The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-12-02

" liz SO-OpCi dtiOh vi Nv
part of the holders of cotton, and that
every president, secretary and treasurer
OF the county associations should pro-
VIDE such means as may be best suited
IN each county to collect from the mem
bers the annual dues of 500 and the
scent assessment on each bale of cot
ton, as well as other contributions.
That the county officers should thor
oughly advertise the beat meetings on
the Sd day of December and use every
means to secure a full attendance of
the members of such meetings and to
enroll the names of all farmers who have
not yet become members, and that at
said beat meetings the county officers
should use every effort to collect the
Scent per bale assessment.
THAT if the people will respond to the
assessment of the Scent per bale tax,
and thereby provide the association with
sufficient funds to extend the organiza-
ton into the territory in which no work
has been done, the control of the price
of cotton will be placed in the hands of
the association. If a partial organiza-
ton and an imperfect union of the farm
ers could force the price of the crop of
1904 from 6 to 10 cents per pound, and
the price of the crop of 1905 to II cents
per pound, it follows that a perfect and
a general organization all over the cot
ton belt would result in an absolute
domination of the market and long con-
troll of prices.
THAT Secretary Will H. Woods is au-
thorized and instructed to prepare a
brief and concise statement of the work
of the association, and of the results it
has accomplished, with a view of show
ing to the people how much good the
association has done, and that such
statement be sent to the county officers
for distribution as soon as possible"
The report was unanimously adopted.
The committee on good of the asso-
citation reported as follows:
"Your committee on good of the as
ISOLATION recommends that the resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Witherspoon be
adopted.
| 1T is further recommended that the
fertilizer manufacturers use cotton bags
to put fertilizers in.
1--WE recommend that a strenuous indi-
vidual effort is essential to the success
of the Southern Cotton Associations;
that it is the sense of this meeting that
every one present be and is appointed a
committee of one to Immediately call
his county organization together and
hold precinct meetings to perfect our
organization.
BE it resolved, That the president of
this convention is authorized and in
structed to select and appoint at his con-
venience a committee of not less than
ten members, who, in his judgment, may
possess such ability and who have such
an interest in the subject as will insure
a careful and conscientious considera-
ton of the Southern Cotton Association,
and of the advisability of a method of
organized capital to carry out the OBJ
iects of the association, and that said
committee be called and instructed to
make a report of their conclusions to
the State convention of the Southern
Cotton Association to be held in jackson
on the Sd day of January, 1906"
The committee on finance reported:
your committee OF finance, after
careful investigation, appreciates what
money means in effecting the purposes
of this association, and commends most
heartily the great good which has al
ready been accomplished by our national,
State and county officers with very mea-
ger means.
eve find. after careful investigation,
that MANY of our State and national
officers, and others who appreciate the
great cause for which we are working,
have given their services not only free
of charge, but have expended their prl-
vate funds in advancing the interests of
the Southern Cotton Association. We
therefore recommend that every servant,
being worthy of his hire, is entitled to
pay commensurate therefor, and that
from the county to the national officers
salaries commensurate with their la
bors and intelligence be paid, and that
it be the sense of this meeting, III APP
probation of the great saving to the cot
ton growers of the South by the work
ings of this association, that the obi
CATION hangs heavily upon the farmer to
pay up dues and assessments promptly,
that all of these things may be accom-
plished and ~perpetuated.
1--WE recommend that in each county
there be appointed an agent for the col
lection of the taxes and dues of this
ASSOCIATION, anu OIIcl SuDSSi iPtiOhSj NAo
shall be paid out of the funds so col
lected a reasonable salary for his serv-
ices.
"We also find upon investigation that
the association has been indorsed and
supported morally and financially, and
literally so, by banks, merchants, Ter
tilizer companies, cotton oil companies,
and last, but not least, many OF our
great railroad systems. However, we
deplore the failure on the part OF some
of our railroads to appreciate this asso-
citation as a great industrial agency IN
the development of every interest i'll the
South. We solicit the continued support
of these operating agencies in the bust
ness interests of our State, and do here
bv address ourselves to those WHO have
failed to see in us the agent for the
working out of the great industrial prob
lens at this time confronting the South
ern people.
".And, further, we have to thank the
press of the Southy and especially the
rural press OF the State of Mississippi,
for the free use of their columns and
their hearty editorial support Of our
various movements.