174 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



"And we further recommend that each State Alli- 

 ance or Union be required to manufacture or secure 

 bagging sufficient for the use of their respective States, 

 and that the President, for the time being, shall be charged 

 with the appointing of all committees or other necessary 

 arrangements to secure said bagging for their respective 

 States. 



"We suggest also that seven yards of bagging be 

 used as a covering for a bale of cotton, and that all pack- 

 ages shall be neatly and securely fastened at the ends of 

 the bales. 



' 4 We most earnestly protest against the wasteful and 

 extravagant method of sampling cotton; also the unjust 

 weights and classification of cotton, as now being 

 practiced. 



"We also recommend and require of our National 

 and State Legislatures to enact such laws as will effectu- 

 ally and entirely prevent the selling of cotton or grain 

 futures except when actual delivery and a bonafide sale 

 shall have been made, or intended delivery shall be 

 expressly a condition of such sale. 



"Your Committee further recommend that cotton 

 producers be advised liot to contract any debt in the future 

 that will obligate them to deliver their cotton on a given 

 day, sooner than the 25th of December. 



( ' Your Committee also recommend that no cotton 

 from an Alliance man or Union, grown or controlled, 

 shall be shipped or sold to any point or party antagonistic 

 to our demands hereinbefore set forth. 



* ' We hereby tender the thanks of this committee to 

 the Cotton Exchanges of this country that endeavored to 

 assist us this season, and respectfully invite all Cotton 

 Exchanges in the United States to join us in the future in 

 securing our demands as hereinbefore set forth. 



