The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
GROWERS CONVENE.
Southern Cotton Association
Meets in New Orleans.
NOTABLE SPEECHES MADE
President Jordan Reviews Situation in
Interesting Annual Address-Pro.
ceedings Of First Days
Session.

Session.
With a large and representative at.
tendance from the cotton growing
states, the Southern Cotton Growers
Association opened three days ses
sion in New Orleans Thursday.
The hall was crowded when Pres,
ident Jordan called the convention to
order. A feature that attracted at.
tention was the presence of a negro
delegation from Kinds county, Missis
sippi. Secretary Woods Of the Mis-.
s1sslppl association sHid they were reg.
ular delegates and entitled to seats.
President Jordan was given an ova.
ton. Invocation was offered by Rev.
Dr. Beverly Warner. Ex-Prcsident
John NJ. Parker of the New Orleans
cotton exchange delivered an address
OF welcome in which he said the spec
ulator is the greatest enemy the far
1ner has. He counseied the farmer
not to "kill' the golden goose by put
have an active competition from other
countries
Mr.. Foster, member of the Louisi.
ana RAILROAD commission, and q large
cotton planter, responded. When Mr..
Foster concluded President Jordan de-
livered his address on the southern
farmer.
President Jordan reviewed at some
length the objects OF the association
and it's accomplishments. Tie re-
ferred to the discovery OF dishonest
practices in the bureau of cotton sta
tistics in the department of agricul-
ture at Washington and the light
made by the association for purity
there. He then discussed the reasons
for the demand made by the associa.
tion-11 cents for cotton.
1T has been ascertained by inves-
tigation," he said, "and has not yet
been denied, that at the prevailing
prices Of the manufactured products
this season, spinners could easily
have paid 12 cents for the entire
crop to the growers and declared div
idends on their investments. On
this basis a crop of 100000 bales
should have brought the producers
5000, 100000. If we demand and re.
ceive Is cents for the balance OF the
Gnsold portion Of the crop, basis mid
ding, at interior points, we will still
be unable to average the whole crop
at 12 cenIs pound, due to the unwar.
ranted low prices at which more than
one-half of the crop has been sold.
The proposition to hold the balance
Of the crop at a maximum figure OF
Is cents is, therefore, based upon
conservative reasoning surrounding
the present legitimate laws of demand
and supply.
Concluding his address, President
Jordan urged the wisdom and neces-
sity for compact organization among
the growers in every cotton producing
county in the south.
Mr.. Irvine of Georgia said exten-
sive Italian immigration would ulti-
mately result in Italian possession OF
southern lands. He thought the en-.
ergies Of the south ought to be direct
ed to the education of it's youth in
the advantages Of farming and to the
sending Of city boys to the fields.
Mr.. Smith of South Carolina said
that the south during the past year
had made all the cotton needed with
out difficulty, and with negro labor,
and there was no occasion for dis.
cussing the question of securing adj
ditionai labor until the southern far
mers were assured an enriching re-
turn on the cotton they were able to
raise.
At the conclusion of the discussion
Hon. D. A. Tompkins Of Charlotte, N.
c., was introduced to speak on Got |
ton Values in Textile Fabrics"
At the opening Of the afternoon |
session announcements were made OF |
members FROM the various states to |
serve on the committee which does the |
actual work Of the convention. The |
provided for are on acre |
age and diversification, pushing the
work Of organization and financing |
the association, warehousing, holding |
balance Of unsold crop, trade relations |
and statistics.
The night features were q paper by |
John D. Walker Of Sparta, Ga, on
closer relation between banker and
farmer. He was given vote Of
thanks for raising the first $4,000 |
'or the work. Walter Clark, presi-
lent of the Mississippi division, spuhe
IN organization, detailing the results
which had followed the union.