The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
BOQUET FOR TEDDY
In Shape Of Endorsement by
Cotton Association
IN BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR
Second Days Session Of Annual Meet
ing at Birmingham Taken Up by
Prominent Speakers, TWO
Governors Among Them.

SSSA~S'St
Governors Among Them.
d Speeches of two distinguished SOUTH
ern governors were the features OF
the sessions of the Southern Cotton
Association at Birmingham, Ala, Fri
day. Governor-elect Hoke Smith Of
Georgia spoke during the morning,
and MS words, urging united effort
in seeking to control the Gotten stu
alton, were enthusiastically received.
Former Governor D. G. Heyward
spoke in the afternoon, and his re-
marks were along the same line, al
though, as president of the Southern
immigration and Industrial Associa-
tien, his remarks were more general
than those OF other speakers.
Joseph H. Hoadley was introduced
IN the afternoon and spoke Of the
workings of the New York cotton e2-
change. He said there We're honest
men on the exchange, strange as it
might seem to some of his hearers,
bat he added that there were also
human vultures up there, whose in
Gerests were entirely selfish.
4 feature Of the afternoon session
was the adoption by q unanimous rls-
ing vote of a resolution which conf
mer6s President Roosevelt for the
stand he has taken in the Brownsville
matter. A special dispatch will be sent
the president 20 this effect. The
resolution was presented by C.. R. Nc
Creary of Opelika, Ala.
A largely increased attendance was
present ct the opening Of the second
days session. When President Harvie
Jordan called the convention to order
he Immediately proceeded to intro
duce the first speaker Of the morning
program. Governor-elect Hoke Smith
of Georgia.
MIR. Smiths subject was practical
Means of Making Lint Bring the Far
rners Just Price,
Mr.. Smith said, among other things:
~Realizing how important it is that
Che farmer should receive for his lint
cotton just price, we should find
its true value, and We should seek
to remove as far as possible those
influences which cause fluctuations in
the market and which depreciate the
price while it is in the hands OF
the farmer.
"Lint cotton is the great raw ma
terial from which the people Of the
world are clothed.
Lint cotton must be sold at a price
at which it can successfully compete
with wool, fax and silk as the raw
Snaterial out of which clothing and
similar goods are to be made.
'aThe true farmer should be inform
ed as to the true value Of his cotton.
He should reach decision as to the
price it is worth, and he should not
sell until he receives that price. We
must get away from. the practice OF
letting the man who has the cotton
to sell leave to the man who pro-
poses to buy the exclusive right OF
determining what lie will give for
the produce. The man who raises the
cotton should fx the price at which
he, will SELL"
F. H. Hyatt of Columbia, S. c.,
treasurer of the Southern Cotton AS.
sociation, was the second speaker OF
the morning, His subject was "How
Shall We Finance the Cotton Crop"
An address by S. A. Witherspcon
OF Meridian, Miss, On "Probable Prof
its to Stockholders in Corporation TO
Buy and Sell Cotton and the Best
Plan to Operate On" was the last
set address of the morning program.
Former Governor D. c. Hayward
Of South Carolina addressed the con-
yention on 'Best Method of Obtain
ing Necessary and Desirable Immi-
grafton for the South
Friday nights session was devoted
chiefly to business matters.