The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-12-08
COTTON STATES
TO JOIN HANDS
IL ~ '
SOUTHERN BANKERS AND EDI-
TORS MEET IN NEW
ORLEANS
PL AN CAMPAIGN
Support Pledged Farmers Provided
Sufficient Food Crops are Planted
To Insure Self-Support

New Orleans, Dec. 6.-Final plans
for the Cotton States Bankers con-
ference, which opens here tomorrow
for a two days session, were COM
pleted today at conference partici-
pated in by Joe Hirsch of Corpus
Christi, Texas, chairman of the con-
vention, and Morehead Wright of
Little Rock, secretary, and member
of the local committee in charge.
The programme as previously an
nounced was approved and it was
decided to have the addresses and
papers presented at the morning and
afternoon sessions, and to have gen.
eral discussions of the various sub
jects by the delegates at the Monday
night meeting.
In addition to the officers, more
than so bankers from Texas, Arkan-
sas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
and other Southern States reached
Inc city early today and others were
due to arrive early tomorrow. Mr..
Hirsch said word has been received
that about $50 bankers will attend
the conference. tinanciers \ from
Chicago, New York, st. Louis, and
Washington also have announced
the:c intention to be present. w. P.
G. Harding and Frederic A. Delano
of the federal reserve board and DR.
Bradford Knapp of the department
of agriculture are among the federal
officials who are to attend and ad-
dress the delegates.
Managing editors of number of
the leading newspapers of the South
have announced that they will meet
in conjunction with the bankers
conference for the purpose of form
ing a cotton States editorial associ-
alton, with the object of suggesting
policies for the newspapers to follow
IN solving this sections agricultural,
industrial and economice problems.
The early arrivals include editors
from Texas and Arkansas.
The organization of Southern bank
ing interests into a permanent body,
which will include the bankers asso-
citation of the ten cotton producing
States, is one of the purposes of the
conference, according to state
ment issued tonight by Mr.. Hirsch.
Zone of the principal objects to
be undertaken by the association of
the Southern bankers organizations
is the construction of additional cot
ton warehouse facilities throughout
the Southern States, looking to the
gradual marketing of cotton crops
of the FUTURE" the statement said.
lit is planned to begin a general
warehouse campaign by the estab-
lishment of q central warehouse
committee from each bankers asso-
citation.
"Realizing the great Importance
of the wise diversifcation of crops,
which made the Southern farmers
practically independent in 1915, it
also is proposed to conduct a South
wide campaign of bankers, mer-
chants and all other business inter-
ests to the end that Southern bank
ers and Southern merchants will ex-
tend farm credits upon agreement
from farmers to plant sufficient
acreage in feed and food crops to
insure self-support."
MIR. hirsch said that with cotton
now bringing attractive prices the
cotton producer next year is apt to
revert to the all-cotton crop. 10
prevent this it is proposed to inau-
gurate a vigorous counter campaign.
The movement, it was stated, will
begin January l, and will be cam
palgn similar to the better farming
movements conducted in several
Southern States during the last few
years.