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action of the English bankers on Au gust 29, last, when that body adopted a resolution providing that they would advance no more money on cotton ex eept on bills of lading of the follow ing form: (a) Bills of lading for cotton from interior points in which is shown the continuity of the shipment, every car rier being named therein. (b) Port bills of lading, signed by the captain of the ship at the port of shipment after the receipt of the cot ton on board ship. It is also recommended rliat Ameri can shippers route their cotton direct from gulf ports via the Manchester canal, so that it may be carried by a 11-water route direct to the spinner at Manchester, England. The practice of certain insurance companies in limiting the risk on car goes of cotton was condemned. Uniform Classification of American Cotton. - The committee which considered the question of uniform classification of American cotton made a report, which was adopted in the following shape: ‘‘That standard types should be ■* adopted either by the United States government or by an association of delegates from cotton exchanges, cot ton growers and cotton spinners, and that the classification should be made upon grade and color alone, and not upon staple.” Cotton Contracts. “This committee, having considered the question of cotton contracts, is unanimously of opinion: “1. That standard contracts for 50,000 pounds net weight should be adopted in place of the present cus tom of 100 bales. “2. That the net weight tenerable shall not exceed 1 percent above or below the standard weight contracted ifor. “3. That in ascertaining the net weight,, actual tare, canvas and bands (bagging and ties) be allowed. “I. That the present 1 per cent, franchise danse be abolished. “5. That whereas, the question of the excessive amount of damp in American cotton, and the inadequate allowance for same under existing va rious cotton exchange rules are of se rious importance to spinners, this com mittee is of opinion that steps should ' J be taken by the various associations here represented with a view to rem -1 Vdying the evil of excessive damp and placing the question of claims as ad justed under the present rules of the exchanges cn a more equitable basis.” Buying and Selling. The report of the sectional com mittee on buying and selling was final ly adopted in the following shape, the rlseutocingmfrom shrdlu cmfwyp the resolution of Mr. Heflin, which was made the last section in the com mittee’s report, having been laid on the table by the convention: ■ Equitable Tare —We beg to advise that in order to secure an equitable tare on cotton we encourage buying by net weight and recommend that “the national executive committee of \ the Farmers’ Education and Co-6p- Union, the Southern Cotton hociation, and other farmers’ or mzations incorporate a system will place on each bale of cot weight of the bagging and ility of Price—We recommend that these organizations employ eom- petent graders of cotton, and that the cotton be properly graded and classi fied and encourage the selling of such cotton upon its merits. “TLe other subdivision of the sub ject under consideration was thor oughly discussed, and we finally agreed that we recommend and en courage the buying of spot cotton for future delivery. Report of Statistics. The report cf the committee on re ports and statistics was laid on the table. The convention would not rec ommend any change in the present method of gathering and giving out crop reports and estimates by the United States government. Closer Trade Relations. The following report on closer trade relations between the grower and spinner was adopted; “Be it resolved, That the Interna tional Convention of Cotton Growers and Manufacturers is of rhe opinion that by closer relations between grow er and spinner a great deal of the present expense in handling cotton can be saved, and the evils attendant on violent fluctuations of the market be mitigated. •‘ We are further cf the opinion that the extensicn of the warehouse system in the Southern States and the creation of selling offices will tend to bring about closer trade relations, and are, therefore, worthy of encour agement by both producer and spin ner.” Th auks ?Exten ded. Tnis concluded the regular order of business, and Herr Kuffler, whose un failing good humor and sauvity as well as his practical "knowledge con cerning all the vaiious questions which came up for discussion, had made him a general favorite, being re way to the speaker’s stand, being re ceived with prolonged applause. He made a felicitous speech thanking the State of Georgia, Governor Hoke Smith, the city of Atlanta, and May or Joyner, the chamber of commerce, and President J. Wilie Pope, and the ladies’ committee of Atlanta for the courtesies and hospitality shown the visitors. C. S. Barrett, president of the Farmers’ Union, proposed a vote of thanks to the foreign spinners for their having honored us with their presence/and this was seconded in a happy speech by Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton As sociation. The press, Secretary Woodburn and Assistant Secretary Bryan were thanked for their services, after which a rising vote cf thanks was tendered President James R. Mac Coll for the able and impartial manner in which ho had-presided over the de liberations of the conference. At the conclusion President Mao- Coll’s address, farewells were ex changed between the growers and the foreign spinners, and one of the great est, if not the greatest, convention ever held in the South—pregnant with the greatest possibilities for "the ad vancement of the South’s commerce— was at an end. What. It Means. If you, a subscriber, get extra coplee, It means that Mr. Watson requests you to hand these extras to your neighbors and frtsade. WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. AUGUSTA TRUNK FACTORY 851 Broad, Wrong Side of Street. M. M. CLECKLEY, prop. - TRUNKS, VALISES, SUIT CASES, ETC. 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