Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-12
Avn corroS GRowERs.
ere In Evidence at Atlanta
|yention and Secured Sub
stantial Results.

yention and Secured Sub
stantial Results.
Re recent International conyen-
Atlanta of the cotton spinners
rope and America and the cot
s~ers of the South, there was a
<xation present from Florida
4ting the Sea Island cotton
s&ers 81 this section. They secured
two representatives on the perma-
nsnt executive committee appointed
for future work and the following is
tho ofrciai report of their proceedings
m de to the convention:
A meeting of the Sea Island cot
ton growers was held with the Sea
island spinners at Atlanta, October
>. Vice President j. b. Williams o.
the Sea Island Cotton Association,
was made chairman of the meeting,
and +. c. SchelI, secretary Mr. t. j.
Appleyard offered the following re-
solutions:
Whereas. The Sea Island cotton
growers of Florida and Georgia
desire 10 come into closer trade re-
lations with the spinners of the world
and desire information as to the pre-
paration, grading and sale of their
nrofurfo thorafnra
BE it Resolved, That the buyers
and users Of Sea Island cotton be re
quested to confer by correspondence
or otherwise with tire sales Commit
tee of the Sea Island Cotton Growers
Association of Florida and Georgia
for the purpose of establishing
grades. prices, and any correction as
to methods of packing
Resolved, That the secretary OF
the Sea Island Cotton Growers AS
ISOLATION of Florida and Georgia be
instructed to Immediately transmit
to the secretary of the international
conference of cotton growers and
manufacturers. list of the location
and sales committees of the various
warehouses in the Sea Island cotton
district of the states named"
III types and samples of the pre-
sent years crop are desired. those
Interested can communicate with the
sales committee.
AN interesting discussion ensued
participated in by Mr.. James NJ
Thomas of Rockdale. England: VIII
liam Howarth, Bolton, Lancashire
England, and MIR. McAilister. on the
part of the spinners, and Mr. c. H.
Brown of Live Oak, Mr.. J. w. Hatch
er OF Lake City. Fla, and others. and
the resolutions were adopted. The
chairman appointed the following
committee to set forth in detail the
wishes of the cotton growers in re-
ference to marketing their producI:
j. w. Hatcher. Lake City, Fla; T.
J. Appleyard. Lake City. Fla; C. H.
Brown, Live Oak. Flat C. F. Barber,
Macclenny. Fla; TIM Hendrix, Al
ton. Fla; D.. A. Jordan. .Wayeross,
Ga; o. L. Mizell. Dukes. Fla.
This committee retired and pre-
scented the following report:
THE committee appointed by the
Joint committee of spiRners of Sea
Island cotton and growers of the
staple. respectfully report The follow
ing as. is their opinion, the saving to
the buyer in dealing direct with tn,
grower through the present system
OF warehouses: Il. The elimination
of all speculation. towit: the various
handlers or buyers, commission mer-
chants, exporters and importers.
sampling, etc. 2. The saving in ex-
pense, such as several times samp-
ling, insurance and storage charges.
go per cent alone) in the various
warehouses under present system of
selling. transportation charges. dra,-
age. etc g. The usual cha~eac of