The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-09
STANBARO CONTRACT MUST
 BE ADOPTED BY PLANT TER
Meeting of Cotton Spinners and Pro- ducers at Atlanta Is Productive of Plans, Which If Worked Out
 Are Vastly Beneficial.

Atlanta, October S-That the time is not far distant when the cotton planters of the south will sell their product di- rect to the spinners of Europe and Amer ica, instead of through the middle man, In bales gnned and compressed at the plantation with methods in which loss has been reduced to a minimum, was in- dicated by todays discussion before the International Conference of Cotton Grow CTS and Spinners.
 Spinners representing hundreds of mills and millions of spndles told the plant CTS that they were not only willing but anxious to buy their cotton direct from the planter just as soon as the planter can deliver direct. Big planters and rep resentatives of the farmers union told the spinners of Europe that already they were organized, had built a chain of cot ton warehouses and had perfected bus- ness system by which the spinners could purchase an almost unlimited supply of graded cotton and were ready to elimi- nate the antiquated method of selling through middle man.
 But said Herr Kuffier of Vienna, If you planters wish to trade direct with us you must not fix the price arbitrarily at 15 cents and you must give us better service than the merchant
 New Cotton Scheme.
 Action furthering this condition took concrete form in the unanimous adoption by the conference of d resolution pre- sented by the committee on trade relations between growers and spinners. This res olution declared that much of the pres ont 1tu ir, hun hf, eliminated if the growers would, adopt s.what is known as the warehouse system and establish selling agents in Europe and America
 An essential part of this scheme is the adoption of a standard type of contract. classification of cotton by grade and color alone, the unit to be 50,0O0 pounds in stead of 100 bales net weight and the handling of damp cotton under uniform rules. These points were embodied in the resolutions presented by the commit tee on transportation, and these were also unanimously adopted by the confer ence. Thus two long steps in the great work of the conference, the raising of the standard of cotton delivered to the spinner, and simpler and more economi- cal methods of handling, involving say- ing, it is asserted, of something like $25,- 100000 year, were taken.
 The great work of the conference yet remains 10 De uOne. HIS IS Iildl dcllDil on the general subject of growing and handling cotton. Resolutions bearing on this were presented at todays session by the committee to which the subject was referred. and after somewhat pro- tracted discussion, were ordered printed and will come up for further discussion tomorrow, with the probabilities that the conference will devote most of the final days sessions to their consideration. The recommendations of this committee em- bodied the following points
 Points For Planters.
 That planters select and save their seed for the next crop, to insure high standard
 That freshly picked cotton be housed from 40 to 60 days before shipment.
 That planters, as fast possible, either as individuals or in communities, adopt gin compressing and the Egyptian form of bale. The latter means In effect, gin ming and compressing on the plantation. The committee on buying and selling, to which was referred Congressman lief ln's resolution, directed against cotton speculation, adopted the resolution, and then referred it to the subcommittee ap- pointed yesterday, of Thich MT Hefin is chairman, for further action. This means that the subject will be debated on the floor of the conference
 Spinners and planters alternated today in putting forward their side of the aues tion of cotton growing and spinning.
 Addresses were made by Thomas Coates and William Howarth of England; Herr Kuffler of Austria, representing the spin ners; E. A. Calvin of Houston, Tex, and T. J. Brooks, representing the Farmers union, and F. D. Smith of South Caro- lima, who warmly defended 15-cent cot ton Samuel T. Hubbard Of the New York Cotton Exchange and Mike Fl. Thomas of Dallas, Tex, defended cot ton exchanges.
 Speculation, said MT. Hubbard, could never be abolished; it was natures way of forwarding civilization and the elimina- tion of speculation would reduce the ratio of buyers.
 The conference tomorrow will meet at Q a. m., and final adjournment will take place late in the afternoon.