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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Our Great Clean-Sweep Sale Continues Tomorrow
Furs.
New tad etyllsh Fur Neckpiece*
In black and colore; wortb up to
$3.50; Clean Sweep SA.
Sale price OoO
Very handaome Fur Boat, Bcarfe
and Collarette", new and laatUon-
abla; worth $« to $10; •• QA
Clean Sweep price .... »*■■«*/
Waists.
Suits.,
Skirts.
In tha Clean Sweep Sole we are
offering some of the greatest bar
gains ever known In tailored suits.
Including • line of brand nsw Eton,
Pony Coat and London box offsets,
worth up to $1$ and $15 C7 QA
au choice .. .. ,. ,, t ,9M‘Vy
1
M ww* m
Ladle** and Mieses' Skirts of
plain and fancy all-wool fabrics;
worth up to $1.10; ClosnAB QO
Bwtep price
Ladles' Skirts of- fins Frsnch
Voile, Chiffon, Panama and Taf-
fete silk; $10 v*lues;—BA BA
Clean Bwaep Bala price WW.0U
Ladle*' Walat* of line Taffeta
alike, In all color* and of white .
China Silk; $5.00 value; £f .Qg
Ladle*' Petticoat* of highest
trade guaranteed Taffeta *llk In
all colore; $10 value; ^>9 A T
Clean Bweep price .. . »
Coats.
Ladle*' Long Coat* of plain fa
bric" and fancy mixture*; worth
up to $15; Clean Sweep $3.90
Other Clean-Sweep Specials—Second Floor
Mine*’ and Children'*
Ceate In atyllah long ef
fect*, worth up to $t.00;
$1.90
Infant*' Long Cloak* of
white caehmere, nicely em
broidered; tomorrow. .
69c
Ladle*’ Union Suit*. Veet* Boy*' tults of good wool-
end Pant*; very apeclal to.
mixed fabric*, well made;
180
, 87c
Mi****' and Boya* Under
wear in the Clean-Sweep
Sale at, per garment,
IOO
n • V
Boyt* Knee Pants, extra
well made; 60c value;
Clean-Sweep,
19c
Skirt Lengths
Juat 100 full Skirl Length* of beautiful Imported tailor
■ulting*. cloth*, cravenettea and other fabric* In'black,
plain color* and mixture*, worth $1.50 to $3 a yard, In
the Clean-Sweep Sale at, per full akirt g j Qg
pattern
Fine Silks
We will continue the great'Silk Sale tomorrow, Includ
ing yard-wide guaranteed taffeta* and acore* of new
fancy silks,.plaids. pic.—none worth 1*** than $1.00 a
yard—at the Clean-Sweep
price of .. •tfO
—Zephyr Gingham* In new.pattern*;
15c value; clean- rweep C A
price W
Bleached Table Damask; wide;
worth 50c; dean-sweep 4Ra
price
Whit* Dtmllle* and Nalnaooka;
real l»c quality; clean- 7f*
•weep price * w
Men'* Underwear; heavy fleeced:
rorth $1.00 a garment;
Clean Bweep price
A Dozen Specials on First Floor
i quilted
$1.98
Bed Spread*, genuine
Maracltlea: $5.00 value;
Clean Sweep price
Bleached Sheet*, full all* and
hemmed ready for u*e; dda
Clean Sweep price.
Pillow Caae*. full alee, bleached;
well made; Clean Sweep Q r
price.... ®w
Table Napkin*, good (lie. good
quality; Clean Sweep Price 25c
per doxen...
Framed Picture*. 10x34 Inch**;
real $$.00 value*; Clean CA.
Sweep price i,.OUD
Ladle*' Handkerchief*, plain
white hematltched; Clean 1—
Sweep price..,............... IV
Men'* Handkerchief*, white linen,
hematltched; Clean Sweep A
. ... •tO
Ladle*' Hand Bag* In fine leath
er*: $1.50 to $3.00 valuta; AA n
Clean Sweep price....
Glove Sale
- Two-Claep $1.50 Kid Otov*stnbt*ck.~whtta AOft
gray, brown, tan and red w¥w
Full elbow length *IIk Gloves, $3.00 grade;
Clean Sweep price ....
