The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
KEEP COTTON
 IN COUNTRY This is Appeal of Capt. A. B. Brassell. HE SPEAKS TO FARMERS Lectures Montgomery for Its Lack
 of Interest. He would Have co-opsratIve ware houses Built and Business rrsns- acted Out of Clay Where
 Land Is Cheap.
 
HE SPEAKS TO FARMERS

Montgomery members of the South ern Cotton Association who gathered at Mabson's hotel at II o'clock yes- terday morning to receive the report ofs a commitaee charged with the duty Of organizing a company to build CO., operative warehouses to be used by farmers for storing cotton, listened to an earnest appeal by Capt A. B. Bras sell. a well known farmer. to build the warehouses in the county precincts of the county and divert the cotton from the city because of the lack of interest shown in the project by the business men of Montgomery.
 Captain Brassell declared that he loved Montgomery and he wanted to see the city with a population of 100000 in 1910. but the farmers were confronted by necessities which made 1t imperative for them to look to their own interest first So little interest, he said. had been shown by citizens of Montgomery in the welfare of the farmers Of the county, that he thought the time had come for action and. if necessary cooperative warehouses would be built In the small towns near Montgomery thus cutting off the bulk of the warehouse business that reaches Montgomery. With such plans projected by the farmers. he thought Montgomery would then wake up but IL would pc LOO laIe. f
 Committee fs Raised.
 committee was raised by the meet ing to canvass the city in the inter est of the proposed warehouse com pany. This committee was also direc- ted to make temporary arrangements for warehousing this seasons cotton.
 The meeting was attended by a handful of enthusiastic members among whom were several members of the rzra arrnr1fftaa tha y division.
 The plan of Captain Brassell was outlined by him after he had listened to discouraging reports regarding the little interest displayed by Montgom- erians in the warehouse movement. Then he opened fire, spoke strongly in favor of establishing chain of ware houses. each twenty miles apart. from West Point to Mobile. He maintain ed that this plan was feasible and, at any rate, the time had come when 1t must be executed in Montgomery county. He argued that a warehouse could be built at McGehee's Switch for about $3.000 to accommodate the cotton in that vicinity. It would be owned by the farmers and the ground on which 1t could be built would cost s25 an acre. If such warehouses were built in Montgomery the cost of land would be from $500to $500 per acre, Cotton could be sold by telephone from such warehouses as easily as in Mont gomery.
 Deaf Ear of Montgomery.
 Captain Brassell said he would erect q warehouse on his plantation sixteen miles north of Wetumpka for the stor- age of his own and all other cotton near him. With such a system of country warehouses, he predicted that Montgomery would lose it's cotton re- ceipts, the backbone of ias prosperity He had not chosen to break down Mont Ronery, but he had been driven to it, owing to the deaf ear of Montgomery's citizens to the project for the estab- lishment of a farmers warehouse in this city
 The meeting was held at noon yes terday at the New Mabson Hotel for the purpose of taking steps toward the building of warehouse proposed to be erected in West End. but there were so few present that comparative ly little progress was made and this Is what provoked the remarks ofCap- tain Brassell
 In calling the meeting to order President w Hunter Vaughan of the Montgomery County division of the southern Cotton Association, said the object was to consider the warehouse proposition--whether or not ware house is to be built for this years crop.