The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-12
NEGROES SEATED
At COTTON MEET
Delegation Attends Southern
Growers Association Session
at Crescent City.
JORDAN is GIVEN AN OVATION
---------
President of the Association De
livers An Address on the
Southern Farmer.
JORDAN is GIVEN AN OVATION
(By Associated Press. }

NEW ORLEANS, LA. January IL. =
ance from the cotton growing States. the
Southern Cotton Growers Association
opened II three days session here to-day.
The hall was crowded when president
Jordan called the convention to order. A
feature that attracted attention was the
presence OF n negro delegation from Kinds
county, Mississippi. Secretary Woods,
of the Mississippi association. said they
were regular delegates and entitled 10
seats.
President Jordan WAS given an ovation
when he assembled the platform. The IN
vocation was offered by the Rev. DR..
Beverly Warner. Ex-Presidcnt John M.
Parker, of this New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, delivered an address OF welcome.
IN which he said the Spectator is the
greatest enemy the farmer has He coun-
seled the farmer to not "killn the golden
goose by putting UP prices so high as
VIC will soon have active competition from
other countries
w. IL. Foster. member of the Louisiana
Railroad Commission. aud large cotton
planter, responded. When Mr. Foster
concluded, President Jordan delivered his
address on The Southern Farmer"
President Jordan began with reviewing
at some length the objects OF the assocIa-
ton and Its accomplishments. He re-
ferred to the discovery of dishonest mae
tices in the bureau of cotton statistics
IN the Department OF Agriculture at
washington and the fight made by the
ASSOCIATION for purity there. He then
discussed the reasons for the demand
made by the assoc!ation-eieyen cents for
cotton.
III has been ascertaincd by inyestiga-
ton. lie said, .'and has not vet been
denied, that at the prevailing prices or the
manufactured products this season. spin
i.efs could easily have paid twelve cents
Tor the entire crop to the growers and
declared good dividends on their invest
mems On this basis a crop of ten
million bales should have brought Tho
producers *sOO00C,00O. If We demand and
receive fifteen cents for the balance of tho
unsold portion of the crop basis mlddlinr
at interior points. we will still be unable
10 average the whole crop at twelve cents
pound due TO the unwarranted low
prices prices at which more than one-half OF the
crop mas been sold. The propositjon ia
hold the balance OF the crop nj a ,n.xf.
mum figure, or hf;con cents, is there.
lore. based upon conservative REASONING
and Is justified by all conditions surround,
ing the present legitimate laws or demand
and supply.
Inc consumption of American cotton
is enormous, and will continue unaba,od
Tor many months. There are five million
more spindles In active operation nov.
5.hah was the case a year ago. The en-
uin spinning industry of the world Is
.,,. an era or unprecedented pros
iiiiits SOLO many months ahead. 1rhe nres.
ent crop will not exceed ten million row
niercial bales. The crop has been nrac-
Ideally all picked and glnned f,ons,,r,nl
..ot IS going on at the rate of one mil.
lion bales month. ~"
The planters during tho next t,,.a.
months. Will largely determine tboi,. at,,,
NY 70 maintain fair and profitable nricn,
~, ,1 their crop to be produced in ions
must ever be tho watct.
word and protective policy of tho so,,,b-
e.. producer, and every cotton
.,,. must pc made self sustaining.
food supply. The area planted +, . nniai
each year must be confined Wilt, so a..','
POUNDS as will bring production Z, ~
sumption e''i'iiate con-
ne proper solution of narke,;n, ~.
s s,o, crop lies in moving the c n
T , n,om'y so as to regulate tho supply to
meet the iegitimate demands OF the sn,n.
, ,isis' 10 DO this adequatc storage faclli-
, ,ieS must be provided. With standard
pulit warehouses. reducing the cost N
storage an insurance to the nlnimunl
am the Issuance of receipts. guaranteeing
grades and weights. and underwrltten
SO as to make such receipts absolutely
safe collateral, cheap money can be Sc
cured at any financial center whenever
needed. These receipts can lie sold direct
to the buyersso of spinners and the present
primitive and costly system to the grow
ers entirely obviated.''
Concluding his address, President .Jor-
dan urged the wisdom and necessity for
compact organization among the growers
in every cotton producing country in the
Soif H.