Full elbow length Kid Glove* In black and^ O JIG
color*, $4.60 value .. .w" *“W
Domestics, Etc
98c
New Flannelette* and Outing*, worth up to 13 1-3 and
• 15 cant*; extra xoft finished Sea Island; plain or twilled’
Towarcraaur-airtn one
at the Clean Sweep prlci
led with drop
$4.95
Child'* heavy Iron Bed wlth drot
•Idea and all-ateel
spring*
Quarter-sawed Golden Oak fan
cy center table*, with; OQ.
lower ehelf .. .
300 One Velvet Rugs with fring
ed ends, full five feet 50q
30 by $0 Inch Reversible Smyrna
Rug*, In new no.
design* WOO
Handsome Nottingham Lae* Cur
tain*, $ 1-3 yard* long; 7Qa
$3.00 value; pair •
Large golden oak Dreuer* with
French plate mirror*, QB
$30 value 9* eWW
STABLE PRICE OF 12 CENTS FOR COTTON
ADVOCATED BY GOVERNOR HOKE SMITH
IN HIS BIRMINGHAM SPEECH FRIDAY
Outlines Plan by
Which This May Be
Accomplished.
MUST SELL CROP
MONTH BY MONTH
-Says If Entire System of
Cotton Exchange Could
Be Broken Would Ben
efit Growers.
Special to The Georgian.
Birmingham. Ala. Jan. 1$.—Oovem-
w-elect Hoke 8tnlth, of Georgia, In
his si*cch to the Southern Cotton As-
lorlaiinn here thle morning, advocated
• stable price of 13 cents for cotton
year In and year out. such result* be
lt's reached by perfect co-operation
•motig the grower*.
Ill* "perch was a strong presentation
°l conditions now prevailing and the
thing? the farmer* mu«t do to come
fully Into their own. He said:
liemleinen of the Southern Cotton
Aitociatlon: It gives me pleasure to be
* lth you, becauae the result you desire
to accomplish concerns the welfare of
*ll th- pcople of our section and the
prosperity of the nation.
" hue ordinarily the law* of supply
«nd demand can be relied upon to bring
to. producer a Just price for. the prod-
Uf t "f hla labor, artificial conditions
"»>' exist which Interfere with the nat
ural course of trade. Thl* Is the »ltu-
•tlon which applies to the sale of lint
co-ton by the farmer.
it in- farmers of the South sold their
cut. a, to the owners of the mills of the
•arid a* the mills need the cotton,
“lih n„ Interference from the false es-
thnati-* of crop*, or false estimates of
'aim treated by speculative exchange*
•nd I ., pet shops, there Is every ,rea,
*" n t 1,,-tieve that cotton would today
’7 cents a poun<l. , ,,
1 «s«li to see the cotton growers c»rfty
•"nkc to the true value of their great
I would have for them the co-
"t-ratmn of all the people of our sec-
|' r and the sympathy of all patriots
jbr-.ii*h„ut the nation. ,
°«v»iopm*nt and Importance of Cotton
Crop.
*■' 1 1- consider the wonderful devel-
nd Importance of this crop to
force to th* commerce of our country.
It has contributed more to make the
annual balance of trade with the na
tion" of the world in favor of the Unit
ed States than any other commodity or
Industry, and more than all other agri
cultural products combined.
— True Value of Lint Cotton,
Realising how Important It Is that
tho farmer should receive for his lint
cotton a Just price, we should find It*
true value, and wo should seek to re
move a* far sa possible thoee Influence*
and China among the earlier producers
of lint cotton. Investigation show* that
cotton for several centuries has been
grown to a limited extent In nearly all
part* of the world where the climate
approximated her own.
The year 1841 marked an epoch In
the history of cotton production. The
great source of the world's supply (the
United States) was cut off by war. pnd
th* cotton growing resources of every
part of the globe were tested to their
utmost to supply the demand of foreign
mill*.
In 1$$3 representatives of thlrty-flve
which cause -fluctuations In the market different countries met to discuss
n ur J.. (
th* s . u ,
In 1-;, *75 bale* of cotton were ex
R" r '' : In 1800, 34,000 bales were ex-
pm.-i tly the end of 40 year* such
"i' th.- demand for lint cotton, and
, » r b i.is the capacity of thle section to
itM-i,,, u, t [tat in 1840 the crop reach
t • .nooo bales. Eighty-live p*
n »' 'hot time of this enormous crop
, " 'oped abroad.
i'j.iik the |a«t century the cotton
'»» sold for $16,000,000,000, and
S' 1 '''died State* has received front
'• ' c; rt of cotton during this same
* 1 "1.000,000,000.
