The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20
'CUE IS POSTPONED
FARMERS CALL OFF PICNIC FOR
 THE PRESENT.
President Seymour of Alabama Cotton Association Discusses FOrthcOm- inR Meeting oFix Mini-
 mura Price.

At a meeting of the executive com
 mittee of the Montgomery County Cot ton Growers Association held yester- day in the county courthouse. 1t was decided to postpone the barbecue pro-
 posed for the members of that organi- zation indefinitely.
 Several causes are assigned for the foregoing of the barbecue, chief of | which are yellow fever and the lateness of the season. Just at the time ar engagements were under way for the barbecue yellow fever broke out In
 Montgomery and the resultant scare called a halt of several days. Since then interest in the occasion has8heen allowed to lapse a bit Then, tNM as yesterday explained, this is the bNAfn- | ing of the cotton opening and the farmers are looking In earnest to their crops.
 The barbecue was to have been held at Showdown. If 1t is ever held this town will again be favored as it was the unanimous choice of the whole Association. The Association had ex- pected to make this occasion a grand | rally at which the committee was going to invite prominent speakers to be present and arouse more enthusiasm in the great cotton movement
 President W. H. Seymour of the Ala bama Cotton Growers Association,
 which is the State division of the
 Southern Cotton Association. said last night that so far as he could see the organization did not entertain any fear at hearing of the action of the spinners | in resolving to buy a minimum of cot
 ton for the next three months or until the price drops. President Seymour
 said he had enough confidence in the
 strength of the Southern Cotton As
 sociation to believe firmly in its abili- | ty to demand a fair price for its cot | ton this year, no matter who or what the opposition.
 My candid belief is that the Asso-
 citation will get for this years cotton
 just what price they are going to name. There will be a meeting of the execu- tive committee of the Association at
 Asheville, N. c. on September 5 and I understand from pretty reliable sources | that then the minimum price for cot | ton will be established for this year. This, of course. will be intelligently done. For the Alabama division I can only say that I have already made ar engagements to get an average opinion
 of our members all over the State as to what Is believed to be just price.
 All our correspondents have been
 directed to get statement of the pros pective yield in the various counties
 and symposium of opinions will be
 collected as to what Is just price to
 demand for cotton on scale of total
 yield in the South of 9,00O,000, 10000
 co or 100000 bales.
 When the answers of my cores
 pondents have been all received, will combine the reports and strike an aver age as to Alabamas share of prospec-
 tive yield and price of the staple to be asked. This I propose to report to
 meeting of the Presidents of the State divisions which will in all probability be held al the same time as that of the executive committee"
 Mir. Seymour would not commit him self on the price that might be adopt cd by the Association for minimum.