The Forrest City times., 1908-12-18
NEWS OF -
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Cotton Committee Reports.

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 l Saturday, the sessions being held in | the office of R. H. Mccullough of Bee | De, the national secretary. The direc- | tors present were: c. s. Barrett. Un. ion City. Ga; S. l.. Wilson. Van Vlee.. Miss; l. N. McCallister. Many. La. w. A. Morris. Sulligent, Ala. and ". A. Loudermill, Commanche, Tex. The members of the Cotton Committee were: J. w. Boyett, Jr., New Orleans. La; G. R. Hightower, Oxford, Miss: T. 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 F 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 CTS have also signed pledges to hold their cotton and to assist us in our efforts to raise the price Our cor respondence shows the people general ly are ia 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 has cotton on hand to hold it 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
 We have perfected a 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, It was outlined by ]. l.. Callahan and was endorsed by the Fort Worth convention. The state union of Tennessee at it's recent meet ing added two essential features and is now putting the plan into practical operation.
 The details of this plan will be pre- cented 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 9; Mississippi, January 12; Arkansas, January 13; Texs, December 21; Alabama, January 16 Georgia, January IS; Louisiana, January IS; South Carolina, January 20: North Carolina. December 16; Florida, January p; Missouri. Jan- uary 25; Illinois. January 27; Kansas January 29; Colorado, February 1; California, February 3; Oregon. Feb ruary ,; Washington. February z; Kentucky, February 8.