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Make Your Own
Ice Cream.
There hu Jn.t been pieced In all the grocer*
itoree, anew preparation called r
Jell-O
Ice Cream
POWDER
which ie meeting with great favor, at It enable*
everyone to make ice cream In their own home with
very little tronble. Everything in the package for mak
ing two quarts of delicious ice cream. Ifyour grocer
can’t supply you send SSc. for two pkgs. by mail Van
illa,Chocolate, Strawberry and Unllarored. Address.
The Genesee Pure Foot 1 Cos., Box 2S, Le Hoy. N.lfc
CHARGED MORE
THAN HE SPENT
THAT IS THE GRAVE POINT,
HEPMH.ICA'VS THINK, IX THE CASE
AGAINST SWAYNE.
His Practice of Naming $lO n Day
us Ilia EapciiNc, When Evidence
Showed He Spent Mnch Less, Re
garded by the Committee na n
Point on Which the Federal Judge
of Xorthern Dlntrfct of Florida
May Be Impeached.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Eight Repub
lican members of the House Judiciary
Committee, Representatives Parker of
New Jersey, Jenkins of Wisconsin,
Alexander of New York, Littlefield of
Maine, Thomas of lowa, Gillett of Cal
ifornia, Pearre of Maryland, and War
ner of Illinois, to-day submitted to the
House their views in the case of
case of Judge Charles Swayne of the
Northern district of Florida.
While disagreeing in some particu
lars with the views submitted for the
full committee last week by Repre
sentative Palmer of Pennsylvania,
they say that the question of charging
$lO a day for expenses had been
brought out for the first time in the
additional testimony taken since last
session and laid before the commit
tee. With respect to the record on that
point “they are of opinion that an im
peachable offense has been made out.”
This makes the committee practically
unanimous for impeachment, although
differing on the ground.
The views submitted by Messrs.
Parker, Jenkins, Alexander, Little
field, Thomas, Gillett, Pearre and War
ner are as follows:
“We do not think that the additional
testimony strengthens the case
against Judge Swayne except in the
particulars hereinafter referred to. On
the contrary we think it materially
weakens it in the particulars relied
upon in the former report. As to those
particulars, in our opinion, the evi
dence wholly fails to justify impeach
ment proceedings.
Didn't Like Hla Use of the Cur.
"We not only do not approve, but
we distinctly and emphatically disap
prove, however, of the matter of the
use of the private car in charge of the
receiver, Durkee, in 1903. We think
the judge’s action in the use of the
property and employes of the receiver
is a legitimate and proper object of
adverse criticism and censure, but
since there is nothing in the record
that tends to show that the judge was
influenced in any of his judicial acts,
either directly or indirectly, or was
attempted to be influenced thereby,
we do not think the facts present a
case ~of such gravity as to justify Im
peachment on that ground.
“The making of false certificates for
reasonable expenses for travel and
attendance’ is now presented for the
first time. The testimony establishes
the fact that in several instances,
the last 1903, his disbursements for
expenses were considerably less than
the amounts he certified, which were
uniformly $lO a day. We think the
law does not authorize a district judge
under such circumstances to certify
more than his actual disbursements
as expenses. It does not authorize
him to certify actual disbursements
even, unless they are ‘reasonable.’
He Didn't Try to Explain.
"Unexplained, there does not appear
to be any justification for making
these certificates and receiving the
money appearing to be due thereon.
Evidence as to the alleged practice of
other judges in this respect was of
fered and excluded, and we think
properly. It would have been com
petent for him when a witness in his
own behalf to have stated why he
made those certificates. Asa witness,
he answered and explained every oth
er charge. This charge he made no
effort, as a witness, to answer or ex
plain. The inference from the record,
in general principles, is that the charge
is admitted to be true, and that he has
no explanation or answer thereto.
