Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-04
CONFERENCE OF
COTTON STATES
BANKERS MONDAY
WIDESPREAD INTEREST INDICATED
BY FACT THAT SPECIAL PULLMAN
COMES FROM CHICAGO.
JOE HlRSCH, PRESIDENT OF TEXAS
BANKERS, CHAIRMAN CONFER
ENCE TELLS OF ATTENDANCE.
'Ey Associated prcss.i

'ANF 49, ttfi NI'
Corpus Christi, Teya-, Dee. l.-That
widespread interest I- shown hN hnancIer-
XVII thc uutipu iH thc romiu~ conference af
cotton States banker m New Orleans next
Monday aud Tuesday ~ Indicated ~ the
lact that Il special Pullman Sleeping ear
filled with bankers from large u@"rtlcru
entities Will leave Chicago tonight tor New
Orleans tu attend fire conference. Tins
Was made kuuuu to Ju, lIr~ch ui tins rIiA,
president ot INV Texas Banker u--uria
tiuu and chairman u ihc New Orleans
conferences. THE northern bankers viii
come lror4 chica-o, Detroit, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis asi ~t. Paul. Thrv viii ar-
rive l Nav Orleans tomorrow ni-ht ID
the schedule D. maintained.
The federal reserve hauk- at So. Lou'-.
Richmond. Atlanta, New Orlcuu- and Dal
la~ viii ir officially represented. according
to Nh. llr-vh. M. P M. Harding nt th,
federal reserve board at Washington also
viii be present for an active part Ivy the
preceding. such ~ ~ took w the con
terence held vi Birmingham last sep
tembcr.
The purpose Of the conference, viii BE-
to lnau.urate a S%outhwldc campaign tor
the gradual marketing oi cotton. - that
the planter, az the south may b. rcur,
AGAINST the drpre-lo ION winch often accom-
Iplnie Ih- marketing ot " larae cotton
crop A continued Incfru Y w tie Will
nv VI i've took ani further di,rr-ifirI
tior III crop also viii W. gwen approval
III some form BY the bankers. according
to present plans. The building Of thou
sands of bonded warehouses will be en-
couragcd and assisted. says Mr.. IIir~ch.
While cotton will he the main subject
Of discussion. crop diycr>ification Will
H. talked over. AZ III adjunct 10 Southern
pros pcrity. The first and most impor
tani proposition vhah the bankers will
discuss ~ the formation Of y clear com.
prchcnSivc method for the expeditions
and profitable handling ~ 'nttnn crops
and the adoption If 4 negotiable ware
house receipt. for the benefit Of III,
growers. The next important topic viii
bc the various suggestions presented f"l
a system Of WAYS and means to cnahl,
Ut inc farmer 10 WlFktt HIS crop. ne III
%cilitir> now existing will IT, given Over
"a ascertain what changes are needle,
lin ~wHrchOuSing.
Addresses viii IT, made during the two
DAYS sessions IN men If national rcnu
%tation. Or. Bradford Knapp. of the u
:. department Of agrs niture who hi,
charge Of the farmers cooperative dem
onStratiou work in the cotton belt. will
speak "n crop divcrSificatinn This sub
icct has created much interest through
ont the south. and mann southern lead
crS believe that foods and cattle can ~
produced Ia advantage. making H.,
south self supporting and making the
cotton crop the surplus money crop "a
the south. instead If its sole dependence
Another speaker Of prominence il OK
pcctcd in the person If Hon. w. u. e
Harding of The federal reserve hoard
who wtft-TtSrITSS-tfr f++-+.+--tal conditions
in the south AMI give his views of
south's share i'll the present business
! boom.