The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

No one man exerted more influence m inc present successful movement VI the farmers for better ana lalF pi for the product of their labor. or olu more and took more active part III tno organization of the Southern Cotton Association, than did the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries or Ala hama the Hon. Robert Ransom Pooie' He was eagerly sought atter lthheol- ately upon his arrival at NeW Orleahs' before the assembling of the great cotton convention there last Feoruary' and to him, more than to any other one man can be given the credit TOT fine election of President Harvie Jor- dan as the presiding officer or the con vention; both sides appreciated ms great influence and were enthuslas- tIc and earnest in soliciting his sup port, which he gave to Mir. Jordan. be- Iieving him to be the man for the re- ouirements of the most delicate and momentous duties he would nave to perform and for the further reason that he was his immediate neighbor, from the sister State of Georgia. The results of the administration of Presi- dent Jordan have proven the wisdom of the choice and again sustain the Judgment and foresightedness of Cap tain Poole: he has for years been an active and practical planter himself and has fully realized the injustice and unfairness done the farmer in robbing him of the just and equitable price for his cotton and he resolved to join Tn the movement wi ich eliminated Tn the conference at New Orleans and which has resulted in the organization or the Southern Cotton Association, the work oS which augurs so much of good in the future to the farmers of the South in concert of action 1t gives, enabling him to get a good price for the staple and help him to make pront out or his crops Captain Poole has been Tor five years at the head of the Depart ment of Agriculture and Industries of this State and at the end of his present term will have served for six full years in that position and the situation today tells what splendid results have been accomplished by his administra- : ton, and the present independent ana enviable condition of the Alabama farmer proves the wisdom of placing him at the head of their affairs In the State He has given his time and means and talent to the upbuildlng ana development Of the agricultural inter ests of the State. using his pen and voice to that end and he is proud of the fact that his labors have not been in vain and in believing that his efforts are fully appreciated by the people of Alabama He Is broad and liberal in his views; progressive and advancing in his ideas and during his tncumbency or The position ne hoIos ne nds uoiIS I much to invite the attention or capital and of migrants to Alabama, and the result of his labors will speak for it. self Mir Poole has taken pride in eX- polling and eliminating all semblance of politics from the conduct and policy of his department and it can now be said that it Is under his administration bAing conducetn for the original pur- pose for which it was organized and that the department Is doing more real good for the cause of agriculture in the State today than ever before in all its history
 Nr. Poole has been mentioned as a proba bIe candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer and that he will have a large following in an psrts of the State, need not be said, and his friends believe that he will