The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-26
Not a Dissenting Vote is
 Recorded. PLANS FOR ENFORCEMENT Comprehensive Scheme for Carrying Out of Re-
 commentators. Effort will Be Made to Reach Every Cotton Grower in the Southern States and Secure Actual Ad-
 herence to Resolutions
 Passed by New Or-
 leans Convention.

HIS AL tO Uc thC iiAOSL AAliPOA tdhb StGP HI the solution of the cotton problem, the Southern Interstate Cotton Convention, without dissenting vote, today de- clared in favor of a 25 per cent reduc- tion in acreage and an equal reduction In commercial fertilizers, and backed that action up with the adoption of comprehensive plan to secure the sup port of every farmer, big and little. in the cotton belt. An overwhelming ma jority of the delegates were present when the report was received, and so important was it considered that decis- i've and harmonious action should be taken at once. that the convention de- cided to take up, consider and act upon the committees report without further delay.
 The excellent system of division of the work of the Southern Interstate Cotton Convention among a large num- Der of specially selected committees has made it possible to do most Of the important work outside of the conven- tion hall and to minimize the opportu- mites for fighting on the floor. The principal cons.nittees went immediate ly to work last night and two or three of them burned considerable midnight oil, with the result that the convention was slow in assembling for its morning session today. The forenoon program embraced three set addresses with pro- vision for thirty minutes discussion of each topic held.
 President Jordan presided. The pro- ceedings opened with an address on plan for practical and profitable stor- Ing of cotton in warehouses in the South by Hon. H. K Summerwell of New York, a prominent corporation lawyer. who, representing the American Warehousemen's Association, conducted the free storage cases" before the In- terstate Commerce Commission.
 The Storage Plan.
 Mir Summerwell said, in part: T advocate as the true solution of the question before us the storing of cot ton at natural points by local ware house companies, united, however, through a general storage warehouse company, which shall provide for them uniform receipts and methods and ex- ercise over them such supervision as may justly inspire confidence in them. and make their receipts good collateral the world over. 3-- 'sThe naturat>storage points are not the villages or hamlets where few bales are marketed, but the concentra- ton points where an ample supply war rants the erection of standard, modern, sprinkler-system warehouses. Any oth-
 
 rates alone prohibit their use. Until within recent years the cost of sprink- Ter appliances and standard construc- tion stood somewhat in the way, but now, reinforced concrete. slow burning materials and sharp competition in sprinkler systems a first-class ware house for 30,000 bales can be fully equipped and operated with ample grounds in a good location with not E&rl AI l.. becomes a profitable one at once. Built on the compartment plan, the ware house Is available for general storage when not needed for, cotton. and the system on the whole Is of the highest value to every fair-sized town and city of the South"
 On motion of Hon. J. Pope Brown of Georgia, a finance committee was or dered created to raise $2.00O to. cover the cost of distribution of the reports of the proceedings. President Jordan fered to give $1,OO0 of the amount re- quired. The convention promptly raised it's pro rata
 Telegram from North.
 President Jordan read the following important telegram from Director North of the Census Bureau:
 Accept my thanks for invitation to address Cotton Growers Convention. It does not seem necessary that census officers should be represented. Its posi- tion has been made perfectly plain in my letter to Congressman Burleson. If cotton planters do not want these gin ners' reports continued and are unwilI- ing to cooperate heartily to maintain and perfect them, the reports will be abandoned after this session. Affirma- tive action by the convention approv- ing these reports would greatly aid the Census Bureau in It's efforts to carry out the law
 The telegram was referred to the Committee on Statistics.
 President Jordan announced that he had wired to Mir. North asking him to telegraph the convention not later than tomorrow at noon the ginners' report made up to January 18th, information of great importance which he believed the convention desired.
 motion by MT. Clanahan of Louisi- ana, was adopted for the appointment of a committee to invite ex-Congress- man Thomas E. Watson of Georgia to address the convention.
 After listening to an address by Mir J. H. Dargan of Georgia, on cotton warehouse insurance. the convention took a recess until afternoon.
 The Afternoon Session.
 At the opening of the afternoon ses- sion, former Senator McLaurin of South Carolina spoke along the lines of the national protection for the cotton grow CT. saying that heretofore the cotton planter had been sacrificed to the doc Urine of free raw materials. A refer ence to President Roosevelt's friendll- ness to the South proved a favorable demonstration on the part of the audi ence.
 Former Lieutenant-Governor Jester of Texas, for the Committee on Holding and Financing the Balance of the Pres ent Crop, presented a report, setting forth that each State and local section seems amply able to finance Its present holdings. The committee believed the cotton now in the hands of the prOdu cer should remain on the farm or be stored in local warehouses. protected against weather and fire, and said that the banks and commission men evil denced a willingness to aid in market ing the balance of the crop so as to hold in check any disposition to rush in cotton unduIy and break the market. Belief was expressed that 25 per cent in acreage and 25 per cent reduction fin fertilizers will solve the cotton problem.
 After the convention had voted an invitation to Capt. Richmond P. Hobson to speak. c H. Jenkins of Texas was to read the report of the on Acreage, which the con