The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-04
MASS MEETING.
OF COTTON MEN
AT new ORLEANS
FAMOUS SPEAKERS WILL BE
HEARD WHEN ASSOCIATION
cONvENES IN CRESCENT CITY
IN SEPTEMBER.

1880 - Sent Several prom
inent speakers will be on the program
OF the mass meeting of the American
Cotton Association in New Orleans,
Louisiana, September and .. A num-
Der OF acceptances to invitations have
already been received by President j.
Skottowe Wannamaker and others are
certain. II is definitely announced adj
dresses will be delivered by the fol-
lowing: Gov. Ruffin ID. Pleasant of
Louisiana; Hon. Martin Behrman,
Mayor of New Orleans; Hon. John M.
Parker of New Orleans, former United
States Fool Administrator; Col. w. b.
Thompson. New Orleans; Hon. Harvie
Jordan. Monticello, Georgia; Hon. j.
Thos. Heflin. Congressman from Ala
bama Hon. Hoke Smith, United States
Senator from Georgia. Hon. Jno.
Sharpe Williams OF Mississippi an
nounces that he will be among the
speakers provided he is not detained
in Washington on those dates because
OF the session of Congress. Senator T..
ID. Smith OF South Carolina has ac-
ceptc1 tentatively to be governed
largely by the status of legislative
matters a the national capital. Hon.
~. p. Claxton. of Washington. United
States Commissioners of Education. is
endeavoring to arrange his affairs so
he can be among the speakers. The
principal address in behalf of the
American Cotton Association will be
delivered by Mr. Wannamaker.
Southern Governors who recently en-
dorsed this meeting in joint procla-
nation which set forth the necessity
OF calling the conference TO discuss
general economic conditions and to
ton. have been requested TO appoint
delegates at large from their various
states and also name delegates repre-
senting each of their counties. Heads
Of State Farmers Unions agricultural
departments. superintendent o. edu-
cation. presidents of bankers associa-
tions. chairmen of State Chamber of
Commerce. and other leading profess
sional and business men have been re-
quested TO designate delegates i'm a
similar manner. A large attendance
is assured and it is announced that
the New Orleans committee on local
arrangements is preparing for one of
the largest meetings of this kind ever
held i'm the South.
The American Cotton Association,
organized in the interest of the cotton
producers and the general business in
terests of the South. is declared TO be
meeting with gratifying results in its
membership campaign. One of the
purposes in calling the New Orleans
meeting is to present it's advantages
10 large numbers of representatives
from all the cotton states and to study
and discuss with them the unusual
situation confronting the people at this
time. After a careful analysis of pre-
vailing business conditions and possi-
biiities of the future. conservative
methods will be outlined as to the best
manner OF procedure for the citizens
of the South.
Determination and recommended ION
of a minimum price at which cotton
should be sold by the growers. to pre-
vent further losses. will be reached
after the consideration of authentic
data and receiving the advice of men
Of much business experience. both On
the farm and in general commercial
circles.
Additional governors have signed