"Whether a satisfactory explanation
can be made we do not say. We must
take the record as it stands. Upon
this record unanswered and unexplain
ed, we are of the opinion that In this
particular, an Impeachable offense has
been made out.”
suro FOR BEING PUT
OFF A TRAIN.
Wnyoroe* Mnn’e Suit Against
the A. & 11. Railroad.
Waycross, Ga., Dec. 12.—The Decem
ber term of the City Court of Way
cross convened to-day. The case of
M. C. Hodge against the Atlantic and
Birmingham Railroad was taken up.
Hodge is suing the railroad for $2,000
damages sustained by being ejected
from a passenger train. He alleges
that he had paid his fare and turned
over his ticket to the conductor, and
later was asked for a ticket. Hodge
claims he declined to pay his fare tne
second time, and says the conductor
ejected him from the train.
AH IHTIt ATION TKKATV NIGNKD.
It nintlN tlie I nlted Milica and Great
Britain.
Washington, Dec, 12.—The arbitra
tion treaty between Great Britain and
the United .States was signed to-day.
The treaty was signed by Secretary
Hay and Hlr Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador. It follows the
lines of the Frrnch arbitration treaty.
It is expected that the Italian treaty
will be signed within th next two or
three days.
MISTRIAIToR RHODES.
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trtttl m 4ciir*4 Iti Hit *•*#* of J#m
fri*J to Mw> Hu|#rtor Owu't
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MORMONS HEARD
BY THE SENATORS.
Continued from First Page.
had not been inspired: but was Pres
ident Woodruff’s own. This testi
mony kept the committee room in an
uproar.
Lillian Was Attractive.
Mr. Hamlin said he was the brother
of Lillian Hamlin, who, the Protes
tants have tried to show, was mar
ried to Apostle Abram Cannon on the
high seas in 1896. Mr. Hamlin said
it was the family conviction that his
sister was married to Mr. Cannon in
the summer of 1896, and that the cere
mony was performed by President
Smith on the Pacific coast. Lillian
was said by her brother to have been
an attractive young woman. He said
he had not heard from her for four
or five years, and did not know where
she was now-. She has one child, he
said, a daughter who goes by the name
of Martha Cannon.
“Well, nobody doubts that the child
is Abram Cannon's daughter?” asked
Mr. Tavler.
"No sir." was the reply.
The committee adjourned until to
morrow.
WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Business That Was Transacted By
That Body.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The House
transacted quite a large amount of
miscellaneous business to-day, starting
with pension bills and considering the
Hill financial bill later in the day. A
number of bills of local character were
passed and an adjournment was
forced for lack of a quorum when an
uttempt was made to pass the joint
resolution granting the use of the
Washington monument lot for the
American railway appliance exhibi
tion.
The bill transferring the forest re
serves from the Department of the In
terior to the Agricultural Department,
which has been pending in Congress
for several years, was passed.
During the discussion of the finan
cial bill Mr. Hill said we must get
back to the gold standard, which he
learned from very high authorities had
been "irrevocably established.”
Mr. Williams said there was an in
fluence at work to displace the gov
ernment-provided money with bank
provided money and thereby enable
the banks to make the profit on it. “It
is no wonder,” he said, "that nine
tenths of the bankers are Republi
cans,” adding that some were deposi
tories and others were hoping to be.
During a heated colloquy with Mr.
Hill, Mr. Williams said the bill under
consideration would double the possi
bility of the perpetration of "the in
iquitous wrong.” He predicted that it
simply would lead to Socialism.
The speaker at this time announced
a number of committee assignments,
including Mr. Heflin of Alabama to
Mines and Mining; Mr. Croft of South
Carolina to Manufactures and to Ex
penditures in the Navy Department.
The House adjourned until to-mor
row.
Georgian,, all Present.
Washington, Dec. 12.—A1l the mem
bers of the Georgia delegation are now
here. Representative Griggs and Car
ter Tate were at the Capitol to-day
and were given a hearty greeting by
their associates. Before the House
assembled there was an informal rally
of the Georgia delegation aroung Judge
Adamson's desk.
