The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-01-21
THE COTTON CONVENTION.
President of Southern Cotton Growers
Association Announces Official Pro-
gram for the Big Meeting.

The following is the official program
for the big cotton convention to be
held at New Orleans Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday OF next week,
as announced by Harvie Jorda an, presl-
dent OF the Southern Cotton Growers
Protective Association:
TUESDAY, JAN. 24-MORNING
SESSION.
officers and delegates from the diff
ferent state will register and file their
credentials at the Assembly Hall, and
locate their hotel headquarters.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 P. M.
Convention called to order by Hon.
Harvie Jordan, Monticello, Ca, pres
ident Southern Cotton Growers Pro-
tective Association.
Invocation.
Election of permanent chairman and
secretary.
Address of welcome on the part of
the city Of New Orleans, Hon. Martin
b6urmdl, mdy CIs
Address OF welcome on part OF the
New Orleans Progressive Union, Hon.
NJ. j. Sanders, President N. 0. T. u.
Response to address OF welcome of
Mayor Behrman, Hon. j. Pope Brown,
HawklnsvilIe, Ca, chairman railroad
commission Of Georgia.
Response to address of welcome OF
President Sanders, Walter Clark,
Clarksdale, Miss, state vice president
Southern Cotton Growers Protective
Association.
Appointment of committees on f.
oance aud credentials.
Discussion on appointment of com
mittees on resolutions TO consider
cotton acreage and commercial fertl-
lizers, state bureaus Of statistics, or
ganization of producers, warehouse
system and banking, state cotton ex-
changes and the present crop and sur
plus.
NIGHT SESSION, 8 P. NJ.
Address, ssNew Orleans, the Leading
Cotton Exchange in the United States, "
Hon. "A. Brittin, president New Orleans
Cotton Exchange.
Announcement Of committees to serve
on resolutions and to cooperate with
| deleg ations OF southern bankers, cot
tonmanafacturers warehousemen, mer-
chants and the southern commissioners
| of agriculture who will be in attend
ance on the convention.
WEDNESDAY,, JAN. Is, 8 A. NJ.
| Address, "The True Solution-Stor-
ing Cotton at Natural Storage Points
BY Local W arehouse Companies United
Through General Storage Warrant
Company, III Hon. Edward K. Summer
well, New York. Discussion 30 min
| utes.
Address, "Cotton W arehouse Insur.
ance, J. E. Dargan, Atlanta, Ga
Discussion 80 minutes.
Address, armers Attending tc
Their Own Business Hon. M. r.
Thomas, Dallas, Tex. Discussion 81
minutes.
| AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 P. N.
4 Address, s'Closer Trade Relations
Between the Producers and Manufac
| tnrers," l.. w. Parker, Greenville, S
IC., cotton manufacturer. Discussion
80 minutes.
4 Address, Southern Bankers F'inan
cling the South's Cotton Crop" D. z
Hillyer, cashier American Nationa
| Bank, Macon, Ga. Discussion b
minutes.
u Report Of committees.
NIGHT SESSION, 8 P. NJ.
a Address, ssOrg anization Of f armers,
N. G.. Murray, Kingston, Texas
president Educational and Co-Opera
! tive Union of America. Discussion 3
[ minutes.
Address, "The Cotton Growers Re
lation to the Business World" Hor
] E. D. Smith, Magnolia, $. c., pres
; dent South Carolina Cotton Grower:
r Protective Association. Discussio
80 minutes.
Report OF committees.
THURSDAY, JAN. 26, $50. A. M
Address, gathering Cotton Staff
tics by Southern Commissioners
Agriculture, y" Hon. r. r. Poole, Mon
Y gomery, Ala, president Association
J. Southern Commissioners Of Agricu
1 ture. Discussion 80 minutes.
1 Address, s'The Agricultural Situs
tion in the South, !" Z. B. Parke
+. | Raleigh, n. c., secretary North Care
J. lima Farmers Alliance. Discussie
l. 80 minutes.
Report OF committees.
AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 p. NJ.
= Address, sWhat We Should Pla
= Instead of Cotton" Hon. r. E. smit
Sherman, Tex, president Alfali
y Growers Association. Discussion
minutes.
= Address, "The Cotton Plant: I
Friends and Foes, y Hon. Frank \
. Miller, New Orleans. Discussion
a minutes.
q Report OF committees,
NIGHT SESSION, 8 O'CLOCK.
Final report of committees.
General discussion.
B Adjournment.
h Speakers are respectfully requestt
4 to limit their addresses to 80 minutes