The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-03-06
4 NEW M|D-COAST ASSOCIATION
TEXAS INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS
NO MORE--NEW ONE FORMED.
objects Set Forth fer Greater Prog
ress, and to Seek Closer Union
of the People.


mittee Wednesday, the Texas Mid
coast Industrial Congress went out OF
existence, and in its place was laid
the foundation of the Texas MidcoaSt
Development Association, which vii:
become a reality when its application
for a charter shall have been granted
by the secretary Of state, The new
organization has for its objects the
closer union Of the people in its ter
ritory, the extension Of trade, foster
ing and developing al commercial en-
terprises, the securing of equitable
transportation rates, the Improvement
of highways and waterways in its ter
ritory, broader advertising Of Texas
midcoast country, and the improve
ment of marketing conditions by CO.
operative methods.
The reorganization committee ap-
pointed Wednesday, and composed OF
AL W. Davis, George H. Harris, Judge
j. w. Munson, Secretary H. A. C1app
and C. w. Goodman, have drafted the
articles of corporation and prepared
an application to the secretary of
state for charter, to be incorporated
without capital. The incorporators
named are w. J. Harley of Ell Campo,
H. A. Clapp of Collegeport and A. W.
Davis of Freeport.
The committee, acting in nominal,
ing capacity, named for the temporary
officers Of the new organization F. J.
Harley, president Of the old organ
ization, to fill that position in the
new one; Henry A. Clapp to be Sec
rotary of the association, holding the
same position in the congress; and
Walter Reiffert of Cuero to be treas
urer. 1t was recommended that these
, officers serve until the first regular
meeting of the directors of the cor
poration.
The committee also named board
of directors, selecting one from each
county, and they are as follows: A.
w. Davis of Freeport, Brazoria; Nor
ris Stern Of Galveston, Galveston; H.
M. Mayo of Houston, Harris; H. A.
Hillyer of Rosenberg, Fort Bend; j.
R. Wooten of Columbus, Colorado; W.
s. Holman of Bay City, Matagorda;
H. A. Cline of Wharton; Wharton;
Otto Rosenberg of Hallettsville, La
vaca; L. Seabrook of Port Lavaca, Cal
houn; J. NJ. Scofield OF Edna, Jackson;
John T. Land of Victoria, Victoria,
and George H. Harris of Cuero, De
Witt.
Vice presidents were also named,
one from each county in the associa-
ton except Calhoun, and following are
the names presented: J. w. Munson,
Brazoria; H. B. Moore, Galveston; C.
w. Goodman, Harris; S. j. Winston,
Fort Bend; j. R. Westmoreland, Colo
RADIO; J. M. Halter, Lavaca; S. NJ
Scott, Jackson; A. NJ. McFadden, Vic
toria; J. C. Howerton, De Witt;
George Culver, Matagorda, and j. C.
Moutray, Wharton.
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted when read,
thereby confirming the above lists of
nominations.
1t is the plan Of the leaders OF the
new organization to have meetings at
frequent intervals over the territory
of the association.
1t was proposed that it would be
we'll for the association to give a
number of barbecues over the mid
coast country, inviting the farmers
from around, and there have speakers
explain the object of the organization.
A resolution was offered by J. R.
Wooten that it be the plan of the or
ganization to maintain a permanent
exhibit in some centrally located city
of the midcoast territory, and that
similar associations to the parent one
be organized in all the counties en-
braced in the Midcoast Association.
Cotton in Midcoast" was the sub
ject of an exceptionally fine talk by
J, R. Wooten, in which he told some
of the reasons why farmers fail to get
a full price for their product 1.-THE
lowest basis taken for grading cotton
is one-inch staple" said Mr.. Woot-
en-, "and it is only upon that grade
that the farmers are paid for their cot
ton. The buyers grade cotton accord
ing to it's degree of cleanliness ard
color, but the millers in Liverpool buy
it according to the staple Based on a
one-inch staple cotton averaging one.
eighth inch longer brings a premium
| of from 21lac to sc per pound at the
mills. Perhaps this same cotton was
sold by the farmer on a basis of low
middling, which had to be cleaned at
cost of &c per hundred pounds.
"The best remedy for such condi-
ton, in my estimation, is the educa-
'tion of the farmer on how to grade
cotton according to the millers' meth.
cd and not according to the buyers
standard of grading"
Sir John Tenr,iai Dead