The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-02-02
THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION.

important step in the solution OF
: the cotton problem. the Southern
Inter State Cotton Convention,
without dissenting vote, declar-
ed in favor of IS per cent reduc-
ton in acreage and an equal re-
duction in commercial fertilizers,
and backed that action up with
the adoption of comprehensive
plan to secure the support Of every
farmer, big and little, i'll the cot
ton belt.
The plan recommended is as
follows:
list: That the vice president
of this association, for each StaJe,
shall call . meeting of all persons
interested in cotton on the 18th
day of February, 1905, in the
county scat of each county, not
already organized, on the plan
hereinafter set out, at which meet
ing there shall be elected a county
chairman and a precinct chairman
for each school district or other
small political subdivision of the
county.
"2nd: That there shall be held
in each school district or other
small political subdivision of the
county on the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1905, at / o'clock p. M, a
meeting of all citizens of said
district or other small political
subdivision who are interested in
the growing of cotton which meet
ing shall elect a committee of
three on acreage and membership.
"3rd: At said precinct meeting
the farmers and land owners pres
ent shall be asked to sign the fol-
lowing agreement:
"We, the undersigned farmers
or land owners, living in (school,
district,) (beat,) (precinct,) No,
county Of, State Of, here
by pledge ourselves to reduce the
acreage planted by us in cotton
and to reduce our consumption of
fertilizer in growing cotton as
shown by the statement set oppo-
site our names.
9th: That said committee on
acreage and membership shall i'm
mediately canvass said district
and ask all farmers and local own
ers in said district, who do not at
tend SAID meetings, to sign said
pledge, and said committee shall
return said pledge to the chairman
of said precinct.
18th: Ssid precinct chairman
shall preserve said pledges and
they shall Immediately report to
the county chairman, showing the
total number of acres planted in
cotton in said precinct in 1904,
and the total number to be plant
ed in cotton IN said precinct in
1905; the total amount of fertil-
izers used in growing cotton in
said precinct and the total amount
to be used in said precinct in said
years.
Goth. The county chairman
shall Immediately forward to the
State vice-president of their re-
spective States written statement
showing the total number of acres
planted in cotton III their respect
i've counties in 1904, and the total
amount to be planted in 1905, and
shall make a like report as to the
fertilizer used and to be used III
said years.
9TH: The vice president of
each State shall Immediately upon
receiving the reports of the county
chairman forward to the president
of this association a report show
ing the number of acres planted
in cotton in his State in the year
1904, and the amount of fertilizer
used in said year IN growing cot
ton, and the amount of cotton to
be planted and fertilizers to be
used in 1905.
18th. The president of this as
ISOLATION upon receiving these. re-
ports shall Immediately tabulats
the same and send copy thereof
to the county chairman i'll the
different cotton States and terri
tories.
GOTH: II any county, not al
ready. should fail to organize, the
vice-president Of the State in
which said county is situated,
shall cause said county to be or
gained, as herein provided, and if
any precinct should fail to organ
ize, the county chairman Of the
county in which such precinct is
situated, shall cause such Precinct
to be organized as herein provided.
80: 1t shall be the further
duty cf the officers of this associa-