The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-02
NO DEFINITE
PLAN REACHED
GOVERNORS AND. CONGRESS.
MEN FAIL TO FDsTERMlNE
PLAN FOR RELIEF
ADOPT RESOLUTION
VIII Attempt to Secure Legisla1
tion To Enable Planters to-
Secure Loans ON Crops

- $500. .t
Washington. Sept. s9.-sontl,ern
governors and congressman conclu-
ded series of conferences mere today
without determining upon any def.
mite plan for the relief of cotton plant
ers from conditions growing out OF
the european war. While they re-
solved that next years cotton acreage
should be materially reduced, no spe-
cial means OF curtailment were agreed
upon.
The conferees agreed TO attempt to
secure federal legislation that would
enablc planters to obtain loans from
me banks on their Gurpius crop,
while prompt action was urged upon
the warehouse bill pending In the
house and upon the senate bill. pro-
posing the repeal OF TIM ten per cent
alto banks whl:a ertlcirate
in the amended Aldrich-Vrcelantl cm-
ergency currency act. They determir-
ed to attempt to maintain cotton
pricos above ten cents i pound and a
committee was named to submit the
conference. resolutions to President
Wilson. The resoluticns, unanimous
~ adopted. are:
;. Resolved. that 1t Ia thu sense Of
this confe.en .e:i,i r
THAT the acreage OF cotton to bo
cultivated IN the United States IN
1873 shall be materially reduced. That
70 accomplish this end every legitI-
mate means shall be employed.
"Fhat the members of this confer
ence shall make every. possible Effort
to secure federal legislation which will
upon such part of the present crop
and under such conditions as may. be
prescribed by law and by the rules
arc regulations lawfully made by the
treasury department.
Resolved tl:at 1t be th.. sense of
:llis Eleet.iiG TINT there he tstablish ID
by joint resolution In ths house OF
the United States, n commission look
ing 10 tho extension OF the consunrp-
tton and marketing or cotton goods,
and that. Senator Hoke Smith prepare
such resolution. i.'l3 -,
4. Mora. Elastic Currency.
Resolved, that 1T. is the sense Of
this. conference that the h. use OF rep
resentntiyes should pass the senate
bill, allowing tho state banks to Isl
suo emergency currency under. the
provision of; the Vreeland-AIdrichnbl bill
as amended, without paying the ten
per cent. tax Z, tsass s,9st,' 9s!t,'
{. Resolved by iiie governors, scna.
tors and representatives in congress
from tho cotton states. in convention
assembled in the CITY of Washington,
September. 30, 1914. that we will most
earnestly .endeavors + to maintain the
Price or cotton above ten cents ii
pound and to accomplish this end we
will bring to bear, as far as wo can
tlie-spowcr or the national and state
goyernments (. to, restrict acrenge for
tho yaar 1915, and furnish govern
mem tai aid to handle the pcsent crop.
| .iiagolvUd. !. TINT tiii5 conference re-
lun3t prompt action upon the ware.
souse bill now pcnding In the house
81 Representatives. q. .f.;::Ss,,i<. /.
..s,.si,c..olged that committee of three
;,c appointed to call upon tho ettor-
ley general to lay the facts about cot:
ton seed before him and to request
sucl, action as the facts may justify
Tho committeeman named were:
Representatives; y Hughes, i Georgia
and Lever, South Uaroiinl. and Sena-
or f.. d. Smith, OF South Carolina.
- Representatives Z Haydwiek and
Lever and Senator IGsephtiT.. Robin
| son were appointed q TO. submit the
resolutions TO the President, Ss
After Heated Debate. l;5j
Adoption Of the rcsnlntipns came
astes. many hours sof heated debate;
lVigorous objection tnct the Proposal
that the governors pladEs themselves
70, icaI special sessIorls Of slate legis-