The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-09-13
WILL HOLD FOR
FIFTEEN CENTS
RESULT OF COTTON GROWERS
COMMITTEE MEETING.
Statement From DR.. Ray-EXplains
Motives and Reasons Which In
fluenced Selection of Min
imum.
News and Courier.


Cotton Association executive commit
tee, on which committee he represents
South Carolina. DR.. Ray today CAV,
an interesting account Of the condi-
tions, which justified the commit lee s
decision to fix - cents as the mini
mum rricc for cotton tlis fall. lie
said:
"In response to Il call for meet
IN" Of the executive committee Of The
Southern Cotton Association left
Columbia ON Tuesday morning, the
Sd, at 7.25.
81 examined, as well rs could
from the ears, the cotton and corn
crops from Columbia to Atlanta.
These crops found to be exceeding
ly poor, being burnt by the sun, and
rust showed considerably until I
reached Spartanburg. There / saw
few crops which were good, but the
balance Of the way to Atlanta the
crops were away below the average
in consequence OF great drought. |
saw nothing Of the crop from Atlanta
to birmingham in consequence Of
darkness. But early next morning |
began 10 inspect the crop rs we left
Rirmin"ham. and rs far aS could see
from the train the cotton and corn
crops throughout Alabama and Mis-
sissippi were exceedingly poor. as. a
result OF the same causes which ar-
fcctcd the crops Of South Carolina
and Georgia..
81 reached Jackson, Mississippi, or
"Wednesday afternoon. The ncNt morn
ing the executive committee Of the
Southern Cotton Association held n
session in the knights Of Pythias'
Hail, in jackson. We had good at
tendance. l was very much impress
ed win the personnel of the commit
tee; men Of high character, conscrva-
tive in their views, and with no desire
to make false statements Of the COW
ditipn Of the crops. They cvinccd to
my mind the greatest care in coming
to their conclusions; they seemed to
have %on" over the ground in their
Scvc"a. states very carefully. After
comparing notes the committee, by a
large ma Iority, decided that The com
ing crcp would not be ever twelve
million balc-twclvc million, five
hundred, at the outside.
"South Carolina reported condi-
tons about 10 to Is per cent better
than last year; Georgia reported about
the same conditions as South Carol
ina; North Carolina reported about
the same conditions as last year; Ala
bama reported conditions about Is to
30 per cent less than last year; Mis-
sissippi reported the crop materially
less than last year, as result Of i'm
perfect stands, having to plant over
as many as four times and in great
many instances many Of the fields had
TO be abandoned rs the cotton failed
to come up; the same conditions pre-
vailed in Louisiana; Texas reported
that they will be at least one million
bales or more shorter :han last year,
ON account Of the ravaGrS of the boil
wcrvil, also a lot of the cotton did not
come up. The area in cotton WAS much
less than that of last year, in consr-
uurnrr Of the cotton not coming up {;
III Arkansas they rrpnrtrd cotton III
Il. L., 1
condition: cot ton ON the hill lands was
poor, having suffered very much from
want Of rain and IN consequence of
rust; Tennessee reported i reduction
from last year. The Indian Territory
and Oklahoma were not represented.
"Fhc committee, by decisive vote,
stood for Is cents as the minimum
price of cotton. They think that the
conditions warrant them in this de-
mand. The editor Of the Cotton
Journal wrote an article in the Jour
nal, saying that Is cents should be
the price under existing circumstan-
ces. And an article appeared in the
Manufacturers Record commenting
upon the article aforesaid, sustaining
The position taken by the Cotton
Journal.
"rhc .nmiltrr also stood fer
twenty dollars per ion as the mimi,
mum price for cotton seed. \ mem
bcr Of the committee, who was 4