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SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS
IN SESSION AT CENTRAL CITY
Important Questions Discussed and Et
The largest meeting of cotton growers
, from the southern states ever before held
in the couth occurred last Thursday night
at Macon, during the session of the Farm
ers* National Congress. The convention
was held tn the large auditorium of the
superior court room. Every seat in the
room was tilled by representative men
engaged in the culture of cotton, and even
cotton producing state was represented.
The following estimated >ield of the dif
ferent states for this season was handed
in after a careful review of the crop condi
tions in the different states, and is now
presented to the public for the first time
since the adjournment of the convention.
The estimates are given by states as fol
lows: f
Arkansas, 900.C0C.
Florida. 50.000.
Georgia. 1.000.(00.
Louisiana. 700.000.
Mississippi 1.087.000.
• Missouri. 35.000. *
North Carolina. 475.00 V.
Oklahoma. 390.000.
Indian Territory, 300.000.
South Carolina. 730,000.
Tennessee. 500.000.
• Texas, 3.M0.000.
Making a grand total for the entire es
timated yield. 9.293.008 bales for the season
of 1902 and 1981
It is estimated that the world will re
quire 11.W.008 bales for consumption dur
ing the next twelve, months. M these es
timates are true, the spinners will fall
short 1.700.000 bales before another crop
' can be harvested, unless they run on short
time and render themselves unable to meet
the demand. One thing is certain, there
was on hand but little old cotton at the
• opening of this reason that could be used
for spinning purposes.
Following is a full report of the conven
tion as reported by the secretary. Hon.
’ i yr. D. Hammock. and Mr. Eugene Ander
son of The Macon Telegraph:
"Six hundred cotton growers of the south
• met in the superior court room Thursday
• night and passed some important resolu
tions concerning their Industry.
Some alarming'reports were made from
| Texas, and it was agreed by everybody
; present that the government should be
J given every encouragement in its efforts
*> drive out sleeping car speculators who
run through the country guessing at the
J rise of the crop in such away as to minim
ise the influence of the government de part
! atent of statistics. It was shown by the
I statistical agent of Texas, Mr. Oswald
'Wilson, that SCO.CCO bales of cotton have
teen destroyed thtaf year by the Mexican
> boll weevil, and that the plague is rapid
ly spreading to other states, the weevil
, having become acclimated, and having at
tacked every portion of the Texas cotton
• growing region.
"The meeting was called Thursday night
by Hon. Harvle Jordan, the president of
' the Interstate Cotton Growers* Associa
' tlon. and when the hour arrived the court
• house was filled.
J “Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, president of
the state agricultural society, called the
'meeting to order, and nominated Mr. Jor
dan for chairman of the meeting, and his
name was gree-"d with applause. Mr. W.
D. Hammock. of Coleman, Ga.. was elected
I secretary The chairman then stated the
'Objects of the meeting, as follows:
- To encourage organisation of the cotton
.growers in each of the states.
h ' To advocate a uniform tare on. all
(square bale cotton put up In the United
States.
I To ascertain why the difference between
.the commercial estimates and the figures
( furnished by the government statistician.
"Mr. Jordan then called upon Mr. ri 8.
'Peters, cf .exas. to address the meeting
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portant of al|_ the states, so far as the
cotton industry is concerned. He intro
duced Mr. Peters as. one of the leading
planters of the Brasos section, and presi
dent of the Texas Cotton Growers’ Asso
ciation.
Mr. Peters gave a remarkable state
ment about the ravages of the boil wee
vil In Texas. He said at first it was
thought this enemy of the cotton plant
would be confined to those sections of
the state where the frost does not kill
the cotton, but they have become accli
mated,' and are now in every part of
Texas, and are making their way to
other sections. He says some of his
cotton which ought to make a bale to
the acre of lint will not make a bale to
fifty acres because of the weevil. He
says between the weevil and the flood,
he has lost forty thousand dollars in
three years, and his com crop has been
a complete failure. He says that before
a great while the boll weevil in the cot
ton will make its way all across the
gulf states, and eight million bales wHI
be a bumper crop for the He
says the farmers of Texas are doing
their best to protect themselves from
the schemers in Wall street, and the
palace car estimaters, ■ who fix tne
prices of the staple. He says they are
arranging to make all their notes pay
able on the first of each January, so
they can hold their cotton until they get
ready to sell it.