. ur American cotton crop* for the
it" preceding the crop of 190«
" '-r 13.301,000,000. It created the
and which depreciate the price while It
Is In the hands of the fanner.
Lint cotton Is the great raw material
from which the people of the world are
clothed.
An dement to be considered In de
termining the truo value of lint cotton
Is the profit which should be made by
the manufacturers to encourage the
construction of new mills, and the ablt
tty of consumers of the manufactured
product to purchase.
At present prices of all product*
manufactured from lint cotton, the mill
owners would make handsome divi
dend*. although the raw material cost
13 cents a pound when passing from
the hands of the farmers.
The price* now being paid for labor
placo the manufactured products easily
within th* reach of consumers, snd
this would be true even If the manu
facturer were compelled to add hts ad
ditional charge for th* manufactured
product^based upon cotton at 15 cent*
* ^hc" present price, however, of the
manufactured product* tend to extend
their use and to encourage the Increase
of consumption. If the price of 12 cent*
per pound could be fixed as the stable
selling price by the farmers, the mill*
using (he cotton would prosper. They
could r«lv upon the ability of cot-
sumers to pay for their output, and
could constantly anticipate a steady
Increase of demand, not alone due to
the Increase of the world’s population,
hut even more on account of the ad
vance of civilisation and the Tequlre-
ment of better clothing for- the use of
the people of the world.
Has No Serious Rival.
Lint cotton must sold at a price at
which It can successfully compete with
wood, flax and silk a* th* raw material
out of which clothing and similar goods
are to be made. If we consider th*
usual selling prices of flax, wool and
silk and the cost of their pro'duetlon, no
argument Is necessary to force the
conclusion that as against these three
raw materials the products manufac
tured from lint cotton would have
nothing to fear, even though lint cot
ton cost 15 cents a pound.
Nor Is there any danger that lint cot
ton raised In ."'her countries could take
measures by which the loss of the
American crop could be supplied,
great stimulus was given to the cult!
vatton of cotton In India, Egypt, Afrt
ea, Brazil and wherever cotton could
be produced. By 1844 the supply of
-cotton from these different- countries
was very greatly Increased, but five
years after the war th* Bouth had a]
most regained her proportionate part
rroni inu mu * ,1
states Its practical monopoly, even If
Sur cotton were selling at 15 cents a
1 ” un Lint Colton Raised Abroad
can trace the history of the use
of lint cotton for many years. More
than 3,»M years before Europe, Eng-
'Mbute,
ale! Th* culture of cotton In nl ^ I j America conceived the Idea of
hern state* began In 17*0. || y | n(t modern machinery to cotton
manufacturing, a system of handspln-
ning and weaving existed In India, and
hv these methods the principal clothing
of the people «f '"dl* was manufec
. 'red In an ancient digest of the law*
) the crop reach- of th „ Hindoo*. urepared hy Manu.
Elghty-llve P*r 80<l'years befme'«h;
m'cou'nsnd cotton cloth appear. One
; 'm Is ns follows. -The sacrificial
Ihr!*flil of thi* Brahman mum be mmle
f # ,r m a.i nil to be put over the heed
in 2L€a»°i.ndrod«£o«
sheei' The Indians make their
clothes of this tree
The cultivation of cotton seem* to
been confined t
f re which has brought prosper -
from foreign countries to our
... prosperity over $1,000.000,«*0.
.■luring the past three years the cot-
1 r,, t> has sold for an average of
. ,v. «,ar,nao annually. Two-thirds of
Mme amount has been received
• r 1 ' "ports, our cotton sold abroad
“MugM back from the people of
■ r !l »'lon* in' three years th* vast
. '•* u( 11,2*4,000,000 - to - give ute “ nJ
hnv
1 gardens, and up
time It was described by th*
‘ X and extolled ns a "beau-
1 L' V o ,:«• For several centuries
,lfu .. Entitles of cotton have been
I"""'. ' but It ha. been raised
'V. for domestic us*.
o** r e*ch f 'fainily spinning
of the markets of the world, and an ef
fort In 1873 to hold a second congress
of nations for the purpose of consider
ing the production of cotton outside of
the United State* found but few of
the original countries again represent
ed. and many of those present were
forced to admit that their experiment*
In raising cotton had not been auc
cessful.
