The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-03-04
COTTON CONVENTION
NEXT WEEK

Montgomery, Alabama, March, g.
", 1920. The auditorium there will
comfortably seat 5000 delegates and
1t Is our hope to have every seat fill
ed with delegates of men and women
from every section of the Cotton
Belt, including the cotton growing
areas of Arizona and California. r.
III. Mixson, President of the South
Carolina Division makes this state
hcnt about the convention:
THE convention will be devoted
to the diccussion Of broad economic
measures of reform. in the future bal
ing, handling, warehousng and mar
keting the cotton crop. The most vital
subject of reform for 1920 will be
centered in the immediate construc
ton of adequate warehouse facilities
In every, cotton growing county. The
Governors of the cotton states have
been invited to attend the Comic
! renee, to jointly consider TIE enact
mcnt of State Warehouse legislation
based upon uniformity of operation.
Governor r. G. Pleasant Of Louisiana
will preside as Chairman of the Gov
ernors Conference, many of whom
have already accepted the invitation
to be present. The local warehouse
problem as to construction and oDcra-
ton will be handled by large com
mittee composed of the officials of the
Warehouse Division, Federal Bureau
of Markets, State Directors of Ex-
tension Service, State Directors, Bu-
reau of Markets and officials of the
American Cotton Association. A Sou
thcrn Bankers Conference is beinc
provided for which will consider the
best methods Of financing the cotton
crop in storage while the same is be
ing slowly marketed by the growers.
Mr. Nathan Adams, prominent ban
kcr of Dallas, Texas, has been invited
to preside over the Conference OF
Bankers. Governor w. Z. G.. HARDING
OF the Federal Reserve Board has al
ready accepted an invitation to be
present at the Convention and deliver
strong and forceful address cndors-
ing the economic aims and purposes
Of the American Cotton Association.
This address will be one of the most
important of the Convention. MIR. w
u. .-- Turner, Of Memphis,
the recognized Dean of the raw cot
ton trade in the South, and the Gen
eral Manager of the largest concen-
trating plant for storing and comp
ressing cotton in this country, will
deliver an address covering an expos-
ton of the primitive and wastcful
practices employed by the cotton NOR
Chants in the handling of the cotton
crop between the growers and the
spinners. u. S. Senator Joseph T..
Ransdell Of Louisiana will deliver
carefully prepared address an "The
Economics of High Density Gin Com
preston" The presidents Of the va
rious A. & M. Colleges and the State
Superintendents of Education of the
| Cotton States are accepting invita-
tions to be present and form a sec
tional committee for the purpose of
formulating plans for the specific ed
ucation of our young men in the
varied details of marketing farm pro
ducts, and especially with reference
to the grading, stapling, warehous-
ing, ginning, financing and marketing
the cotton crop. Reform in the agri-
! cultural education of the young men
! of the South is one of the most vital
needs of the present times.
"The farm women of the South are
to be recognized as vital factors in
the future development of the organ
iZation work of the American Cotton
Association during the Montgomery
Convention. Two sessions of the Con-
ference will be devoted to discussions
of subjects devoted to the home and
freside. Hundreds of farmers wives
and daughters are expected to be pres
ent at these special sessions to hear
addresses from some Of the most
prominent women speakers Of the
South, and perfect their permanent
organization.
Vital questions relating to the cot
ton acreage, production and consump-
ton of cotton and the imperative
needs for greater areas planted in
food and Feed crcos will be discus ed
by sonc Of the ablc.t students of
these economic questions in the
South.
"The sessions of the Convention
viii be noted for the discussion and
consideration of great constructive re.
form measures, rather than the usual
program of lengthy oratory. A few
speeches on vital measures will OF
necessity be required, but large
number of Sectional Committees will