Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-12
GRADUATED PRICE
IS TO 40 CENTS
SET FOR COTTON
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be recommended by a committee OF
growers, was offered.
In1S proposal, embodied in reso-
luton introduced Monday by l.. u.
jennings, OF sumter, .. a., was
adopted unanimously.
An address by United States SEN
ator Z. u. smith, OF south Carolina,
was the feature OF the morning SEES
sion. Following it, the various COM
mittees made their reports.
One of the arguments in favor of
a higher and more stable price for
cotton which was brought out at the
convention is that iIIlteracy in many
sections of the south is due to the
Iact that cotton farmers, because of
hlgn labor costs and the low cost OF
COTTON, have been forced to make
their children cultivate the fields. 1t
has been argued by the various
speakers that a just price would not
only be a financial benefit, but would
have an important sociological bear
ing.
On Tuesday afternoon speeches
Were MADE by .Harvie Jordan, of
of the Item; P. P. Claxton, U. S..
commissioner of education; Walter
New York Commercial, and Con-
gresham j. Thomas Heflin.
Earvie Jordan Speaks
Adequate storage facilities for cot
ton through a system of bonded
warehouses, the adoption of gin
compression and the organization of
cooperative cotton marketing eX-
changes were advocated by Harvie
Jordan, who is a member of the ma
tional organization committee of the
American Cotton association in his
address.
In discussing the establishment of
county and state marketing eX-
should be enabled to sell his prod
uct directly to the cotton-consuming
centers, Mr.. Jordan pointed out that
there are no middlemen in Europe
and that cooperative organizations
there have met with marked success
legally chartered cotton
exchanges, financed and
controlled by the farmers them
selves. Each cotton grower, he ex-
planned by illustration, could sub
scribe for stock in such a company
on the basis of $1.O0 per bale for his
average annual production. This
should insure a total working capital
of $15,0O0,000, an amount sufficient
to handle the marketing of every bale
of cotton and bushel of seed raised
by the farmers each year in the
south.
No Extra Burden.
'This method of capitalization
would not entail any extra burden
of hardship upon the growers" said
Mr.. Jordan. because the bulletins OF
the federal government inform US
that the average net loss to farm
ers on each bale of cotton at the
present time, where the buyers are
am amounts GU to from 500 to $500 per
bale.
"A system of state or federal con-
trolled warehouses;, said MI. JORDAN,
with licensed weighers, samplers
and graders, and the issuing of re-
ceipts under this system, would en-
able the farmer to finance his cotton
in storage and market it gradually
thereby regulating the supply OF raw
cotton and maintaining the price OF
the staple at it's maximum intrinsic
value.
"The American bale of cotton is
regarded as the most WaStetul, eX-
pensive and disreputable package OF
value which enters into domestic or
foreign commerce." declared the
sneaker in setting forth the advan-
tages of a baling reform through the
use of compression machinery by the
ginners."
what this association wants"
President Wannamaker said IN open
ing the sessions Monday, rs a mem
bership of 100000 in the south. L
also want committee appointed from
each state, one of which will recon-
mend a minimum price Tor COTTON.
Understand now, 1 say recommend,
not fix. Also I want a committee
to agree on a price for cotton SEED
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9.-Names
of the members of the various com
mittees authorized at the Monioag
Cotton association were announceu
in the afternoon. A resolution was
also offered providing for the forma-
ton in every county OF cotton-holo-
ing corporations The Ilst OF colI-
mittee members follow: Georgia com
mittee recommending minimum price
on cotton, j. J. Brown, commissioner
of agriculture, and Il. A BoyKln'
Sylvania; committee on cotton SEED,
Charles Fitzpatrick, Warren county;
resolutions, T. J. Shackelford, Ath-
ems, Ca; J. w. Williams, Statesboro;
committee to President Wilson aLout
calling meeting to consider credit Tor
European nations, John n. Holder
and j. j. Brown ernio fion9 % 8ai rs-
Sardis, Ga; j. H. Mills, Atlanta;
on the Jennings resolu-
ton, which appears below, II; ) orr
dan, Monticello; J. A. Moss, WASH
lngton.
outside of Georgia were also an
Special committee on organiza ton:
L. S. Tomlinson, North Carolina;
John B. Cannon. South Carolina; +.
co aom NIT G0Oi TeHas, J. L, Grinnan,
c. G. Comegys; Arizona, r. F. Car
nett, w. S. Ste vens; Alabama. T. S.
Kyle, w. E. Hotchkiss; Florida, J.
H. Pace, w. S. McClelland; South
Carolina, L. d. Jennings, j. r. Fairy;
Kirk; North Carolina. ]. A: Brown;
Louisiana, Governor R. G. Pleasant,
T. E. Flourney.
Cotton seed price: Texas, J. 1.
Wren, w. H. Clark; Arizona, r. e.
Garnett, w. S. Stevens; Alabama, ".
C. Cocker, NJ K. Horton; Florida, 0.
G. Bantwell, B. F. Eddenfeld; South
Carolina, J. H. Claffey. T. L. Man
ming; North Carolina. John f. Cam
eron; Oklahoma, Ed P. Dustin.
James N. Kirk; Mississippi, D. S.
Jones, D. w. Robbins; Louisiana,
Committee on resolutions: Ala
Arizona, H. F. Garnett, w. S. Ste
vens; Florida, J. H. Pace, w. S. c.
Branning, ST.; Louisiana, DR.. c. A.
Gardner. Grundy Cooper; ,Mississip-
North Carolina, j. A. Brown. L. s.
Tomlinson; Texas, J. K. Freeman,
Gus F. Taylor; oklahoma. Ed P.
Dustin, James n. Kirk; South Caro-
lima, R. NJ. Mixson, G: L. Toole.
Organization committee: Texas,
NJ Y. Stokes, Theodore w. Koch;
Arizona, r. F. Garnet, w. S: Ste
vens; Alabama, w. e. Davis, J. E.
Foy; Oklahoma, Ed ?. Dustin, James
N. Kirk; Louisiana, E. E. Lee, J.
M. Robinson.
Minimum price committee: Texas,
R. r. Dancy, D. J. Jenkins; Arizona,
r. F. Garnett. w. S. Stevens; Ala
bama, w. A. Wadsworth, Robert
Newman; Florida, Ben Barnes, w. S
McCleIland; South Carolina, B. Har-
riS w A Rown9n. Okla hOO1a I'll D