The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-03
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committee on resolutions, heartily ap-
proving the reduction OF acreage and
fertilizers and urging all owners of
cotton to hold it until the govern.
menttep0rt On acreage shows to the
world :ttat southern cotton farmers
stand solidly together; that they have
complied with their agreement and
demand the value OF their Product"
The following resolution was un.
ahln'ously adopted and copies ordered
sent to President Roosevelt and the
southern senator's:
we hereby endorse the movement
on loot to endow the Interstate COM
merce com mission with full and COM
plete control over alleged dIscrimina.
tions and abuses by railroads, with
power to-enforcG their findings and
request all southern senators and con.
gressmen to support and aid in the
passage of this measure.n
AT The afternoon session the COM
mittee on closer relations between
manufacturers and producers made a
report In the Interest OF the elimina-
tfon OF the specu ator In cotton. The
| committee said that the wide f1uctua-
tions are alike disastrous to the manu-
facLurer. making 1T impossible for the
manufacturer to promulgate prices
for cotton products based on a uni
form cost Of the raw staple and for
either the farmer or the manufac-
turer to maintain bis prices. Ii was
recommended there fore that a com.
mitteo consisting of one cotton pro.
ducer from each State be appointed
tn confer with mill men asking that
they j1in hands with the producers in
effecting u plan whereby the producer
can sell his cotton direct to the manu-
facturer and thereby eliminate the
speculatOr from the market. The re.
port was adopted.
| PERMANENT O34ANIzArt)N
The report OF the committee on
permanent organization followed. 1t
provides for the creation of the South
ern Cotton ass citation embracing all
The cotton producing S ates and terri
tories to regulate cotton production,
Gotten supply and financing and espe.
ciallJ cotton marketing, using every
effort to secure broader markets and
to Init the production to the de nand
at le nunerative prices and to reduce
to minimum all expense of hand
ling cotton and Is products frorl the
time 1T leaves the field until it re lches
the consumer Tnere are to be State
and territorial, uaty and parish and
sub. b.oivison associations all relat ed to
the parent stem. Officers are to be
elected once year.
The executive committee o, the
| IN n fc, t0 - q -
members apportioned as follows:
Alabama, 3: Arkansas, 2; Florida,
]; Georgia, 3; Louisiana, 2; Missis-
sirp, 3; North Carolinn, 2; South
Caroliua, J; T,nne ssce, /; Texas, 5;
Oklahoma, |; Missouri, l.; ldian
Terri tory,1.
! E ch state and territorial asaocla.
tion is to be composed of one me mber
from each cotton growing county aud
Is to eject representatives to the main
/ body. Each vrting precinct is to
have two cotton producers iE the
county organization. The president
and vice president of the Southern
Cotton ass citation are made eX-tfIl ,io
members OF its executive committee.
The committee recon men1ed Harvie
Jordan for president and E s. Peters
for vice president and provided pro.
visional ex cutive committee. The
funds for the organic .tion and it's
operation are to be derived from ini.
tiation fees, annual dues and charge
on each bale OF cotton produc d by It's
me mbel ship.
The report was unanimously adop.
tel ard Mr.. Jordan expressed his
thanks fer the confidence In him.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The following resolution was offer.
led by the resolution committee
Through Ex-senator McLaurin and
adorted
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 in cotton
products IN foreign countries"
j. A. Brown CT North Carolina OF.
fered this resolution which was adop-
ted: That the Officers OF this con
vention will lie required and instruct
ed to immediately formulate plan to
pcol 1000, 600 bales OF the present
cotton crop and retire the same until
after Oct. l, 1905 +"
A resolution by f d. Smith Of
South Carolina was passed providing
Tor the appointment OF an inspector
by each county in the interest Of the
effective carrying out OF the pledge to
reduce acreage.
a resolution offered by J. A. Brown
or North Carolina was unanimously
adopted thanking Hon. S. N. y.
North for the information and court
csy lie had extended to the convention
In furnishing the ginners' report re.
qlested and expressing 1t as the de-
sire OF the convention that the govern.
ment reports on cJtton statistics should
be Continued.
President Jordan named as the com
mitiee TO visit President Roosevelt In
the interest OF an enlargement o. the
cotton trade ex-senator McLaurin,
John M. Parkerlof New Orleans and
E. A ihcroft OF Alabama.
a resolution by c. II. jenkins OF
Texas was adopted declaring the re.
port u the committee OF statist cs as
not intended to criticise the work OF
the government bureaus, EXPIRE ,sing
Confidence IN them and asking con.
Press for appropriations to make the