The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-02-03
And curtail tlle Use Of CONNER
ciaI Fertilizers is
THECOTTON GROWERS
Remedy for Low Prices and Hard Times
Among The Farmers of the sonth.
Who Make the Cotton as Set
Forth by the New Orleans
Cotton Convention.
Cotton Convention.

BY unanimous vote at the close
OF its first session Tuesday, January
Gath, the Southern Interstate Cotton
: Conventi n, which met last wsck In
New Orlecns by general agreement
the largest and most repres entative
that has gathered in the south, de-
clared that reduction CT acreage and
commercial fertilizers is the para.
mount question to be considered at
the convention, and it must be settled
before any other business is underta
ken. Eleven hundred aud thirty five
delegates, representing the 13 cotton
growing STATES and territories, had
registered when the convention was
called to order. Even that number
did not represent tie full strength OF
the convention.
The forenoen and early afternoon
were devoted to the compromising o.
all differences that existed as TO or
ganizltion, the central idea being
that the work Of the convention
should 50 to the country with the
stamp OF harmony and practical
nnanimity. The result was that for.
mer Congressman Catcbing's name
was withdrawn und al! opposition to
Mr.. Haryie Jordan's selection ended.
Washington Artillery hall, seating
1000 people, was crowded to the
doors when the convention met. AS
president of the Southern Cotton
Growers convention, Mr. Jordan
called it 10 order. lie said IN part:
We a'e all agreed upon four gen.
eral propositions:
i. We must tie up and take care
OF the surplus OF this crop and remove
it from the markets or tie country
until next fall, and hold the balance
OF the crop absolutely in cur posses.
sion until the price advances to nor
NAL conditions
y. We must reduce the cottt n
acreage and use OF con merclal fertili-
zsrs under cotton at least - per cent.
under thlt Of 1904.
%. We must arrange for gene raj
system OF bonded WAREHOUSES under
local congrol OF the people ,hrc ughout
the south.
q We must at once proceed TO
organize the producers OF the soutt,
in every cotton growing county on d
bu mess basis to carry into operation
permanent Systt NJ uf relief ard pro.
tectiCn for tie future
THE ORGANIZATION.
Judge e. Il. Perkins OF Dallas nom.
mated former Lieut.. Gov. Jester OF
Texas for temporary chairman and lie
was unar imouSly eicc; ed. Cncludirg
a brief but effective address, Gov
Jester said:
Two reforms must be inau ugurated
by the southern farmers:
'DiversiticatiOn Of crops that will
reduce the production Of cotton and
better facilities for the storage OF cot.
ton that will give lower insurance
and interest and better protection."
j. A. b. Loyett of huntsville, ia. &,
Richard Cheatham OF Mississippi and
elected secretaries.
On motion OF J a. brown OF North
Carolina committee on peemaLent.
organization OF one de.E-l,e f-om each
State was named and pending it's re.
port welrnslirg addresses by Mayor
Benrmap and President Sanders Of
the Progressive union were lis tened To
There were RESPONSES by Walter Clark
OF Clarkesdale, Miss and j. Pore
Brown, chairman OF the Georgia rail.
road Ommission.
Mr.. Brown said it was the number
OF bales which rel ulated thc p!ice Of
cotton and the tresent price would
not adva ICE until it was known that
the production this year was to be
curtalled. Eight million bales would
be an ample crop TO raise this year.
With the 1900, 600 Of surplus held on
to, it would give precisely the crop
the bears desire. He believed the
south could whip in the present fight.
BASIS CT REPRESENTATION.
w. d. Nesbitt Of Alabama present
ed the report Of the committee on
permanent organization. 1t provided
vice presisent from each State and for
the three secretaries named by TIE
temporary org uiZation Ii fixed tile
representation on the basis OF one
vote for every 100, 0Q0 bales Of C tton
raised during l9O304, as follows:
Alabama, 10; Arkansas 8; Florida !
Georgia IA; Louisiana 8; Mississippi
IA: North Carolina 6; sou Ii Carolina
8; Tennessee 3; Texas 2G: Oklahoma
2; Missouri l, and Indian Territory
8.
At its night ion the convention
listened for an hour to an address 10y
President a. Brittin Of tie New o.
leans cotron exchange. Mr.. Brittin
denied that low prices were In any
sense due TO future sales Low prices
were due to one cause and oae cause
only, thay OF over production. With
the removal OF that cause values
would go up with future regardless OF
all the bound sellers OF Europe, Africa
or America.
Let the acreage be reduced 25 per
cent. and all the spectators on earth
cannot keep cotton from going to 10
cents. Speaking Of the growing con
sumption Of cotton, MIR. B:ittin said
10000, 00) bales in three to i've years
the world would require Il crop Of l3,-
100000 bales and more. Referring
to the i'm poftanca Of the present con.
vention, he said that any resolutions
it might pass would amount to little
II they we're not followed up with
earnest, sEcere and determined work |
In the solution Of the problem con.
fronting 1t, The most serious since the |
War Between the Sections, he said |
the convention hao the bcst wishes Of !
the great exchange which he had the