch the
convention had voted to be Of para
mount Importance
The Heart of the Matter.
The report follows
To the Hon. Harvie Jordan, Chair
man Interstate Cotton Growers
convention:
We your COMMITTEES on acreage
and the use of fertilizers, do recon-
mend that the acreage plantediu cotton
in 1905 shall be - per cent less than
in 1904 and that there shall be a re-
duction Of % per cent in the use of
commercial fertilizers in growing
cotton.
I'VE recommend the following plan
for the accomplishment of said reduc-
ton:
FIRST, that the vice-president Of
this association for each State shall
call u meeting of all persons interest
ID in cotton on the 18th day of Feb
luary. 1906, in the county seat of each
county not already organ zed on the
plan hereinafter set out at which
meeting there shall be elected
n county chairman and precinct
chairman for each school district or
other small political subdivision of
the county.
Second. that there shall be held in
each school district or other small
political subdivisions Of the county
on the 18th day of February, 1905,
1T ] o'clock y. M, meeting of all
citizens of said district or other small
political ub-division who are interest
cd in the growing of cotton which
meeting shall elect u committee of
three ON acreage and membership.
Third, at said precinct meeting the
farmers and land owners present shall