The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-12
Harvie Jordan Talks of
 Associations Work.
THE RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED
Remarkable Achievements of One
 Years Existence.
Tompkins Speaks from the Viewpoint of the Msnufacturer of Cotton Fshrics--DiGerence Arises as to the Desirability of
 Immigration.

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 New Orleans. Jan. 11.--With large and representative attendance from all the cotton growing States, the South ern Cotton Growers Association opeded a three days session in Odd Fellows Hall today
 The association was organized in this city just one year ago, when cotton was selling at 6 cents. Its officers point to the reduction of acreage and fertilizers. the increase in the price of cotton to 12 cents, the disclosure of lEe scandal in the crop reporting depart ment of the Government and the im- proved condition of the farmers as tangible results of the work 1t has done during the year.
 Many important matters are to come before the convention. There will be a proposition to hold the balance of this years crop until cotton goes to 15 cents. A decision as to acreage for the year Is to be made. Congress will be urged to provide for a commits sion to visit the cotton markets of the world, including China and the Orient to find new fields for the surplus prod uct.' Diversified farming and more perfect county organization in order to increase the efficiency of the national aSS0ClaElOn VIII De gtTSCOnlmGH0Sus t
 Permanent Headquarters.
 The question of. permanent headquar ters for the association is to be dis eussed. Atlanta, Memphis and New Orleans will be candidates. Officers Will be chosen and President Jordan will be a candidate for reelection. Though there has been some talk of sopposition, sentiment among the dele gates already here indicates he will De
 
 tical unanintfty.
 Tine aim will be to make the .hree days session business affair. Three sessions 9 day will be held. Tho nun her of papers at each session is ltm- tied 10 three They are net to exceesi % minutes in delivery all discussions are to be cut to 50 minutes and sio minutes to be be the limit of speeches.
 Odd Fellows Hall was elahorately decorated and crowded when President Jordan called the convention to order. many local cotton men mtngling with the visiting delegates. A feature that attracted attention was the presence of . negro delegation from Hinds County Mississippi. Secretary Woods, of the Mississippi Association said they were regular delegates and entitled to seats.
 President Jordan was given an ova- tion when he ascended the platform. The invocation was offered by Rev. Dr. Beverly Warner and then ex-President Iohn M. Parker of the New Orleans Cot ton Exchange delivered the address of welcome.
 He said in part:
 Farmera' Greatest Enemy.
 'The speoulator is the greatest ene- my the farmer has. To him 1t matters not so long as he is on the winning side and the evidence of the past i've months shows some do not hesitate 10 resort to dishonest methods to obtain inside information by which to milk inc public and demoralize business. Your speculator friend of today worms birnself into your confidence and to- morrow tries to throttle you. Keep awav from him. Don't get mixed up win him. He is no friend of the farm sr Don't kill the golden goose by put tins up prices so high, we will soon have active competition from other countries"
 VI. Foster, member of the Louis Jana Railroad Commission and a large cotton planter, responded.
 when Mir. Foster concluded, Presi- dent Jordan was greeted with storm of applause that lasted for several min ntes. when it subsided he delivered hls address on the Southern farmer.
 President Jordan began his address xvith congratulations to the association on it's record during the first year or its existence. He reviewed at some length the objects of the association and it's accomplishments. It came into existence, he said facing fourteen million bale crop, with two million bale surplus beyond the needs for con sumption in 1905, with five million bales unsold aud the price at six cents a pound. In the face of those condi- ha oeunniatinn had S0nnded the slogan for ten cents cotton. had de- Inanded a reduction in acreage and had begun a fight for the maintenance of prices fair and equitahIe to the pro- ducers. He referred to the discovery of dishonest practices in the bureau of cotton statistics in the Department Of Agriculture at Washington and the fight made by the association for pari- ty there. He then discussed the req eons for the demand made by the asso- ciation for eleven cents for cotton.
 Fifteen Cents Cotton.
 Tt has been ascertained by iuvesti- gation," he said. "and has not yet been denied that at the prevailing prices of the manufactured products this sea- son spinners could easily have paid twelve cents for tn centre crop to tho growers and GeclaIed gCod dividends on their investments. On this basis a crop of ten million bales should have brought the producers $6o0.O00,00O If we demand ard receive fifteen cCats for the balance of the unsold portion Of the crop, basis middling at interior points, we will still be unable to aver age the whole crop at twelve cents a hound due to the unwarranted tow prices at which more than nne-half the eYop has been sold. The proposition to hold the balance Of the crop at q maximum figure of fifteen cents there fore, is based npon sound. conscrva- five reasoning and is justified by all conditions surrounding the present legitimate laws of demand and supply
 '.When our cotton sold at , cents a pound a few years ago. the price of print cloths was cents a yard, or 14 cents a pound for the manufactured product, leaving cents between the purchasing price of the raw product and the selling price of the finished fabric to pay the cost of manufacture and declare dividends on the invest ment. Print cloths are now selling at 8 3-4 cents yard, Or 26 l-4 cents d pound. At an average price of l2 conts a pound for the raw cotton. the manu- faeturer today has a margin of If l-4 Ae-tA against 8 cents few years ago,