Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-03
Marketing Of Product En-
cages Attention
Of international Convention Held
at Washington, D. c.
Elimination Of Midd|emen and Killing Specu.
Iatioa Among Topics Discussed.

Washington, May after dcnounc-
ing the government crop REPORTS and
more particularly the reports Of the de-
| partmcnt of agriculture and passing Il
resolution advocating that the statisti-
cal cotton year should run from Aug.
| to Aug. |, Instead of from Sept | to
Sept. /, the International Cotton Con-
ference adjourned today. 1t was
fund that the delegates were not
clothed with sufficient authority to cf
feet Il permanent organization.
When the subject of governmental
crop reports came up. President Mac
Coll spoke i'll concentration of the
lccnsus bureau work, but fell that some
radical changes III the methods OF The
agricultural department should be
made.
| President IIarvic Jordan, Of the
Southern Cotton Association also COM
lmcndcd some of the features of the
government reports but numerous
lothcr delegates strongly condemned
them. ID. A. Tompliins, of North Caro-
lima characterized them as Il conn
plicatcd system of guessing" while an
other southern grower denounced them
as Il representatives football
Various remedies were suggested
but as no two delegates seem able to
agree on Il satisfactory plan the whole
subject WAS laid on the table.
President MacColl expressed the
hope that hcnccforward there Will be
q closer bond of union "bctween the
North and the South and between
America and Europe in all that per-
tains to cotton growing and manu-
facturinS'
| AT the afternoon session the report
on haling, ginning and handling cot
ton was read and unanimously adopt
ed.
The report recommended the follow
ing:
THAT all he made of standard di-
mcnSionS.
That lightweight new hurE,p be
used for tagging; or. if conditions
justify. that cotton canvas be used.
"'rhat ten ties be used on all bales,
with the Egyptian buckles preferred.
That all cotton should be bought
and sold net weight.
THAT Il committee be appointed
whose duty it shall be to have cotton
: baled rs above. and to submit tho same
for practical test to consumers
The general topic Of discus
al conf, renee of cotton growers
and manufacturers was the marketing
Of thc product which embraced the
questions of WarchouSing. stability of
| price and relations between growers
and manufacturers. \. +. Calvin, pres
idrnt "f the Farmers Educational and
Cn-opcrativc Union, declared that it
long had been the dream of the cotton
growers To abolish all intermediate
agents who levy toll unnecessarily on
tic product on ITS journey from tn"
field to the factory. Direct relations
h, ,Wc"n The growers and mannfac-
turcrs Nas strongly urged. a similar
stand was taken by Campbell Russell
Of Indian Territory.
\ proposition which met with some
favor came from +. w. Davis of Texas
who in urging direct relations with the
manufacturers. suggested that tn.
manufacturers deal with an agent of
tn" grower at the warehouse.
The discussion then took general
turn the English delegates expressing
their pleasures at the building Of ware
, houses ''instoad Of warehousinG cotton
. Ill the field
Further opposition to The mddlemail
came from ". s. Miller Of Texas and
r. Il Smith Of Arkansas.
President MacColl declared that tho
! trnSncritv of the grower was a matter
= of interest to the manufactures. who
would like to be able to eliminate the
speculative clement. He inquired how
ever. if the plan of constructing ware
houses and giving contracts would dc
ANYTHING toward elimination of specu-
latinn and also if, after storing The
; | cotton in the warehouses and thr
! product for any reason went UP. wollld
= thu growers be willing to deliver 1t II
the regulation price they had liked.
Several growers insisted that they
| would live up to their contracts anf
u NJ. MacColl said he had no doubt oi
II that. but wanted to know what would
he done after the contracts expired He
: thought. though, that, as an all prob
| ability the period of the contracts
| woIlid be about a year, it would be
q sufficient to Kill speculation i'll the
meantime.
4 resolution was then offered pro
u yiding for the appointment Of a com
nittee to consider the ACCESSIBILITY o.
making the organization permanent
inpand of naming the next place o.
meeting. 1t met with opposition from
the English delegates but was adopted
In the discussion which followed th'
proposition was laid down by the spin
rers and manufacturers that if thu
= farmers and business interests of th'
south will build warehouses. store cot
ron finance it and put the product IL
ch,rge of expert cotton men to han
die II and practically be the medium O
buying and selling between the manu-
racturer and producer they will d.
business on that basis.
AR Jordan called upon his associates
: j, u, at the proposition on a business
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