THE DAY IN THE SENATE.
Pure Pond and Philippine Bills Un
der Consideration.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The Senate
had under consideration to-day the
pure food and Philippine government
bills. Debate on the former was con
fined to calling attention to the inade
quacy of the protection accorded the
people of the United States against
impure foods and drugs.
The discussion of the Philippine bill
related solely to the question of the
guarantee by the Philippine govern
ment of the income or interest on
bonds of railroads in those islands, Mr.
Spooner of Wisconsin and Mr. Bacon
of Georgia leading in the criticism.
The suggestion was made by Mr.
Newlands of Nevada that the Philip
pine government should construct the
system of railroads proposed.
The debate brought out the first ref
erence in the Senate in this session to
Judge Parker’s view of the Philippine
question, caused by Mr. Newlands
quoting from certain utterances of W.
J. Bryan and President Roosevelt. Mr.
Foraker inquired why he had ignored
Judge Parker, and Mr. Newlands re
plied that 'Mr. Bryan for eight years
stood as the leader of the Democratic
party.
No action was taken on the bill and
the Senate adjourned until to-morrow.
Drake Military Rnle,
Roanoke, Va., Dec. 12.—W. M. Bodie,
a student at the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, arrived here to-night from
the East, on his way back to Blacks
burg. He says the name of the cadet
who was dismissed is B. W. Coulter
of Richmond, Va., and that his offense
was breaking a military rule.
KING—IMXON, OCII.LA.
Ocilla, Ga., Dec. 12.—Mr. Henry C.
King and Mrs. Alice Dixon were mar
ried last evening at the residence of
Hon. M. Henderson. Rev. J. B.
Thrasher officiated.
“MANNA”
The Old Biblical Term Suggests Good
Food.
Such remarkable changes can be
brought about by food properly se
lected that the best physicians now
look to the rearrangement of a per
son's diet as one of the most impor
tant things.
A member of the Clinic Publishing
Cos., publishers of medical journals in
Chicago, writes as follows, and says
that he does not object to our using
his name publicly.
"I wish to state a few facts which
will show to you why there is, and
ever will be in my heart, a most
grateful appreciation of Grape-Nuts
as a life-giving, nerve-strengthening
and health-restoring food.
"My eldest son, William R., was
taken with a severe attack of scarlet
fever. This left him in a state of
such utter collapse and prostration of
nerve force and energy that he was
unable to sustain bis own weight.
"A complication of troubles follow
ed; the kidneys became affected, and
the doctors all declared his cnae hope
less.
■'Naturally the stomach was too en
feebled to retain or assimilate solid
food, and milk, beef tea and the like
soon became nausea)ing to him.
"Simply as an experiment a spoonful
of Gmpe-X'uta was suggested, and
tried. Its predlgesled constituents
seemed to exactly suit my boy's case,
Eureka! We had Indeed found It.
He not only rtutined the food, but
relished It and asked for more. From
that very day he began to mend, and
In three weeks was convalescent.
Gradually from mere skin snd lames
VS 111 has grown ruddy, bright-eyed
and manly, weighing now, at fifteen
years of age, over ISO pounds
"Cun you wonder that in our family
Grape-Nuts is considered almost as
'Marina from Has ven ?' Wm It,
Emory, tit Foster street. Havens*
wood, Cltkagli ill.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1904.
Suit
—Snaps—
Fashiooable Fabrics made
in the season’s shapes, regu
lar sl2 and sls Suits, now
on sale at
$9.00
Net.
Overcoat
Snaps
Those nobby top coats, in
olive color, and new style long
and medium Overcoats, worth
sl4 and sl6, now being sold at
$lO net.
The Store for Holiday ITesents.
MRS. CHADWICK
TWICE INDICTED.
Continued from First page.
smarter than me; she has pulled the
wool over everybody’s eyes.”
