The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-02-04
Great Cotton Convention.
Launches Most Practical M cement for the Bene-
fit of the Farmers.
Cotton Diversity Crops Organize Producers
is the Rally Cry

convention. harVle l.. JOfudu, Ol
Monticello. Ga, is President, with +.
S. Peters Vice President, and an ex-
ecutive committee of twenty-five,
composed Of members from each OF
the twelve cotton States.
To the people of the whole South
the Southern Interstate Cotton Con-
yeption, composed of 5000 dele
gates. chosen by the people of the
Cotton States in county mass meet
ing assembled, issue the following
call:
"Iet the people of the cotton States
assemble in the county seats Of their
respective counties on the 11th day
of February, 1905, at / O'Clock p. m,
and elect county chairman and a
precinct chairman for each school
district or other smallerpoliticnl sub
division of that county. On the 18th
day of February, 1905, at ! p. m,
there shall be held meeting of all
citizens OF every school district, who
shall elect committee of three on
acreage and membership. This COM
mittee shall immedia tely request the
signature OF every cotton planter in
that subdivision to pledge to re-
duce his acreage % per cent under
the acreage of the previous year.
"The Convention calls upon every
merchant and banker throughout the
cotton States to refuse to extend
credit for money or supplies to any
planter who does not sign the pledge
to reduce his acreage.
alt calls upon the cotton planter
OF the South to hold his cotton on
his own farm, steadfastly refusing to
sell for less shan 10 cents a pound at
the ports of Galveston, New Orleans,
Mobile, Savannah and Brunswick and
Charleston.
..it calls upon the planters OF the
Cotton Belt to cooperate with the
Bureau OF Statistics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture by furnishing,
through the County Sheriff to the
State Commissioner of Agriculture,
accurate and reliable sta tistics of the
cotton crop; and it further calls up
on the Commissioners of Agriculture
to transmit the same to the Chief
Statistician of the Department of Ag-
riculture.
''It calls upon every Southern con-
gressman and senator, and upon the
President of the United States, to use
every effort and to spare no endeavor
to open to our commerce The murkets
OF South Africa, China and all the
countries of the world, and to that
end advocates an increase OF the
Navy.
lit calls upon the planters of the
South, finally, to diversity their crops;
to make cotton a surplus crop, and
to place themselves out OF reach Oi
the one-crop-evil."
Such is the result of the greatest
Industrial convention in the history
of the South. Harmony prevailed
throughout the sessions Of the great
body. All these recommendations
were unanimously agreed upon.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION PLAN.
"Whereas all the various indus
tries of the world are under thorough
aud systematic organization to pro
tect, develop and manage THERE spe
cial interests: and,
"Wherens, the cotton interests o
the Southern States are mot organ
lied, and by reason Of not being Sc
organized there is no uniform sys
TEN for regulating production. secur
ing markets, financing the product,
and generally supervising and aid
yancing such interests; therefore, be i
Resolved: First-That there shall
Ire one supreme organization. know
as the Southern Cotton Association
embracing all the cotton-producins
States and Territories, to evolve ant
execute practical and efficient plans
with reference to cotton production
supply, cotton marketing and financ
ing, by systematic and careful.
adopted organization of all cotton
interests and by legislation as expe
rience suggests to effect and enforc
the purposes of this organization.
"Second-The purposes OF the As
ISOLATION shall be to regulate cottol
production, cotton supply and financ
ing, and especially cotton marketing
using every effort to secure broade
markets and To limit the production
to the demand at remunerative PR
ces, and to reduce to minimum al
expense of handling cotton and it
products from the time it leaves tn
field until it reaches the consumer.
ssThird--That there shall be an OF
ganizatiop in each cotton-growinI
State and Territory subordinate T.
the central organization, to be know
as the
STATE or TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION
"F'onrth-That there shall be Il
organization IN each county or pal
ish producing cotton OF each cotton
growing State subordinate to til
State or Territorial organization.
"l'ifth-That there shall be an ol
ganizat ton effected in each OF the civ
Subdivisions Of the county or paris
subordinate to the county or paris
organizations.
ssSixth-There shall he a presiden
q vice president, n secretary and
treasurer OF the Southern Cotton Al
sociation, and OF the organization