The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-02-01
REDUCE ACREAGE
And CuriaiE the Use cf Commer=
Cial Fertilizers is
THE COTTON GROWERS

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Remedy ior Low Prices and Hard Times
Among the Farmers OF the Sea.il,
Who Make The Cotton as Set
Fsr.h BY the New Orleans
Cotton Convention.
Ey a unanimous vote at tie close
OF lis Srs1 seSS:en Tuesday, January
24tn, the Southern Interstate Cotton
C nventi 2, which net last week ID
New Orl;sas by general agreement
the largest and most representative
that has gathered il the s1uth: de-
clare5 that reduction Of acreage and
commercial fertilizers is the para
mount a. estion to &c considered at
the convention. and it rusc be settled
before any other buSire>s IS under;a
ken. Eleven hucGTed and thirty i've
delegates, representing the IS cotton
growing States and territories. had
registered when the convention was
called to order. Even that runoer
did not represent tie fall strength OF
the convention.
The forenoon ard esr,y afternoon
were devoted to the compromising Q!
all differences that existed as to Or
gariza5;cn, the central idea oelng
that the work Of The convention
should G., to the country with the
stamp CT harmony and PRACTICAL
unaricoity. The rssu t was tbat for-
ner Coueressnan Caschipg's usms
was withdrawn snd al opposition to
Mr.. Earyie Jordan S se!sc:ion ended.
Washington Artillery ha0, seating
1000 people, was crowded to the
doors when the conveat;ou met. AS
president CT the Southern Cotton
Growers convection, Mr.. Jordan
called it to order. He said il part:
1--WE are all agreed upon foar gen
eral propositions:
81. We must tie up and take care
Of the surplus Of this. crop and remove
it from the markets Of tie country
until mex: fall, and hold the balance
OF the crop absolutely ID our posses.
sicn until the price advances to npr-
nal conditions.
81. We must reduce the Gotten
acreage and use Of con2me-c!s: ferti!i-
ISIS under cotton at least 25 per cent.
under that Of 1901.
''3. We must arrange foc general
system OF bonded warehouses under
local control OF the people thrt ushout
the south.
-. We must at once proceed to
organize the producers OF the south
in every cotton growing county on a
business basis to carry into operation
a permanent system of relief AID pro
tecticn for the future.
THE ORGANIZATION.
Judge E. 3. Perkins OF Dallas nom
mated former Lieut.. Gov. Jester OF
Texas for temporary chairman AID Ee
was unanimously elected. Concluding
a brief but effective address, GOV.
Jester said:
1.-TWO reforms must be inauguraeeo
BY the southern farmers:
'Diversj Scation CT crops tfas will
reduce the production Of cotton and
better facilities for the storage OF cot.
ton that will give lower insurance
and interest and better protection. y
J. a. B. Lovett Of BiUntsvil;e, Ala:
Richard Cheatham O; Mississippi and
J. 81. Whyte Of New Orleans were
elected secretaries.
On motion OF J. 4. Brown OF North
Carolina & committee on permanent
organization OF one delegate from each
State was named and pending iGs re-
port welcoming addresses by Mayor
Behrmar and President Sanders CT
the Progressive unicn were listened to
There were responses 0y Waite, Clark
CT Clarkesdale, Miss, and J. Pope
Brown, chairman OF the Georgia rail-
road com mission.
Mr.. Brown said it was the number
Of bales which regulated the price CT
cotton AID the present price would
net advance uutil it was known that
the production this year was TO oe
curtaileo. Eight million bales would
be an ample crop to raise this year.
With the /, 900, coo OF surplus beld Oh
to, it would give precisely the crop
the bears desire. BE believed the
south could whip in the present fight.
BASIS CT REPRESENTATION.
W. D. Nestitt OF Alabama present
ed the report Of the committee on
permanent organization. It provided
for Harvie Jordan as president, for
vice present from each State and for
the three secretaries named by TIE
Temporary organization. 1t fixed TIE
representation or the basis OF one
vote for every 100, ,0o0 bales CT cttton
raised during ls23-c4. as follows:
Alabama, 10: Arkansas s; Florida /;
Georgia x; Louisiana 9; Mississippi
IA: North Carolina s: South Carolina
9: Tennessee 3; Texas 26; Oklahoma
?; Missouri l, and Indian Territory
8.
At it's night session tle convention
listened for az hour to an address oy
President a. Brittin OF tie New o.
leans cotton exchange. Mr. BritJln
denied that low prices we're in any
sense due to future sales. Low prices
were due to one cause and one cause
only, that OF over production. With
the removal Of that cause values
would go up with future regardless OF
all the bound sellers OF Europe. Africa
or America.
Let the acreage De reduced 25 per
cent. and al the spectators on earth
cannot keep Gotten fson going to 10
cents. Speaking Of the growiGS COZ.
sumption of cotton, Mr. BriJtin said
10000, 600 bales in three to i've years
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