The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-10-14
Further Restrictions of Cotton
In the South Would Be a
Calamity World Cotton Con-
gress Is Told.
OVER 500 DELEGATES
ATTENDING CONVENTION
One of Important Matters Be-
ing Discussed Is Revision of
Foreign Exchange - Other
Cotton Problems Considered.

New Orleans. Oct. 13.-John "A
Todd. professor of economics and OK
ford lecturer. told the world cotton
conference here today the world needs
more cotton than 1t can get, and furth-
er restriction of cotton in the south
would be a calamity.
President wannamaker, OF the
American Cotton association. assert
ed cotton consumers must pay enough
to make cotton as profitable as other
crops.
Wannamaker said cotton had been
the curse of the south. He said cot
ton restriction was not the result of
desire to profiteer but because rails
ng other crops was more profitable.
acreage of cotton until the price justi-
ies it's being raised by we'll paid
labor, and asserted that soldiers. white
and negroes, were not going to return
10 cotton fields until conditions
change.
The worlds requirements are prac-
tcally unlimited" said Todd. Europe
and Asia are bare of cotton goods.
Their position today is the same as
before the war only worse. The world
wants more cotton than 1t is getting
and must have IT," He advocated
increased production per acre. and
said. the first necessity is to insure
the planter a reasonable remunera-
ton
| New Orleans, October 13.-Delegates |
/ 70 the world cotton conference at the |
| first general session here today per-
, feeted temporary organization with |
William B. Thompsog, of New Or |
leans as president. The temporary |
Organization will have charge Of the |
conference until Thursday when plans |
will be submitted for a permanent |
| organization.
Other Imporary officers follow: !
Vice presidents, Frank H. Crump. of /
Memphis. Giorgio Eylius, of Italy; Sir |
+ Frank Warner, England and Fernand |
f Hands, Belgium, and Charles Clerc.
Of France. Executive secretary Emile |
Stier. New Orleans; recording sec
retary, Winston ID. Adams. Charlotte, |
| y. c.; assistant secretaries, Arno s.
Pearce, London; Eugene p. Guna, Ok
ahoma; w. S. Turner, Little Rock and J
R G. Rickerman, Waco, Tex.
Sir. a. Herbert Dixon, of Manches-
Ter, head of the British delegation de-
cared in an address in response to j.
Wanns maker, St. Matthews, s. c., /
resident of the American Cotton as
sociation, in the principal address de-
hvered at the meeting of the growers
Eoup declared that regardless of how
hort a crop was raised in the south
es demaSds for years would exceed
r. supply New fields in South
america and the extreme southwest
sn United States he said could not
hterfere with the demand.
John A. Simpson, of Oklahoma was
elected permanent chairman of the
group
With more than 500 delegates from I
lirtytwo nations in attendance, the
orld conference. called for the pur-
ose OF organizing in s,rnationally ard
'olving cotton problems, opened with
ssparate meetings of eleven classes of
Dc conference. 4
The Temporary officers prior to the
ass meetings formally opened the
inference at a breakfast given them.
w B. Thompson, of New Orleans,
president apd Rufus r. Wilson, of
oSton executive secretary.
The conference will be closed Thurs
az Many of the plans are to be I
oFhef out in the class meetings and
ported to the general meeting for
aoption or rejection. f
one Of the important matters to be ]
.Nen up is a revision Of foreign ex-
ange. /,
me American Cotton association. 4
'eers who are prominent in the con-
1shce here. opened headquarters for
Iembership drive and for the COM I,
s1on Of the organization of cotton q
aies divisions.
'Ae delegates from England number I
eAty five official delegates and ten c
e's the largest number that ma 1
mad ever sent to a conference in I
yre!gn nation, according to Frank t
Smlth, of Manchester. Among
Sir Herbert Dixon and Sir
mes Hope Simpson
Joseph Dobenin is one Of the
Seho- Slovak representatives.