The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-18

to lay a request for the issuance OF
fraud order by the United States postof-
flee department against certain Officials
of the New York Cotton exchange. l 1nl-
medlately Joined Colonel Livingston in
Washington, and after preparing the
charges aud affixing our evidence, the le-
quest for a fraud order was filed with
Postmaster General Cortelyou on January
2, and amended by additional evidence
which / secured in New York January L.
You are familiar with these charges
which have already appeared in the press
of the country. These charges will be
proven by men of high character and
uhimpeachable integrity. If the evils
charged cannot be abated through the
postoffice department they will be reached
through other legal departments of the
state or federal government. My only
object is to force the New York Cotton
exchange to adopt the same methods enl-
ployed by the leading cottonA exchanges,
and issue a legal, honest and fair CON
tract which can be used in the legitimate
cotton trade or TO force 1t to go out or
business. l want the New York Cotton
exchange to deliver spinners grades of
cotton on contracts based upon the true
intrinsic value of the staple, and stop
It's present practices of operating gamb-
ling institution to the great detrlment OF
southern cotton growers. In this fight
want the backing and cooperation OF
the people of the whole country.
l am threatened with arrest and crlmi-
nal prosecution by the officials of that
exchange, because I have had the nerve
to expose their unfair practices and
fraudulent contract transactions. DEFY
them to place their therats in execution.
had rather live upon the vapors OF
prison cell through the discharge of
patriotic duty than to live in the gilded
1Ao nj
wrung from the hard earned labor of the
farmers OF the south.
Conclusion.
In conclusion, my countrymen, let me
say to you that no great organization,
such as the Southern Cotton association,
can accomplish its objects and purposes
without competent funds to meet its de-
mands and the active cooperation and
support of the people who are the bene-
ficiaries of its work. Your officers and
executive committees both state and ma
tional, have served you practically with
out compensation during the year 1906,
oftentimes at great personal sacrifice to
their own interests. The members of your
executive committee have been loyal to
the trust imposed upon them and have
acted with great conservatism and wis
dom in outlining the policies and purposes
~
their advice and greatly benefited their
financial condition. ! have given to you
in the service of the association, two
years of my best efforts. and ] sincerely
trust that the officers who are to take
charge of the association for 1907 VIII
guide 1t onward and upward to even great
err successes than have been gained in
the past Let there be true southern har-
mony and corporation between this as
socIation and any and all other organiza-
lions striving for the uplifting and better
ment OF the agricultural, Industrial and
financial development Of the south. In
this beautiful city of Birmingham, repre-
sentlng the great coal and iron center or
the United States, located as she is In
the heart and center of the cotton belt.
let IFS as true southern patriots, with hand
In hand, and heart against heart, pledge
our LOYALTY. one to the other. for the
betternent Of our country. the protection
of our homes and the future safeguard
ing Of the products OF our labor. May
the Great God Of the universe bless You
and guide your deliberations through this
conference
Committees Are Announced.
The following committees were an
nounced by President Jordan just before
adjournment for the noon hour:
Resolutions-W. II. Seymour, of Ala
DaD1a, j. w. JdtkbWdy, VI a. noho'.'' -
d. Hudson, of Georgia; b. Z. Marsden, Of
Louisiana; j. j. Castles, of Mississippi J.
p Allison, of North, Carolina; ID. D.
smith. of South Carolina; NJ. b. Dixum,
OF Tennessee, and ]. c. Hickey, of Texas
Cotton Acreage-A. p. Smith, of Ala
hama. L. Il. Love of Arkansas; T. j.
Hudson. of Georgia; G. W. Sewer, OF
Louisiana; A. r. Kilingsworth, of Miss
issippi: w. s. Pharr, of North Carolind
G. M Scott, of Tennessee, and ). W.
Shaw, of Texas.
Fiuances-W f. Vandiyer, of Alabama;
"a II Burnett, Of Arkansas; J. d.
walker, of Georgia; F. Z. Stubbs. of
Louisiana; W. @. Marble, of Mississippi
T ID Mcneil OF South Carolina; L. l..
Archer. OF South Carolina; w. Davis, OF
tennessee and j. c. Hickey.
Warehouses;. F. Smith, of Alabama
L. e. Love, of Arkansas; j. t. Duncan, OF
Georgia: G. w Montgomery, of Louisl-
ana: John A. Groom. of Mississippi; r. IL.
Blakely. of North Carolina; ]. NJ. Major,
of South Carolina; NJ s. Pope. of Ten
nessee. and r. e. Dancey, of Texas
Marketing-S. A. Latham. of Alabama;
william Eberhart, of Georgia; P. NJ.
Potts. of Louisiana; f. B. Ross, OF Miss
issippi: W. NJ. Peoples, OF North Carolina;
w. c. Hough. Of South Carolina; b. A.
Person. of Tennessee and r. r. Dancey,
Of Texas
Organization--W E. McGowcn. Of Ala
banna L. L. Middlebrooks, of Georgia; r.
L. Maxwell. Of Louisiana; ]. W. conley,