Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-24
determination Fund of ST.
100000 to Be Sought,
Charter Obtained in Ten
nesSee Before Conference
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Incorporated under the laws of
Tennessee under an eleemosynary
form of charter, with DR.. Miller
Reese Hutchinson, of New York, as
it's president and director, and with
the raising of about $2,500,000 to
carry on a five-year war of exter.
mination" against the boil weevil as
it's ultimate object, the national cam
paign for boil weevil control was
launched formally Wednesday eve
ning at the closing session of the
national cotton conference for boil
weevil control at the Baptist taber-
nacle.
Organization of the campaign was
completed after a brief address by
DR.. Hudson Maxim, nationally
known scientist and inventor, on
Man or Bug-Which Shall inherit
the Earth?" He discussed the great
menace facing the cotton belt be-
cause of the boil weevil and sug-
gested several methods of externi'
mating the pest.
John D. Martin, of Memphis,
Tenn, chairman of the organiza.
ton committee, reported that a
charter for the campaign had been
obtained in Tennessee prior to the
conference, in order, he said, to
facilitate work.
DIR. Hutchinson Head
Under the plan of organization
finally adopted DR.. Hutchinson will
be the active head of the corpora
ton, with full executive power, and
will appoint a board Of directors
consisting of one man from each
state in the cotton belt and promi-
nent men in the cotton industry
in the north and south.
The directors of the cotton states
will, in turn, appoint committees
Of five, of which they will be chair
men. to carry on the work in their
respective states.
Following are the original incoI-
porators of the campaign, under
whose names the charter was ap-
piled for: c. P. J. Mooney, editor of
the Mepmhis, (Tenn) Commercial APP
peal; Dabney H. Crump, Hugh Ram
sey, Frank H. Bragg, Frank M. Gill
liland and Mr.. Martin, all of Mem
phis, members of the conference or
ganization committee; w. P. Con-
yers, of Greenville, S. c., cotton
manufacturer; DR.. A. r. Johnson, Of
St. George, S. c., cotton planter; F.
J. Merriam, of Atlanta, editor of the
Southern Ruralist, and other repre-
sentatives of the agricultural press;
w. w. Long, of Clemson. college
Clemson, s. c.; George M. Shut,
president CT the New York Cotton
Exchange and representative of the
cotton dealers: S. J. Cassels, OF
Montgomery, Ala, vice president of
the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers
association and representative of
the cotton seed interests.
After formal approval Of the plan
of organization by the entire con-
ference, DR.. Hutchinson briefly eX-
pressed qualification at the steps
taken, declaring he believed no
trouble would be experienced in
raising two and one-half million
dollars to carry on this great work.
War Material Needed
''When our nation goes to war"
said DR.. Hutchinson, cit needs men
and ammunition and ships, all the
sineWs of war. In this war of eX.
termination against the boil weeVlt,
the most vicious and destructive
pest that has ever infested the cot
ton belt, we viii also need the sinews
of war and We will have to have
money to provide them. Already
more than 100000 has been given
to the campaign and I have not the
slightest doubt that we will be able
to secure at least $780, 900 to carry
on the work"
DR.. Hutchinson also tsated he is
conducting experiments in his New
York laboratory to determine the
feasibility of using X-rays, contain
ed in mixture of chemical salts.
as poison for the weevil. He said
the rays would sterilize the eggs of
the cotton pest and materially cur
tail propagation.
Working along similar lines, DR..
Maxim, in his address, suggested
the possibility of using the highly
developed sex instinct of the boil
weevil to lure the pest to it's own
destruction. He suggested that it
might be possible to determine the
fundamental chemical that is the
basis of the sex attraction, and com
bine it in a poison.
He also discussed other methods