The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-26
WORLD COTTON CONFERENCE
TO BE A PRACTICAL AFFAIR

The world cotton conference. to be
held at New Orleans next October, will
he, from start to finish a. practical az
fair. Program addresses are to be
limited ito hfteen minutes; ten min
utes only are to be allotted to each
speaker in general discussions, un-
less extended by ma jority vote Of the
meeting. No one will be permitted to
speak twice on any subject without
unanimous consent, and all speeches
are to be confined to the subject under
discussion.
The constructive work Of the con-
terence viii take form In hearings
, n.ld and conclusions reached by ten
standing committees, each of which
VIII deal with some particular l.rob-
lem or group of problems of basic i'm
rortance to the industry. Each com
F, mittee will have as its joint chairmen
an American and a foreign delegate
end will consist of men who are au-
thorities on the. subject it has In hand.
i. Is also planned that all resolutions
emanating either from the various
6, anding committees or introduced on
the floor of The conference shall be
submitted to resolutions committee,
to be composed of the chairmen.of the
eleven classesC Of business interests
making up the conference and the
ehairmen of it's ten committees. The
resolutions committee will. In fact. be
The clearing house of the conference
and VIII assure clearness and unity 10
It's conclusions and recommendations
The committee Is to name its own
chairman, but the joint chairmen of
the ten standing committees are be-
irg selected in advance OF the confer
ence. Thus. William b. Thompson, OF
New Orleans and DIR, John a. Todd. of
Manchester. will be joint chairmen of
M ~ ich I'll Of
port upon one OF the most important
problems now confronting the cotton
industry--the stabiiizing of production
end prices with fairness and justice to
tn grower and manufacturer. Hon
". r. O. Harding governor OF the Fed
eral resolve board and Sir James Hope
Simpson, director and general maaager
of the Bank of Liverpool and Martins,
Limited, Will be Joint chairmen Of the
Committee which WIN consider and
recommend Improves m eth DDS Of
financing cotton. new facilities for the
extension OF credits to, foreign pur-
chasers and the stabilizing Of foreign
exchange--the last named matter OF
cravest import to the industry at this
time.
A third committee dealing with ware
housing and country damage will have
fer its Joint chairmen. Marshall Stew
ems, Of Manchester and l.. K. Salisbury.
o. Memphis. The point chairmen Of
the committee on buying and selling,
equitable tnre and net weight will be
Richard Hamer. president Of the Man.
chester Cotton association, and Walter
II. Langshaw. OF New Bedford while
the comHittee ON transportation and
insurance will be headed by James II.
Hammett, OF Anderson. 8. c. and Her
bert NJ. Gibson. OF Manchester. Finally
a committee which will report upon I
possible International system or reports
and statistics covering all phases Of the
growing. marketing and manufacturing
OF cotton. As well ~ the need for and
possibilities OF research work in the
textile industry, will be headed by
Samuel l.. Rogers. director Of the GEN.
sus, and Carlo Dragori. secretary OF
the International Agricultural institute
at Rome.