The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-12
BY Associates Press.

within the power OF the Planters Oh
the south to bring the price OF cotton
back to last years level. was the de-
claration of President c. s. Barrett
when ne formally opened the conyen-
ton of the Farmers Educational and
Co-operative Union here today, and
when we succeed in restoring the
price of cotton to the figures that
ranged last year, We viii be richer
by $3.50. O06 GEO." said Mr.. Barrett.
amid the applause of a thousand or
more delegates who gathered in the
Coliseum. He said meddiegome news
papers and busy bodies had sought 10
connect the Farmers Union with the
might riders" This he characteriz-
ed as illogical and unHist and said
the union is in existence 10 gain its
ends, but did not need fnd VIII not
invoke, lawless methods
The delegates represent 2,0O0.000
cotton planters of the south and this
slogan has been made the battie-cry
of the convention. They are placard-
ing ii ON the buildings putting it. in
their speeches, recording il in their
minutes. and shouting il through their
convention hall
Cotton. and the deief 0ination OF
the Southern planterssie sSsh lip ~ :
price. will not be the oAIy Question
to be discussed, but they will be the
principal ones, and they formed the
keynotes to the address of welcome
by Mayor Behrman of New Orleans
and the response of President C. S
Barrett, of Morgan county, Ga. These
addresses were all that the official
program mapped out for the day, as
hn dnAG
until tomorrow.
Mammoth Warehouse.
The original plan to build man.
moth warehouse at New Orleans has
now broadened itself in the opinion
of the delegates until it appears that
majority of them favor 4 large CEN
trail warehouse here, with other ware
houses in Texas Mississippi. Ala
bama. Georgia. Tennessee. Arkansas
and elsewhere The farmers. accord
ing TO the plan. are TO store their
cotton in these warehouses. where il
is to be held, until the market suits
their fancy. In the meantime they
are 10 be issued warehouse certifi-
Gates for the amount of cotton they
have stored and these certificates are
to be negotiable at the banks AL
ready New Orleans bankers have Civ
en- them assurance that probably
$50, 600, 600 could be advanced in this
manner here and an address by d
prominent New Orleans banker is TO
be one of the features of the conven-
tons program
The so-calIed might riding" in the
South will also receive the attention
of the convention. President Barrett
has already come out in a statement
denouncing this practice and declar-
ing that, while the union is deter
mined that the price of cotton shall 60
up. only lawful means Will be used
TO accomplish this purpose
Ii Sum Ling to Speak.
Among the notable addresses to be
delivered during the convention will
be that of Ii Sum Ling. editor of the
Hong Kong Chinese Mail. who SAYS
he will tell the delegates that moth
ing makes a Chinaman so happy as
wearing a shirt made Of southern
cotton. In an interview today the
Chinese editor declared that he was
an advocate of a Chinese-American
alliance and that he would speak on
these lines tomorrow evening.
Governor Hoke Smith. of Georgia.
Governor Jared Y. Sanders of Louis
lana. Thomas F. Watson of Georgia.
- l. L-duSOu anu I g l. oteloN OF
Atlanta. and John NJ Parker. of New
Orleans. are among those slated for
addresses on the official program.
While many of the delegates have
already arrived. others are expect
ed tonight and tomorrow Ii is be-
heved that the attendance will be be-
tween fifteen and eighteen hundred.
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