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COTTON GROWERS KNIFE THE CROP Convention Adopts Ringing Resolutions for Reduced Acreage. DECLARES AGAINST FUTURES X’armers Organised and Held Threo Busy Sessions Tuesday. FINISHED SESSION IN ONE DAY Many Interesting Speeches Were Made by Representative Cotton Growers from All Sections. Tho cotton growers of s’x southern states met in Atlanta Tuesday and took the first steps toward the permanent 01 - gan’zatioh of a Southern Cotton G ewers’ Association, the object of which shall tie the protection of tho Industry In the south. Tile convention Unanimously declared .n favor of reduced acreage as the most fea sible means of raising tho pr.ee of the . pl, ■ -j...a the pri sent system of gam- bling in < tton futon s; 1 ‘art Ij indorsed tile American Cotton Growers’ Protective Association; appoint.<l delegates to the convent hat body which m< ets n Mi mphis next Mondaj ; deelan .1 in favot of making farms self-sustaining; determin ed to st er ch r of politics; d- c ded to perfect an organization of southern cotton growers, extending Into ay s.atc, cutin ty . uric of the cotton grow Ing re g ons> an I adjourn) d with a renewed en thusiasm to fight tie onslaughts of capi tal with increase.: vigor, and place the profits of the industry in the hands of the r instead of the sp< ilator. .. i ons were held in the ball- room of t.c Kimball house—morning, afternoon and last night. lion. J. C. V.'illborn, temporary presi dent of the Cotton Growers’ Association of South Carolina, al o president vl the farmers’ Alliance of that state, who sent ou t 11 for this < onventlon, was unan imously ■ ' 'C"'- S’ 1 s elect 1 vice pn ■ id) nt, Klch ard Cht r and manager of Tho Cotton Planters’ Journal, of Memphis, was elected secretary. Some of the most distinguished cotton growers of the south were present, in cluding Dr. J. Williams Stokes, eongress 1. an from the seventh d strict of South Carolina; C lonol R, T. Nesbitt, commis sioner of agriculture from Georgia; Hon. 1. S. Culver, cemnur:.inner of agriculture from Alabama; < x-Governor W. J. Nor then, of Gioigia; Cuioacl H. J. Redding, exp. r.nu nt t;>■ . . . ..-P .'.or Hunnicutt, of tho state ity; 1 >r. J. H. Steppe, of S ith Car ol an, lion, Hector D. Lane, prca.uent of he American National Colton Growers' alien; Hon. M. T. . h, ci fla.eigh, N. G„ and others. a deleg tes were a representative body, and although they did not often agree as to innumerable resolutions and motions in troduced, and though the entire day was mo :ly spent in discussions, the convention got down to business at the night session, , . d afier hours of figuring finally adopted tae report of tho committee on r6solu tio.'is, which is published in another column. One o 1 r< . , . . . ■ a ■ .... of 'ion. Hector D. Lane, who was present at the convention by special Invitation from President Wiliborn. J •■.•■.p1...:. .1 tlio <'‘.i>‘‘.:t.i of Hie American Craton Growers’ Protective As. ocia ion, Claim! : er< age, t .-r cheap) st methods of racing good cot ton, and the b-. t methods of getting ’ho largest puces therefor, lie cited a case where tie memi.H is of Ids association had H’duc.'d tin .r acreage 20 per cent in one y.-nr ami received (-12 a bale more for their cotton. He did not believe that. McKinley prosperity ever made dollar wheat, or that currency contract ion was r< ...ponsible for m cent co: on. He argued that tho suc cc.'s of tlie cotton grower dtp. tided on individual .ad organized effort, that relief •.. . a first, but through the formers--the pro ducers must act at once. He stated his organization would receive tins one into tho foid, but advised a separate organization if politics could be ejected therefrom, and the farmers would ab.de by their obliga- ■ ins. V\ hen asked : ... 1 s m -.. re forc'd to comply with the regulations of the organize lion, he replied that foi e n is :. ■ m-< i; , that the grow) rs .-.. n pit 1 - ’ ■ ■ ■ the; had : a ... j. "i.o so f.g bad c-ver Jailed. Such }.<■ c .limed v. is the characteristic of tile tsi.i. : outlieruer, which made any punish : • noi compliance useless. j'l.'t -or Hum: euti, of the university, was another sp. alter at this session. lie tarn rs v ould line! prolit In the raising’ <i hay; that there was a constant i; id pr.mt line in..th' i this product, and tii w fully is lucrative, if not more :e, than c. tton. lie also urg. d the mauu f.i. turc ot ci ’ton good;, a tie . state, claim ing tile natural resources Were advanta geous, ..'1 that it is fo'ly to allow the pr.aits to ;-,o to tlie manu: acturer and job ber in. no of the producer, where uiey rightfully belong ': • . . .. legates w< re pre sent: North Garollna- Ham T. Jones, J. I’. t , ' . T. Ilatehelor, J. . Hoyle and M. T. Leach. South Carolina -J. C. AVi born, D. M. ■ . in, W. h Bradly, J. R. Blake, Jr., S. V.'. Womans, .1. M. Kinard, W. ,f. Gain -. .1. L. Hughey, I’’. Hardee, J. B. Watson. J. C. Lecher. .1. C. Robinson, J it. ::..r.I . M L. 1 I.i H. 'l'. Br ■d n, J in. J J. M. Graham, J, W. St. k. s. li. S. Lipmb, F. 1:. <‘.i j.- man. J. B. Steppe, J. H. Jordan, J. H. Ct-Li -It. T. N bitt, M. V. t’-.’-.-in. O. B. S < - ■. . J. Nortiien, ’V. A. Bro . ..- E3F 03* M BTI A R T <■ r i , fta i*4|j q |f t| UL £ t i <iu* *'’*_■ ta» u» UP a '< L Ui; ks A Never Failing Remedy That Makes a Man Young Again. TRUE MANLINESS QUICKLY RE- PLACES THE WORN OUT NERVES AND VIGOR. When a man’s sti'v igili and vigor 13 Slowly wasting iway tr til m rvou.i wcak- H . . the ■ it i’ll ford ■ tigs are ten times worse than the ino--: severe *>.iin. T.,■ re is no let up to the mental sintering <!.iy or night, J* or years the wt iter roil.nl and toss* d on th*- trou!m.<l s-x of >. aim la bility, Emi-.-ion.-, '.. m ■ J'.a-k, nt..! the var.ous other trouble-, of S. ;-,.ii Weak ness, until ■ ' ■ not better take a ■ ■ .. poiso ind thus • • • ' tlal Inspirit ■ ■ in the slt.ipe of a mbiria' ion of m*di- '. t! * .t. completely restored his neral In il th ind im'.arged hs w.-.k, *m.:- . ’*d putts to mttural siz* and v got". an.l lie t. d..