The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-17

know I'm in Montgomery" said MT. Jordan after he finished reading the telsgrams Most of the adherents of the Southern Cotton Association be- Iieve that am in Atlanta right now. and doubt not that when get back desk q mass of such messages from growers all over the. South. Think of the success. too. gentlemen. wien 1t has been only two days since issued the appeal for IS cent cotton!"
 Demand of spinners.
 The visiting head of the Cotton As- sociation said that he had recom- mended holding the remainder of the cotton crop of the South for fifteen cents only after most careful study of the situation. A few weeks ago he went to New York and other Eastern points to take a look-in on the con1 sumptive end of the cotton question. He was fairly overcome by discovery of the shortage of spot cotton sup posed to be on hand with the spin ners. He found that spinners have made contracts for cotton to supply the mills for many months ahead while the actual spot cotton on hand Will carry them hardly to January or Fep- ruary. He saw in New, York sur prising array of bare shelves in the great dry goods houses.
 Leaving New York, MT. Jordan de- termined to come straight South and take a canvass of the prospective yield of cotton this year. Two weeks ago he began his tour of the South anq now is ending 1t. By compiling the estimates from the various correspon- dents of the Association in the South he became firmly convinced that the yield would not exceed ten million bales. Then it was that he determined icrr ftftean cent cotton In disposing of the rest of the crop. He reasoned that the spinner after all would be paying the entire cotton crop not more than an average of 12 or F 1-2 cents a pounds as the first portion of the yield has been marketed for ten cents or less.
 Introduced by MT. Seymour.
 The speaking at the court house be- gan promptly at o'clock after the procession had marched from Court Square behind the Montgomery Guy Band Mir. Jordan was introduced py President ". H. Seymour, of the state Cotton Growers Association. MT. Sey- mour is looked upon by President Jor- dan as one of his most enthusiastic Iieutenants in the official makeup or the Southern organization.
 A few words were chosen by the president of the Alabama division to picture the menacing clouds or adver- sity that were banked along the hori- zon of the South's future. less than a year ago when the Southern Cotton Association was launched at New or leans. Then separate and alone the farmers of the South were threatened with a darkness that might have ob- scured the brilliant light of prosper ify. The men who gathered at New Orleans last January realized those dangers and began to try to cope with them. They banded together to fignt the enemy of the cotton producer on a common ground. Tnrousn tne asen, nr, cv of the southern Cotton Association these dark clouds were dispeiied and sunshine has come the way of the
 The speaker then introduced. the leader of them all by referring to Pres ident Jordan as .'one who has con. tributed greatly to this magnincent work"
 congratulated Audience.
 Mir. Jordln felt grateful for the sig
 nal honor accorded him by the good audience that saw farther ahead than the competing pleasures that were en-
 gaging such masses on the streets block away. It evidenced the apsorp. ing interest the people of the city and the County of Montgomery are taxing in the cotton question. he said.
 Wherever the speaker has talked on any occasion in the last five years he said 1t has been in lifting his voice in thel1fterest> of Ifie great money staple [ of the South. The wonder of all these five years has ever been why do the farmers of the South. all the people oi the South, content themselves with only half knowledge of the cotton growing amongst them" ''The people in the South" continued MT. Jordan have busied themselves toe long with studying the prpduction Of cotton and devoting practically nc study to the consutnptive end. l ven l ture to cay right here that there is not 1 a man in Montgomery who can tell yot | what became of the short crop of cot | ton in 1908 None can tell you what Il | cost the spinner to spin the cotton what 1t cost the spinner to handle 1t what it cost the manufacturer to turr | 1t into the finished fabric and how h' | finally sold it to the world"
 The grower of American cotton, MT | Jordan charged. with turning away hii | head at the first curtain-drop. Th' | farmer as 0 rule never looks beyond | the cultivation of the staple while h' should interest himself in every stag' | of the business of the world that hal | to do with cotton. He told of how th' l Southern Cotton Association Is engaged | in the important task of gathering val | uable. and distinct information that 1! | needed by the farmer about the cottor | crop and is all put together for distri | button to every farmer in the south l land.
 | Cctton's Four Competitors.
 It was pointed out that there are onl! 1 four competitors of American cotton il 1 the field of cloth. These are hardl! | competitors either at the price tha | cotton has been bringing in the las | forty years. They are wool, flax, sill | and foreign cotton. None of thes'
 things is obtainable for less than IS O
 16 cents which is what the grower | are entitled to. Woll is selling droun'
 30 and 40 cents a pound, and silk rum
 up into the dollars. Foreign cotton like that grown in India, is of the shor
 staple variety and it has to be wovei
 into cloth and mixed with Americal
 cotton before. it is fit for use. unti
 cotton reaches 15 cents pound, O 1 rather passes this mark. the South ha
 a God-given monopoly.
 One paradoxical statement was mad here by Mir. Jordan who said that tn Southern farmer in cloistering himsel in the exclusive study of production and spending all his energies in thi direction is competing with himself This is made possible. of course, by tn over-productiop without looking out fo Iopening the markets of the world an studying the cotton industry from tn time 1t leaves the growers hands unti 1t is turned loose, a finished product
 The low price of cotton, according {