The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-03-02
JORDAN ISSUES CALL
fIaa OF Convention Goes Into
Immediate Effect.

THE TINE HAs COME FOR ACTION
people Are Aroused to Imperative
Necessity 10 Do Something" De.
clares Jordan In Stirring Address
to People.
President Harvie Jordan. Of tba
Southern Cotton Association. has is.
sued a call TO the cotton planters of
the south, urging them to organize
TO carry out the will OF the great New
Orleans cotton convention.
The people Of the cotton-growine
states are aroused to the Imperative
necessity to do something" saws he.
and he urges that in accordance with
the plan or organization adopted at
New orleans the people assemble in
thelr respective voting precincts, beat
or militia districts on February 18th.
at l o'clock, elect a precinct chair
man and appoint committee of three
on cotton acreage; this committee ia
Immediately request the signature of
every cotton grower in that precinct
to pledge to reduce his acreage 81
per cent. The farmers will further at
this gathering on the 18th elect three
representatives. to a county conyen.
ton to be held at each county seat
on Thursday, February 10th, which
county convention shall elect it's own
ohlcers and elect one representative
to state convention to be held Feb.
ruary 21st in every state capitol.
After reviewing the situation and
telling of the work accomplished at
New Orleans and calling for the gath.
erlngs, as announced, President Jor.
dan explains the entire plan of organ.
lzation adopted and urges that the
farmers stand together as one man.
From his call it is evident that the
Southern Cotton Association proposes
to get down to work at once and that
before the end of the present month
there will be a complete working or.
ganization in every state in the south
and sub-associations in every county
and precinct.
Call In Full.
The call of President Jordan follows
in full:
Monticello, Ga, Feb. l, 1905.
To the People of the South:
The time has come for action; in
unity now is your only strength The
movement inaugurated at New Or
leans whereby the Southern Cotton
Association was organized, is the hope
now for the accomplishment of lasting
benefits to the cotton growers of the
south, and to reap the full benefits of
that organization, and to successfully
carry out its purposes, it is essential
that we have organization in every
precinct in the south.
The people of the cotton growing
states are aroused to the imperative
necessity to do something, and the
line Of action marked out for the
Southern Cotton Association at New
Orleans, after full and free consulta.
ton between bankers, merchants, bro.
kers, professional men and farmers,
is the guide to follow, and we must be
enthusiastic, determined and must not
tolerate and hesitation or deviation,
or else our efforts will be in vain.
1t is hardly necessary for us to
bring to your attention the fact that
unless we control the market and de-
mand, and receive fair and just prices
for our cotton, bankruptcy stares us
in the face, and there can be no es-
cape from it except in the manner in
dictated by the plan suggested to the
Southern Cotton Association and the
executive committee, to which your
attention is called, and is as follows:
l. To tie up and take care of the
surplus of this crop; remove it from
the market until next fall and hold
balance of crop until prices advance.
2 Reduce cotton acreage and use
of commercial fertilizers under cotton
at least 25 per cent of that of last
year.
3. Arrange for general system of
bonded warehouses under the control
of the people of the south.
4. Organize the producers of the
south in every cotton-growing county
on business basis to carry into OPP
Grafton a permanent system Of relief
and protection for the future.
Precinct and County Meetings.
In hearty accord, then, with this
plan. and in order to start the move
ment for organization in the entire
south, we earnestly call upon the PEG
pie to assemble in their respective
voting precincts, beat or militia dis
tricts on the 18th day of February,
1905, at l o'clock p. m. and elect
precinct chairman for each precinct
and county and also appoint a COM
mittee of three. on acreage, this com
mittee to Immediately request the sig
nature of every cotton grower in that