-lares that any man, young or <• *l, v, im will take tlte trouble to :.1 hl- mime "i*l ml.lr. -s may have free full particulars of title w< n derful home trntment w! t prickly re stored me to my full r r< ind vigor o 1 ’ youth. Now when T ,-iy free [ m tn ab-ointely without cost, luatsc I want t'yery weak, t'o.i man to p* t th.- I .•■nofli of mv exp* t letiee. Thorn are thousands of nun suffering tin- mental tortures of w< .'km <d m mimed wl o would he cured at om ■ could th* y hut got such a remedy th" on* that cured mo. Send for It. ami h .-.rn .hat the” ■ are a few things on earth, .-ilth.iugi. they cost nothing to get. are worth a f.r tuno to some men n d rm-tn t lifetime *>f happiness to most of ns. Write to ’! t.om’is Slater, J*-’. Mnsm Temple. Kalama zoo. Mich., and the in form * t ion will bo mailed in a plain, sealed envelope. SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS MEET AND ADOPT STRONG RESOLUTIONS The Convention Declares in Favor of Reduced Acre age, Against Cotton Speculation, Indorses the American Cotton Growers’ Protective Association and Adjourns. Tho interstate cotton growers’ convention, met and sitting in Atlanta. Decem ber 11, 1857, having thoroughly eanvassied the situation of our industry in all its many phases, promulgate the following statement tend address as the result of its deliberations; 1. Tlie most pressing need of the hour for the attainment of our ends Is a thorough organization of the growers of cotton, beginning with tho Individual grower, however, humble, and reaching up through township, county, state and Interstate organization. We cordially commend tho organization over which Hon. Hector D. Lane ably presides, and tender that body at its meeting in Memphis on the 20th instant our co-operation in completing the organization so well begun by it several years ago. To the end that uniformity may exist throughout all tho states organized and to bo organized, we shall appoint .-t committee of tho body to consider all plans of organization that may bo submitted at this meet ing and mature a plan for presentation to our brethren at. Alemphis next week through a delegation to be appointed by this meeting to represent this convention In that body. 2. While not abating any of our contentions that the monetary system of our country la at tho foundation of oar dilliculties, as It Is nt the bottom of the <l*-- presslon in all industries, we hold that there arc deep-rooted evils peculiar to our Industry that demand imnudlate attention and rem.dy. An.l of first Import ance among these as n factor in depressing prices is the spi'culative control exer cised ov. r the price of actual cotton through the unjust rules and regulations of th. .-.ition e\«-h:i i.g.-s. This evil We are < .mvln.-ed <an be rea.-iu .! only by legisla tion, and hence wo pledge ourselves and our organization to labor lor the needed ligls! Hive restriction of gambling in futures in our iispective states and in con gress. 3. This evil b. Ing abolished or r duced to a. minimum by proper legislation, and the control of spot cotton being thus restored to tho producer;) under the law ot supply and demand, as far as that law' Is allowed, to op'-rate under a vicious monetary system, we deem it next in importance that our farms be made seif sustaining In so far as climate and soil conditions permit and increase the amount of food supplies. Tho cotton grower who makes bls supplies at home, Is in a large measure ind. pendent of tlie manipulator of tlie spot cotton market. 4. The next source of 10.-s is also an important on.', but is entirely in tho control of the grower, ns is the last one—diligent and careful attention to the prep aration of our cotton for the market. Thousands- yes, millions —of dollars are lost annually to the cotton grower through careless handling of the cotton from tho field to the gin and press and through Use of Inferior covering. While our farm ers fully understand this, this meeting would neglect an important responsibility if it failed to call attention to this source of loss and urge correction of the evil. W. further recommend the est.ibil.- h men t of an Information bureau. Resolved, Tliat this convention indorse the organlzatlon known :t.s the Amer ican Cotton Growers’ Protective Association; as it Is already In existence and Is working for the same objects for which wo ai’o assembled, tho reduction of tho ti. age and increase of tho price of cotton ,and the correction of the evils ot speculation a.nd others that oppress the producer;’ that w . give our indorsement to the American Cotton Growers' Protective Association. Resolved further, That wo suggest to tho meeting of the American Cotton Growers’ Protective Association, .it its meeting in Memphis next week, that the president of each state organization shall boa vice president of tlie national asso ciation. Resolved further, That such vice presidents appoint presidents of county or ganizations to be formed ill all the counties of the states where cotton is grown, so that tho organization may be so p. r fee ted that the decisions arrived at by tho association may be carried out throughout all the cotton growing s- tlon of tho Vnitcil States as a unit, as it. is in this way only that Hie <b signs of the assocla ion may be carried out and the various measures ol i« lii-f and reforfn be inaugu- all over the south. Resolved, That this convention, as far as tlie votes of North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Alisslssippi and Georgia may entitle them, recommend the re-election of the Hon. Hector D. Lane,of Alabama, as president of the American Cotton Growers’ Protective Association. Tills committee recommends the following committee as suitable gentlemen to represent this convention at tho coming Memphis convention: Dr. D. M. Cros son. W. A. Broughton, W. J’. Ba teli.-lor, W. ,1. I-tick. Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt. Tliat these gentlem. n elect their alternates. .1. K. Karie was added. He it resolved by this convention, That we commend the anti-option bill to the attention of the cotton growers of the south and to the meat and grain pro ducers of the west, and we earnestly urge upon the producers of these articles of commerce that they memorialize their respective representatives in congress and the senate of the United States to give to the Stokes bill their active and earnest support and to do all within their power to have this bill enacted into law. Committee on Resolutions—J. William Stokes. South Carolina; J. 11. McCalla, South Carolina; 11. D. Lane, Alabama;.!. S. Culver, Alabama; W. H. Broughton, Georgia; J. L. Johnson, Georgia; Sam K. Watson, Texas; J. I’. Sassaman, North Carolina; W. P. Batchelor, North Carolina. ton. R. J. Redding, J. L. Johnson, C. P. Murton, E. A. Heard, J. H. Hoskinson, A. H. Smith, John Bostick, Ben Milligan, S. H Grillin. Eellx Corput. A. W. Walker, M. M. Bowden, W. P. t’a’.houn, J. B. Palmer, J. W. McCalla, J. H. B!a> k, A. It. Camp, J. M. McElreath, T. A. Jackson. A . H. Culpepper, 1. A. Bush, I*. H. O. Martin, W. J. Holton. Alabama—Hector D. Lane, I. S. Culver. Texas—S. ii. Watson. Mississippi- Richard Cheatham. Ex-Governor Northen suggested that Di* rector R. J. Redding, of the Georgia ex periment station, read a compilation of the mov ment of the cotton maiket tor the past, luirteen years which he had pre pared. Tl.e table contains matter of In terest to cotton men and shows the price of cotton on given days of every month and every year for tile past thirteen years. It also gives the average price for every month ami every year. It shows that tlu- price of cotton has as i a gem-rnl rule been .owest during the month of November. This was attributed by Director Redding to the fact that at that particular time the farmers had to meet their obligations and were forced to sell large quantities of their crop. J. B. Steppe, of the South Carolina dele gation, took the floor and spoke of the manm r in which the cotton groweis ate Oppressed by Wall street. There are men in tlie 'South, lie su’d, wbo are aiding them In their work. He said: ”1 have submitted to the committee reso lutions which I believe wul relieve the south *>f this oppr< ssion. I am opposed to .-p"i-ul.itl* :i and gambling or in aiding ami tint It. I believe, g. ntlemen, that we m of the s mth are being enslaved by one little state that Ims mor** capital than ail the southern states combined." H. S. Lipscomb, of South Carolina, was of tho opinion that there Is more than one link to the chain and he advocated a re duction of acreage. He said Im bus been a ■ . ; for mi ny y< .rs and w en i man studies the history of cotton ho studies tin- wheels ami motive power of commerce. Be said al! that it was necessary for tlmni to do to ra.l e the price of cotton is to stir I themselves and he was willing to spend ms I time to reach tills end. W. J. Gaines made a short talk on the following resolutions which he had sub mitted to the committee: "Whereas, The condition of the cotton growing states of America is, and lias b. en since the war, in a precarious condition, brought about to an alarming extent by ■ the enactment of certam laws now in ef fect upon the statute books, virtually taking the power out of the hands of the planters and placing the product In the hands of irresponsible laborers and ten ants, thereby placing the responsibility in th<-‘ir hands; and ••Whue.os. Ae. feel that a very effective l causi of t ie low price of cotton is brought about by the speculation in futures; there- I ’, 1)"' it . v., ••Jbsolveil, That It is the sense or this i umeuiig. VIZ. 'The Southern Cotton GrcW- . * -.’ convention,’ now in . s.-im: in Atlunl.i, G.,.. Um’, nil such laws that have I en- ; acted * n growing crops, especially the cot- ■ ion crop, such us lions, mortgages and any . and al. oblij itioi s allow* 1 to be p’ac d on e, b< II 1 elj repeah I at tho ; lira eii uing se-.-ioii of til*' legislature m l ea.-h and eVi ry cotton growing state, there ; by i icing tb" crop entirely independent of home speculation. "Im it further resolved, That each cotton I growing state petition its rei>resontat’.vos in congress to aid the passage of an a i.:. . o,i i. ui bill now being prepared bj" the i I 'mu J. A’. Stokes, of South Carolina, I thereby lifting the weight that bus been I be.a’i’.g dow:i ami crushing tile prices *>t our product through speculation in futures. W" 1.1 -i-.-by p.ldg,. ourselves to stand by mid aid in every effort to relievo t n • op pressed cotton growers of the south. Wo I'urlior commend and ur;?- that tin- plant ers adopt lite plan niauped out by A . G. I’widlv in his artiela advocating the reduc tion o' acreage.” "Tills is a representative body of men,” sail] Mr. Gaines, “all in perfect harmony and all suffering under the same oppres sion. Let us make our farms self-sustain ing on a cash basis or on an honest basis. THE WEEKLY €ONSTTTT T TTOX: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1897. When you put it on an honest basis it will not cost so much.” He then referred to the Hen law and also made reference to the antl-optlon bill which is touched on In the resolutions. “I want you to pass these resolutions," said Mr. Gaines, “by a rising vote and If any one suffers by them I will almost guarantee to be responsible.” J. B. Steppe raid he was glad the gentle man had covered the ground so well in his resolutions. Ho said he believed that If they were to make 5,000,000 Instead of 10,- 0(0,000 1 ales of cotton the combin 'tlon of machinery could still buy It at 5 cents. The thing necessary for them to do, la said, Is to make cotton cheaply. meet their obligations and fight, the ' ombin.ition of • ffoi t orkii In t them. II" said he was not so much in favor of cutting down the crop om-thlrd or one-!.i If. It was the only thing he could make money on. They should make their farm- seif-sustaining and let the cotton be a surplus crop. In oth. r words they should first raise all that is necessary for their year's support an ! li t the entire profit come from the cotton crop. A Public Ownership Flan. John Alb-n Mette, of Trenton, S. C., has a plan which I'm oi'fcr th" cotton conven tion now in s, here. He belli vms It Is the only correct solution of the problem now before the cotton growers of tho south. He eays his plan contemplates the utter destruction of speculation, and Tie l elieves that some p!:m bised on the s:iim> princi ple will finally be adopted. His plan is the public ownership of the cotton traffic ami his idea is to adopt each township as a territ irlal or gov< i nmental unit. Each township should bu id, ho says, one or more warehouses to I-.