The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-22
ESTIMATE MADE
 ON COTTON CROP
Commissioners of Agriculture
 Give Out Statement
IMMIGRATION IS DISCUSSED
Convention Agrees In the View That the Southern States Should Have
 Voice In Selecting Immigrants. Other Subjects Taken Up.

Columbia, S. C., November 21.-The
 convention of commissioners of agricul-
 ture and agricultural workers after elect
 ing officers and selecting Nashville at
 it's next meeting place, finally adjourned late today. The following offivers were
 elected; Commissioner. T. II. Hudson of
 Atlanta, Ga, president Commissioner
 Bakeslee of Jackson, Miss, first vice
 president; Hon. H. E. Rose of Florida,
 second vice president; Dr. B. w. Kilgore
 of North Carolina reelected secretary;
 Dr. McGruder of Virginia reelected as assistant secretary and treasurer. Dur
 ing the session today tho special commit
 tee appointed to canvass the report re-
 eeived from the several states of the cot
 ton belt estimating the 1907 cotton crop
 of the south reported through Commis-
 soner Hudson of Georgia, who in pre-
 senting the report stated that the ma
 terial difference between the 1906 and 1907 crop rested in the telegraphic estimate of
 Commissioner Milner of Texas, who had reported the Texas crop at a maximum of
 2,500,000 bales, with a minimum of 2,250, ,00o,
 against over 100000 in 1906
 The report estimated, upon the basis of
 carefully gathered data from all tho
 states, the 1907 crop at 11,412S29 running bales, against IS, is9. 73i running bales as
 reported by the federal government for the crop of 1906
 The chief feature of the final session was an address upon the subject of inn migration by J. II. Patton, secretary of the American Immigration Restriction
 league He suggested changes that he
 considered absolutely necessary in the
 federal laws. In this connection he said;
 First and foremost the federal law
 should not only allow absolute freedom of the states selection of immigrants, but should aid and assist, instead of hamper work along the lines of a picked immigration In my opinion state super
 vision is the only plan if the south would
 escape immigration evils from which the north is now suffering
 Another feature of the convention was , the address of Commissioner Wilkinsop of Alabama along the line of the work now undertaken by the state department of agriculture for the betterment Of tho
 agriculture of the several states. MT. Wilkinson urged cooperation at every point with the federal government look ing to the improvement of these eohdl- tions.
 During the afternoon session there Was q vigorous debate in regard to the in-. dorsement of the bill presented to CoI , gress for intermediate agricultural eX. cation proposed by Congressman DaWr,, Minnesota. Finally a resolution ,gas | the passage of this bill by CongY adopted /indors- 1 ing in heartiest terms the
 forest reserve. Aa bea rtv in The association re-enacM selection of dorsement of the poliGXomes and of inc i immigrants at their oXen trans-At1antir
 effort being made t2/tton heit and En-
 service between aIof putting the princi !
 rope Tor the parIoduct of the south on
 direct export Ae uniform pure food law The drait /and approved, the associa- 1 was supmlx such draft to the different |
 tion reiekeir consideration.
 states fIciation finally adjourned at } | The The estimates for this years l | o'cloErop in running bales follow; l coIDama 1,135.O00; Arkansas. 300. GOO: | | Aida, 5000; Georgia, 1.75o, 900; Indian | l,krritory 10000: Kentucky, 35O0: Louisl- | Ana, 75oO00; Mississippi, 1,5O00O0: Missouri, | 5o eco: North Carolina. 532, ,645; Oklahoma, 435, GIT; South Carolina. 1.090,507: Tennes- see, sO6, 800; Texas. 2,5OO.0O0; Virginia. 15.- | OoO: total, 11,41s.s29 The total for 1906 was 13, 439, ,734.