Then with a faint smile, as though
the humor appealed to him despite his
troubles, he said: “Once she wrote to
me to ask if I needed any help be
cause of the run on the bank.”
Said Carnegie Would Settle.
Still another incident was detailed by
the witness. “When Mrs. Chadwick
was in Europe,” he said, "she wrote
that Dr. Chadwick was in the hos
pital, seriously ill, the daughter was
also ill. and she was in sore distress.
She cabled me that she had no money
■and I sent her $15,000. When she ar
rived here she was thought to be dy
ing. She then told me where, if any
thing happened tp her, I would find
a letter to Mr. Carnegie, and he would
settle all her indebtedness.”
The witness had seen no other notes,
but had seen a check which was sent
to his house, when he was ill. It was
for $60,000 and had Andrew Carnegie’s
name signed to it. Whether any mon
ey was ever procured on it he did not
know.
As to the value of Mrs. Chadwick’s
household fittings, Mr. Reynolds
thought they might be worth aibout
$200,000. He said he took a chattel
mortgage about two years ago, but
had never recorded it.
NAMED BY^PRESIDENT.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The Presi.
dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol
lowing nominations:
Assistant secretary of agriculture,
Wlllet M. Hays, Minnesota.
Second lieutenants in the Marine
Corps: Clifford P. Meyer and Frank
lin B. Garrett of Louisiana; Calvin B.
Matthews of Tennessee; James R. N.
Boyd of Virginia.
Commissioner of labor, Charles P.
Neill, District of Columbia.
Postmasters:
South Carolina—J. R. McClue, Bisli
opville.
Virginia—Lee S. Calfee, Pulaski, late
Pulaski City.
Pattemon Firm In Bankruptcy.
Patterson, Ga., Dec. 12.—The Henry
Tyre Company at Patterson, was
closed Friday by involuntary bank
ruptcy, and the United States mar
shal has taken charge of the assets.
Cruiser San Francisco.
Newport News, Va., Dec. 12.—The
cruiser San Francisco arrived at Old
Point to-day from Gibraltar. She will
proceed to Norfolk, where a board of
inspection and survey will go aboard.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. C. C. Pacettl.
The funeral of Mrs. C. C. Pacettl,
formerly Miss Daisy Gnann, whose
death occurred Sunday, will take place
at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon from the
family residence, No. 408 Forty-first
street, east. The services will be
conducted by Rev. M. J. Epting, pas
tor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Pacettl died at the Savannah
Hospital after a brief illness. She
left a devoted husband and a son only
two days old. Mrs. Pacetti was the
daughter of the late William W.
Gnann and was the sister of Messrs.
W. G. and W. R. Gnann and Mrs. J.
S. Maner of Charleston, S. C., and of
Miss Mary L. and Master Arthur P.
Gnann of this city. Besides these she
had many relations here and in Ef
fingham county. Mrs. Pacettl was a
woman of a bright and sunny dispo
sition and exhibited many excellent
Christian virtues.
Rev. A. B. Holland, Gulncy, Fla.
Orlando, Fla.. Dec. 12.—Rev. A. B.
Howland of Quincy, Fla., who has
been in attendance upon the Metho
dist Conference, died suddenly on the
street here this evening while riding
in a buggy. His death is attributed
to heart disease.
John T. Flnegan.
News was received In Savannah
yesterday of the death of Mr. John
T. Flnegan at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Jerry O'Brien, in Charles
ton. S. C., Sunday morning. He had
been ill about two months. Mr. Flne
gan was connected with the South
ern Bell Telephone und Telegraph
Company and was well known In Sa
vannah.
Mrs. H. Brown.
Mrs. H. Brown died early yester
day morning at the Telfair Hospital,
where She was taken Sunday for treat
ment. Besides her husband she leaves
three children to mourn her loss. The
funeral will take place from No. 422
Bast Broad street at 2:20 o'clock this
afternoon. The services will be con
ducted by Rev. W. C. Schaffer, pas
tor of the Lutheran Church of the As
cension. Mrs. Brown's home wss at
Cedar Hammock.