- kept by officers ole.''!' d by the notion growers, their duty to be to receive all the cotton brought to the wan-house and to .‘'ell it at a price agreed up< n by a cotton grow- Wasting is Children can be overcome in almost all cases by the use of Scott's Emulsion of Cod-Liver Oil and the Hypophos phites of Lime and Seda. While it is a scientific fact that cod-liver oil *is the most digestible oil in ex istence, in i&sj L<i Lz jw La Mix' ‘a)/ it is not only palatable, but it is already digested and made ready for immediate absorption by the system. It is also combined with --v the hypophosphites, which /f supply a food not only lor /<Z(/ the tissues of the body, but tot the bones and nerves, Ig "fi build up the child V’.'j when its ordinary food '• I \ does not supply proper nourishment. Be are you get SCOTT’S Emulsion. See that tho man and fish are on the wrapper. All druggists ; 50c and SI.OO. SCOT I & BOWNE. Chemists, New York. ers’ convention composed of one delegate from each township. Picks Cotton by Suction. Mr. George E. Hoyt, of New York, presi dent of tlie Cyclone Air Power Company, came down to attend tlie meeting of cotton igrowers He is a igontlemian of means himself and has strong financial bucking. The purpose of his visit is to confer with the planters about a new mechanical catton, picker which works I>y suction. There are more than 1.100 different models of cotton pickers in tlie patent office at Washington. Not one of them is a suc cess. Mr. Hoyt believes that it is possible to make a machine which will enable the farmer to clear money on 5-cent cotton. The picker In which ho is interested Is ’different from any that was ever con structed before. The principle of it is to pick tlie cotton from the bolls by suction. The outfit Is drawn by a horse or possibly two horses on Hilly ground. Two men or boys sit on the machine and operate the hose, pointing the muzzles at a cotton plant as it is approached. The suction is so strong that it draws the cot ton from the boll by the time the nozzle gets within six inches of it. If dead leaves or other trash enter the hose with the cotton, it is separated by a fan after leav ing the hose. The machine has been tested in Texas and tho principle was demon strated to be applicable. Lach man or boy operating a hose will pick I.tXX) pounds of cotton in a day. There is no ■ model of the machine here. Mr. Hoyt e.irile down simply to talk with such planters as Colonel Broughton, Colo nel James Smith, Colonel Truitt and o.hers who are leading planters. THE COTTON PROBLEM. A Word from the Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions of the Cotton Growers’ Convention. It will be conceded, I take it, without argument, tliat search tor a solution of this problem, or any problem, should begin with tile determination of the conditions that give rise to the problem. 1 shall en cl) avor, therefore, at the outset to state briefly, but clearly, the controlling condi tions in this case, and for tlie sake of brevity discuss and dispose of cacli before passing from it. Os course the fundamental condition un derlying tiiis probli m, as it does all our industrial problems, is the financial ques tion. No solution independent of an ex pansion of the circulating medium can be complete or permanent; so. on the other hand, any solution addressed to the pecu liar conditions in this case will be made more effective by an adequate supply of money. While the factors and' conditions that enter into and are peculiar to the problem under consideration are multitudinous, they may be boiled down to three; and fortun ately control of any one of the three car ries with it control of the problem. In the. first place, then, we are confront ed w'illi tlie condition tliat wo consume only one-third of the cotton we rals". bully two-thirds of our crop, if sold at all, must be sold abroad, in the markets of the world, in competition with the world’s crop. Manifestly then is no immediate cor rective for this condition. It can be modi fied only by such Increase of cotton man ufacturing in this country as w.il absorb the major portion of our crop. While this Is not without the prospect and even prom ise of achievement. Its realization is too far In the future, and too largely inde pendent of the cotton growers, to come within the purview of Ibis meeting. It may, therefore, be dismissed. In th) l second place, n* .irly, If net. quite, two-thirds ot tlie cotton crop of this coun try Is produced under encumbrance. If not directly mortgaged for supplies with which to make the crop, the money’ for supplies Is borrow) d payable in 1 ■ rtober and Novem ber. Clear'y tho (wf't? ' this two-thlrds cannot be counted as factors in controlling either the amour,’ produced or the price. The only possible wav to make this two thirds of the crop an efficient factor, or a. factor of any sort, in the desired desuit, is to so enlarge th,* scope of the organi zation suggested below as to Include those who really control this cotton—tlie local merchant, who furnishes the supplies to make it, and whose interest in maintaining fair prices is Identical witli tliat of the gi owe rs t hemselves. This brings us to the consideration of the third and by f ir the most Important con dition to be met. Fortunately It Is a con dition not impossible of removal or modi fication. It is well understood by all who have looked into the methods of the New York cotton