The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-04
Reduced Acreage Is Solution
 Of Cotton GrolDers' Problem

dan the lack of pronsr orsanlsation-- that 1t was composed of pfhcers and no prfvates and I outlined In that let- ter what in my Judgment was the only method capable of accomplishing ooncsrt or action on the part of the cotton growers. In answer to. that let ter hr. Jordan said among other thip6s. I have read your letter with. q great deal of interest and Intend to make fromshouse-to-housc canvass Cest ef Cnnvnss.
 ftvwouid cost not less than q quar- ter of . million of dollars to mako such a canvass. There are twenty three beats In my county, and sixty seven counties In the State. Multiply the humber of cotton states and Terri- tories by the number of beats, in A. abama. then send oiit your canvassers. and who were to pay the expsnsesf
 The cotton raisers. While in the Leg isiaturs Mr. Seymour asked me to sub- mt In writing my ideas as to ths proper organization of the Cotton Growers Association, did as request ed. Some few days after Mir. Sey- mour came to my desk and asked permission to let Mir. Jordan read what had written. I said certainly. was informed by Mir. Seymour that Mir. Jordan had read my letter to him; that he was interested in 1t and want. ed 1t and my reply was I want hinI to have It. It was substantially what I had prevIously written MT. Jordan as to organization. I now state what I outlined to both these gentlemen,
 I said the Cotton Growers Associa- ton should have at the head Presi- dent. vice-President, a Secretary and Treasurer. There should be like ofi. cers in each cotton State and terri tory. In each county and parish like officers should be appointed Also in each subdivision of each county and parish. The duty of the subdivision presidents should be. first to call meet ings in their respective localities. tak- ing the name of every cotton grower, ascertain the number of acres planted in cotton. the previous year, and the amount each was willing to reduce the present year in cass reduction was nee. essary and called fof. These meetings to be held monthly, and eommencing, say the last Saturday in May and con- tinuing until the ginning season was over. The May reports should show the numbef of acres planted and the amount of suano used. The June, July and August reports sheuld show the condition of the crep. and from Sep- tember to close Of ginning season monthly reports should so up showing the amount of bales ginned per menth. The suh%divisions reports should be consolidated at county and parish head. quarters, ana sent to state presidents, consolidated by states and territories and transmitted to headquartsrs to be again consolidated and record kept: At each subsequent sub-division meeting after the first meeting, a consolidated report of the past month should be re. eeived from heedqusrters % that every member would be informed of the ex- act status 2f the cotton. crop through the year. Such an organization would Do perfect, and one in which, as sald in New Orleans before one of the com. mittees, every heart throb of the mas who held the blow would De felt at headquarters, and reeelve return re. sponse. Compare the cost os such an organization with Aff. JoPdan's State Departments for gathering statistics, and .from house to house canvass"
 There are twenty.threa beats in my county. If twelve reports went up due ring the year to county headquartsrs those reports would cost 3 cents each or S4 cents in postage stamps per year. and for the twenty-three beats e5.S2 end t4kifig Cherokee as ( baSiH the sixty-seven counties reporting by beats would cost eses.s7. Suppose At any time the President of the Cotton Grow CTS AssocfAtion called for the number of acres In corn and other farm pre- ducts, or including animals. accurate reports could go up without any addi- tional cost being consolidated In the cotton reports. asked the question. can the human mind copceiva of a mora perfect and cheapsP system for gathering statistics than I have here outlined? stated further, to Mir. J0r- dsn. that the United states government was paying annually hundreds of thou sands of dollars in gathering statistics for the beneft of the agriculturiats~- that the department at Washington, knowing that the Cotton Growers As- sociation had inaugurSted the above system. would cheerfuily furnish the necessary blanks by the Association becoming an adjunct to that depart. ment. No man should belong to the Cotton Growers Association but c cot ton grower or farmer.
 No Secret OrwanssaGi0H.
 No initiation fee, password. sign or grip Is required or necessary. A i0.. 900 .000-bale crop means 1s$cent cotton. without any orders from Mir. Jordan with his army of officarss or from Mir. Barret. with his reported 100000 members. Place the surplus iands in diversified crops, reduce acreage in cotton to 10,00O.000 or siis000, ,0O0.bale a.. IL