Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-10-11
A GREAT CONVENTION.

International Cotton Spinners AS
sociatiOn. including many delegates
! from Europe who represent multi
: piled millions of capital invested IN
the manufacture of our great South
: ern staple Never before have these
two colossal interests. the growers
and the manufacturers. met in con-
yention. and as they come together in
a Southern city on the most amicable
/ terms. neither seeking advantage Of
the other. but to promote their NUT
ual interests and to secure those
benefits which always come from
better acquaintance. the results o.
! the convention are sure to be help
! full to both. They both have a COM
/ mon enemy, the Spectator or Samb-
! Ter. and to minimize his power for
/ evil will be one of the purposes OF
the convention. The president of the
| International Cotton Spinners As
Il.
| Manchester. England. and he was in
terviewed by the Atlanta Constitu-
ton upon his arrival in that city.
From that interview. we take the fol
lowing, which Will be of special in
terest to our readers. as showing how
well disposed these European cotton
spinners are toward Southern cotton !
growers, and how they share with Us |
the desire and purpose to abate the |
notorious evils which are hurtfuI to |
both:
What is the attitude of your as J
SOciatiOn toward the New York cot
ton exchange and others in the .
United States" MIR NIAGARA was
asked
There is need OF legitimate middle
men," he replied. We need cotton
samplers and cotton agents TO 90 in
to the market and buy the raw ma
terial required by the mills. Honest
brokers have a place to fill and the
foreign spinners maintain representa-
uves on the American cotton ex-
changes to make contracts for Their
supply of cotton. But the oppor-
tunities that have been given TO men
who neither grow nor spin cotton. nor
are legitimately Interested in its dis
tribution, to bring about ruinoHs
fluctuations in the price OF raw ma
terial, is an evil more prejudiciaI 10
the cotton business than any Other
which now exists. The baIing and
WarehouSing OF your staple has not
been as satisfactory as You and W..
desire. but the evil have mentioned
is vastly more pernicious in its e.
feet
Mr.. NIAGARA significantly remarked.
1T was not the spinners of England
nor Of the continent who brought
about the organization Of the lutte
national Cotton Spinners' Association. (.
but it was Daniel SuIIy."
Does Your association seek lowe
priced cotton2'' l asked. To This he
replied:
We wish the market to De- res
ponsive to the ordinary laws of sud-
ply and demand. We want your COZ
ton and are prepared to pay for if , ;
price which will adequately reward
yonr farmers for their OUTLAY OF
capital and their employment OF 9
labor The interests Of the cotto,
growers and the spinners OF cotto,
are identical The burdens imposed ,
upon business and the disastrous it,
huence of gambling operations upon
all who are Iegitimately concerned in p
the progress of the industry which
IS second only in Importance to ,
agriculture itself. cannot be exagger-
ited. 1t has led to the disIocatiop ~
business, to the stopping OF mills and A;
10 the ruin OF many. including not ,
1 lew OF the spectators themselves p
10 such lengths has the evil extended l.
that the need for Worldwide.
organization to combat the operations .