The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-18
Southern Cotton Association
Meets in New Orleans.
NOTABLE SPEECHESMAD
President Jordan Reviews Situation in
Interesting Annual Address-Pro-
ceedinas of First Days
Session.

tendance from the cotton growing
states, the Southern Cotton Growers
3 Association opened a 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-
sissippi association snid 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-President
s 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
nner has He counseled the farmer
not to Kill" the golden goose by put
{ ting up prices so high as we will soon
have an active competition from ether
countries.
Mr.. Foster, member of the Louisi.
ana railroad commission, and a largs
& cotton planter, responded. When Mr..
Foster concluded President Jordan de-
{ livered his address on the southern
farmer.
81 President Jordan reviewed at some
length the objects Of the association
d and its accomplishments He 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 fight
made by the association for purity
there. He then discussed the reasons
4 for the demand made by the 2ssocia-
. tion-l1 cents for cotton.
'It has been ascertained by inves'
3 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 II cents for the entire
crop to the growers and declared div
idends on their investments. On
this basis crop Of 100000 bales
should have brought the producers
sSD0. .0Oo, coo. II we demand and re-
ceiYe 15 cents for the balance OF the
ursold portion of the crop, basis mid
ding, at interior points. we will still
he unable to average the whole crop
at II cents pound, due to the unwar-
ranted low prices at which more than
cne-half Of the, crop has been sold.
& fhe 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-
Q s,ty for compact organization among
the growers in every cotton producing
county in the south.
& Mr.. Irvine Of Georgia said exten-
siYe Italian immigration would uiti-
mately result in Italian possession o.
: southern lands. He thought the en-
erxies Of the south ought to be direct
: edsto the education Of its youth IN
the advantages Of farming and to the
sending of city boys to the fields.
MI. Smith OF South Carolina said
that the south during the past year
had made all the cotton needed with
out difhculty, and with negro labor,
and there was no occasion for dis
cussing the question Of securing ad'
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
tor 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. Tne
committees 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 paper oy
John D. Walker Of Sparta, Ca, on
). closer relation between banker and
farmer. He was given vote OF
thanks for raising the first $4,000
for. the work. Walter Clark presi-
dant of the Mississippi division, spoAe
on organization, detailing the results
which had followed the union.