The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1908-12-17
NEWS OF -
ARKANSAS I
Cotton Committee Reports.
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The Board of Directors of the Ma
tional Farmers Union and the mem
bers of the Union Cotton Committee
| closed a two days meeting at Beebe
Saturday the sessions being held in
the Office of X. II. Mccullough of Bee.
be, the national secretary. The direc-
tors present were: G. S. Barrett. TN
ion City, Ga; S. l.. Wilson, Van Viee:,
Miss; |. \. McCallister, Many, La !:
W. A. Norris, Sulligent. Ala, and w
A. Loudermill, Commanche. Tex. The
members of the Cotton Committee
were: J. w. Boyett, Jr., New Orleans,
La; G. r. Hightower, Oxford Miss. !;
7. J. Brooks, Atwood Tenn; J. Y. Cal.
lahan, Enid, Okla, and J. d. Newton,
Jackson, Tenn
The Cotton Committee, which was
appointed at New Orleans November
II last, reported. The report. which
is addressed to members of the union
throughout the United States, ap-
proves the federation of warehouses"
plan. The report, which the directors
approved Saturday, is as follows:
Our effort to hold 100000 bales
of cotton off the market has met with
much favor among the members of
| our union. and we have received
pledges for thousands of bales of cot
ton to be held. Many nonunion plant
ers have also signed pledges to hold
their cotton and to assist us in our
efforts raise tho nriR0
respondence shows the people general
ly are in sympathy with our work,
The financial world stands ready to
give us assistance in every material
way. We come to you with confidence
and believe that the price of cot
ton will advance until it will become
remunerative We believe that if the
owners of cotton will remain loyal
and hold their cotton our labors will
result in much good. We urge every
farmer who mas cotton on hand to
hold ii off the market and thus make
sure the result of our labors. With a
loyal, determined and united action
on the part of the members, success
| is ours and we do not expect less of
| each member.
I'VE have perfected plan by which
| the next crop can be handled through
union channels, that is the federation
| of warehouses; which plan has been
in operation in Mississippi during the
past year and embodies the feature
of the new plan. Ii was outlined by
| ]. l.. Callahan and was endorsed by
| the Fort Worth convention The state
union of Tennessee at its recent meet
| ing added two essential features and
| is now putting the plan into practical
operation.
The details of this plan will be pre-
scented at an early date, when state
| mass meetings will be called in the
various states for the purpose OF
adopting the plan and putting the
same into operation, because of the
fact that the work necessary to be
done will have to be done not later
than March in order to enable the plan
TO be most effective
President Barrett has called the
state meetings and they will be held
as follows:
Oklahoma, January 81 Mississippi
January 70: Arkansas, January 10:
Texs, December 81; Alabama, January
| 16; Georgia, January IS; Louisiana,
January IS; South Carolina. January
20; North Carolina. December 16;
Florida, January %; Missouri. Jan
uary %; Illinois, January 81: Kansas
January %; Colorado. February :
California. February 3; Oregon, Feb
ruary 5: Washington, February Z;
Kentucky, February 8.