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J Z V * j|l tor inn !ma i i. . * f " ' * r ' f iic new urieans , Cotton Convention IRV1U0RDAN CHAIRMAN. irtuihuont i f Production and Ise of Fertilizers ,Vill First bo Acted Upon?Largo Number ot Delegates Present. New Orleans, .Ian 24. ? By u anitnous vote at tho close of its st session today tho Southern terstate Cottou convention, by uorul agreement tbo largest and ist representative that has thcied in the south, declared it reduction of acreage and nunerciul fertilizer is the para>unt question to be considered the convention, and it must We ttled before any other business undertaken. Eleven hundred cl thirty five delegates, reprcnting the 13 cotton growing ates and territories, had rcgisred when tho convention was lied to order. Even that numir did not represent tho full rength of tho convention. The forenoon and early aftorlon wsro devoted to the comomising of all differences that isled as to organization, the utral idea being that tho work tho couvtrrrtion should go to e country with tho stamo of rmony and piacti?al unanimity. 10 result was that Former Conessmnn Caching's name was thdrawn and all opposition to irvie .Jordan's selection ended. Washington Artillery hall, iting 2,000 people was crowded tho doors when the convention it. As president of the South11 Cotton Growers' convention r Jordan called it to order. He id in part: 41 We are all agreed upou four neral propositions. 441. Wo must tie up and take re of the surplus of this crop d remove it from the markets the country until next fall, and Id tho balance of the crop absoely in our possession until the ice advances to normal condina. / ,n ?*? z. we must reduce the coti acrenge and use of commerI fertilisers under that of 1904. 1 3. Wo must arrange for a aeral system of bonded wareasos under local control of the iple throughout tho south. "4. We must at once proceed organize the producers of the ith in every cotton growing inty on a business basis to carinto operation a permanent item of relief and protection for i future." TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN. Judge E B Perkins of Dallas minaicd Former Lieut Gov iter of Texas as temporary ?irman and he was unanimously cted. Concluding a brief but BCtivo address, Gov Jester said: 'Two reforms must bo inaugu,od by tho southern farmers; "Diversification of crops that II reduce the prgductiyn of coti and^ bettor facilities for the rage,of cotton that will give rer idsnrance airA interest and tter protection.,' .! A ;U Lovett o^* Blunt jille, a, Ktchard Cheatham of MissippiAnd.J H Whyte of New leans were elected secretaries. The question of repf?Sentatian mediately arising Gov Vardu?? n moved that evory properly uvvieuueu ueiogaio snould ho ontitled to a sent on tho floor anil a voice in the convention and though the motion provoked considerable discussion it finally prevailed. On motion of .1 Y Brown of North Carolina a couimittco on permanent organization of one delegato from ouch State was named and pending its report welcoming addresses by Mayor Belirman and President Sanders of the Progressive upion were listened to. There wero responses by Walter Clark of Clarksdale, Miss, and J Popo Brown, chairman of the Georgia railroad commission. Mr Brown said it was tho number of bales which regulated tho price of cotton nnd tho present price would not advance until it was known thut the production this year was to bo curtailed. Kight million bales would bo an ample crop to raise this year. With tho 4,000,000 of surplus held on to, it would give precisely the crop tho hears desire. He believed tho south could whip in tho present "light. PERMANENT O H U A NIZ AT IO N. I W D Nosbitt of Alabama pre-! cant llir, ? 4 I IUU U1 IIIC UW II I III 1 I" tee on peruianont organization. It provided for Harvie .Jordan as president, for a vico president frojn each State and for the three secretaries named by the tempoiary organization. It fixed the representation on the basis of one vote for every 100,000 bales of cotton raised du'ing 1903-'04, as follows: Alabama, 10; Arkansas, 8; Florida 1; Georgia 14; Louis* iana 9; Mississippi 14; North Carolina G; South Carolina 9; Tennessee 3; Texas 26; Oklahoma 2; Missouri 1, and Indian Territory 3. These committees were provided for: Reduction of cotton acreago and use of commercial fertilizers with one farmer, one banker and one merchant from each State. Permanent organization of farm ers with threo farmers, one banker and one merchant from each State. Financing and holding balance of the present crop until legitimate prices are necured, with one farmer, one merchant and one banker from each State.' Warehousing and financing future crops, similarly constituted. On direct trade between farmers and manufacturer. On transportation. On resolutions to consider matters of a general nature not other wise provided for. 4'Reduction of acreage and com mercial fertilizers being of para, mount importance wo recommend it be made tho first order of busi ueas ana no settiou heforo olhor business is undertaken," was tho conclusion of tho committers ro port which was unanimously adopted. The convention then adjourned until tonight. At its night session the convention listened for an hour to an address by President A Brittin of the &ew Orloans cotton exchange. Mr Brittin denied that low prices were in any senso duo to futuro ( Ian T A.? ~ 1 1 uniun. AIUII ll/CB WOI U UUO IU I one cause and one cause only, that i of over-production. With the re- < moval of that cause values would ] go up with fifturo regardless of < all the hound se'lerq of Europe, | Africa or America. ' Let the acroage bo reduced 25 per cent, and all the speculators i S % 1 * on earth cannot koep cotton from going to 10 cents. Speaking of the growing consumption of cotton, Mr Britl n said if this year's crop was kept within 10,000,000 bales in three to tivo years tho world would require a crop of 13,000,000 bales and more. Referring to tho importance of tho present convention, ho said that any resolutions it. might pass would amount to littlo if they were not followed up with earnest, sincero and determinod>work. In tho so. lutlon of tho problem confronting it, the most serious sineo tho* War Between tho Sections, ho said tho convention had tho best wishes of tho groat oxchango which he had tho houor to represent. After naming tho vice presidents and committees, tho convenI . ' tion adjoumod to tomorrow moming. 25 Per Cent. Reduction COTTON GROWERS UNANj IMOUS: A Comprehensive Plan Adopted to Secure the Support of Every Power for an Equal Decroaso in Acreage and Fertilizers Meetings to bo Called for Feb 11 in all Counties Not Previously Or' ganizod and for Feb 18 in Each Precinct. New Orleans, Jan 25.?What is firmly believed will be the solution of the cotton situation was reached here today, when the cotton convention without a dissenting vote declared in favor of a 25 per cent reduction in acreage and an equal reduction in commer cial fertilizer, and backed j that action up with the adoption of a comprehensive plan to secure the support of every farmer, big and little, in the cotton belt. An overwhelming majority of this delegates were preset.!, when the report was received and acted .upon. At the opening afternoon session former Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, spoke along f tho lines of national protection for tho cotton growers, saying that heretofore tho cotton plantor had been sacrificed to the doctrine of free raw material. A ntO-IlOOSEVELT DEMONSTRATION. A reference to President Roosevelt's kindness to tho tfouth provoked a favorable demonstration on tho part of tho audience. Former Lieutenant Governor Jester, of Texas, from the committee on "holding and financing tho balanco of tho present crop," presented a report sotting forth that each Stato and local section seems amply able to financo its present holdings. Tho committee believed that the cotton now in the hands of the prodnceis should remain on the farm or be stored in local warehouses, protected against weather and fire, and said that tho banks and commission men evidenced a willingness to aid in marketing tho balance of the crop so as to hold in check any disposition to rush in cotton un July and break ibe market. Belief was exprossed that 25 per cent reduction in acreage and 25 por cent, reduction in fertilizer* mllsolvo the cotton problem. Aftor the convention had voted an invitation to Capt Richard Y / 1