The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1906-01-19
E. D. SMITH TO WORK As ORGANIZER
President OF the South Carolina Division
OF Southern Cotton Association
to Visit the States.

New Orleans, Jan. 13.--ThC
Southern Cotton Association com
pleted it's labors with it's afternoon
session and adjourned without date.
Declaring the adjournment Presi-
dent Jordan congratulated the con-
vention on the successful way in
which it had performed its work
The new executive committee will
meet here next week and arrange
to carry out the various recommends
tions which have been made by the
convention. 1t will probably be in
session for two or three days. Ex-
cept the members of the committee,
practically all the members of the
association started for their homes
tonight.
AT the opening of the afternoon
session Chairman w. d. Nesbitt
presented the report of the commit
tee on warehouses. It recommend
ed the extension and improvement
OF the present warehouse system by
improving the physical character
and fire protection features of all
warehouses; building of large fire.
proof warehouses may be tributary;
design for standard warehouse
suited for railway stations and
small towns; the education of the
people in the great advantages of
the warehouse and credit system
based on warehouse receipts; en-
couragement by the officers of the
association of warehouse building
and a combination by local ware
house companies and formation of
a grading and guarantee company
to issue uniform guaranteed receipts
on cotton in warehouses that will
adopt proper methods and give
proper security. The resolution
was adopted.
Chairman Hancock reported for
the finance committee. 1t provided
for dues of 10 cents per bale, allow
ing 20 per cent. to the national
fund, 80 per cent. to the State fund
and the remainder to the county
fund. The executive committee
was requested to employ Hon. E.
d. Smith, of South Carolina, as
national organizer, to more COM
pletely organize the various States,
his salary to be fixed by the COM
mittee. The report was adopted.
Chairman Fred J. Mhyer, Of the
resolutions committee, reported an
endorsement of the Overman bill
now before the senate for the ap-
pointment Of commission in con-
nection with the development of
the cotton trade in new markets.
The report was adopted.
After passing q special vote of
thanks to John Temple Graves for
his address, the convention finally
adjourned.
A resolution by M. V. Calvin, of
Georgia, was adopted, instructing
the executive committee to publish
for distribution 100000 copies of
the proceedings of the convention.
w. p. Shinault, of Mississippi,
chairman of the committee on acre
age reduction, reported favoring the
reduction of acreage 25. per cent.
from that planted in 1905. AS
there were planted 100000
acres of cotton in 1904, this would
mean that the Southern Cotton AS
sociation is in favor of planting but
"a 900, 900 acres of cotton this year.
The report was unanimously
adopted.
Hon. John Temple Graves, of
Atlanta, Ga, was then introduced.
The committee on statistics,
through Chairman E. B. Afford,
presented a lengthy report, asking
each State to prepare and perfect a
careful statistic service.
A resolution by John d. Walker
was adopted that all holders of spot
cotton be requested by the Southern
Cotton Association to sign a bind
ing pledge to sell their cotton at Is
cents a pound, if through the ef-
forts of the association it reaches
that price. The te.
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