The leader., 1905-01-11
COTTON GROWERS MASS MEETING.
One Called at Court House in Brook
haven. Saturday, Jan. p.
Clarksdale, Miss,
Ian 9 1903.

SANAAo0NtN3 ANAAo0s
Jan. 2, 1905.
To The Cotton Producers of Mis-
sissippi:
BY virtue Of the authority vest
ed in me by Mr.. Harvey Jordan,
President of the Cotton Growers
Protective Association, / hereby
call mass meetings of the cotton
producers in each and every coun-
tY Of the State of Mississippi to
be held in the respective court
houses at - O'Clock noon, Satur-
day, January %, 1905.
The object of these meetings is
selecting delegates to attend the
convention at New Orleans on
Jan. "a, 25 and 26, and for the
purpose of .effecting permanent
county organizations.
The State Delegation will be
called together at New Orleans, il
desired, during the Convention,
for the purpose of efecting a per-
manent State organization.
Do not be disturbed by the
croakings of the wise ones, who
say the farmers cannot be organ
ized; go on and organize, if there
are only three of you present
others will join you.
There have been numerous
plans of organization suggested N
many of them are practical. !
like best, with some modifica-
tions, the idea suggested by Mr..
F. S. Thomas, of Brownsville,
Tenn.
Organize a stock company with
capital stock of three million
bales of cotton; place this cotton,
at once, in the hands of your
Board of Directors, at your near
est sea port; this cotton never to
be sold for less than 10 cents pei
pound and then only to the spin
ner; when this cotton is sold you
have one hundred and fifty million
dollars capital, and Mr.. Bear will
hibernate; pay back one-half OF
this capital to the stockholders
and deposit the remainder in local
banks to be loaned to needy far
mers who will pay it back the fol
lowing season in cotton.
/ beg you, do not burn your
cotton or sell it for less than 10
cents per pound; it has already
been sold by the Bear Speculatol
and you do not have to stand and
deliver; he is playing deep
game of bluf and y0u have only
to stand pat and call his band.
/ quote from Mr.. Jordan2s call;
The object of this convention il
Cor business and not for the pur-
pose of passing resolutions or lis.
tening to speeches. The cotton
producers of the South must def
nitely determine whether the
price of their great money staple
crop, cotton, shall continue to be
controlled by the whims and fan
eies of spectators or whether fix
ed and definite plans shall be
adopted by which the production
and price of the staple will bt
regulated by the legitimate laws
of supply and demand. The
time for action has come and The
South is ready for it. We ART
financially able to manage oul
own affairs and the time for eman
cipation from Wall street specula
tions has come. Among the mat
ters for consideration to be actet
upon at this convention are tn,
following:
Financing the entire spot cot
ton business of the South; Great
ING a Bureau of Statistics for ben
eft Of the producers; establish
ment of a Cotton Exchange il
each State through which our cot
on can be sold direct to the man
ufacturers; organization quickl,,
of all cotton producers in eacI
cotton-growing county; reduction
of cotton acreage and use of com
mercial fertilizers for 1905, of no
less than 25 per cent; adoption Q
local warehouse system to NEE
the practical demand of both far
mers and bankers throughout I'll
South. These are among th
leading matters for consideration
They are momentous and some
6hen involve tremendous proposi
fions. But none are incapable Q
quick solution and practical real
zation. The South possesses th
brains, the manhood and the NOR
ey TO solve any great questio
which threatens her future pros
perity. I
Round trip tickets will be sol
from any point IN Mississippi
a rate Of one and a third fare plu
25 cents. The purchasers OF ticf
ets are advised 70 secure froI
their local agents a certificate /
The purchase of going ticket,
that the rate of one-third fare n
turning can be secured in Ne
Orleans. very truly,
WALTER CLARK,
Vice Pres. for State Of Miss.