exchange (and the methods of all the i tchang are prnctlc illy the same) tliat the supply of and demand for actual cotton cuts no figure whatever in determ ining the price of tiie actual cotton. By tile rules of the exchange buyers of actual cotton are practically excluded from the exchanges. Under the rubs of tlie ex change. and the form of contract used, the seller of a future contract can tender any gi. de of cotton from good ordinary to lair. Os course the spinner who wants ac tual cotton wants spocilic grades, suitable for tlie kind of goods lie is making. His business may require grades above mid dling. If lie buys on the cotton exchanges, he mav have for,, cd mon him only those g-rades below middling. Hence the spinner or buyer of actual cotton never goes to the exchange to buy if he can supply his wants anywhere else. I iiis leaves the ex changes entirely in the hands of the spec ulative trader; and the . xehanges tix the price of tin' commodity. If cotton Is I.ringing !• - ■ th in the law- of supply and demand would justify, the exchanges are responsible, and as already shown they are manipulated solely by the speculative trader. The spinner buying through his agents throughout the country bases his limit to buyers by Hie exchanges' quotations; and so if a fall of 10 points is brought about i,y a. speculative raid of bears on tile ex change, tii- Spinner lin.niedlately wires the country buyer of the farmer's cotton re ducing the buyer’s limit 10 points. How ian it be met? Can it be nut? I answer unhesitatingly. Yes! The means of correct ing it nr< within read). The remiily 1s two-fo'l. The legislative bine.eh of the government will have to Ihj Invoked to l>r> ,k down tlie speculative domination of tlie exchanges. There Is no hope that th)' sp ■culati ve managers of tlie i n.'hang' s w ilt ( hange the rules that give them c ntrol of tin- m arket. The spinners cannot be > xpeeti <1 to demand any change, be'iiusi' they think th«!r Interest lies in buying low', and tlie trend of the ex changes’ methods has been toward lower prices for tlie producer. Hence the rem edy must come from legkslatlon, anil since th eniatter relates to interstate interests, it must be reached by national legislation. In furtherance of this idea. 1 had tho honor to Introduce on tlie first day of the current session of congress a bill which if supple mented by state b-gl.-lation and enforced, will break the shackles which the cotton exchanges have fastened upon the hands of honest producers of cotton and enable these produei-r.s to protect themselves againt combinations to control the spot market. My bill Is now before the committee on agriculture and is numbered 42H—a copy of w hich is hen to appended. 1 would be glad of any s-ugg l stlons or atnendnients that this body think desirable to compass tlie end in vi>w. I am not forgetfdl of the. opposition claim tliat while this legislation would destioy tlie gambling element in this coun try, it would not destroy It across the wa ter, and In fact might give- additional im petus to it. That may all be true, but my answer to this objection is that we scotch tlie snake we can’t kill. If we can’t abol ish an evil, we will reduce it to a minimum. When the representatives of the various cotton exchanges came before tho commit tee on agriculture in the last congress to light the Hatch bill then landing, L ques tioned them as to the total number of speculative bales of cotton sold on the exchange tho previous year. The informa- tion, rathe r unwillingly drawn out, dis closed operations involving about fifty million bales of recorded transactions. How many more were unrecorded, no one could estimate. The actual cotton produced the previous year was only about 7,500,000 bales. If we could only eliminate by legislation tho forty odd million bales of fictitious cot ton from the operations, the result would justify the effort. Tho way being thus cleared for tho law of supply and demand to become operative, some organization among tlie producers of actual cotton would become necessary for protection against the buyers of actual cotton. But what sort of organiza tion? With the legislation already suggest ed. any simple organization would be Kufflcient-and without that legislation I see ro promise of relief. Det this meeting pro vide for interstate, state, county and town ship organization—the township member ship to include all who can control cotton, whether farmer or merchant. This should bring into existence, an organization con trolling, upon a rough estimate, three and a half millions bales at least, every mem ber of which, farmer and local merchant alike, would bo vitally interested in main taining prices upon a fair basis. Such a combination could protect the producers of actual cotton from any possi ble combination of spinners In this coun try and Europe; and so long as its power was directed for self-protection it would be a power for good. Os course if that pow er were abused, the result would be to stimulate tho permanent Investment of capital in developing other cotton growing countries. But what about the proposed trust? Why not project an organization on that plan? In answer to that question I would sug gest that we have opposed tho principle of trusts and it would l»> close akin to self-s'tultifleatlon, if tho cotton growers should deliberately determine to organize on that line. Still, assuming it might be justified upon the idea of fighting the devil with fire, it is worth white to examine tho proposition on its merits. Si veral serious obstacles suggest themselves at the very outset. In the first place, to be managed successfully your trust would have to be managed by some few Individuals with a cotton exchange expert at th.