Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-04

One OF the most enthusiastic men IN
Atlanta today is C. S. Viewer. Originate
or OF the movement to organize a Ma
.tonal Cotton and Cotton Products assc-
citation and to hold a cotton products
exposition in some southern city next
fall.
Mr- weever is the leading spirit In
one Of the most widely important, tar-
reaching and significant movements IN
the south, and is fired with the sort
of zeal that makes success a certainty
A ten-minute talk with him VIII con-
vince any citizen of Atlanta that the
exposition he is promoting oush' 10 Oe
held in this city.
n, h,ahruarv 10 a meeting Will be
held in the Piedmont hotel of leaders
who are interested in the agricultural
Industrial and commercial development
of the south. Educators, editors. land
and Industrial agents or railroads.
farmers. and others will be In attend
ance. The provisional program is as
follows:
THE PROGRAM.
Prof. X. q. MathesOn. president OF
the Tech school. Will be temporary
Address Of Welcome by Mayor Mad
dox- -.
.-Our Farmer''-Charles \ Barrett,
president OF the Farmers union
..Uhar Education IS Doing for Asr1-
S,Iture in the South"-Prof. A. Nj.
soule. president or the Georgia Col
Iege OF Agriculture
Cotton Oil Industry's Part IN the
DEVELOPMENT or Agricultural D.
Allen. OF Little Rock, president OF the
Interstate cotton SEED Crushers as
ISOLATION
..rhe Railroads as an Economic Fac
tor in the development OF the South =
nj. v. Richards. land and Industrial
agent of the Southern railroad
"a Platform of Rural Progress for the
south'--Clarence H. Poe, editor OF the
Progressive Farmer. Raleigh. y. c.
2 The Cotton Manufacturer Speaker
TO be selected
z. s. White, agricultural and horucul-
turaI commissioner Of the Frisco system
OF railroads. on a subject TO be selected:
The State and the Farmer'-By Gov
ernor Brown. OF Georgia
The Daily Press'-Speaker to be Sc
lected.
Following the speeches. organization
viii be perfected by electing officers,
adopting a constitution and bylaws, and
appointing committees.
PURPOSES OF ASSOCIATION
The purposes of this association viii
DE
ing the details Of organization "One or
the first will be the dissemination or In
formation regarding better agricultural
methods along the lines of diversifcation,
rotation. fertilization, seed selection. crop
adaptation good roads. etc The unifyins
of the work of various organizations now
engaged in helping the cause of agricul-
ture is another object Among the other
objects are the following: To establish
closer relations between the grower. the
crusher. the manufacturer, the press, the
railroads, the educational institutions. and
the commercial bodies. The opening up-of
home and foreign markets through edu-.
cation. To encourage the holding OF
fairs. Institutes. summer schools and
meetings of every character for the pro-
motion Of agriculture and its betterment.
To aid in The distribution of educational
literature in the interest of agriculture.
And. last but not least by any means, 20
aid in giving expression TO the work done
each year by the association devoted TO
southern products. where suitable prem
iums shall be offered to exhibitors as an
incentive to enter their best products, and
encourage the farmer TO better efforts.
The membership OF the association.
states Mr.. Viewer, will be composed Of