Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-16

growers. Therefore the committee APP
pointed to superintend and to exam
inc should be allowed sufficient au-
thority to insure that no individual
hardship shall result from this most
important and beneficial movement
Just a word as to outside condi-
tons. The success of the cotton
holding movement at this time; the
securing of fair price for the 1918
crop means far more to the South
than many yet realize. 1t means not
only success for the present. but it
will have a tremendous moral effect
on future crops. The South today is
fighting, fighting the strongest fight
that it has ever fought, for fair price
on its product 1t is fighting strongly
because it is in a better condition to
do so than it has ever been before.
Opposing interests are also fighting
harder, because the resistance erect
ed against them Is stronger, and they
must fight harder or fail to accom-
plish their object. That is why this
is the biggest fight.
when one interest has something
which another interest has to have,
! the first impulse is to secure what is
he
Diplomacy threats, predictions of dis
aster and other propaganda tending to
demoralize and weaken the owner, are
brought into action by the would-be
buyer, in his attempts to secure what
he wants, at his own price. But il the
owner remains firm and the buyer has
| to have cotton, then he will eventual
| ly realize that he can only buy it at
the owners price. Solid cooperation
! through the South will win this fight
this year, and will prove to the buyer
that cotton growers are no longer at
his mercy, which will have its effect
in influencing him to buy more readily
at a fair price in 1919 and in future
years.
"In Liverpool at present the cotton
supply is 100000 bales short of nor
NAL. At Manchester 1t is fifty per
cent under normal More cotton must
be bought, and bought soon. If the
| DO n,yt for
fair price, it is an absolute certain
ty that that price will be paid"
On motion of Mr. Hudson, COM
mittee composed of Messrs. Hixon,
Bahnsen, M B. Council and Ansley
was appointed to draw resolutions en-
bodying the sense of the meeting for
presentation at the New Orleans meet
ing by the two delegates appointed,
| following which adjournment was
| taken. F.
The meeting closed after being in
| session nearly two and one-half hours.
AS the meeting broke up a number of
voluntary contributions were made to
defray the expenses of the delegates
to New Orleans and to pay for the
printing of pledge cards and other
incidentals.
Among the attendants at the meet
ing were:
M. B. Council, Neil A. Ray, chairman
board of county commissioners; G. C.
Hawkins, r. P. Stackhouse; A. A.
Forrest, Floyd P. Jones, of Leslie; w.
o. Easter1in; John Council, A. F.
Hodges, Chas. Burke, Omar Bass, e.
Zimmerman, of Plains; T. G. Hudson,
former commissioner of agriculture of
Georgia; VIM NJ Humber, Brown
Hodges; DR. P. F. Bahnsen, state vet
erinarian; w D. Bailey. Geo Gibson,
Geo. o. Marshall, Joseph Perkins, C.
B. Lewis, of New York; Chas. L. Ans
ley, J. J. Bennett, Dr. e. T. Mathis, J.
P. Cannon, r. e Davenport, ]. D.
Hooks, Glen Hooks, T B. Hooks, It. B.
Hooks, Jr, w. e. Brown B. w. Bacon,
Ed Stewart, of Plains; Jas. Reese, Hin
ton Brown, Gordon Heys, Stephen
Pace, J. E. Poole, j. A Hixon, F. B.
Arthur, ThOs. Harold, J. W. High
tower. L. G. Council, ]. Wilson.