- head. The masses of tho farmers are not In shape to participate in such an organization be cause it- requires money or free cotton and even if they got in at the start, it would only be a very short time before the small holders would be all frozen out, and a vast engine In absolute control of a few men, whoso Interests would He In the direction of tho present speculative forces. Even if a stock company should be formed and offi cers elected in due form, It would be so vast a power to lodge in tlie hands of a few men tliat I should hesitate to Impart It anywhere. Tho oilleers could make mill ions by manipulating the market, when tlie company could only pay them hundreds or thousands. Who would feel safe in the hands of a speculative expert, in the spec ulative atmosphere of the cotton exchange, under such circumstances? This situatjon reminds me of a ix t b> twei n two parties anil tho question as to who should hold the stakes arose. One party suggested that Jim Jones hold the stakes. “But who will hold Jim Jones?” ask. d the other party to tlie bet. And so would I like to know who will hold tii.' trust if tho farmers should organize it? So I como back to my original proposition —procure legislation that will break the speculative control of prices; and then es tablish simple township, county, state and Interstate organization of those wiio can control, free of debt. When this body lias taken the steps necessary for the attain ment of these ends, it will have done all It can do. The organization and proc. • lines of those who can control twenty or more bales of cotton must come lat>r, ami must of course be secret in its meetings it it Is to accomplish any valaabl.' result. But let it be borne in mind tliat the full frt:.;lon of t!..s and ail oi.iaei pi.i.is is conditioned upon tliat fundamental ques tion of financial reform. J. WILLIAM STOKES, Chairman Committee on Resolutions and Order of Business. Destroying Low Grade Cotton. Editor Const.tution—l have wondered if there could lie any means adopted where by the producers of cotton could so organ ize as to control tlie price. Some sugges tions at lirst seemed feasible, but utter reflection objectionable features invariably presented themselves. But the lust idea by Mr. T. K Mathers in yesterday's Constitution, which is to destroy ..11 infe rior grades by burning it, is the solution of this vast problem. There s no doybt in my mind of its being tlie plan to bo pursued. Now, let any product r or hand ler of cotton carefully and sincerely consid er Mr. Mmiiers's explanation of how it s plan will work and its success will be sat isfactory. Y. s, 1 say, burn it up and upon the basis ot tins act.on the market van be ontrolkd. And it burning only th. grad, s won’t satisfactorily r< it- ve .i-, bum otf . . better grades 1 ■ object in view is a.,- .jinpiii-hed. had e: ler bi t ter not piant It or burn it all than be nn posot upon as wi' are by gold prices. .1. J . .I’.'Lflrf. Hogansville, Ga., December 15, j l :'.’. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. Delegation from Atlanta Is Admitted tc the Convention. Washington, December 11. (Special.)—The chamber of commerce delegation was form ally admitted to the convention of the na tionia bond of trade today, tho Atlanta chamber 'it' . ommerce being one of sc v ral new organlzatii'tis elected to m< tnb rship. Tlie day was spent in th.- prelimin cry work of organization and beyond '.hat nothing was done except the appointment of seme committees. The Atlanta and New Orleans delegates spent their tlmo talking of tho importance of a national quarantine law. They found that very little consideration h s bee n given the matter by the men from northern cltlos and are necessarily making a cam paign of education. They are assured ili.it a committee to consider the question will be appointed tomorrow and they feel cer tain Os getting the indorsement of the as socition to the demand for nation.il quar antine. The two subjects uppermost In tho minds of the delegates are the pooling and the bankruptcy question. Just now every thing else is made secondary. Work of the Meeting. Washington, Decemlx-r 14. -The national board of trade met here today lor Its twen ty-eighth annual session, c x-Governor Stanard.o f St. Ixmls, presiding, in the’ ab sence of Frederick Fraley, of Philadelphia, who haa been president of the board since Its organization in ISfiS. Thcj executive committee’s annual report was adopted. On the subject of the cur rency the report favors the single standard. A report by Jonathan A. Lane, of Boston, was adopted which advocates extension of tlie civil service rules to c-ov. r the consular Service to the eml of securing practical business men In the service rather than purely political appointees. Another Im portant recomiinendation was that, here after, Importers be compelled to att'-st their invoices before a magistrate of the country from which tlie goods are' shipped in addi tion to their o.iili before the Unit. 4 Slates consul. It is alleged that several million d.i lars is lost to the government annual ly by undervaluation in goods paying an ad valorem duty, the oath before a I n ted State's consul not being binding in the coun try of export. A report was adopted from the commit tee on uniformity of state laws. This espe cially looks to the unifying of commercial laws' In the various states. There Is at present so great a variety among the bank ing laws and laws relating to commercial FREE ’I'O BALD HEADS. S.A. . B)>\ 779,'Ciueinuatl, Mention The Constitution. Direct from Distiller i toConsomer Saving Middlemen’s Profits, s' Preventing Possibility of Adulteration. O T " )l4 v ) - g' We are distillers with a wide reputation of oO ‘‘ y ears standin s- We sell to consumers direct, so L'rS-A that our whiskey may be pure when it Caches you. . Adulterated whiskey is dangerous, abominable, v Y e t ft * s almost impossible to get pure whiskey p ’ from dealers ' We have tens ot thousands of cus> tomers who never buy elsewhere. We want more i j of them, and we make this offer to get them: L We will send four full quart bottles of Haynnr’s Seven ‘ tVS H Year Old Double Copper Distilled Pye for $3.20, Express i SEVE'J YEAR OI.D Prepaid. Weshlpln plain packages—no marks to indicate = cntS N contents (which will avoid possible comment). When !; V 'Mar > you get it and test It, If It Isn’t satisfactory return It at our > J « ' not be purchased elsewhere for less than $5.00. ’ We are the only distillers selling to consumers f H direct. Others who claim to be are dealers, buy- p , Ing and telling. Our whiskey has our reputa- F tlon behind It. Our References—Dun or Bradstreet, Third National Bank or any business house in Dayton. Hayncr Distilling Co., 280 Io 286 W. sth St. Dayton, 0. IWeguarantee that tho above firm will <Io as agreed.