Mrs. 11. H. Hill, Halelgb.
Raleigh, N. C., Dec. It. —The widow
of Confederate tier). D, H. Hill, sis
ter of Mrs, Stonewall Jackson, died
here to-day at an advanced age.
Odors of Perspiration Hoyal Foot Wash
* Hawaii— in lent, at*,, by uwmmi nwi j
Slops finning, cuire Sweating, Belling Iwuilru. Ural gset.
Ike U druggists, or prepaid from EATON DItUQ GO* Atlanta, Us. Mssay
tad tf sol ssßsfisg iaaapls for •#( gists.
RAILROAD MEN
WANT SETTLERS
TALKED OF IMMIGRATION
WITH THE COMMISSIONER IX
WASHINGTON.
Commissioner Snrgcnt Promised to
Do All That He Could to Increase
tile Facilities for Handling Im
migrants nt New Orleans—Plan to
Establish a Bureau of Information
at New York for Immigrants.
Washington, Dec. 12. —An Important
conference was held to-day by the
Bureau of Immigration and a delega
tion of railroad men representing the
passenger departments of railways of
the South. The conference was held
for the purpose of discussing the dis
tribution of immigrants. The railroad
men present were A. H. Hanson of the
Illinois Central, C. L. Stone of the
Louisville and Nashville. John M. Beal
of St. Louis, W. L. Donley of Nash
ville, W. H. Tayloe and M. V. Rich
ards of the Southern Railway, W. J.
Craig of the Atlantic Coast Line. W.
L. Glessner of the Georgia Southern
and .Florida, and J. W. White of the
Seaboard Air Line.
Asa preliminary, the railroad men
desired to consider with Commissioner
Sargent the distribution to the South
of immigrants arriving at the port of
New Orleans, and if possible, to ar
range for facilities for the handling of
a large number of immigrants at that
port. Mr. Sargent told his callers
that such facilities as were necessary
would be provided at New Orleans:
that consideration already had been
given to the problem of increasing the
facilities there, and that the question
was in a fair way to be worked out
satisfactorily.
Commissioner Sargent embraced the
opportunity to outline to his callers
views regarding the distribution of im
migrants, not only through the South,
but also throughout all parts of the
United States. He proposes, if Con
gress will give him the power, to es
tablish at the Ellis Island immigrant
station in New York bay, a bureau
where arriving immigrants may obtain
authentic information regarding the
possibilities of employment in all parts
of the country. Information will be
obtainable at the bureau concerning
not only all sorts of employment which
immigrants are likely to want, but also
concerning the cost of land in the va
rious states, where it is located, and
what its products are.
The commissioner informed his call
ers that he hoped by the adoption of
this plan, to break up, to some extent
at least, the alien colonies now forming
in New York, and in other large cities,
particularly cities in the East.
The plan, he pointted out, necessarily
would have to be under the absolute
supervision of the national government.
He informed his callers that the gov
ernment would not sanction anv ad
vertising by Americans in Europe for
immigration to certain sections.
While no definite conclusions were
reached at the conference, the railroad
men, expressed their satisfaction with
the suggestions of Commissioner Ser
gent. Mr. Sergent said he thought
the South, afforded excellent oppor
tunities for immigrants.
ROOSEVELT REPLIES
To the Invitation to Pay llrnnswlck
a Visit.
Brunswick. Ga., Dec. 12. —A letter
received to-day by Walter C. Brob
ston, secretary of the Brunswick Board
of Trade, from President Roosevelt,
through his secretary, shows that the
President has not yet decided upon
his proposed trip to Georgia. The let
ter is in reply to an invitation extend
ed the President to visit Brunswick by
the local Board of Trade at a recent
meeting. The letter says:
“My Dear Sir: t
“The President requests me to thank
you cordially for your favor of the
Bth instant, with inclosed resolution
of the Brunswick Board of Trade,
which he appreciates.
