The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-11-12
CODED IN SPEECHES. AND RES
oIUTIoNs' PASSED CALL
ING FOR IT'S ABOLITION.
Urge THAT COTTON not Be
sold FOR LESS THAN IS CENTS

Prominent Southerners in Conference
- Atlanta Discuss Questions AZ
6ecting Cotton-Farmers Urged to
Diversity Crops.
ATLANTA. GA.-Several speak
ara blamed the war industries board
for the recent violent slump in the
nr;ce Of cotton in the course of their
,peeches delivered Thursday at the
action conference called by the cot
ton states advisory marketing board
in the state capitol in Atlanta. The
sneakers were all warmly applauded.
The sentiment of the meeting
,semed to be unanimous in the opin-
ion that centralized influences have
manipulated the cotton market in IA
vor of the spinners and against the
producers
Direct charges that governmental
Interference alone was the cause of
the decline in the cotton market were
made by Z. A. Calvin. of Washing
ton, Ga, statistical representative of
the cotton states official marketing
board. He said that the war indus
tries board is responsible for the
present condition of the market He
qualified this by stating that it was
probably not because of the direct
intention Of the board members to
cheat the farmers, but rather because
Of outside influences brought to bear
upon them to hide the real facts and
to prejudice them against the south.
What Baruch Said.
"The cotton market had reached it's
highest point" he said, when Bar
ney Baruch, head of the war indus
tries board, issued his first statement
in regard to government price fix
ing, which caused a falling off of 260
points in the market. In an inter
view with me he said he did not be-
Iieve his statement was responsible,
and my reply was that. whether it
was responsible or not, the southern
farmers would charge it up to him.
Since the statement by President
Wilson that a price on cotton would
be fixed if it became necessary gov
eminent price control has been held
over the heads of the farmers of the
south as a threat and menace YER
table word of Damocles.
These are bare statements, but
the time has come when the farmers
must talk plainly and stand up for
their rights, and I am going to do it
if go to iail."
Every Cotton State Represented.
Representative from every state
in the cotton-growing belt were pres
ent at the meeting, Governor Man
ming, of South Carolina. occupying
the seat of honor beside Governor
Dorsey j. ]. Brown, president of
the cotton states marketing board,
presided and introduced the speakers,
Charles S. Barrett, president of the
National Farmers Union: the two
governors and Mr.. Calvin and volun-
tary speakers.
The convention was welcomed to
Georgia by Governor Dorsey, who
made some remarks on the situation
lnaU were heartily approved and en-
Enthusiastically applauded The gov
ernor declared ''there is something
wrong somewhere" and called atten-
tlon to the fact that the cotton mar
Set went IN after notice of the meet
ing had been spread throughout the
country He pointed out that there
IS not man on the war industries
board who is familiar with the cot
ton industry, and urged that the
farmers unite in an effort to obtain
prope" representation.
J, Down. commissioner Of agri-
culture for Georgia, called the meet
ing to order, reciting the efforts that
nave been made for the past twelve
months or more to protect the inter
eStS Of The cotton farmer. "There
ga reDort current" said Mr.. Brown,
mat ~" war industries board would
ave fixed a satisfactory price when