The cultivation of cotton I* there
for* a very old Industry. It remained
for the Southern states of our country'
to make a great *ucces* of It* growth.
Foreign Cotton Cannot Compete.
The cotton plant Is greatly affected
by the atmosphere, requiring different
conditions at different periods of Its
growth and development. The great
advantage that we have In the South
over those section* which seek to com
pete with us In producing cotton I* that
they as a rule are compelled to depend
upon Irrigation alone, the air lacking
that moisture which la required at cer
tain periods of the growth of the cot
ton plant, and which Is produced by
rainfall.
The fact that England has for many
years mad* strenuous efforts to develop
the culture of cotton In India, and that
It has not been able to make It exceed
Its present proportion*, and that Brad!
has made no greater progress with her
cotton, and that Germany ha* acconv
pllshcd no more In her foreign posses
•Ions, lustlllea the belief that the Unit
ed Stales can maintain a practical mo
nopoly of the lint cotton which goes to
the mills of the world, and that no for
eign country will seriously compete
w ith the South Atlantic and gulf states
In growing cotton.
of course If lint cottqn were forced to
an extravagantly high figure and re
mained there, some danger might exist,
but at the price of 13 to 15 rents a
isiund, there la no reason to fear se
rious foreign competition.
Realising the Immense Importance to
our country, a* a whole, and to our
section especially, of making lint rotton
bring Its just value, every good cltlxen
should be ready to help produce this
result, and nobody should hinder It.
CauHs Depressing Market Value.
Let me mention two causes which
have prevented lint chiton from selling
for It* Just value:
1. Th* us* of unfair mean* by out
siders to depreciate the price.
3. The failure of farmers to use busi
ness-like methods to maintain thg
price.
Cotton buyer* are largely Influenced
In the prices which they voluntarily of
fer for cotton by government reports
of the quantity of cotton^ raised, and
by the publications which go all over
the world from the New York Cotton
Exchange. ,
If thh government reports are manip
ulated *0 that they show a larger pro
duction than the real crop, the price Is
depressed and the farmer I* the loser.
Cotton Exchange.
If the New York exchange permits
Inferior cotton to be delivered In the
place of midland cotton, without re
quiring the man making the tender to
pay the full difference In valun be
tween the two, a false standard for
the valuation of midland cotton Is
thereby created. Indeed, the presence
of a cotton exchange, from which a
j ht . im inner* ' manufacturer cannot demand th* de-
and weaving for u) «„ tlanw ] India livery of th* genuine ankle which
he ha* bought. Is unfair and Inju
riou*. if a cotton exchange Is permit-
ted at all, tho man who buys cotton
In It ought to have the right to de
mand a genuine article of the exuct
kind which Mo purchase*, 'and the man
who sell* ought not to be permitted by
any trickery to render useless to the
buyer the article which he has con
tracted to purchase.
If the entire exchange system In
which cotton futures are sold could he
broken up, It would have an Immense
Influence toward enabling the 1 farmer
to obtain the true value of bis cot
ton.
We have passed an act of the legis
lature driving the exchanges out of
Georgia, and I wish to tell you'the act
will be enforced with vigor and com
pleteness.
Where we cannot drive them out. we
odd at least demand that when they
•ell a bale of midland cotton they must
deliver a bale of midland cotton, and
not be allowed to depreciate the mar
ket price of this Important commodity . . .
by professing to sell midland cotton, th* true value of cotton, while at the
following year would exceed hla tem-
porary gatnr —
Producer Should Fix Prio*.
The farmer should be Informed aa to
the true value of his cotton. He
should reach a decision as to the price
It la worth, and he should not sell un
til he receives that price. We must get
away from the practice of letting.the
man who has the cotton to sell leave to
the man who proposes to buy the ex
clusive right of determining what he
will give for the produce. The man
who raises the cotton should flx the
price at which he will sell.
The difficulty about reaching this
condition grows out of the vast num
ber of those who are engaged In rais
ing this staple. The number of buyers
Is much less than the number of sell
ers. A co-operative organisation
throughout the cotton growing states,
educating the people at home, Inspir
ing them with a fixed purpose to obtain
JORDAN IS RE-ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF S. G A.
while In reality they deliver an article
of comparative little value.
I cite these two Instance* of unfair
mean* used to depreciate the price of
Ilfit cotton because they have recently
been brought to public attention. How
many more there ere I do not know.
