The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-27
Harvie Jordan is Chosen
 President.
For a Time There Was n Struggle for Ascendency Between Jordan and Peters, but all Differences
 Are Amicabiy Settled.

New Orleans. La, Jan. 26.--With the unanimous adoption of the plan recom- mended by it's committee for a perma- nent organization, headed by Harvie Jordan, of Georgia, as president, and E. s. Peters, of Texas. as vice. president, the Southern Interstate Cotton Con vention closed it's successful three day session tonight.
 Throughout the morning there had been a hard struggle in committee for ascendancy between the friends of Jor- dan and those of Peters in the perma- nent association, but all differences finally were reconciled and a unanimous report was presented to the conven- ton.
 The feature of the forenoon session was the defeat of the modified Waco warehouse plan, which had been re- ported by a majority of the committed. A committee of three was named to confer with the President in the mat ter of the enlargement of the American cotton Trade.
 With It's most vital work already per- formed the Southern Interstate Cotton convention met today to receive and act upon additional reports of it's commit tees elaborating its plans to solve the cotton problem.
 President Jordan again presided over the convention at the forenoon session. Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole, of Alabama, as chairman, pre- scented the report of the Committee on Statistics. It suggested that every State commissioner place himself in position to secure a complete return of all gins operated in his State and for the entire number of bales ginned or the crop of 1904 and 1905 and be in a position to furnish this information twice a month during September, Octo- Der, November and December, 1905 and monthly to March inclusive. The com mittee approved the methods of the National Ginners' Association as the quickest and most feasible way of get ting out reports. The State Legisla- lures are asked to make ample pro- svision to enable their commissioners to carry out these ideas.
 Former Senator John Lowndes Me- Laurin of South Carolina. presented the report of the Committee on Resolutions, heartily approving the reduction of acreage and fertilizers and urging ''all owners of cotton to hold 1t until the government report ou acreage shows to the world that Southern cotton farmers stand solidly together, that they have complied with their agreement and de- mand the value of their product"
 The following resolution, reported by Chairman Galloway of Georgia for the Transportation Committee, was adopted, and on motion of Mir. Johnson of Georgia copies of 1t were ordered to be sent to the South ern Senators and President Roosevelt
 Be 1t hereby resolved. That we en- dorse the movement on foot to endow Al. with full and complete control over such discriminations and abuses, with power to enforce their findings, and request all Southern Senators and Congressmen to support and aid in the passage of thi measure in every way possible"
 Judge Eugene Williams. for the Warehouse Committee, reported favor- ably on a modification of what is known as the Waco plan. There was a minority report signed by six mem- bers of the committee. The majority report provided for a meeting in New Orleans on March 13 of a selected com mittee from each State to consider the carrying into effect of the report.
 MT. Mccall of Georgia moved to lay the whole report on the table with the exception of the provision for the meeting here. ~
 The Mccall motion was adopted by a vote of e6 to 3S.
 President Jordan read the telegram received from. Director North on gin- ner's report as requested by the con- vention.
 At the afternoon session the commit tee on close relations between manu- lecturers and producers made a report in the interest of the elimination of the speculator in cotton. The com mittee said that the wide fluctuations were alike disastrous to the farmer and manufacturer. making 1t impossible for the manufacturer to promulgate prices for cotton products based on a uniform cost of the raw staple and for either the farmer or the manufacturer to maintain higher prices. It was recom- mended therefore that committee con sisting of one cotton producer from each State be appointed to confer with mill men. asking that they join hands with the producers in effecting a plan whereby the producer can sell his cot ton direct to the manufacturer and am--