The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-31

INTERESTING MEkyING HEiDIN
THE COURT HOUSE.

THE COURT HOUSE.
THE STATE ORGANIZER
Captain d w Mars.on. Scored shc
Trusts in a Practical Ta1k-NVill Eos
ter Was Called Upon o. Address the
Gathering Resolutions Adopted.
The NdSsh touisiana Cotton Planters
Association held a meeting yesterday in
the afternoon in Che court house. Pres
dens J. NJ Robinson OF Magnolia, Ia. !,
presided, and Mr. Herndon filled the
post of secretary.
Captain B. W. Marston. State Organ
zcr OF the Southern Cotton Association,
was called o. speak. Ite gave his expe
rience in practical way and had the,
closest attention OF his hearers from be
ginning 20 end Ne denounced the cot
ton oil trust vigorously and pointed ou'
the advantages % organization
Following the speech of Captain
Marston the association adopted this,
resolution:
Whereas, our honoreS sellow citizen,
B. w. Marston of RED River parish.
Louisiana, has on SumerouS occasions,
through his steamboats,. and his own
money. backed by his untiring industry
fought the fight in the Red Rive. Vail
ley for the producess single handed and
alone; be o
Resolved. The as State Organizer
for the Louisiana Division of the South
ern Cotton Association. we endorse him
to the balance ot Che people of this
State, as a man who has no price, and as
a man whose fidelity to our cause is
above suspicion; and we ask the kindli
est consideration of the other parishes
of this State for him i'll his great work.
in organizing the Louisiana Division OF
the Southern Cotton Association, now
SO necessary to our welfare
The next speaker was Hon. Will l..
Foster He gave his experience at the
Birmingham convention he had attended
with Captain Marston. He endorsed all
Captain Marston had said concerning
the advantages and benefits of the
Southern Cotton Association through
whose efforts the, price of cotton seed
had been advanced He urged the plant
ers and farmers to stick together for
their own protection against the trusts
and combines.
The following resolutions were CON
sidered favorably:
PLANTERS RESOLUTION.
Whereas, the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation lately in convention at Blrming-
ham, Ala, has maintained its ascend
ency as the foremost authority on cot
ton and the cotton interest in the world,
il is hereby
Resolved, That the North Louisiana
Cotton Planters Association, now some
twenty years or more old, endorse I'M
qualihedly the Southern Cotton Asso-
cation, and in every way possible will
sustain all its reasonable demands.
TO SELL SEED BY THE POUND.
Whereas, the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation has resolved that cotton seed,
the most valuable cereal known to man,
pound by pound, of the most staple kind
such as corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley,
etc, should be sold by the pound, IN
stead of by the ton AS if 1t was old
junk" therefore,
Resolved That in future we Will de-
mand of all buyers price by the pound
for our seed, just as we do for cotton
| TO ESTABLISH OWN EXCHANGE
Whereas, the last three cotton crops
of the South will have sold for more
than $6oo,oooooo each, or say $780,
| ooo,ooo-more than double what the
past CIOpS VI tlt1 OOtitli nav wv
brought, thereby creating general pros
perity, the conclusions must follow that
these results have been brought about
by the work of the producers IN pricing
their own cotton, through the Southern
| Cotton Association, assisted by the
Farmers Union; therefore,
| Resolved, That we will never again
submit to the other fellow pricing that
which belongs to us; that we will estab-
lish our own exchanges; that the Liver
pool New York, New Orleans, and al
other so-called cotton exchanges mus
come to us for prices, and we will re
gard it as fraud and piece of i'm
ipudence any attempt on the part o
these foreign exchanges to put a price
upon our products, raised by the swea
of our brows.
AT the present range of high prices
I(?) the cotton mills of England ar,
making easily Is to 100 per cent prof
lon the cotton they buy, then what doe
all this hullabaloo mean? 1t means tina
1.-THE bulls have the bears down, and W,
Twill see that they are kept down. 1t i
suicidal to follow in the steps of on