The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20

fully culttvating other crops than cot ton; We recognize the fact that cot ton is will continue to he, and should be the staple crop of a large section or the country, but to make 1t the sole crop of that section can but result Tn rapid deterioration both of the soil and of the people.
 warehousing.
 We recommend the extension or warehouse facilities at local market points and all large interior cotton markets and ports, and we especially commend and indorse the building or the proposed warehouse at the port or New Orleans We also encourage the building of modern warehouses. equipp- cd with all the latest appliances Tor the protection Of cotton in storage where 1t Is possible, and urge the adop- tion of and Issuance of warehouse re- ceipts guaranteeing grade and weights of cotton that will be acceptable as safe collateral security by the banks for loans. 1A
 And that 1t is earnestly recommend ed by thIs convention that all the cot ton states pass uniform wareh house laws rules and regulations. so that each and every ware house in the South shall issue the same receipt. under these uniform. laws, thus making the cotton receipt acceptable in any bank in the South, and tbat committee be ap- pointed by the chairman of this con- vention to prepare and recommend to the legislature of each cotton state to bring aboHt uniform cotton ware- house receipt and storage system. Compressing, 'SRmpIing and Bagging.
 We recommend gin compressng. and the marketing as far as possible from grower to spinner, and that duplicate samples be taken by the ginners, and that these samples be numbered and marked, same as the bale of cotton. one of said samples to be retained by the ginner and the other to go to the owner and that as far as practicable cotton bagging be used instead of 1ute bagging, thereby creatoing a de- mand for low grade cotton, and that all cotton be bought and sold on basis of net weight, dedueting actual weight of .baggtag and ties.
 We recommend that the congress of the United States and the various state legislatures enact laws requiring that the cotton exchanges revise their con- tracts, making said contracts fair and just, and that the cotton delivered on same be restricted to not more than five grades. and that none below low mia5lihg be deliverable. We condemn the speculative and gambling features all exchanges.
 Cotton Statistics.
 We approve the continuation of the United States cotton statistical reports when based upon tangible facts but we do not approve of reports based upon calculation and guesswork. We urge that the department of agriculture use every precaution to make their reports as accurate as possible. We further recommend that the reports by the bureau of the census on cotton statis- tics furnish reports oftener on the a. mount of cotton held in stock and in sptnners hands to the end that growers may be fully posted on the supply of available spot cotton at ali times.
 II Is the sense of this convention that the cotton crop of 190s-l909 will not exceed 11.so0.000 bales. exclusive of linters and repacks.
 Co-Operation.
 We urge the importance of local CO., operation among cotton growers in matters of common interest to the community. Cooperation is commend ed to secure the elimination of the in- discriminate tenant system and the consequence credit extended to irres- ponsible labor, and cooperation Is ab- solutely necessary in the fight against the boil weevil, whose skirmish line in now east of the Mississippi river, The capitalist whose avocation has been the extending of credit for the
 
 has accumulated his means should as- sist and cooperate with the grower who adjusts his methods to meet the bool weevil emergency ,s-. BOu WeevtI Menace. ~ We have heard with much interest and profit the adress of MT. J. A Evans of the United States department of agriculture on the Boil Weewil Men ace, and we urge upon all cotton grow CTS the adoption of the recommenda- tions of the department in cultural me- thods of combating the weevil. Es- pecially do we recommend that the farmers in states now threatened with | boil weevil invasion prepare them l selves in advance for the inevitable coming of the weevil by adapting 1 themselves as recommended by the | government to approaching conditions | and we ask for continuation of gov | ernment and state aid in combating | the weevll.
 Night Riding. This meeting condemns in unmeasur- ed terms the recent lawlessness throughout a few of our Southern states, known as night riding, and we l urge that the governors of the various | states where this evil Is threatening the welfare of the people take immedi- | ate and decisive action for effectively | suppressing 1t.
 Cooperation of Press.
 To bring about the results that are hoped for from this report and this | convention, We especially ask the | press of the South to assist in our work | not merely in disseminating the infor- nation as to our proceedings, but in | impressing upon the masses the neces- sity for united. action in furthering the | South, especially in matters pertaining to the cultivation and the successful handling and marketing of all the pro ducts of our common country.
 P. M. Potts.
 F. L. Maxwell,