—Eonoti.J Kentucky School of Medicine and Hospital, jam \ry ?o.i m: Meillml Department K' lifu.-l:l'nr. ersily. The Forty-second Ann uni Rrvislon oitons .Tiuiunry 1, IXI , :ui.| eontimii's six niontlis. < ■ :• !■ n Cllnlnal and l.nbor>ttor>'lai'ilith'.s u:isiiri'e <)''il. stmleiits tuiutlit nt ln'<> la in < ’ity end < H For CHtifiogue iidilri’HS SAM OEI< i'l. WOODY, M. D., Demi, HOU est Broaev. , Lou paper that milch confuMon results In the eoniluct of interstat" bus nets. S< vi ral of tho states have abrogatd the laws relating to <l:iys of gra<-' on commercial paper, and there are many othi r variations which make it almost impossible tor business men to carry on transactions outbid" their own states without the aid of a lawyer at tho other end of the line Somewhat In the same line, Is the object of the Torre'.' fi 11, which received th" in dorsement of the meeting. This measure relat to the tin!fylng of the land la the several states so as to mak) th< n ■ oils of land trail, f r and the charing of titles the sam throughout tho country simplifying the various > d-tlng processes and rednelng the i xpen Io th■■ minimum. The ri'conimeml.i tions of Surgeon Gi neral . man foi ■ • ith in rantln la w era (1 is' I at lencrn Hid la . i’tily ’iider Tho New Orbans boaril of trade and tho Atlanta chamber of commerce were ad- I mltted to membership. National Board of Trade in Session. Washington. December 13. —The annual mi'otlng of tin' nation'll board of trada will begin at the Shoreham hotel in this city tomorrow at. noon. A number of matters of national Interest will 1> consider' d, among them the pre sentation to congress of a pooling bill and the n commendation for a department of commeree. Just what action will be t ikon on tlies-! measures cannot be predicted. Ttie n.lviH ■: li'S of the pooling b:’l are to bo found cliiefiy among the . stern <1 I. "at's, while the opposition to tht m< is colic from the ulh and west. The bill as v cole Is m favor ot . .ttnb llshlng the <!■ •>:;rinient of comni' ii e. and It Is rumored this measure bus tho ap proval of Presld< nt McKinley and that a ire ■ • e i' i ~ • i . on tho suldci't soon after tne Ist of Ja.nu try. This, however, e.innot bo eoiilitnied from any olli ' al source. BTJSINE.SIS MEN TO MEET AGAIN. Indianapolis Convention of Last Janu ary To Ba Repee.ted Next Month. Washington, Dccernb r 15. Tho conven tion of business mm a! lilt met in Indi t najxilis last January .and authorized the aonoJntm‘'nt of tlie monetary wiinnti'slon will bo called together ag.dn for Lie pur pose of co;; Iderlng the rr nr ' ion’s re port. This was der'jdeii upon today at a meeting of tho exe-.utlve <■• .nun!•.too or tho convention at tlie Arlington hotel. The new convention will be held in Indianapolis on Tuesday, January 25th. The invitation will go out, ns before, to all boards of trade, commercial clubs and similar organizations in all cities of tho United States having a population of B.'-JO or more Tlie execetlvr- e immlttee deter mined upon tills loutse with i view of prystalllzlng public opinion in support of the report of the monetary' commission in case the ::r-' . nt.-il be tin- commission shall I'oinmend itself to the busintass eom tniinty. The convention I'.’l cd for J i.v.i.try 25th Is < xpec’eil to bo ev> n moi" lar.' ly attend ed than the convention of a year ago. SHIP V7AS SINKING WITH CREW. British Steamship Reaches a Eark as It Was Going Down. Newport Nev. . V:... li' cem I 'r 13. Tho Briiis.a .m-nm up Flldot':., Cap’ tii. I ’ - < rts. arriv' d in port th' rnurn:: ■ from Shit Id ~ hav ng • n boar i Capt tin H. N. Nymann, Andn.is Mia ...a. Al'icrt I’i lingsen, Sugure ,\ Ison, Valdemar Lindi n. Juan Vila, Andri tv Vargi ■ and H. Ka >p, ' the crew ot ho •' - glan bark m mett, wliich wa in mid-ocean S nday, Dei ember sth. Trie r w of th • 1 . d 1 ■ ri: t il a 1 thrill ■ st : " ri . :e. (>n Oi'io:,i r Dili the bark b i: < ’n.imparten, : Yucatan, Central Am- tlea, vvllh i <aigo ■ of logwood l"t' L'almuulii, Engl inti. 1 tie ves ■ 1 lad noi been before sae sprang i leait. Bumps were set to work, but the lluw of wa. r in ..l 1 .t b. • :ne 'ey 1 ir all Imnds to stay at Un- pumps m oroer to Ke. p tne ship ailoat. Die men finally le , .1? ■ •:, a Ot s W a." out none ul mem r x.-.-iiondvd to iuu 11 ' 1 ,I'aii. Nymunn and his crew mid given up m ues. in vvm n ’.ho K I t m.t i""'." m b tl ~ ......' .1 was I'l'auig and mige U.U)S wire t> rti: ugia-S; < n their Ship, Wli.cii liud ue ■ Hue -s .nvl uggvH uno was rupnuy go.ng io 1 «.ces. Gautam Kobeiis saw toe dug ul distress and went to Hu re ; . ul the sea mn. Go ing as near ti tnu iiark as , omd be done ■ With i , lie ot ii. 1 I ■"' • 1y 1 a life boat. Ten men voliin.ei . .i te 1.. k the.r lives i- order to save tner imuw | -UHmlVll. 1 When they saw tho lifeboat coming to ward tin bark so ' '* sailors re so dehgnted that i. e.z h ap'd overboard and sw.hu to ne iiiHe ' ! • | All tin nos wen • 1. ' mgh ir personal ell wl»at clean ing they wore. I 'rl.e arrival of tin- mu i was rep- med! to me Norwigum vice consul at .'.niolkj and fie took charge * 'lie men ton gilt. Governor Bob Taylor’s Tales. Tills bcuk is made up ol Got 'rm.r Tay- i lor’s three superb lectures, ‘ .ii . id.l! ■ ami the Bow,'' "the l'ar..mSe of Feds," and ■ , i.. Ure; ms.’’ We call to mind no ir. liner who has ever won such won- ) derft’d pcpularity is so short a while as I has Governor Taylor. All r\ir the nation he ims lectured :tnd , everywhere all <ia s. s a: ' conditions of : people liave tliroi u r itim. And | noi’" went who did not Cali in love with ( .ur genial "Bob” with his boundl ss hu mor. ins tender patlio.