The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-12
FOREIGN LABOR
NEEDED ] J D IN SOUTH s D |
So Declares Cotton Convention.
Speaker, Who Had Nothing
Good to Say Of Negro.
CHARLOTTE MAN PRESIDENT
Resolution Urges President to.
Push Extension Of Markets
in Other Countries.
CHARIOT MAN PRESIDENT
.iRyAssociated. Press

KNOXVILLE, TENN, May 11,--With
the unanimous adoption of report from
the committee on the nomination of Off
GERS for the coming year, the ninth am
nual convention of tho American Cotton
Manufacturers Association came to a
close this afternoon. The officers chosen
were: 3ti}S 4s gf5s8is
Presidential. NJ. Miller. Jr., Of Charlotte,
N. c. NJ
Vice President, Arthur H. Lowe, of
Fitchburg, Mass, reelected. # az
Observation-Disclosures, c. g.. III Bryant. Of
Charlotte. NJ. e.. reelected.
Chairman Of Board OF Governors, r. Il.
Ray OF N1cAdenville, N. C.. reelected.
Associate Governors, r. 8. Relnhardt,
of Linoolnton, N. c.; f. II. Remey, of
Augusta Ga; David Clark, Of Charlotte,
n. g. !; Z. "a Smith, Of Charlotte, N. c.
The next place Of meeting was not se-
lected by the convention, but was re-
ferred to the Board OF Governors, which
viii meet within the next sixty days to
determine 1T, New Orleans and Augusta
are the faYorites,
Labor Problem Of South.
The morning session was opened by
President Relnhardt, and the election Of
ninety new active members from all /
parts OF the United States was the first
business. John w. Fries, Of Winston
Salem. n, Il G., read the opening paper on
Dust William G. Nichols, VI OF
Waste, Especiall " hat Unacconnted for.
LIN Manufacturing,'' was the subject he
discussed, "A .=i .s5 is 3Ss AZ "A IA
III w, Hunt Of Eatonton. Ia, who was
| the5 next speaker, made some rather start
ling statements about labor in the South,
! in discussing the subject, 6S'What a North
ern Man Has Learned From. Thirty Years
Residence in the South y He discussed
| the need of Immigration. In his section
every mill had labor shortage. The
native born Georgians, bred on the farm
| from pioneer time, preferred to remain
| there With cotton at six cents the
only person who could make q living .cul-
lEtivating 1t, was the man who lived IN a.
cabin, ate scantys food, llad scantier$
| clothing and worked hard on q little
| patch Of land. Something had to be done
| to supply the labor necessary for mills
land TO prevent the continuous scramble
| for employees and to stop employers rob
bing each other Of hands, He advocated
getting lido of immigrants turned to
| tho South Foreign labor and French
Canadian labor offered q solution OF the
question: He knew that shorter. hours
and strikes would probably come, BY t
this trouble could he no worse than
having few. or no laborers. He had little
complimentary to say Of southern ut ne ne
groes.
| Various resolutions of thanks We're
PASSED by the convention at this juncturei
and very complimentary words spoken
by speakers regarding the treatment nc-
corded the convention by Knoxville, J.
/ Fl. M. Beatty, Of Clemson, College, made
a strong plea for the cotton smanpfactur-
crs to establish scholarships IN Southern
textile schools, of which he says there
nro now five. A pleasing feature Of the
closing hour was the presentation Of q
silver set Of two hundred and sixty-fiye
pieces, to the retlring president,
Resolutions Adopted.
entering into executive session, i'm
norrtant resolutions were passed. One by
| George B. Hiss, of Charlotte, n. c.,
| commended the frank and thorough re-.
| mort of President Rooseyelt's merchant
and marine commission, and urged Con-
cress at the next session to enact vlgof-
GUS legislation for the upbulldlng OF
American shipping IN overseas lraae'
/ az the most effective method of COM
mercIal expansion. One by Mr.. Ash
croft co pledged the operation Of the con,
,ent'on ii the extension Of foreign mar
kets for cotton products. Tho resolution
,,rres president Roosevelt TO appoint a
snecIal commission to formulate q plan
f for tho extension OF these markets, q
committee will be appointed by this as
sociatIon to corporate with q similar
committee from the Southern Cotton AS As
| ISOLATION, e, ....., !, o.od ~.
The retiring president suFrenaspe g. 'n =.
/ chair to President Miller and atter ! a
s short speech BY him, the convention ad-
I to.lrned At !. o'clock tho DELEGATES took
q special train on the Belt Lane ana
visItod tho leading manufacturing I'M
4 dustrles OF the city. The DELEGATES are
| ina,,ins, for their homes on night trains.