The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-12
T NIGHT RIDING
 IS DISCUSSED At Memphis and New Orleans Meetings. COTTON PRICES MUST GO UP
 - Mammoth Warehouse Plan Is
 Heartily Approved.
COTTON PRICES MUST GO UP
Farmers' Union Also Favors other Warehouses Ia Texas, MissIssippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee,
 Arkansas and Elsewhere.

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 Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 1.-The sec- ond session of the cotton conference which convened at the auditorium in this city yesterday, was called to order promptly at o'clock by President Har- vie Jordan.
 An increase in the attendance was shown at the morning session over that Of yesterday.
 The committeeman who will serve on each of the committees during the pro- gress of the conference. as announced by President Jordan, are as follows:
 Tennessee---W. H. Rufan, A. ]. Pet-
 Georgia--H. J. Mccormick, pr. w.. B. Gordon. N. Brown and Richard
 lrkansas--John N. Gray, B. E. Me- Rae, Dr. J. Love and ". W. Carnodle.
 ,Alabama--Eharles L. Gay. ]. H. Cobb. F D. oaina and s. M. Collins. Lonisiana--C. n. Potts. F. l.. Max well. pr. D. A. Roane and William
 Texas - Eugene Williams. W. H. Mays, W. M Allen and w. M. Butts.
 North CaroIina--W. p. Haines. South Carolina--John Spate and R. c.
 J. A. Taylor. president of the Na- tfonai Ginners' Association, delivered an address at the morning session, his subject being Might Riders in the
 Hs declared that might riding had it's inception with the light against the socaiied tobacco trust in Kentucky. He raviewed the movement throughout the South and declared that there had been but few night rider depredations In tho cotton belt.
 The posting bf gins. he said. was not by organized bands. but by iRdividuals under the mistaken idea that. ginners could be intinidated and the ginnins of cotton stopped, causing the price of the staple to advance. The posting of wiY,s., he declared. without question, was bacause of the low price of cotton. He reviewed conditions in the cotton grow- ing states from the seaapn of 1903 and |.asssFted sthat the present lew pstce ea cotton was due to fnainp uiaticii
 Tn concluding, he said:
 n know 1t to be a fact now that nearly all that members of the various exchanges that speculate at all, are very buIIish on cotton and have more er lesa contracts on the long side of the market, and if there was the usual sup port from the Southern States. ths mar ket would be very much higher today and during the fore part Of the season as we'll, feel very sure that we have lost during the last two years at least aiOo ,00O, ,o00 by the passage of state laws. hrinein9 the cotton exchanges to give us what we want and what we insisted on three years ago a fair contract. NOW that they have done this, think we should at once amend our laws so as fss faIfMrAR lACsiti- = mate exchanges. Do this and you will remove the cause and there will be no might riders In the cotton belt.
 - 1.l general discussion followed MT. Tavior's Address, H. H.. Rogers. Of Louisville. Miss, bringing those in at- tendance to their feet with cheers when he asserted that the cotton conference had not been called to talk aoout nlsnt riding. but to boost the price or cot- ton.
 He advocated the forming of cor poration along lines similar to the Farmers Union, but which should em- brace all classes and professions de- pendent upon cotton for the purpose of controlling the sale Of the staple all over the South.
 Cotton growers should stop talking about night riding or anything slse and act. declared the speaker. 1T they wish to secure good prices for their product, Hts address received the most careful attention of the dele
 Mr. Rogers Is a foreefuI speaker and his logic seemed to appeal strongly to his hearers.
 A resolution was presented to the conference by F. H. Frazer, of Allan ta. Ga. providing for the establish ment of central bureau to be located at some city in the cotton belt for the purpose of gathering cotton statistics relating to the amount of yield, Qual- ity of the crop and the local financing of the staple, This bureau Is to be supported by small contributions from the growers themselves. The resolu- tions suggested the appointment of one man in each county in the cotton belt. whose duty it will be to gather these statistics. and send them to the con tral bureau which in turn will dissem- mate this information among the cot ton growers, who will thus be kept in close touch with the crop Situatton.and thus be in a better position to mar ket their cotton.
 This resolution caused a great deal of discussion, but was finally adopted with the provlso that 1t be placed in the hands of q committee of three fo
 r-ts aoininittee will be ap- pointed by the chaiT.
 Handling, coH1pressing and storing cotton" was the subject of an address delivered by W. G. Turner, of Mem phis. while United States Senator -eleet D. D. Smith. of South Carolina. deliv- cred an address on The Present Cot ton Situation.