The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-10-01

4 Inc Lee county pau LOT cur
failing next years cotton crop which
was approved at the meeting Of th'
Georgia Chamber Of Commerce il
Macon last week, was on Saturda,
unanimously adopted by the cottor
purchasing committee Of that body
and a meeting Of delegates from sew
en- southeastern states has been call
ed ia Atlanta, October5, to consid.
er the adoption Of the Lee county
plan by all the farmers Of the cot
ton growing states. 1t is expected
that this plan will curtail Gecrgia2s
crop by 2,660,0 900 acres.
Tie state chamber and many cot
ton experts and growers consider
this plan the most practicable and
enforcibie plan that has yet been
formulated for the curtailment Of
cotton production. 1t is meeting
with hearty approval among farms
ers of number Of south Georgia
counties, where county organizations
are already being perfected. Attor-
neys have assured the chamber that
the plan is in continuity with law,
and when signed can be enforced as
a contract.
The Lee county plan has been
briefly outlined BY the State Cham
Der of Commerce as follows;
The Lee county plan provides
under a charter duly granted, when
ever rs per cent Of the ploWs Of the
cotton farms, signing through the
land owners, have signed up an a.
greement not to plant in cotton in
1915 more than 10 acres to the pillow
then the contract becomes lawful
| ly binding upon all parties to the
contract.
Each county has it's own man-
agement through a duly constituted
board, and the one bonded union
to which all agree is tile limited A.
creage to be planted. The contract
is binding for 1915, and to be re-
newed from year to year, as may be
deemed best by the majority.
Tt takes the name Of the Lee
county plan because it was first
started in Lee county, and has
spread rapidly through middle
Georgia. A vigorous and rapid cam
paign will be begun Immediately to
organize counties as rapidly as men
can be put in the fields and mass
meetings called. =
The conference which has been
called III Atlanta to consider this
plan viii be known as the South
eastern Food conference. President
Woodrow Wilson has expressed his
approval Of the conference in tele-
gram to the chamber Of commerce.
The conference will not be re-
stricted altogether to the considers
ton Of the Lee county plan, but Of
her measures also may be submitted.
The conference will be composed
of delegate from each congressional
district Of each Of the seven south.
eastern growing states. These
delegates viii be chosen by the COM
missioner Of each state They will
be chosen with view to having
present in Atlanta body Of. men
more thoroughly cognizant Of the
cotton-growing industry and its
present status than probably has
ever met before.
According to the Georgia Cham
Der Of Commerce, tits expected that
more than three-fourths Of the
Georgia cotton planting counties
will have been organized by the
middle Of October, and that before
the end Of the year fully rs per
cent Of the cotton growers Of the
southeastern states will have been
organized. This will be the first
south-wide movement Of organiza-
ton through duly chartered bodies
and mutual contracts between far
mer and farmer. It is expected that
this will be the most effective piece
of Organization ever undertaken byI