"No plans have vet been made for
a Southern trip, but if the President
finds it possible to take such a trip
he will be glad to give your invitation
careful consideration.
“Yours very truly,
"B. F. Barnes,
“Acting Secretary to the President.”
RUSSIANS CoViTINUE
AN ARTILLERY FIRE.
Gen. Oku's Headquarters via Fusan,
Sunday, Dec. 11, (Delayed in transmis
sion.)—Russians along the front of
Gen. Oku’s army are continuing an
artillery and Tlfle fire day and night.
The Japanese are not replying. A
Russian move southward Is not antici
pated immediately. The Russian plan
for a winter campaign has not devel
oped.
Last night the thermometer reach
ed seven degrees below zero, which
is considered very cold for December.
The Japanese preparations for the
winter are practically completed.
ALL RUSSIAN SHIPS
’ NOW OUT OF BUSINESS.
tToklo, Dec. 12, 4 p. m.—The com
mander of the Japanese naval land
battery reporting to-day says:
“Four Russian battleships, two cruis
ers, one gunboat and one torpedo
store ships lying in Port Arthur har
bor are completely disabled. There Is
no further necessity for bombarding
the Russian naval force.
“Are now engaged shelling the town
of Port Arthur, which la being heavily
damaged.”
FORTRESS’ INTERIOR
WAS BOMBARDED.
Toklo, Dec. 12.—Dispatches received
to-day from the Japanese urmy be
sieging Port Arthur report that the
Interior of the fortress was bombarded
with heavy guns yesterday, seriously
damaging the battlshlp Poltava, the
transport Amur arid the wireless tele
graph station at the foot of Oolden
Hill, and that the arsenal waa set on
fire.
IHdu’l Have a t roved.
Chicago, Dec. 12. -The tan-round
fight scheduled for to-night between
Buddy Byan of Chicago and Bill Mel-
My of Boston at tbe Harlem Athletic
t’lub. waa called off be.suae of the
small crowd,
DRESS GOODS DAY TO-MORROW.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING IS ON.
The large, unmeasurable crowds are evidences that ADLER'S
store with its mountains of holiday suitables, is now the meeting
place of everyone. Here is where the multitude congregates,
where holiday presents are anticipated for young, middle aged and
old, male or female, the millionaire, the middle class and the
servant—in a completeness of varieties like no other store in all the
South can excel.
Basement, Main Floor, Second Floor, Third Floor and Fourth
Floor, all are full of Holiday selections. You are cordially invited
to inspect them.
To-Day Is Toy Day.
The Basement with all the thousands of Toy articles awaits you,
and is ready for your inspection.
To-Day Is Ladies’ Neckwea* Day.
What a variety—what a gorgeous exhibit of Ladies’ Neckwear,
Ruffs, Neck Collars, etc.
And What a Selection for 25c!
To-Day Is Ladies' Shopping; and Carriage Bag Day
Over 2,000 Bags to select from. No such variety within 600 miies
around Savannah.
And the Silver Department
WITH NO RIVAL TO OPPOSE IT.
All Is Ready Now! Ate You Ready?
■ ■ -=And are Yon Ready for— =
To-Morrow's Dress Goods Day?
LEOPOLD ADLER.
NATIONAL COTTON CONVENTION
DISCUSSES THE BOLL WEEVIL
Cotton Growers Organized and Elected a Texas
Man President.
Shreveport, La., Dec. 12.—At the
night session of the National Cotton
Convention permanent organization
was effected by the unanimous election
of E. S. Peters of Texas as president,
and Prof. J. H. Connell as secretary,
and three delegates from each state
represented were named as Committee
on Resolutions.
After listening to addresses by Hon.
Harvie I*. Jordan of Georgia, and D.
E. Smith of South Carolina, the con
vention adjourned until to-morrow.
