The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-02-01
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Former Senator McLaurln OF South
Carolina presented the report OF the
com nlttee On resolutions, heartily ap-
proving the reduction Of acreage and
fertilizers ard urging ali owners OF
cotton to hold it until the govern
nert .ep0rt on acreage shows to the
world that southern cotton farmers
stand solidly together; that they have
complied with their agreement and
demand TIE value Of their product. F"
The following resolution was IN
animcuSly adopted aud copies ordered
sent to President Roosevelt and the
southern senators:
Ne hereby endorse the movement
on foot to endow the interstate COM
uerce commission With full and COM
plete control over alleged discrimins-
tiors and abuses by railroads, with
powe: to enforce their findings and
request ali southern senators and con-
gress nen to support and aid n the
passage Of this measure.
At the afternoon session the CON-
mict.e on closer relations between
mani facturers and producers N ade e
report in the interest Of the eli:1ipa-
tion " the specu ator IN cotton. The
committee said that the wide A. c!ua-
tions are alike disastrous to the manu-
facturer. making it Impossible ter the
manufacturer to promulgate prices
for cotton products based on uni
form cost Of the raw staple and for
either the farmer OF the manufac-
turer to maintain his prices. l. was
recon- mnended therefore that a COM
mittee consisting ct one cotton pro-
duceS from each State be appointed
to coafer with mill men asking that
they jim hands with the producers in
efecting plan whereby the producer
can sell his cotton direct to the manu-
| facturer and thereby eliminat: the
speculate. from the market. The re.
port was adopted.
( PGaIAVESr O21 tN1zATI)N
The report Of the committee on
permanent organization followed. It
! provides for the creation Of the SOUTH
ern Cotton ass citation embracing all
the cott1n producing S ates and terri
tori5s to regulate cotton production,
cotton supply and financing and espe-
cially cotton marketing, using every
effort to secure BROADER markets and
to limit the production to the demand
at 1enunerat!ve prices and to reduce
to a minimum all expense Of hand
ling Gotten and lis products from the
time it leaves tie field until it reaches
the consumer. Tnere are to be State
and territorial, c2unty and parish and
sub. division associations all related to
the parent stem. Officers are to be
elected once year.
The executive committee OF the
man association is to consist OF 27
members apportioned as follows:
Alabama, 3: Arkansas, 2; Florida,
]; Georgia, 3; Louisiana, 2; hissis-
s!ppi, 3; North Carolina, 2; South
Carolina, 2; Tennessee, l; Texas, 5;
Oklahoma, l.; Missouri, L; Indian
Territory, /.
E Oh State and territorial associa.
tion is to be composed Ct one member
from each cotton growing county and
is to elect representatives to the main
body. Each voting precinct Is to
have two cotton producers In the
county organization. The president
aud vice president OF the Southern
Cotton ass :ciation are made ex-ofasio
members OF it's executive committee.
The committee recommended Harvie
Jordan for president and E. s. Peters
for vice president and provided pro-
visional executive committee. The
funds for the organization and its
operation are to be derived from ini-
tiaoion fees, annual dues and q charge
on each bale Of cotton produced by It's
membership.
The report was unanimously adop-
tel and Mr.. Jordan expressed his
thanks ter the confidence In him.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The following resolution was Offer
ed by the resolution committee
through Ex-senator McLaurin and
adopted;
That a special committee be ap-
pointed by this convention to confer
with the president Of the United
States, the secretary Of agriculture
and the manufacturers OF cotton
goods to obtain such concerted action
as will enlarge our trade iu cotton
prod lcts IN foreign countries. "
J. A. Brown Of North Carolina Of
fe-ec this resolution which was sdop-
ted: "That the officers Of this, con-
vent;on will te required and instruct.
ed to Immediately formulate plan 10
pool 100000 bales Of the present
Gotten crop aud retire the same until
after Oct. /, 1905"
A resolution by E D. Smith Of
South Carolina was passed providing
for the appointment OF an inspector
by each county in the interest o. the
effective carrying out Of the pledge to
reduce acreage.
- 1SSO1OUlOl OuCIOO W - a. AIO"A
Of North Carolina was unsnimo ousiy
adopted thanking Hon. S. n D.
North for the information and court
esq be had extended to the convention
in furnishing the ginners' report re-
Quested and expressing it as the de.
sire OF the convention that the govern
ment reports on cotton statistics should
be continued.
President jordan named as the com.
mittee to visit President Roosevelt in
the interest Of an enlargement o. the
cotton trade ex-senator hcLaurin,
John NJ. Parkersof New Orleans and
e. Ashcroft Of Alabama.
A resolution by C. 81. jenkins OF
Texas was adopted declaring the re-
port of the committee Of statistics as
not intended to criticise the work OF
the government bureaus, expressing
confidence n them and asking con-