Whether the public would have known
of these two but for the work of your
association 1* most doubtful. But hav
ing learned of them, a solid tight
•hdtild be made from the Bouth to pre
vent the harm which they have caused.
Every man throughout the land
should be made to know that the price*
published by the Nqw York exchange
do not represent the market price of
midland cotton, but only represent the
market price of Inferior cotton gath
ered together to protect tho seller, am
until that cotton exchange requires Its
sellers to deliver genuine midland cot-
Cnn, fit for use by manufacturers, the
Injustlro of Its conduct should be told
and told until It Is a byword through
out the nation and throughout the
world.
Necessity of Organisation.
An nrganlsad agency must exist In
the cotton growing states, supported by
the people of those states, to watch
fully ferret out and expos* any effort
anywhere by sinister method* to de
preciate the market price of our staple.
Change Mode of Sale.
Until the last few years the farm
ers of the South have followed the
practice of selling prasttcatly all of
their cotton as soon as It Is gathered
The mill men of the world need this
cotton, not In a lump, but distributed
through twelve months. If the farmers
Insist upon selling the 12,604,000 bales
of cotton In sixty days, when It takes
twelve months for the mills to uso It,
they rlmply glut the market with their
product. They force It Into the hands
•peculator*, and the speculator
would be. Indeed, foolish If he did not
buy It at tho lowest price possible.
It cannot be expected that the own
ers of tho mills of the world will b*
ready to carry $400,000,000 of raw ma
terial. as well as manufactured pnd
ucta which they must sell to tli. lr
customers on time. The farmer should
handle his crop so that the mill owner
ran buy It practically a* he nerds 11
Any other couse will simply overstock
the market and cause the farmer's owi
cotton to depredate the value of hi
own labors.
If the full value of a cotton crop I"
to be obtained Ty the man who pro-
duers It, he should pursue a policy
about ns follow*:
First—He must by severe self-denial
for one or two year* get out of debt.
Second—lie must raise his own food
supplies.
Third—He must have on his own
farm his own cotton ehed. prepared
for the safe protection of his cotton,
lust as he ha* his corn crib tn which
ie takes car* of hi* com, or his bant
In which he takes care of his hay.
Fourth—He must sell his cotton
through the year, month by month, and
not dump It all on the market as soon
as It Is ginned.
Fifth—The men who ralre cotton
must be furnished with knowledge of
Its fruc value and steadily move the
price up to a staple rate of 13 cent* a
pound.
A sporatlc high price for any one
year'* crop I* not to be desired. Huch
a course would Injur* the..farmer. It
would hinder the work of th* manu
facturers, lessening the consumption of
the manufactured product encourage
the fanner to excessive production the
next year and leave him whet* In all
probability hi* lo*s from low prices the
same time It exposes and counteracts
all unfair agencies which seek to bear
the rotton market. Is an absolute ne-
In IL fall of IMA a few man gathered
In the city of Macon. Ua., to discus*
this subject. They operated under the
name of the Cotton Growers' Protective
Association. Later on, as an out
growth of this movement, came the
Southern Cotton Association, organ
ised In January, 1805, In the city of
New Orleans
1 believe that directly and Indirectly
the results which have come from that
meeting have saved the cotton grow
ers of the Bouth over $340,000,000. and
this money has largely gone Into the
pockets of the men who labored to raise
the crop, and from their pockets It has
gone out Into all the avenues of trade.
When we remember that this crop
has brought $14,000,000,000 of wealth
from foreign countries Into the United
Htates, It should make every thought
ful man In the Union stop and realise
how Important Is that section which
renders such a public service, and how
necessary It la to the commerce of the
Union.
I have not undertaken to refer to the
expansion of our foreign market. This
alone Is a subject for an entire speech.
Nor have I referred to the proposed or
ganisation to care for cotton In the
hands of those In distress.
I wish to emphasise what can be ac
complished In a general way without
diiueclattnff othermeans. —
Twelve cents per pound Is a low es
timate of the fair value of tint cotton
In the hande of the farmers under pres
ent conditions, and If It falls to brim
that price, the failure Is due to the lac!
o-operatlon amt good Judgment In
matter of sales \nn the part of
those who produce this staple. 1 go
on* step further: As 75 per cent of the
lint cotton which goes Into the man-
ufucturles nf th* world Is produced In
our country, the power resides with us
to flx the selling price, and to tho ex
tent thnt we fall tn receive the lust
value of the product, wc are ourselves
to blame.
