The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-24
PLEASED WITH OUTLOOK
SECRETARY OF SOUTHERN COTToN ASSOCIATION TALKS.
Richard Cheatham Spent Day in Mont- gomery and was Gratified With the Reports Received form
 Alabama.

Secretary Richard Cheatham. of the Southern Cotton Association. was in Montgomery yesterday for several hours in the interest of that organi- | zation and to confer with the officers of the Alabama Cotton Growers Asso- ciation. He arrived in Montgomery from Jackson, Miss, yesterday morn. ing and left last night for Atlanta where he will at once go bask to his desk
 Secretary Cheatham is just complet- ing a trip through Mississippi and Ala bama with the special view of famil- iarizing the officers of the State branches or the southern Association with the general plan of the executive committee regarding the gathering of cotton statistics. This is an important detail in the vast work of carrying out the New Orleans plans for securing better cotton prices.
 We propose to have everything ar- 1 ranged in few days" said MT. Cheat ham yesterday, "so that every precinct In all the ten cotton growing States will gather the acreage figures and forward them to county rganizations. The county officers will send them to the respective State headquarters and from there they will be sent as quick ly as possible to the headquarters of the Southern organization in Atlanta
 
 eral publication.
 Tt Is our earnest intention. to get these valuable figures before the gov ernment report is issued on June l. have been in close touch with the off, cers of every State association and am prepared to say that the indications are favorable to our getting these ear- ly statistics"
 MT. Cheatham yesterday found President W. H. Seymour, of the Ala bama Association, absent from his of- flee but he had a long talk with Sec retary Jesse c. Adams. Several minor instructions were left with Secretary Adams for the future work of the Ala bama branch.
 general statement of the work done in this State and glancing over the en- couraging reports from nearly all the counties, MT. Cheatham expressed him. self as well satisfied. He found that practically every county in the State has been organized down to the beats and that there is enthusiasm in favor of a reduction of this years cotton acreage and use of commercial fertil- izers. Speakers are now at work in many counties addressing large plan ters' meetings and everything points to success.
 Mir. Cbeatham found conditions un- usually optimistic in Mississippi Ths officers of the Mississippi organization. while he was meeting with them, We'd nesday, perfected arrangements for Q rousing campaign of two weeks begin. ming yesterday. Some measures of the interest can ge gained from the fact that at the conference Wednesday Hon. John Sharpe Williams and Governor Vardaman were present and offering their services to the cotton cause They were given assignments to speak at several points in the State and are among the heartiest supporters of the movement for cotton acreage reduce ton.
 Besides Governor vardaman and Representative Williams" said MT. Cheatham, there are a dozen others who will participate in this campaign. men of leading influence in Mississippi They are volunteer orators and by their help the Southern Association feels sure that in that State 1t can de- pend upon one of the best organiza- tions 1t has,"
 Emphasis was placed by Secretary Cheatham on the crisis through which the Southern Association Is now pass ing. It is the planting season and the supreme test of the patriotism and the honor of the South. Sufficient pledges have been secured in a systematic way to guarantee a reduced production Of the fleecy staple this year to such a degree that with last years surplus tho supply should equal the demand for ten cents.
 It remains for the farmers and rent CTS to prove their faithfulness, &C., cording to Mir. Cheatham. A verdict will be placed on this when reliable statistics before next June give cor rect line on the acreage in cotton.