The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-14
BELIEVES FIGURES WILL
 BE HELP TO THE FARMERS
Upper Branch Passes Bill for State
 Normal Schools.
would Iacrease Gifss of In.situfisss To sIs,oeo--sesators Put Tn Busy Day After Return From
 Mobile Carnival.

went as near as 1t could to extending State aid to the Southern Cotton Growers Association, and as nearly as 1t could. put Alabama with South Car olina in the front rank of the cotton growing States. in helping the work to have the South make the price of cotton,
 The bill passed by the Senate ap- propriate ss.oe0 for department to gather statistics. in lieu of the sta tistics gathered by the national soy- ernment. The money is to be used tor the expenses of the department. and not for salaries. The department will be made 6 part of the work of tho Agricultural Department.
 The director of the department wiii in all probability be President ". II. Seymour, of the l-labama Division, of the Cotton Growers Association, The disbursement of the money provided in the bills which went through the Sem ate yesterday. will be under the diree- tion of the Governor. and it will be devoted to the gathering of statistics from every ginner in the State.
 The passage of this bill was only one of the many achievements of tha Senate In its session yesterday. After two days spent at Mardi Eras the sen- ators came back full of energy, and before the evening adtonrnment naa come, they passed more bills than they have on any other day since me ses- sion began There aeemed to be no end to their industry. They not only passed a big batch of bills. but they participated in two Of the longest aas- cussions of the session.
 Argue over schael ApRrapriatsons
 The first of these was on the bill to establish tho department for gathering ginnirx statistics. The second and longer was on the bill which increased the annual appropriation to each of the four normal schools from sls.opo "a s15, ,o00. The opposition was not nuns- ericaily strong, but 1t was oratorieally loud. The minority put up an agile and prolonged fight, and it sought to cre- ate the impression that grave injus7 tice was being done the common schools of the state by the measure.
 It was the first educational piii tnAs has been up in the Senate for passage
 The most ardent and uncompromising friends of the common schools ap- peared to think the bill did not give inc common schools all their duess but the most conservative friends of those schools who were decidedly in the ma iority. took the position that the effi- cjencv of tie common schools depended upon the ability and training of their teachers. So the bill passed with votes
 The bill "To provide for the coiiec- ton. compilation and publication of statistics of cotton ginned within the aA. lVara sa& Cotton Statistics" came up early in tho morning, as 1t had been made spe- cial order for last week.
 Senator Wilson was introducer Of and sponsor for, the bill. But 1t was known the measure had the earnest and hearty endorsement of the Alabama Division of the Southern Cotton Crow CTS Association. President Seymour appeared in person before the Finance and Taxation Committee to argue for the favorable report which was uiti- mately given the measure.
 Rob EnemIes of weapoR.
 Senator Wilson explained tlie pro- visions of the act. It was to do what was now being left to the national government to do.
 "The stetistics gathered by the Fed- eral government have been used to the advantage and profit of cotton specu- lators on Wall Street and to the detri- ment of the cotton growers ot the South" said Senator Wilson The bill proposes to take the important matter of gathering cotton statistics out of the hands of the enemies of the cotton producer. and to put 1t in the hands or their friends.
 Senator Horton declared the bill pro- posed to pay for something which the State was now getting for nothing. He was opposed to the measure because of it's appropriation feature. and ne was opposed to it because the propost- ton could never become effective uR~ til the other producing States had Joined in.
 The collecting of cotton statistics. Senator Reynolds submitted, should be in the hands of the Southern farmer or his friends. for he had suffered greatly from the way statistics had been collected and used against ms interest.
 south Carolina Adopts Law.
 While the discussion was still on. word was brought in that South Caro- lima had Just decided to establish such department
 Senator Merritt was opposed tu that feature of tho bill which declared that f a ginner refused to furnish stistis- ties he should be forbidden continuing business as a ginner. That would pe punishing a community. He also thought the bill should provide that the department first request ginnar for statistics and that the Einnar ehould not be expected ta v0iuntarliv send in statistics
 Both amendments were adopted. Ia- stead of the refusal of a ginner oper- ating as a bar to his continuance in business the amendment was adopted which provided that he could be fined. as for the commission of mtsde- meanor.
 Senator Reese regarded the measure as one of great importance The State could well afford to give the Cotton Association this bit of assistehce. Sem ator Lowe also advocated the btll. as did Senator McWhorter. The vote in favor of the bill was practically unan- imous.
 For Two Supreme Court Secretaries.
 The prayer at the opening of the morning session was offered by Rev