Let the minds of our men and wom
en It* placed upon the problem nf the
real value nf lint cotton, and realise the
importance of making It bring Its full
value. Let the press nf the Bouth make
It their light. , v -
l.et our congressmen and senators
anil all our public officers see thnt this
Is one of the most Important questions
to which they can give their lime.
I would welcome a conference nf the
governors of the cotton growing slates
tn see what could be done by uniform
legislation to is-rfect our own statistics
for the use nf the farmefb as tn the
quantity nf the crop, the world's de
mand and the truo value'of lint cotton.
Let the farmers cease to depend upon
the buyers to tlx the price. Let them
Intelligently and firmly seek to make
th* price as stable as possible and flx
tha price for themselves.
REBELS IN AfRICA
Capetown, Jan. 18.—A dispatch to the
Cape Times from Port Nolooth stays
that negotiations for peace between
the Germans and the rebellious natives
In the southern part qf German Bouth-
west Africa were abruptly broken off
and that serious lighting Is now going
on In the vicinity o.* Keetmanslovp.
Choice Was Made
After Roast of
Wall Street.
BITTER SPEECHES
AGAINST EXCHANGE
Southern * Planters Will
Unite to Crush Gambling
on the Price of the
Fleecy Staple.
Speelal to Tbs Georgian.
Birmingham. Ala, Jan. II.—Harris
Jordan was re-elected president of tho
Southern Cotton Association by tho ex
ecutive committee her* yesterday
evening. The election followed tha
ringing apaeeh of Mr. Jordan, In which
he denounced th* method* of 1 pecula
tion employad by tha New York cot
ton exchange and called oni the cotton
growers of th* Bouth to throw off tho
yoke under which they had been madi
to bear an unjust burden.
"Throw off the Wall street yoke'
sroms to be the predominant sentiment
among the speakers. Ringing words,
favoring closer organization among
cotton growers and standing up for
what they think are their rights were
cheered to the erho. Tho delegates
seem thoroughly Imbued with the Idea
thnt there has been more prosperity
among cotton growers tine* the forma
tion of tho association two years ago,
and they applaud the speakers who
urge still closer union snd furthsr
•taps to protset their own Interests.
Three sessions of tho convention
were held yesterday.
Georgian Speaks.
One of th* features of the second
session of the Southern Cotton Associ
ation held yesterday afternoon was an
address by Bernard Suttler. editor of
The Cotton Journal, published at At
lanta. H* scored the New York cotton
exchange.
The address of Colonel T. O. Bush,
of Birmingham, on "Higher Price* for
the Growers of American Cotton." waa
one of the features of last night's ses
sion. L. 11. Irvin, of Oklahoma, waa
down for n speech on "Marketing and
Financing the American Cotton Crop
by the Growers." but he waa unavold
ably detained at his boms.
The Hon. John I). Walker, of Bparta.
Ga, also *|toke last night, his subject
being "Relation of Southern Bankers to
the Cotton Crop.”
The aftemix-n session yesterday was
most Interesting, President Jordan
colling the convention to order at 3:45
'clock.
Editor 8uttsrs Spssks.
The speakers at the afternoon ses
sion were: W. L. Foster, of Shreveport,
La., on "The Average Cost of Produc
ing a Pound of American Cotton;"
Bernard Suttler. of Atlanta, editor of
The Southern Cotton Journal, on tho
"Benefit* of Closer Organisation,” and
R. R. Dancy, of Houston, Tex., on the
"Relation of American Cotton to the
Civilised World."
During his speech Mr. Suttler re
ferred to those "thieves In New York"
who rob the Bouth of millions every
year.
"We lack, that thing called business
acumen/’ said Mr. Suttler. "And as t
told an Eastern man at the hotel today
we havo been *0 busy these forty years
making a living that we have not had
time to study the economic phase :>f
the question." .
In speaking nf the organisation, Mr.
Buttler said the trades unions have
shown what co-operation will do. He
also referred tn the money made by
fraternal Insurance companies, saying
It was a line example of co-operation.
"Wo go too much on Individualism,"
•aid Mr. Buttlsr. "Our salvation de-
S end* upon organisation. I confess 1
on't know how ws ore going to do It."
O OFFICERS ELECTED
O BY COTTON ASSOCIATION. I
O
o The officers sleeted by the ex- .
