The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-23
COTTON MEN. RALLY
A Call Issued For Second
of May.
Conventions to Consider the Vital
Question Of the Reduction of
Acreage and Use of
Fertilizers.

To the Editor:-Mr. Harvie Jordan,
president of the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation has issued a general call for
each cotton growing county in the
South to hold mass meeting on Tues
day, the End of May. Mr.. Jof.ian
writes: 81 think it is highly lmpor-
| talt that this rally should be he'd. We
want to take advantage of that occa-
sion to increase the membership of
our association and to get from the
farmers present at those meetings a
concensus of opinion as to what the
actual reduction of cotton acreage ana
the use of guano under cotton VIII be
for 1905. BY that time most OF the
cotton will be planted, but the plant
ing will not have advanced so far but
that. if it is necessary to still further
insist upon a reduction, it can be done
without material loss
"lhis information should be gath
cred and Immediately transmitted
through the various counties to the
State Secretary, and by him forwarded
~ the headquarters or the southern
Cotton Association, where 1t can be
ta bulated and put in form SO as 10
give us some idea as to where we are
important feature"
In accordance with the above re-
quest from Mr.. Jordan ask the cotton
farmers, business men, and all others
VINO really have at heart the perma-
nent prosperity of the South to meet
in mass meeting at their court house
the first Tuesday in May at - CLOCK
to consider this vital question that is
now confronting our people. 1t is
question that effects every person and
unless the cotton crop of the South
is very materially reduced from last
years crop we may expect repeu-
ton of the low prices and depressing
times we had ten years ago. II Is Tor
our cotton farmers to say whether they
invite such a disaster or whether they
will drive it from their doors. To
fail to reduce the acreage is to invite
the disaster and to admit that Mr..
Price the great cotton bear has been
telling the truth about US and knows
US better than we know ourselves Ii
is also a confession on our part that
we will not do what we say we Will.
| sincerely hope that every North car
Gilman will stand firmly by the action
of the New Orleans convention thus
proving themselves truthful and loyal
to the Souths best interests Every
one is invited to join in these meetings.
Our cause is a common cause and
should appeal forcibly to. all true
Southern people. Surely no true man
wants to go back TO the days of five
cent cotton with all the hardShlps IL
will bring to our people. Let the peo-
pie set their faces firmly against any
such conditions and determine rather
than be slaves for spectators they
will not plant any cotton at all. But
there is no need for any such drastic
methods. a sharp reduction of 20
per cent all over the South would ac-
complish the ends we are striving for.
and, it seems to me. as business men.
we would not for a moment desire to,
or consent to do less.
Let us all meet at the time named
and have the biggest, most determined
and enthusiastic meetings that have
ever been held in North Carolina. Let
the county officers where there is an
organization take UP the work at once
and insist on all the people turning
out, and where there is no organiza-
ton let the people turn out any way
and effect one. / will gladly send lit
erature to any person asking for it.
Let every cotton farmer and all the
friends of the movement make this
the effort of their lives and show to
the people they mean business.
r. B. PARKER.
Secretary North Carolina Division
Southern Cotton Association.
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