More than 400 delegates, representing
every cotton growing state in the
South were assembled at the Grand
Opera house when the convention
was opened at 3 o’clock this after
noon. Temporary organization was ef
fected by the nomination and election
of Hon. W. G. Bolton of Rapides,
La.,.as temporary chairman, and Prof.
J. H. Connell of Dallas, Tex., tem
porary secretary.
The convention was called to order
by Judge J. C. Pugh, chairman of the
executive committee, who voiced the
purposes of the gathering. Judge Pugh
said that the delegates had been call
ed together to consider a question of
vital importance to the welfare of the
South, and, indeed, to that of the na
tion. > (
Telegram from Wileon,
Temporary Chairman Bolton, In a
brief address, made an earnest plea
to the delegates for action. Mr. Bol
ton then read the following telegram
from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
at Washington:
Hon. J. C. Pugh. Shreveport, La.
“Dr. Howard, entomologist of this
department, who hag a wide experience
in boll weevil work in Texas, goes to
represent me at the Shreveport con
vention. I would be with you if my
duties here did not Imperatively keep
me in the city. I hope your delibera
tions will be instructive, helpful gnd
conservative. I go before the House
Committee on Agriculture to-day to
jrge the appropriation of a large
amount of money to deal with the boll
weevil in the Southern states, partic
ularly Louisiana and Texas, for the
coming year.”
The reading of the message was
greeted with an outburst of applause.
Gov. Illunclaard’e Welcome,
Gov. Blanchard, on behalf of the
state, welcomed the delegates to
Louisiana, and among other things
said:
"The question that has brought you
here to hold this great convention is
not one affecting merely the cotton
growing region of the South. It af
fects Intimately and directly the whole
country. If the cotton crop of the
South Is to be destroyed by this pest—
if the growth of cotton um a commer
cial product in the South is to cease
as the result of the Invasion of this in
sect—lt will prove a world-wide ca
lamity, It will affect ruinously large
commercial Interests; It will affect
disastrously every commercial Interest
and every Uns of trade the world
over. More, perhaps, than any other
single product of the soli, cotton per
meates and adjusts and regulates the
balance of the world's trade.
“Its culture and harvesting, its
preparation for the market, its trans
portation to market, Its market ins its
maiiufat I lire sad the sals of Its fab
rics give employo>ent to millions of
people in our own country Its Iran*-
poiteLoii abroad gives eniplwyntent to
many thousands of shipbuilding and
seafaring men, and its manufacture
into cloth in foreign lands, and the
sale of such manufactures, give em
ployment to millions of men and
women there.
"Asa merchantable product, it is
well-nigh indispensable to the world's
trade. But more than this. The con
tinued growth of cotton in these South
ern States seems absolutely indispen
sable to the convenience and comfort,
aye! even almost to the existence it
self of the people of the world. In the
far greater part of the people of the
world depend on cotton fabrics with
which to clothe themselves.
“Their reliance Is on the Southern
States of the great American repub
lic for that which clothes them, for
here in the South we have tin* practi
cal monopoly of the growth of the cot
ton plant.
‘‘Great effort and vast expenditures
of treasure have been made to develop
Its growth in other regions of the
world’s surface, but without success.
"The cotton in the world grown out
side of the United States has scarcely
an appreciable effect on the cotton
market. The eyes of all are on the
South's cotton. What Is the American
crop going to be? What the price it
will likely bring? These are the ques
tions men ask of one another the
world over.
loath World’s Clothier.
"The South, gentlemen of the con
vention, is the clothier of the world.
Let its crop of cotton fall for three
years consecutively and the people of
the world will go In rags and naked
ness. Suppose, now as threatened by
this pest of the boll weevil. It falls
permanently; and what will the peo
ple do for clothing? Wool and silk
and ramie fabrics will not go round,
as staple articles of clothing, to more
than a third of the world's population.
Are the people to go naked?
"That is not too broad a question
to ask. and to ask here and now. iri
view of the terrible menace which
overhangs the South In this plague
of the weevil.