When Mr. Peters had finished his ad
dress Mr. W. R. Kemp, of Georgia, made
a motion to apnpinf a committee repre
senting each of the cotton growing
states, to draw up resolutions with re
gard to the tare on cotton. This com
mittee was appointed, and it retired and
brought in tne fol.owing report:
We. the representatives of the cotton
producing states in session assembled
at Macon, Ga.. October 8. 1902. object to
the recent ruling of the Southern Cotton
Buyers’ association, demanding a re
duction of fifty cents per bale on all
square cotton naving a covering of
more than six yards of bagging and six
bands, unlees the .are on export cot
ton is reduced to a net basis of twenty
two pounds to the oale. We insist that
the tare qn all square cotton be reduced
to a uniform basis of twenty-two
pounds per bale and that the foreign
spinners, in making the price on square
cotton, deduct only twenty-two pounds
per bale from the spinners' price to the
producer. We further resolve that if
such uniform deduction for tare is not
made by the spinners of tae world that
we urge all jute bagging be manufac
tured to a uniform weight of two pounds
per yard and tnat all producers use six
yards of such bagging and six bands per
bale. We further insist that unless the
European buyers agree to said reduction
that all producers continue to place nine
yards of bagging and six banas on all
square bales of cotton, thereby demand
ing and securing the full benefit of the
present tare allowed of thirty pounds per
square bale for tare.
Resolved further. That tn case the cotton
buyers of the south refuse to accept our
terms, which are fair and just to all
parties, that the Cotton Growers' asso
ciation of each township or county select
some suitable person and sell direct to
the spinners through such representative.
Resolved further. That we respectfully
ask all papers in the south and else
where to publis.i these resolutions.
Respectfully submit.ed.
R. R. . oole, Alabama.
W. P. Bachelor, North Carolina.
J. T. Crawford, South Carolina.
Col. R. E. Crittendon. Georgia.
W. R. Kemp, Georgia.
F. G. Shell, Florida.
W. H. Hamlin, Mississippi.
E. 8. Peters, Texas.
J. R. Goodwin, Tennessee.
J. W. Hill. Missouri.
Harvie Jordan. Ga.. Chairman.
Mr. W. P. Bacheller, of North Caro
lina, asked what the cotton growers in
tended to do if the buyers ridicule the
resolutions. He said the trusts have the
fanners by the throat and everything is
THE SEMI-WEkhLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1902*
This Season Will Not Exceed
organised except the farmers. He said
that while talking with a friend on the
train coming from North Carolina the
friend remarked: “That man hasn’t got
sense enough to run a farm.” Mr. Bach
eller said even the buneb men have
changed the old saying, “A fool is born’
every hour,” to ”A farmer is born every
hour.” He said this is due to the fact
that the brainiest, noblest people bn God's
earth are not standing by each other and
getting their rights. He said the farmers
must be prepared to fight the buyers when
necessary’, because the buyers are com
bining’ with the banks in various towns
and have an arrangement by which only
certain buyers are in the markets on cer
tain days.
The resolution was so worded that it
was intended to cover the points.
While the committee' was out, Mr. Os
wald "Wilson, statistical agent of Texas,
addressed the meeting by request.
Government Reports.
Mr. Wilson began by saying that $400,-
000,000 is paid every year to the farmers
for their cotton; that the spinners pay
$500,000,000. thus showing that one hundred
million dollars is lost in freight, for com
mission to the handlers and in stealage.
