The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-15
 Enthusiastic Meeting of
 Cotton Men. TO HOLD FOR ii CENTS Product is to Be Handled by
 the Growers. Montgomery Audience Listens to Forcefui Addresses on the Duty of ControlIing situation in Opposition to Spectators.

ket TOT Il cents ana tHe impohosi'U need of warehouses owned by the growers themselves were earnestly discussed at a mass meeting of farm CTS and bushes men of Montgomery County yesterday for over an hour in l the rooms of the Commercial and In- dustrial Association. After an eloquent address from President W. H. Seymour of the Ala
 bama Cotton Growers Association, and A. B. Brassell, an experienced grower of the Grange and the Alliance, plans were begun for building an extensive warehouse at West End for the stor- age of cotton and other produce. In a very brief time s1,100 of stock was subscribed for the warehouse en- terprise. This was only the subscrip- tion of the growers and others present and it is expected that every beat will be canvassed right away to secure the rest of the subscription needed. Perhaps at no other time in the his- tory of Montgomery County has great CT defiance been flung at the specula- ton of Wall Street than during yes- terday's' meeting. Distinct charges of robbery were repeated time and again by the speakers. They all told of the shameful pillage of the South's cotton crop from year to year by the manip- ulations of a fictitious market. It was commonly agreed that unless the farm CTS unite fin the near future to obtain some influence in making the price of their money staple, their thraldom would sink tn the very lowest level One speaker said that without union the cotton grower must starve as the profits are yearly gobbled up by the speculators who never catch sight Of a bale"
 Successful Organization.
 Encouraging words were spoken In praise of the work being done by the Southern Cotton Association. It was admitted on every side that this effort at Organization had been vastly more successful than either that of the Grange or the Alliance. At the same time 1t was the sense of the meeting that even this great association has hardly begun to carry out the all-im- portant purposes aimed at by the Con- stitution. The chief reason for this Is the laggard attitude of a majority of the growers In putting up the dues of the organization that are necessary to make any progress whatever.
 There are all over the South today thousands of men, good, sincere and courageous men," said MT. Seymour yesterday, 'who are in hearty accord with the principles for which we, of the Southern Cotton Association are striving. All they want Is leader and they stand ready to fall in line. They are patriotic men but need to be informed and told what to do. We need right now the payment of dues and assessments with which the work may be carried on."
 Mir. Seymour told of how the South ern Cotton Association's Constitution contemplates warehouses owned or controlled by the growers in which that cotton that has to be held off the market in order to get the fair price. may be stored safely. He said he was glad to see an interest manifested in this feature of the movement in Mont gomery County and expressed hope for It's success.
 Farmers to Control.
 The mass meeting was a representa- tive gathering and while no poll was taken of the number of bales repre- sented 1t was estimated that fully 5000 bales would have been pledged. Nat urally the discussion of the question of holding the cotton for il cents led to the still more important necessity, if possible, of building and owning ware houses and an arrangement for getting money on the security of distress cot ton. The present warehouse system in private hands was condemned by the speakers. It was claimed that not all the time do the farmers get the classi-
 
 entitled to and charges were advanced. by one speaker, that in many eases in Montgomery reductions were made in weights on general principles, whether the cotton was dry or not. It was es- timated that if the growers controlled the management of these warehouses they would save at least $2 per bale on true weights and classification over and above the storage charges of $l. J. T. Robertson, from one of the country beats. made a short but force | full address in which he pointed out | that upwards of quarter of million | dollars annually were expended In Montgomery for warehouse charges. He appealed for the immediate organi- | zation of warehouse scheme indepen- l dent of those men who are the present
 owners and who work, of course, in
 the interest of speculators and must | get a commission for which the farm
 CTS are compelled to pay"
 The motion finally prevailed that the
 proposition of building big warehouse
 in West End be placed in the hands of a | committee fo i've. President W. H.
 Vaughan. or the Montgomery County Cotton Growers Association, who was 1 elected chairman of the meeting yes-
 terd1y, appointed A. B. Brassell as the
 head of this committee with the au-
 thority of naming tho four associate
 members. These are J. R. Warren. J. | S. Edson, M. B. Houghton and Secre-
 tary Charles L. Gay, of the Montgom-
 erly County Cotton Growers Associa-
 ton. They will get together most like ly some day this week and begin their
 campaign of organization and getting
 the stock subscribed. They are em-
 powered to fix the amount of the cap | ital stock.
 Warehouse iu West End.
 l The warehouse Ia n he hnilf
 End as into that supburb of Montgom-
 cry four of the most prominent dirt | roads of the county empty. It was arr
 gued that if Montgomery growers suc-
 ceed in this single enterprise not only 1 will 1t be initiated by others in this
 county but perhaps all over Alabama.
 It is deemed the logical and urgent
 way cut of the difficulty which is con-
 fronting the mass of holders over the
 South.
 A. B. Brassell was the first speaker