"The cotton crop of the South Is
worth to the people of the South 111
the raw six hundred millions of dollars
per annum. It is worth four times
that when manufactured. Asa mine
of wealth It exceeds all the gold mines
ever discovered. The gold mines be
come exhausted in time. The soil of
the South that produces the cotton
does not exhaust. The cotton crop,—
this mine of wealth, with Its output
of six hundred millions has been com
ing every year. It will continue to
come every year, only increasing an
nually, if saved from destruction by
this Insect.
"This cotton mine of ours will make
the South the richest of countries If
preserved. It is bound to be so. With
the monopoly here of the growth of
cotton and the dependence of the world
upon It to clothe Its nakedness, a gold
en stream must continue to flow Into
the South. That golden stream turns
the balance of the world’s trade in
favor of the United States. It makes
us a creditor nation. Let it fail and
we become a debtor nation. The de
struction of the Mexican boll weevil
thus becomes a great national quea
tlon, and Uongreee and the nation
should take hold of It. Let this con
vention point the Bay,"
Hurtle Jordan Heard.
Harvie R Jordan of Georgia, presi
dent of ths Cotton Grower* Protect!ve
Association of the United Staler, re
sponded to Gov. Blanchard's aggress of
|. uns. He said the Georgia deteg’elee
had t raveled a long distance to lend
their aid In pravautlng eru ina bonce of
lbe boil teaevh la the bout beat era wot
ton growing states and to lend their ad
vice and aid In helping destroy the ra
vaging Insect.
Early In the proceedings a TexVts
delegate moved that the convention
move to the election of permanent of
ficers. A dozen delegates were on their
feet In an Instance clamoring for re
cognition. One of these moved an ad
journment, while another questioned
the proprleey of the convention's going
Into permanent organization before the
credentials of the delegates had been
passed upon. Finally, after much con
fusion, It was agreed to recognize every
delegate wearing a badge, and a motion
to name a committee on credentials
was voted down. A Shreveport delegate
secured the floor and favored a motion
for 'adjournment. He created a stir by
charging that a number of delegates
were attempting to inject politics Into
the selection of a permanent presiding
officer.
Quiet was finally restored and ad
journment was t'aken until 8 o'clock to
night. The only name mentioned on
the floor in connection with the per
manent chairmanship was that of E. S.
Peters of Calvert, Tex., president of the
Texas Growers Association.
German Expert Present.
Among the delegates present is Dr.
Otto Gagzow. Imperial German agri
cultural and forestry expert, represent
ing Baron Speck Von Sternburg, the
German ambassador to the United
States.
Dr. Gagzow Is on the programme for
an address. To a representative of ths
Associated Press, he said he was here
to profit by the deliberations of the
convention. He was accompanied by
several of his countrymen, all of whom
are taking a lively Interest In the boll
weevil problem.
Tulked Price of Cotton.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the National 801 l Weevil convention
here to-night a mass meeting of cotton
growers was held to take action with
regard to the present low price of cot
ton. Over two thirds of the delegates
•to the convention were In attendance.
Harvie P. Jordan presided and made
a speech which favorably received. He
said the people of the South are facing
‘a crisis In the low prices offered for
cotton and he advocated a movement
to check In a measure at least the
present declining price and adopt ways
•and means for some united basis of
action to that end.
A resolution was offered to the meet
ing advising farmers to hold their pro
duct for higher prices, but before action
was taken a motion to adjourn until
to-morrow night was favorably acted
upon.
WILSON WANTS $250,000
TO COPE WITH THE WEEVIL.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Secretary
Wilson to-day recommended to the
House that an appropriation of $220,-
000 be made to meet the emergency
caused by the ravages of the cotton
boll weevil, und of other insects and
diseases affecting cotton, and to study
the diversification of crops, the Sec
retary of Agriculture to be authorized
to expend the money in co-operation
with state experiment stations and
practical cotton growers.
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