The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-07
COTTON MEN ID
 MEET IN ATLANTA Five Hundred Delegates Have Already Arrived REPRESENT ALL INTERESTS c. w. McCara of Manchester, Eng
 land, Says That Speculation
 Should Be Eliminated from the Cotton Business.
REPRESENT ALL INTERESTS

Atlanta, October 6.--Assembled Atlanta tonight are five hundred dele gates to the international conference of cotton growers and manufacturers, rep resenting the industry of growing, spinning an dmanufacture of cotton of the entire world, which meets tomor- row for three days session.
 The object in coming together of in- terests whose aggregate products are is primarily economic and to this end, this worlds cotton congress was de- vlsed for conference of every depart ment of this vast industry. Another subject is the organization of a per manent congress which shall meet an nually, and attach to 1t departments for the dissemination of information at all times.
 The leading men of the International Cotton Spinners' association of Eur0be, the Association of Cotton Manufa actur- CTS of the United States, the American Manufacturers association, the Farm ers' Educational and Cooperative union and the Southern Cotton asso- ciaton are here, and collectively tn cir organizations constitute the interna- toinal conference.
 Many of these men are avowedly op- posed to the speculative element which has attached itself to the cotton grow ing industry, and if the forthcom- ing congress can do it, they say, it will devise means to eliminate them.
 Mr. Mccara Talks.
 c. W. McCara of Manchester. Eng, head of the great Zimmerman mills and president of the International Cotton Spinners' association of Europe. calls the speculative end of the business a curse, and hopes to see it eliminated.
 Speaking of the work of the congress and acts Mr. McCara admitted with qualification. that European mills have sold their product an average of nine months ah cad on the basis of raw cot ton at 10 cents per pound, while the present ma arlxet is under II cents. This he admitted is large profit but he said is not excessive when it is con- sldered there are years when mills are operated at d loss.
 Mir McCara said he hoped as re- suit of this and succeeding congresses
 
 first that they have growing competf- ton and that their future supremacy lies in economies of production; and unless they do, foreign consumption will decrease each year.
 He said the time when the grower will sell direct to manufacturer ap- pears remote, unless the growers can so organize as to do the work now done by the legitimate middle man or broker. He is a necessity under the present system
 Of the totaA value of the last years crop in this country, over $IOO,OOOOOo, he said spectators and bucket shops got S1OO,O00,00 in charges and commis- sions.
 Meets This Morning.
 The conference will be called at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by Chairman James B. McColl of Providence, R. l., of the American Association of Cotton Manufacturers.
 The address of welcome will be de- 1ivered by Governor Hoke Smith. Re sponse will be delivered by c. w. Me Cara of Manch ester Eng, vice presi- dent of the international confluence and president of the International Cotton Spinners' Association of Europe.
 Other addresses will be delivered by Herr Arthur Kuffer. Vienna, Austria, and William Hartshore, Lawrence, Mass. president of the American As- sociatio of Cotton Manufacturers.
 The business of the conference will begin Monday afternoon with meetings of the various committees on sectional subjects Reports of committees and diccuseions bepin Tuesday morning.