- , his whob some philosophy, aril his flights ■ f > loqm nee unsurpassed. These m.ny thousands of peo; lc have learned to love Bob Taylor, ami' they W.il be glad to barn that Ir.s lec tures—those brilliani, soulful, sparkling children of hi genius and 1"V. have lie. n put into book loi’in. Now he etn go int > ) very home and sit by ev ry fireside, ami every home will be bmter and every fir. sido brighter lor his be;i:g t's re. I lie l.ttle book should find ils way lulu ev< ry family in the 1 Hid. l”i- wherever it goes and is read its happy philo; i : ' y. its satisfying humor and its nobl is of patience ami humanity will be as s<’eds of h.>:>•■ and love to bud ami blossom and burst into sunshine and song in tlie human hc;i vt. W’e will furnish this book and The We li ly Constitution both on year for sl. no o'ther pri Illium being allowed when tills Is ■ ord. red. But think of it—all the news of a year and all the humor of Bob Taylor’s three lectures fur only 81. .'uhlre -s all orders to THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. THE ATLANTA BUSI IESS COL! ' Whit'‘bull W.. At an: a, ': i. tiania' rc;» i ’ '•’ tijal .iir iri' • 'i r li'iin Berni J'i’ man ■■ '• \x on in -lal nt <*. S. <t I i’.*; ;> ■. it i"ii «i ■ r ' ■ I .>: ;■ t Write uh at one . SULJVAK Z/ . d, CRJCWTON’S / /yZ Ki ' ATLANTA. GA. C4TAIjOQUE vi- ntioß The Constitution. (Indian Name of Snug liar: or, ( ; Inlet), ‘“Ths Gateway of Akskfi,” PROPERTY OF TI! I’ ft'orthsrn and ' 'niF ’t Trarispbui.Qii & Lu&rg . CAP. $2,500,000.00. TONS. President, HKNRY \ ' • ' • it gr n \ 1.-. : ri h! lent, t of th< B. <k < >. R. R. n ire r, C H FA N 01 .National Brink of Buitlm h • <■omnurcp, lif t r-.-.i". General M OF, 1 Trea .• GEORGE R. BLAM HARD, (.h-i’.t i r.dUc A elation. CH \Ri .1. FAULK\ER, U. • rt Virginia. wa ro.\ <■. Hjriiir,. i . >■ n. •-r w tor. DR. J. T. ROV LES, W- • . . mining Al IHTGR. S. DA VIES WA RFI LI I CU! >.SEI,. STEEL, 6 EMM < \f ' . : >.X>» c ’• ,n-. CONS! i.Ti x; i .. y JNO. ( . )•. H.\ Ma.I.BE. A a. !. • \ rk 1 and vlgoroun, v<t vt ojulg-t Mt .. • J ’ < ent«TprlHe. ,, _N. T . I ribune. •■it Is to be exp< t i thi 1 . an gunizKl on paper to iM uuro ! • .u. >. ,t i • •' Investors, and that in-Hn ’latioit ’ < J I :• t uUI undoubtedly endeavor to bi n- h<- dt’velopmeut of Alaska gold t»» t■ ” . i . public generally. < itly it • that the Northern Pa< i:lc \lb-I t V .* . . It • teflon Tra«Mng <o. has mado | h ii • ' j t h early hi the agitation, as the a i.h-s <f t ■ >.t : * : n who are Interested in It i tar :■ ■■ ■ sponslbillty and bi/h O .tiding t! a j</a tin ;■ « r; u tlon.”— .Manutactun i.< iu<ord. PLANS SWEDES, Company owns :<’» qi ' < ( | < <>f 1 Oi. rd!n ry Promise nt snmM I ar! .< T” in . • 11/. v to Meld Ten Doi ;ars .d 'A. . Mso, 1,000 A I nt <! Klondike. Will'stnl llsh Gn-at < niier.’l’l T » • » .-t . i rlHr I.- r, Probi •' 1 V. ill l: in Sti mi. r i fro n Han .: ■ ■■ I • to .1 at ;•■)) '1.... : ■■ ' . I ■ ll Jt'.iim to i 0p... 1 I’.iv. r, KI". :■ : :Y> .. I .... ■ ! am '.ml ol i ~i, I . k mr 10l OpiratlngExpi ■ Books Open for Sin n rt aE”, N , Sil '• !:l DA F BAR * REGISTL* Ah* <A <TC< G. COT.ONIAL TRI !PAN\ PEPCMTHf!; S 1; i ( U \ V 2 i ’ h TH AM i Ri<’ \ < I X' G A <• B 'XAI. BANK. NEW • RK. VAI'TH ?■ N\- Add.’. sap- !.<• .-I' ■ i < r ;• jg UJ.N - . • I (.’".DKGt IG iv;>,’. . !)..: •• U n-Illi.", | W.cl’icm.:. Lo'.m Mil 'lni-I t'.’ul'.. . !>. C, i J'" ’ ■ s in r <’ Mi r r ... WILL PAY SIOO FOR ANY CASE Os Weakness In Men they Treat and Fall to Cure An Omaha company place- f. r the fir t tniii before tlie public .1 tnedie.il ik. ment for the cure ot Lost Vita ity. N rv< s and Sexual Weakm-ss iml iO.'.sibratßui f Life Force in old and youm:' im ■.. worn-out French remedy; cont dns no p! ■ - phorous nr b H'mful drug- I: i . \ i,,> ■- ' ful Treatment n iglcal m it- ; Itlve In its cure. All ri id • who . e i firing from a weakness th.it b1:.., .. tic r : Iff", causing th u mental , ml phy~i. .i] ; i. : 1 ■ peculiar to Lost M j i I write to the STATr. \IFI>I < \_ ! NY. Suite 718 lining.' Hui.' > . , I N"b., and they w ill send y < i- ,j. ,y I FREE, a valuable paper >n tl ■ and positive moot's of th. ir ti ■' . j I Treatrnenl L’bousands of men •>. , | lost il 1 hope of a aro being l ■ by them to a per.ei't c ’nilitfon. . This Magical Trc.timnt nay I, tilt n ! at home i.nder their directions, or tiny { will pay railroad fare and hotel bill ■ to , :| who pref r to go ' here for ti'e ii. if : they fall to cure. They .h'. j>. rs 'I., r !? • in, , have no I , i Cur.-; Free S imples, or C. (>. I’, i ke. 'I le y have capital and gr.u .Hit. , i•> <•.)• > every case they tteat or refund evi lar; or their charges ma . b . y,,. ; | n i ti bank to be paid to them when a cure 13 ! affected. Write them today, ’•U’l- lie’.* / i' i L ’ flcuredinlGtou.* Jnyß. Youca HnG. n i ♦« L\ ‘ z ?’•» pricem .e? v,r.a.. r ‘ iy< ity*' ll -!’i i ii'vtu-ci’iiK : '.’t’O v> dlceo L ..Mii-lx iracttopayi’tiilroad raiwHuihot’. :: iIN,:. ?. poohnyyo.if ’velaii tocure. I »‘y< u Hiveii./.eu lupr rur.v, iodid ) jHd'ush, ami stiil hnvo .< -< at i ii’iiKH. M uc l .’ us in inh. soro 'i t, .Tr.iph* ‘ Copper Q'oiore<i ; ’ d •: g •. ii u any part of the bedy, iJ.-uror A hre ■> L Hiir. * < • we RUrtnintee toe .re. VVc sc.be i: F:.! in >tobsti nato ‘“ises and a liaHT! go too world! for * ri’ bbilled the nk:l* of Iho most emiph;- - Clans I ticnnl g’l irautv, »'soHite pro*- . • • eaie i c,n ■npi,. ■■ ). <.! , jq .(Hi ' ; . ~ ’. i’’Mftßo'iic ’ic’.gi’ic, CIHvAUv, ai.L» If.J.n KTm KHl.tAlll.l’ MF.X In everyl'W i’G yI r" e.mtv. I".'e er tm-'.'lin 1. m ii'tr’- Ur In, i Aw ujp due- ;; new list ov< ry inui keep -'jt siiiiv.’ cards t icked up "ii t b ucus .md tiihiu”.** throughout f >\vu and ci im: a”. i< h\\ » niplovuu r.ti ei’ininissio’i or salary: pci’ Ho.itli :iud iA- prt!>rJ4 not to \<m‘a o< r c ;mui y depoHih d inanv bank at start if desired. \\ m i\.r p irtlu uhirs, THEGIjOBE MJEiMUAL ELIU TRH (u BuiUhuN. 1. 9