The leader., 1905-01-28
COTTON GROWERS
CONVENTION.
"a rs PER CENT. REDUCTION TN THE
ACREAGE AND FERTILIZERS
AGREED ON.
Farmers 10 Hold Their Cotton for Bel.
ter Prices Southern Bankers
Pledge Cooperation.

Convention at New Orleans has
met and adjourned. It was the
greatest meeting of cotton plant
ers ever held in the world, and
that it will be productive of great
good to the country, there is no
room to doubt. All Of the cotton
growing States were represented
by large delegations, the total
number of delegates being about
two thousand. Among these were
many of the largest business men,
cotton planters, bankers, and best
known public men of the South,
as we'll as scores and hundreds Of
plain, unassuming farmers all
bent on the common object of pre-
serving and advancing the South's
industrial prosperity and protect
ing its great staple product from
ruinous fluctuations in price. As
was to be supposed, there was a
sprinkling Of politicians in the
gathering anxious to cast an an
chor to leeward by making them
selves conspicuous, but the great
body of its members were too
much in earnest about the real
business for which the meeting
was called, TO be seriously divert
ed by the mere political faddist
with a personal ak to grind. On
the essential work to be done, the
Convention was singularly harmo-
nious for such a large body.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Jester,
of Texas, was elected temporary
chairman and Hon. HarYie Jor-
dan, of Georgia, permanent chair
man.
Tie Leader is unable to give an
extensive report of the body's
proceedings, but copies below the
reports in full of the two most
important committees, which
were adopted by the Convention
almost unanimously:
The Committee on Acreage and
the Use Of Fertilizers, Hon. G..
Fl. Jenkins, of Texas, chairman,
submitted tile following, which
was adopted by the Convention:
We recommend that the acreage
to be planted in cotton in 1905
shall be 25 per cent. less than in
1904, and that there shall be a re-
duction of 25 per cent. in the use
of commercial fertilizers in grow
ing cotton.
We recommend the following
plan for the accomplishment Of
said reduction:
First That the Vice President
of this Association for each State
shall call a meeting of all persons
interested in cotton on the 11th
day of February, 1905, at the
county seat of each county not all
ready organized, on the plan here
matter set out, at which meeting
there shall be elected a county
chairman and a precinct chairman
for each school district or other
smallest political subdivision Of
the county.
Second That there shall be
held in each school distric, or 9TH
er smallest political subdivision
of the county, on the 18th day of
February, 1905, at / p. no. a
meeting Of all citizens of said dis
Etrict or other smallest political
subdivision who are interested in
the growing Of cotton, which
meeting shall elect a committee Of
three on acreage and membership.
Third AT said precinct meet
ling the farmers and land owners
present shall be asked to sign The
following agreement:
We, the undersigned farmers,
or land owners, living in (suhool
ldistrict), (beat), (precinct), Nc
County of , State ol
hereby pledge ourselves to
reduce the acreage planted by Us
| in cotton, and to reduce our con
sumption of fertilizers In grow
ing cotton, as shown by the state.
ments set opposite our names.
Name acreage, 1904
acreage, 1905 fertilizer.
1904 fertilizer, 1906
Fourth That said Committee
! on Acreage and Membership shall
immediately canvass said district,
land ask all farmers and land own
ers III said district who do not at
ltend said meeting to sign said
pledge, and said committee shall
return said pledge I'd the chair
man Of said precinct.
Fifth Said precinct chairman
shall preserve said pledges, and
Ithey shall Immediately make 8
written report to the county
lchairman, showing the total mum,
lber Of acres planted in cotton il
1said precinct in 1904, and the to-
ltal number To be planted il 1906
| the total amount Of fertilizer usee
lin growing cotton il said preoiAel
land the total amount TO be used Ii
lsaid precinct in said years.
Sixth The county chairman