The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-02
REDUCTION FOR
COUNTY'S COTTON

sent moro reasonable plans. He point
ed out that legislation adopted by this
State might radically differ from that
of the other states.
M. N. Patterson made motion thai
a resolution be adopted to the effec
that 1t was the sense of the convention
that reduction in the cotton acreage
was imperative. The resolution was
was unanimously adopted and then be-
gan the discussion of how far the re-
duction should exist.
Mr.. Patterson then introduced q re-
solution which asks the general as
sembly to pass law prohibiting any
farmer from planting more than eight
acres to the horse and mule for the
season OF 1915, the stock during the
year 1915 not TO be increased over
T14. The resolution was adopted.
Some discussion was engaged In
when Senator Sullivan asked for an
expression of opinion on the question
OF the 'McLaurin warehouse bill. Sher-
iff Ashley and several others spoke in
favor of q state warehouse and then
Mr.. Ashley introduced resolution
favoring the creation of fund for a
state bank to loan money to the far
mers and the formation of a State
warehouse commission. The resolu-
tion was adopted.
The following resolution introduced
by w. H. Garfield, met with n hear
ty reception and was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas immigrants from foreign
countries have been pouring into the
United States at the rate of more than
a million o year and have brought.
cheap and incompetent labor into COM
petition with the American labor; and
whereas, the general effect Of this i'm
migration Is to lower our standards
of citizenship and to increase. the
problems of government in this coun-
try, and whereas, it is conceded that
after. the close of the present destruc-
tive war in Europe there will be an
overflow of people leaving the war-in-
rested nations to come to the United
States, thus causing @ social, political
and economic, condition that might
prove disastrous to this country, and
whereas, 1t is more than likely that a
great portion. of this undesirable for
eign element may shift to the South
and Upset labor conditions here; now,
therefore,
BE 1T Resolved, that we petition the
legislature at its special session to be
held during this month to memorialize
the congress of the United States to
restrict Immigration and to place
around 1t such safeguards and liniita-
|ttons as viii protect the interests of
this country, gand especially the la
boring interests.
I''g The meeting was advised by one OF
the planters present that the Ander,
son delsgatio to the. geeral assembly
SHOULD not cosider itself bound by the
resolutions OF the meeting yeterday,
but that the dele9at should consider
these acts as being indicative of the
conventions wishes.
Winston Smith spoke at length fay-
oring a bill which would provide pen-
aities on taxes not paid before May is
be abolished,
Porter A. WhaIey requested that
the body endorse o resolution which
would ask the general assembly &c
empower the county commissioners
toivote aEcertain sum toward assisting
with the farm demonstration work in
this county. The resolution failed to
pass. I ..3,s,.,y.s 5.,
Shortly after ! O'clock, there being
no farther business before tho body
adjournment vac had.
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