Then five hundred million dollars is add
ed to the value or cost of the cotton by the
manufacture of it, and still another five
hundred millions added by the time it
comes to the consumers. He showed
what percentage of the world’s people
wear clothes,, and said that if all of th,e
people of the world were clothed as the
people of Georgia are clothed today, it
would require seventy million bales per
annum to supply the demand. He said
there was no reason to be alarmed be
cause of the government’s effects to find
new fields for producing cotton. He seem
ed to think it was by no means certain
that the south would continue to supply
the demand a great while longer, because
the boll weevil had completely baffled the
efforts made by the government to stop
its ravages and was rapidly spreading all
over the cotton belt. He said that this
country now produces all but about two
and a quarter million bales of the cotton
used in the world, and that of all the
countries where the experiment of rais
ing cotton was made by the British gov
ernment during the civil vfar, Peru is the
only one which has continued the indus
try.
He said the country needs cotton, and
what must be done is to regulate prices
according to supply and demand. He
said he did not attempt to say what
the farmer should consider a fair price
for hfs cotton, but he did say that he
thought the farmer should be in position
to say whether or not he would sell at
the prices offered him. He showed how
the government arrives at its figures in
estimating the crop each year, and stated
that there were six from which
the figures were obtained and
they all came from the farms or through
the farms, and there was not a variance
of 1 per cent in any two of the estimates.’
He said the government had b?en doing
all in its power to find out where Mr. Hes
ter gets the figures for what are termed
the “commercial reports,” and the only
explanation tnat had been reached was
the suggestion that he gets them from
the ports, which is considered an unrelia
ble source, in view of the fact that many
Vales of cotton are shipped into one port
and then taken out and sent by rail to
another point, thus getting counted twice.
He said also that the commercial reports
do not show what cotton is grown, but
what cotton is in the country, and some
of that cotton - has been accuniulatlng
through years. He declared, however,
that there was less cotton in the coun
try on the first of September just ended
than at any similar time in thirty years.
The short grain crops in succession has
forced the growers to rush the stock of
cotton on the market, and nearly all of
the old supply has been in this way dis
posed of.
Schoolroom Will Afford Relief.
In discussing the evils that grow out of
pala,ce car estimates and the Wall street
schemes to get the advantage of the
cotton grower, Mr. Wilson said that the
work of remedying the evil should begin
in the schoolrooms. He said the schools
and colleges of the country knew too lit
tle about it. He said the teachers have
no knowledge of the subject, but a re
form ought to be made right there, so
as to. force every school teacher to give
the children an idea about agriculture and
to educate boys and girls for farm life
rather than for overcrowded professions
He said diversified farming might be
preached, but unless the farmers are ed
ucated to something besides cotton and
corn they ■Vvill be slow to take hold. He
said he did not know whether the old
farmers would ever learn how to sup
port themselves on the farm, but there
was hope in the younger generation, if
they are given the proper training ir.
the schoolrooms. They will then take
hold of the farms and raise meats ant
be able to defy the speculator. They
will be able to hold their cotton as long
as they wish, and when it suits them to
sell it they will sell, and not before, and
then the country will have no more pal
ace car crop estimaters.
Mr. Thomas R. Ayer, of Bibb county,
Georgia, arose and said the farmers wouh
have to raise their meat and bread and
become independent before they could
hope to get beyond the baneful influences
of the J. Pierpont Morgans and other
trust magnates. He said the farmers had
become slaves to trusts and until they
learned to live at home they would con
tinue to be such.
Some one in the audience called out and
asked Mr. Wilson, of Texas, what had
become of Mr. Neill as an estimator of
crops. Mr. Wilson replied that Mr. Neill
was dead. He said that Mr. Neill had
cost the people of the south a world of
money by the game he played.
Mr. Fred Wimberly, of Georgia, said
he had looked with distrust on the gov
ernment bureau of statistics and on Mr.
Hyde until this year and last, twid he was
coming to believe that a noble fight Is
now being made for the farmer by the
government, but he was afraid the trusts
would cause Mr. Hyde's overthrow be
cause of his fair treatment of the farmer
and his independence of the Wall street
influence. > <
Want Money to Fight Weevil.