O exutlve committee of th* Cotton 1
□ Association are aa follows 1
O Harvlo Jordan, Georgia, pres!- O
0 dent. o
O J. C. Hickey, Henderson, Tex- O
0 vice president. o
O Dr, Will H. Ward, Mississippi, o
O secretary. 0
fr ^ Hyatt. North Carolina, tress - o
0 E. D. Smith, Booth Carolina, 0
0 general organiser. o
o n. H. Burnett, Chlckalah. Ark- O
0 financial agent. o
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Mr. Suttler eald a banker recently
told him that ha didn't have a single
cotton account.
T totd him." sold Mr. Suttler, “that
the Lord doe* eome funny things. How
In the world He let aa big a tool aa you
are get to be president of a bank la
more than 1 can understand.
"There are only two cities tn, tha
8outh that might get along without
cotton. They are Birmingham and
Chattanooga."
Mr. Suttler laid that but tot tha cot
ton association the Bouth would b*
$300,000,400 poorer than It Is. Ha said
there are good cotton counties In tha
belt and that every one of them should
be thoroughly organised.
"If all theas good counties would,
contribute $160,000 a year to tha ootton
association, a mere bagateUa, and sand
up $.000 dalegataa every year wa would '
scare the very filling out of thoee gam
blers In New York."
During Mr. Buttler** speech President
Jordan left the rostrum and placed XL
O. Smith, of South Carolina, la tha,
speaker’s chair. When Ur. Battler eoau;
eluded hla happy talk, which waa fre-w
quently applauded, the aubject waa dlM
cussed by various members. 1
Mr. Goodwin Speak*.
J, T. Sawyer, of Alabama, said he be
lieved the fight President Jordan bad
made against tha cotton exchange of
New York would result In changing tha
cotton markat center of the United
State* to New Orleans, where tt right"
fully belongs. Ha sold If them was any
word he despised It was tha word
**nMrt Hear! B«arI M
C. O. Goodwin, of Forsyth, Ga- mad#
a humorous talk which convulsed tha
convention with laughter. He said a
person might Just as wall attempt to
get thunder out of the moon aa to try to
organise without reading up 00 tha
subject.
The aubject was dlscusied for halt
an hour by members of the convention,
after which the Hon. R. R, Dancy, of
Houston. Tex., was Introduced.
"Relation of American Cotton to tha
civilised World" waa Mr. Dancy's sub
ject.
Committee* Named.
The committee* named are aa fol
lows :
Alabama—Resolutions, W. H. Bey-
hour; finance, W. F. Vandiver; acre
age, A. P. Smith; warehouses, J. F.
Smith: marksting. B. A. Latham.
Arkansas—Resolutions, J. M. Jaco-
way; finances, B. H. Burnett; acreage,
J. E. Lore; warehouse*. L. E. Lava
Georgia—Resolutions. C. D. Hudson;
finances, J. D. Walker; acreage, A. J.
Hudson; warehouaea J. T. Duncan;
marketing. William Kberhardt.
Louisiana—Resolutions. B. K. Mars-
den; finances. F. B. Stubbs; arrsags,
O. W, Sevier; warehouses, O. w,
Montgomery: marketing, P. M. Potts.
Mississippi—Resolutions, J. F. Cas
tles; finances, O. W. Marble; acreage,
A. R. Kllllngssrortb; warehouaea James
A. Coon; marketing. El R. Brown.
North Carolina—Resolutions. J. P.
Allison; acreage, W. 8. Pharr; market
ing. W. M. Peebles; warehouses, p. B.-'
Blakeley; finances, J. F. Brown; ar
rangement. C, C. Moor*.
Bouth Carolina—Resolutions. E. D.
Smith; acreage, R. M. Pegues; finances,
E. L. Archer; arrangements, C. K.
Spencer; warehouses, J. M. Motor;
marketing, W, C. Huff.
Tennesso* 'Resolution*. M. B. R Rx-
um; finances. W. Davis; warehouse*.
M. S. Pope; marketing. B. A, Mercer;
acreage, C. M. Scott; organisation. W.
H. Long.
.Texas—Resolutions, J. C Hickey;
acreage. O. W. Shaw; warehouaea R.
R. Dancy; finances, J. C. lllekey: mar
keting, R. R. Dancy; organisation, R.
R. Dancy.