Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-03
END OF CONFERENCE
COTTON GROWERS AND MANU-.
FAcTURERs ADJOURN.
Fail to Eject Permanent organiza-
ton - Governmental Crop Reports
Feeling of Satisfaction.

After denouncing the government crop re-
ports, and more particularly the reports of
the Department of Agriculture. and passing
"a resolution advocating that the statistical
year should run from August / to August
i, instead OF from September to September
l. the international Gotten conference ad-
journed late yesterday to reassemble next
years. should it be deemed advisable by the
various ORGANIZATIONS to do 50. 1t was
found that the delegates were not clothed
with sufficient authority to effect a perma-
nent organization.
When the subject of governmental CROP
reports arose President MacCau smoke IN
commentator OF the census bureau work.
put feit that some radical changes In the
methods of the Agricultural Denartp,an
should be made. President Uarvie Jordan
OF the Southern Cotton Association also
commended some features of the govern
aleht reports out numerous other delegates
strongly condemned them. u. A Tompkins
OF north Carolina characterized them as "a
coinphcateu system OF guessing" while an
oeher southern grower denounced them as
speculative foot ball"
Various Remedies Suggested.
Various remedies were suggested. but "a
no Two delegates seemed able to agree on a
satisfactory plan tho subject was laid on tina
table. N''o
osoe't hac,ail expressed the hops
mat heheeforward there be closer bond
OF union between the north and the sou+b
and between America and ElIrone In ali tI,st
turing 'N i'i"huIdc-
Altogether it is said the conference did
nor accomplish anything tangible, Rut il
IS something, the members think that ~
was held at oil. The growers and tho snIn-
hers nave gotten together and they know
, naun o.ner better from the contact. No
k,ac
put most of the members think the pro-
oucers and consumers are sure TO meet
next year and do more effective work. The
mill men have at least obtained the yiew
or the cotton growers and they know as
they never realized before that there ia a
movement on foot In the south TO control
inc great export crop of the country where
IL is raised and that If the cotton gambler
and the middleman are not crushed with
their help the growers say he will be driven
out by them alone.
Not Work of Growers.
Mr. Calvin of Texas said yesterday that
the shrinkage OF the bales in hard times
and the expansion in low price periods OF
which the mill men complained was not
the work of the growers at ALL He said
II was the 'stealage" OF the middlemen
The mills owners were also assured THAI
while they complained of having to pay full
price for weather damaged cotton when it
reached their mills the farmer was always
penalized when he sold this class OF cotton
to the buyer
In fact, there were a number OF more or
less technical points on which both sides
were enlightened. The English spnners
said that their trip through this country
had been both instructive and interesting
and that they would be glad to come again
and would also be glad II the cotton men
of America would Visit the great English
mills. "Ali parties to the conference will
return home today tomorrow. and there
is general feeling of satisfaction ex-
pressed that the meeting was held.