Mr. Oswald Wilson. of. Texas. Intro
duced the following resolution, which was
passed: V* ■
“Whereas, the boll weevil In Texas is
the most serious menace to the cotton
Industry’ of the south, having destroyed
during the past year 500,000 bales of cot
‘ ton, which represent $26.000,00X and
“Whereas, unless checked this dreaded
pest Is liable to spread over the entire
south: thereofre be It
“Resolved, That we heartily Indorse the
efforts being made by the divlMon of
entomology of the United States depart
ment of agriculture to control and exter
' minate this pest, and most respectfully
urge upon congress to grant liberal appro
priations for the work.”
Mr. W. D. Hammock, secretary of the
meeting, arose and said that he had not
been making his farm self-sustaining
but he was going home and raise meat
and breadbin future, and he was going
to place himself in a position to sell his
cotton when he pleased.
While the committee to draw up res
olutions concerning tare on cotton was
out of the room, the' chair was occupied
by General Cox, of North Carolina.
■ The following resolutions were intro
duced and passed-, and the meeting ad
journefi:
Bj- E. S. Peters, of Texas—Whereas, one
of the most important and valuable obli
gations of our general government is the
collection and publication in due time of
statistics showing the true condition of
the growing crops, and the ultimate yield,
and is the only medium that stands be
tween the grower* and consumer on the
one hand and the speculator on the other.
Therefore, be it resolved, That we heart
ily indorse the wark of the division of
statistics of the UjtJted States department
of agriculture and”strongly deprecate any
attempts to minimize its influence or
work, and most earnestly protest against
its transfer to anji other bureau or divis
ion. ~
But would most respectfully urge upon
congress to make liberal appropriations
to Increase its usefulness and widen its
sphere of work.
By Fred Wimberly, of Georgia-Resolv
ed, That the cotton growers of the south
be urged to make their farms self-sustain
ing. so that they can control the future
sale of their cotton, and that we encour
age all cotton producers to introduce a
system of the marketing of the cotton
crop slowly, running the sale, through a
period of ten months, instead of four
mopths, as at present.
• By W. W. Hamilton, of Georgia—Re
solved by the Southern cotton representa
tives in session at-Mficon, Ga., October 8,
1902, That all the cotton ginners of the
south be earnestly requested to make
prompt and correct returns to the United
States department of agriculture of all the
cotton ginned each season.
. Also, that cotton seed oil mills report
the correct number of bales of linters
ginned and packed each season.
The question of perfecting a cotton
growers' organization more completely in
all the cotton growing states was fully
discussed by the delegates in attendance,
and it was finally determined to call an
inter-state convention of cotton growers
to meet at Atlanta, or Macon, during next
January or February, at which time steps
will be taken to push forward the work of
organization actively into all the states.
These matters Jiave been fully agitated
over the south for the past two years and
now the farmers believe that the necessity
of the situation calls for prompt and effec
tive action on the part of producers. The
undeniable fact is at slat 1 being presented
and appreciated that the farmers as indi
ividuals can do nothing against the strong
organised bodies with whom they have to
deal each season in disposing of their
products. It is certain, however, that if
the producers should organize generally
along the lines of business, and co-operate
together for mutual protection of their
interests that great ,good will result.
It was to broaden, this sentiment and
secure work along this line in all the cot
ton states, which actuated me in calling
this convention at the time named. Every
representative from the cotton states ex
pressed themselves as not only favoring
organization, but they openly avowed the
absolute necessity for the producers to
get together and protect themselves. It Is
the only hope for the future salvation bf
the cotton producers, and we hope for
great good along that line to be
accomplishes! during the coming year.
Texas and Florida are both push
ing rapidly in the work already
done has been far-reaching in both
states. What we need is general co-oper
ation In all the states, and when we are
not receiving just treatment at the hands
of the buyers and spinners, prompt and ef
| fectlve co-operation will force the break
ing up of combinations detrimental to our
Interests. HARVIE JORDAN.
Proceedings of the Congress.
The opening address of welcome was
made by Hon. Allen D. Candler, governor
of Georgia, before the Farmers’ National
Congress, at Macon, Tuesday morning,
October-7, 1902.
