The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-20
|COMER IS ! A WITNESS New York Exchange is a l Farce. GIVES JORDAN EVIDENCE Tells of Personal Dealings With Wall Street Organization. Georgian Again Accepts Presidency of
 southern Cotton Association
 and ssys He I. Going to | Fight Hard.

Birmingham. Ala. Jan. 19.-Two Bir- mingham speakers held the attention of the Southern Cotton Association convention this morning. They were B. B. Conner, Governor of Alabama, whose subject was the American cot ton crop" and W. D. Nesbitt. who spoke on ''the modern warhouse; construc- ton and economy of operation"
 President Harvie Jordan was detain- ed at meeting of the executive com mittee and the meeting was called to order by ". H. Seymour of Montgom- cry president of the Alabama division. who introduced Governor Conner.
 The Governor said he had been busy at Montgomery trying to get laws en- acted in interest of agriculture. "and am here fo tell you" he added, that we are going to get them" He spoke on his experience as a cotton planter. saying he had not had time to prepare set address. He declared that the boil weevii Is not half as dangerous to the South as over-production. He said that the South today Is a colony just as much as India, Canada and other de- pendencies.
 One of your duties." he continued, Ifs to teach the people how to get the benefit of the government. He char acterized the New York Cotton Ex- change as another enemy of the South" He said that if President Har- vie Jordan can correct this evil, he will have accomplished a great thing" Governor Conner. who is a large manu- facturer of cotton goods. told of buy ing 21.000 bales of cotton through the New York exchange and of trouble he had in getting it. When 1t arrived he said not five per cent. of 1t was spin nable. If you can drive the New York Cotton Exchange to the courts" he added you can have me as a wit ness. There is no cotton about tho whole thing Ia fraud. I cannot be quoted too strongly. and I can give the names. We ought to enforce a law which will at least force them to fur nish the cotton on contracts"
 Could Pass Freight Rates.
 Governor Conner then discussed freight rates. and said Aiabam1 pro- posed by law to take hand in naming freight rates. We are going tO help name the price which helps to send cot ton across the deep, blue. sea-" he de- clared.
 At meeting here today os tho Ex ecutive Committee of the Southern In- dustrial and Immigration Association, over which Former Governor Duncan e. Hayward, of South Carolina. pres ident of the association, presided, plans were adopted for the eEtabitsh- ment of State immigration League in every Southern State as an auxiliary to tho association
 Plans were also agreed upon for the complete financing of the org anization. 1t being announced that monev was .n sight for the execution of nil the plans the association has on foot. J. F. Nor- ment of Columbia, s. c.. was elected assistant secretary of the associa tion for South Carolina.
 Those in attendance were Duncan Hayward. president, South Carolina; Dr. c. H. Irion, president Louisiana Roard of Health; F. Y. Anderson, Birming. ham; J. B. Norment, South Carolina; E. W. Traylor, Virginia; N. F. Thomp- san, Tennessee; J. R. McMullin. sec 'retRry, Gadsden, Ala.
 President Hayward accepted an in- vitation to address joint session of the Alabama Legislature. January S9, on the subpect of immigration.
 Jordan Accepts Presidency.
 After a lengthy conference with the Executive Committee. which ended at Jordan accepted the presidency of the Southern Cotton Association for anoth- CT year. It Is understood that the one question upon which Mir. Jordan's &C., ceptance depended was that of financ- ing the Association. The Executive unanimously reelected MT. Jordan Thursday night. but he was slow. in making answer.
 After going over all the details and receiving the assurance of the commit fee that he would be given all the financial backing he needs for the pur- pose of making the question of cotton