Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-13
AMBIGUOUS RESOLUTION ADOPTED
Missss;ppian Denounees Clan In
Scathins .Terms-Met With Equal
spirI. by Colleague, Who Creates
sensaticn-Grcwers Urged TO Mar.
ket No Cotton Under 10 Cents.
(By Associated PresS.)

MEMPHIS. TENN. Nov. l".-Dt-
nunciaiion of might riding and =
fiery deiensr OF the night riders
threw the conyf ution OF the Southern
Gotten Growers ard Ginners' ASS
citation into disorder today and nearly
terminated the ssssi-n before 'hr
program had fairly begun.
While excited delegates hIr!en
charg $ AID couricr> har:;es, 7. L. Sis
sen. Of Mississippi. moved that the
convention adjourn sine die.
President Jordan finally brought a
Srnblance Of quiet and made plea
for order
Calls Night Riders Ours.
Walter Clark. of Carhsdal". MISS.
prccip'tated the trouble by wandering
from :he subject of the better Ealing
and handling of cotton" AID by Sc
verely denouncing might riding he
Gated the night rid ars ours and men
who shot people in the back.
A. c. Roane. resident of North
east. Miss. jumped on his chair ana
called Mr.. Clark to order.
He said the night riders were an.
oppressed y eople, lighting overwhelm-
ing odds, but always from the best
motives. His words created a sensa-
ton. ~. = - = :
Great Confusion Prevails. ...
Men stood on their chairs and tn"
greatest confusion prevailed. Presi-
dent Jordan rvfus:d to entertain the
motion Of Mr.. Sisson to adjourn ana
requested Mr.. Clark to proceed TINS
he did
The general committee on resoln'
tons pres nted its report. which was
unanimously adopted. recommending
that so fer as possible In each lndi-
vidual case. none CT the crop of 1Sos.
still in the ownership CT producers.
be sold below ten cents per pound LOT
short staple cotton. and urging grow
rrs to haCGl, the crop SO as 10 pre-
vent selling in excess Of one tenth per
month of the remaining crop Of 1908.
To Wait for Demand.
The Gotten growers are urged 10
apply to the local banks for loans. Sc
cured by warehous, receipts, repre-
seniing cotton 10 be- held for the pur-
pose OF being marketed only when
demacded Cor actual consumption.
The suggestions offered to the con-
vcn,ion for the organization Of a
holding corporation are referred to
the permanent committee consisting
OF Chairman Jordan, Charles Gay and
DR.. PiersOn. They recommend TO the
immediate attention of Southern
bankers and finarciers the Inaugural
ticn Of a great cotton bank at some
banking center in the South for the
1;sNh old N
house to aid IN financing and market
ing the cotton crop each season.
The report also urges a continual
ton CT the agitation for cotton rae
tories enough in the South to manu-
facture our cotton" and commences
the efforts by the states OF Georgia
Texas and Mississippi in the estab
Hshm Mt cf textile departments in
their agricultural colleges.
Various Recommendation.
The report recommends Giversifl'
cation Of crops. claiming tha: this
can on'r te tro.Eht about ~ scion
tifc yTcp-ra ION Of the sell and prac'
ticsI rotation of crops: the extension
Of wsrchcuse facilities a; local mar
kCt points AID all large interior cot
IOn Z L!kStS aEn pS'tS dHu tSpS.'
commencing and endorsing the huiid'
ing OF ice proposed warehouse e. fh"
port Ct New Ori"ans: that he Coz
grrss Of the United States ard state
legislatures enact laws requiring that
the cotton exchanges revise their Cos
tracts maIx contracts fair and JUS
and that thSestton delivered on 'h"
same We restricted 20 not mcrc Than
Eve grades. aud that none below mid
ding Nc deliverable: condemns spec
ulaiicn aud gsmb';rg in futures as
creour1scd and prac;iccd through al
exchanges: approves Of the continue
ton of the United States ~Uten sta
tistical reports. when based upo'
tangible facts but We do not approve
II reports based upon calculation and
guessrork."
On Night riding
On night riding. the rrisor' says:
TIE msctiEs ccrdtmps tn unfn "a''
rr,d terms the recent awessrcss
. throughout . number Of oar southern
states. known as right riding. and
&c urge that the goverz mcut OF IN"
states where ,hc evil Injuries Go wei