The governor delivered a splendid ad
dress which was highly complimented,
and it is regretted that his speech cannot
appear in full, but it was delivered with
out notes, and was not taken verbatem
by a reporter. He said In part, after be
ing Introduced by President Flanders, of
the congress:
“Mr. President, Gentlemen and La
dles: I have closed the governor's office
of the great Empire State of Georgia in
order to be -with you today, because I
recognize that the men who compose
this convention represent the noblest
calling on earth. Upon the farmer rests
every other interest. If the farmers pros
per, every other Industry and every oth
er calling prospers. The men who have
shaped the destinies of this republic since
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■ ' - ■
the day it was born were farmers and
sons of farmers.
“Mr. President, you can’t raise a man
on a brick pavement—men come from con
tact with mother earth, tl\ey are bred
on the farm. You do well, Mr. President
and gentlemen of the convention, to as
semble in Georgia ,a state which owes
her greatness to her sons that till the soil.
“Georgia is a glorious state—glorious
in her history in the achievements of
her sons.. One of the original thirteen
states, in the dark days of the revolu
tion, Georgia in her devotion to liberty,
in her suffering in its behalf, dembnstra
ted that character which has left its in
effaceable impress upon her people, and
won for her a record second to no other
of the original states of the union:”
Referring to the race problem. Governor
Candler said:
“In no other state does the presence
of tne negro impose a greater burden up
on the whites than in Georgia. Yet the
negro in Georgia is in a better condition
than in many other states. He is educa
ted. treated without discrimination. We
teach him. that Georgia is the best state
for a good negro, and the worst state for
a bad one.
“As governor of this state, I have often
been called upon to consider the pleas of
the negro. As God is my judge, I have
never allowed myself to think of him save
as one entitled to that equal and exact
justice the state of Georgia awards to
all of its citizens. Georgia offers her rec
ord as an answer to any queries as to her
attitude on the race problem.’’
Referring to the people who first settled
Georgia, the governor repelled the charge
that the first settlers were criminal ex
iles. He paid a warm tribute to the men
who composed the first force of colonial
settlers, as men of high character, rank
ing with those of any other colony. Speak
ing of the influx into Georgia of settlers
from Virginia and North Carolina, he
said:
“The Virginians in the old days were
all F. F. V.’s. The Virginian of those
days thought he was just a little better
than any one else, and the bulk of them
weje well-to-do. When some of them
concluded to emigrate to Georgia, they
came in covered wagons, the horses adorn
ed with tinkling bells that sounded the
line of their march.
“When they passed through North Car
olina, the North Carolinians had never
seen wagons, and they followed those
wagons into Georgia to find out when the
hind wheels would overtake the fore
wheels, and thus North Carolinians helped
to settle Georgia.”
Speaking of the civil war, he said: __
“We will not enter a discussion of that
period save to say to «those who fought
under the stars and stripes believed they
were right, and as God is my judge those
who fought under the stars and bars be
lieved they were right. In that struggle
Georgia suffered—her lands were devas
tated. her homes darkened by mourning.
In the years that have passed—through
the days of reconstruction, till now,
Georgia has demonstrated the courage and
determination of her people. No people,
however,” could have accomplished what
the people of Georgia have accomplished
since the civil war, except with such a soil
as Georgia possesses—the most prolific
on the face of the earth.
“In the name of that Georgia, Mr.
President, ladies and gentlemen, in be
half of her people, I welcome you to the
Empire State of the South. If you shall
come to Atlanta, I extend to you a cor
dial welcome to visit the capltol—it is open
to you. I bid you in the great
work that has brought you together in
this great convention.”
A delegate from New York, as the gov
ernor sat down, jumped to his feet and
proposed three cheers fo® Governor Cand
ler, which krere given with the deep north
ern and western hurrah. A delegate from
West Virginia called for three cheers for
the governor. The response was the fa
miliar southern yell.
At the conclusion of Governor Candler’s
address of welcome. President Flanders
called upon Hon. Harvie Jordan to re
spond on behalf of the convention.
Mr. Jordan’s Response.
“Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen
of the Farmers’ National Congress: I
have listened with great pleasure and
gratification to the impressive words of
welcome which have just fallen from the
lips of the chief executive of the Empire
State of the South, and to the splendid
words of greeting from the honored pres
ident of the chamber of commerce of your
beautiful Central City.
"Governor Candler has most fittingly
conveyed to us the sentiments which I am
sure actuate the hearts of that great
mass of farmers who have made Georgia
what she is—one of the greatest in all
that spleldld galaxy of our agricultural
states.
“The prompt and decisive action of
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your chamber of commerce last Feb
ruary. in meeting every requirement of
our organization, and the cordial welcome
extended at that time by your distinguish
ed mayor and council, found unanimous
responses of favor on the part of our ex
ecutive committee, which reaaily culmin
ated in selecting your beautiful city as
the proper place for holding the annual
session of our congress in 1902.
“There has been at no time any doubt
in the minds of the officers and dele
gates to this convention that Macon
would fulfill every pledge made and that
a warm southern welcome would be ex
tended to each and every one who could
be present on tnls occasion from every
state in the union.
"The name and purpose of this organ
ization stand to maintain and promote a
more friendly and closer relationship be
tween all classes of agriculturists In the
United States, to foster and build up the
different departments that they represent,
and through its annual sessions to dissem
inate a wider knowleage of tne latest and
best methods for the advancqpient of the
great agricultural interests of our coun
try.
“In making a deftrmined effort for the
betterment of those conditions that relate
to the interests of husbandry, we meet
annually with a common purpose in view.
“In discussing those subjects which re
late solely to national agriculture, we
encourage and know no sectional lines
within whose boundary preferences should
be given over the needs and requirements
of others.
“The boundary lines of our magnificent
empire embracing within their limits the
greatest country ever developed by the
brain and hand of man, comprises the
field ofour labors.
“Wherever the members of this organ
ization gather together in annual session,
whether in the north, east, west or south,
they meet upon the common ground of
one great nation, with but one object in
view, that of giving their energies and
abilities toward the work of advancing
and promoting the Interests of national
agriculture. Wherever federal legislation
is needed in any of our agricultural de
partments we promptly invoke by sult
abe resolutions passed and committees
appointed and delegated with authority
to act at Washington.
“The many subjects to be discussed,
as embraced in the official program of
the four days’ business session of this
congress, relate almot entirely |o the
needs of different departments of national
agriculture. While these discussions will
be fruitful of good results ana furnish
much valuable food for thought, yet the
most Important and far-reaching good to
be obtained by this particular session, is
that it will bring together as never before
the leading agriculturalists of the whole
nation.
“It will mean the dawning of a new
era in the future history of our agricul
tural development. It will lay the foun
dation for the abolition of all sectional
lines, and will put into motion a senti
ment along the lines of national Co-oper
ation by the agriculturists of this coun
try, which, will be of untold profit and
benefit to the great Industry of which the
Farmers’ National Congress has become
the leading representative organization.
“That this tendency toward the culti
vation of a closer relationship, having for
its prime object the ultimate amalgama
tion of the agriculturalists of the United
States, should first bear fruit in the lead
ing agricultural state of the south, is not
only most suggestive, but will haye its
weight and influence.
“The deep interest manifested in this
meeting by so many hundreds of farm
ers in (Georgia and other southern states
is particularly gratifying to the farmers
who are present here today from the
north and west. The south has never
failed in broad-mindedness of purpose,
nor in the prompt display of the highest
elements of patriotic motives. ,
“The days of individual action are rap
idly being relegated to the past, while
.the cultivation of a closer relationship
along the lines oj co-pperative action is
fast being Inculcated into the minds of
our people all over the country.
“In order that you may have some
conception of those agricultural interests
which it is our prime mission to foster
and protect, I will name a number of our
leading agricnltural products, giving the
gross amount of each and their value for
the year 1901: Cotton, 10,401,453 bales; val
ue 1511,098,111. Cotton seed, 415,000,0tt) bush
els; values. $62,250,000. Hay, 50,110,906 tons;
value, $445,538,870. Jrish botatoes, 210,926,897
bushels: value, $90,811,167. Buckwheat, 15,-
125,939 bushels; value, $8,523,317. Rye, 30,-
344,830 bushels; value, $17,000,000. Barley,
109,932,824 bushels; value, $49,706,163. Oats,
736,808,724 bushels; value, $283.658,777.
