The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-22
GREAT CONVENTIONS
HoRTICULTURIsTs AND CANE
 GROWERS TO MEET.
They WDl Assemble In Montgomery Tuesday and Fully 600 Dfstin-
 guished Visitors are Ex- pected Here.

Advices just received from President D. c. Purse of the Interstate Sugar. Cane Growers Association. promise that the convention of that body open ing in Montgomery next Tuesday will be the largest in its history. The con- vention will last through January 25. 26 and 27.
 The Alabama Horticultural Society will meet in Montgomery at the same time It Is estimated that the meet ings will bring no less than GOO dele- gates to the city.
 President Purse will arrive in Mont gomery tomorrow morning from Sa- vannah. Ga. He will take up his head quarters in the rooms of the Commer- mercial and Industrial Association. on Bibb Street, and will stay at the Impe- rial Hotel. s
 Delegates from every State in the South are expected to attend the Cane Growers convention. The advertising vanguards sent out by President Purse and the railroad passenger agents and industrial and immigration agents have been extremely active for the past month. This insures the best adver- tisement the organization has enjoyed in the three years of It's existence.
 All Commissioners of Agriculture in the cane-growing States have impress ed the farmers with the opportunities of the convention here this week. Now when talk of reducing cotton acreage for the year Is rampant all over the South, the minds of the planters are turning to diversified farming. On this account the virtues and profits of rais- ing cane, the methods of it's cultivation and the modern machinery of convert ing into syrup and sugar, all to be brought out in the coming convention. will be carefully weighed by the men who have been pledged to subtract from their acreage in cotton this year.
 Hon. E. J. Watson. Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, of South Carolina has promised the cooperation of the Palmetto State in the purposes of the Cane, Growers Association. This is shown in letter some time since addressed to President Purse, as follows:
 Your letter has been received. I agree with you that this is the time that is opportune for the agitation of the growing of sugar cane and the manufacture of sugar in this and other cotton States and I believe that we can do effective work between this time and the meeting of the Sugar Cane Growers Convention at Montgomery. wish to assure you that I will do everything possible to aid you in this agitation so far as this State Is con cerned. I wish to thank you again for the valuable information sent me sometime ago and in the last few days.
 "As soon as I have conferred with the Governor and we have made out the list of South Carolina delegates it will be my pleasure to forward the list to you immediately.
 "I have today received the 100 cir culars sent me by you and We will re- gard your wishes in the matter"
 The promotion of the sugar cane in- dustry meets with special favor from the railroads traversing the South Ac- auested of their agents that they. ad- vertise reduced rates and float dodgers along their lines they gave asuranees of wide publicity for the meeting. Everything points to the convention of 1905 to be double the size of the in- teresting gathering in Jacksonville, Fla. last year.
 Letters from railroad. passenger agents and interested officers to the president of the Association exhibit the importance of the convention. Each one indicates his willingness to do everything possible to make the gather ing success.
 Commissioner of Agriculture R. R. Poole will return to Montgomery today or tomorrow from Jacksonville Fla, where he has been attending the Ma tional Good Roads Convention. He will address the Cane Growers Asso- citation. The address of welcome will be delivered on behalf of the State by Acting Governor Cunningham.