Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-01-27
USE LESS FERTILIZER
AND CUT ACREAGE
Cotton Growers Pledge Them.
selves To Do This.
MANY INTERESTING ADDRESSES

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Commerce Commission More Power
in Regard to Establishing Better
Freight Rates.
New Orleans, Jan. 26-With its most
vital work already performed the
southern Interstate Cotton convention
met today to receive and act upon con.
dltional reports of its committees eIab
Grating its plans to solve the cotton
problem. A warm fight has been in
progress since the opening of the con
Vention in joint organization on the
plan OF permanent organization which
is to carry into effect the work of the
convention, but the expectation early
today was that the differences would
be reconciled in order that there
might be no disturbance of the per-
feet harmony which has characterized
the proceedings of the convention.
President Jordan again presided over
the convention at the forenoon ses
sion. Commissioner Of Agriculture
R. r. Poole, of Alabama, as chairman,
presented the report of the committee
on statistics, 1t suggested that every
state commissioner be placed in a posi-
tion to secure a complete return of all
gins operated in his state, and it's en-.
tire number of bales ginned of the crop
of 1904 and 1905, and be in a position
to furnish this information twice a
month during September, October, No
vember and December, 1905, and
monthly to March inclusive
The committee approved the meth.
DDS of the National Ginners' associa.
ton as the quickest and most feast,
BILE way of getting out reports The
state legislatures are asked to make
ample provision to enable their COM
missioners to carry out these ideas.
Former Senator John Lowndes Nc
Laurin, of South Carolina, heartily
approved the reduction Of acreage and
fertilizers, and urging "all owners OF
cotton to hold it until the govern
ment report on acreage shows to ths
world that southern cotton farmers
stand solidly together, that they have
complied with their agreement and de
manded the value of their product"
A number of addresses were deliv
cred at the forenoon session. Com.
missioner R. R. Poole, of Montgomery,
Ala, president of the Association OF
Southern Commissioners of AgricuL
ture, discussed THE Gathering Of Cot.
ton Statistics by Southern Commits.
sioners of Agriculture" Mr.. L. P.
Hillyer, Of Macon, Ca, spoke on
Southern Bankers Financing the
Southern Cotton Crop" Hon. E. D.
Smith, Of Magnolia, S. c., president OF
the South Carolina Cotton Growers
association, touched on the cotton
growers relation to the business
world. T. B. Parker, secretary Of the
North Carolina Farmers alliance, adj
dressed himself to the agricultural sit
uation in the south.
The committee on acreage at the
convention reported in favor of re-
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acreage and 25 per cent in the use OF
commercial fertilizers
The following resolution, reported
by Chairman Galloway, of Georgia.
for the transportation committee, was
unanimously adopted, and on motion
of Mr.. Johnson, of Georgia, copies OF
1t were ordered to be sent to the
southern senators and President
Roosevelt;
"Be is resolved, That we endorse the
movement on foot to endow the inter.
state commerce committee with full
and complete control over such dis
ordinations and abuses; with power
to enofrce their findings, and request
all southern senators and commission
men to support and aid in the passage
Of those in every way possible