The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-26
WILL ORGANIZE COMPANY
TO BUY SURPLUS COTTON

now arrived for us to do something.
He declared that n the people OF the
South were not ready to take the
steps to place the cotton industry upon
a business basis, 1t was the beiief OF
the leaders OF the Association that they
might Just as we'll Quit trying. NO
South ern man, he declared. or any oth-
er fair minded man who had made a
study OF conditions, would disagree
with him In the statement that the
Southern Cotton Association had
brought more money to the South than
any other single agency Men We're
atSthe head of the Association, he con-
tinued, who were willing to sacrifice
much--sonne Of them had sacrificed
great deal In their personal affairs
much more than would ever become
known. But they felt they were ac-
complishing things for their people. ana
they were willing to go ahead. though
1t was realized that 1t was much more
difficult to accomplish anything for an
entire State or community that 1t was
| for the benefit OF few individuals.
There could be no selfish interests in
| the work Of the Southern Cotton AS
ISOLATION. he said, and he appealed to
his audience to support the Association
| from the most unselfish of motives, be-
cause. whenever he was able to help
himself in such movement, he was at
1 thC odihC tfiiC hctPhAS ga thOSSa etpCAr
\ him.
! He regretted. he said. to announce
| that at the last moment President
Harvie Jordan of the general Associa-
tion had been unable to come to Mont
gomery. He had been unable to come
| gomery. He had wired from Atlanta
| that conditions were such In that city
as to necessitate his remaining there
with his family.
| Mr.. Smith introduced.
/ Hon. II. ID. Smith of South Carolina
was introduced as one who Thoroughly
understood the solution that had been
proposed for the difficult problem OF
| the cotton growers, and in the course
| of his eloquent address of an hour, he
showed that he fully nrerited the claim
| made for hfm.His address was clear
! and logical as well as eloquent. aed he
| was frequently interrupted by applause
1 1t was such a presentation of the sub
| tect. declared Congressman Heffln, who
followed him. as could have been given
by no nthsr man.
| Mr.. Smith opened HIS discussion of
the questions confronting the cotton
| growers with a brief resume of con-
ditions In the South since the war
During that time. ne declared. the
Southerners had been making all the
cotton. and the other fellow had been
| takink 1t. The money on which II
had heen raised had been loaned by
the North, which had been in a posi-.
! tion r., dictate terms. with the result,
that the people of the South had beer
furnishing all the cotton simply foy
the ntivilege. be said. of having
enough bread and meat to supply the
| family for a year, until another CROP
| could be raised.
DEPRESSING from his subject for a
moment, Mr.. Smith said that he still
doubted tho wisdom of injecting into
a nation of Angla-Saxons and its civil.
| ization, a race which had from the
dawn of civilization known absolutely
nothing OF civilization. and declared
| that the trouble in Atlantis simply
| meant that the Anglo-Saxon race
would not tolerate a best in the guist
| of man in his midst. His declara.
tion that Southern womanhood was
too sacred to be polluted, and must b.
defended at all hazards. was greeted
/ with vociferous applause.
When the New EngiAnders said thu
speaker, resuming his discussion Oh
the cotton situation, were seized with
| desire to go into the manufacturing
business, they were confronted with
the difficu1ty OF competing with the
old, established factories OF England
and so, under the specious plea Of
America for Americans" they hnt
sent a lobby to Washington and had
filled both houses of Congress witt
their representatives, and these Con
gressmen had thrown an artificial wal