Wheat, 748,460,218 bushels; value, $467,350,-
156. Corn, 1,522,579,085 bushels; value, $921,-
565,768. Poultry, 258.508.085; value of poul
try and eggs, $281,178,035. Hogs, 38,651,631;
value, $170,109,743. Horses, 13,537,524; value,
$603,969,412. Mules, 2,086,027; value, $111,717,-
442. Milch cows, 16,292,360; value. $514,812,-
106. Other cattle, 27,610,154; value, $689,-
486,260. Sheep, 41,883,065; value, $122,665,913.
The grand total value of the leading agri
cultural products amounted in that year
to the enormous sum of $5,361,429,940. These
are the Interests represented here today
by this magnificent assemblage of promi
nent agriculturalists, representing near
ly every state and territory’ in the Union.
In 1776, thirteen weakened colonies de-,
dared their Declaration of Independence
from the domination of Great Britain. In
little more than 100 years from that time
we find, that through the energies of our
agricultural people, the total value of
their products for one year amounts to
more than the combined value of all the
gold and silver in the world.
“Co-operating for the national upbuild
ing of our vast agricultural Interests must
inevitably result in the achievement of
splendid returns for our labors.
“The producers are the creators of the
wealth of this country, and the unprece
dented prosperity of the United States
within the past decade is due in largest
measure to the results of the labor of ag
riculturalists. We are largely feeding
and clothing the nations of the civilized
world, and it is due to the vast exports
of our cotton, meats and cereals that the
United States has within recent years be
cortie the creditor nation of the world.
Whatever may be said of the mechanic
or the artisan, the merchant, banker or
manufacturer, it must be admitted that
the farmer typifies the bed rock of civil
ization, prosperity and the strength of all
governments.
“Mr. President, the delegates to our
congress at its las', annual session ex
pressed a desire to meet this year in a
typical southern city, located in the heart
of southern agriculture. They wanted to
turn their faces for a brief season from
the broad, fertile plains of the northwest
this month, and revel for a time in the
land of Dixie, and where the hospitality
of a people has become proverbial. Every
wish of our delegates has been gratified,
and we are now preparing to enter upon
the deliberations of the greatest agricul
tural gathering ever before held in the
south. Before this session shall have
ended, with its business and its pleasures,
I feel assured that the very name of Ma
con wilWhave become firmly engraven up
on the hearts of our delegates, and as
time rolls on will be a sweet sound In
hundreds of distant homes, while the rec
ollections of this visit to Georgia and her
people will be made imper shable in song
and in story through future years to come.
In behalf of the congress. I wish to ten
der the thanks of our visiting delegates,
especially to the cordial invitation of the
officials of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad and the Macon, Dublin
and Savannah railroad, for the tender of
free excursions over their lines of rail
road. These Invitations only tend to more
fully emphasize the welcome extended to
our congress, and their acceptance meets
the full and hearty indorsement of our
entire membership. * .
"The many wives and daughters of our
delegates who are present here today
constitute the adorning feature of our
organization. It is a source of great grat
ification to feel that their comforts and
pleasures while In this city will be so
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"We return thanks for the cordiality of
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Awarding Prizes.
On Friday afternoon the awards ot the
prizes for county and individual exhibits
was made from the stage of the opera
house by Hon. Harvie Jordan, who read
the report of the committee. Jones coun
ty received the first prize and a check for
$400; Bibb county, second, S2OO, and Lau
rens county, third, SIOO. The committee
who judged the exhibits were R. R. Poole,
of Alabama; General Gox, of North Car
olina; Kracky, of New York; Klon, of Vir
ginia, and Weller, of lowa.
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Mamma—Why not. darling?
Little Margie—Because, with all this ntfißK
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